I shall have enough provisions for the whole of October, and if I am sent those that I await from the island of Mateo I shall have enough for November.

By that time I hope to get aid from those islands, for I am very confident that the lords there will aid me as ever; and the lord captain-general, being a man of so much experience, as he suffered so many needs in his own time, will aid in this with the expedition and care which are necessary for its preservation, since everything is and continues to be for that object.

In whatever may happen which concerns this, I beg of you to further it as far as possible, as I shall take it as a great favor, besides being a service for God and for his Majesty, and as you are so zealous.

I beseech you to be pleased to advise me of what may occur there and I shall do the same always here.
By the last despatch I sent you three birds of paradise, and the bearer of this, Sergeant Romero, brings you two more.

I wished that there were more, but I assure you that they were not to be found, as the boats which usually bring them have not arrived.
While I was writing this a Dutch trumpeter arrived from the forts of the enemy, and gave the same report as another who came two days ago, and whom I send by this ship, so that he may tell the whole thing there--for, considering the news and the state of affairs, it is of the highest importance that our fleet should come here by the month of December.