In 1518 the King of Spain gave Magellan La Veintena Parte: one twentieth of everything he found.
1 you shall have and take
2 the twentieth part (1/20 = 5%)
3 the same phrase continues: “tena parte” = the twentieth part
4 with the title of our adelantados and governors (royal governors of the new lands)
5 the scribe’s own margin note: “veyntena” = the twentieth
Capitulación con Fernando de Magallanes y Ruy Faleiro
Valladolid, 22 March 1518. Manuscript, certified copy (testimonio), page 6 of 13. Marked: “la veyntena parte”, the one twentieth granted to Magellan.
ARCHIVO GENERAL DE INDIAS, PATRONATO 34, R.1 · IMAGE: MINISTERIO DE CULTURA, PARES
…hayáis y llevéis la veintena parte, con título de nuestros adelantados y gobernadores de las dichas tierras e islas, vosotros y vuestros hijos y herederos, de juro para siempre jamás…
“…you shall have and take the twentieth part, with the title of our adelantados and governors of those lands and islands, you and your children and heirs, forever.”
Transcription by Cristóbal Bernal. Asiento y Capitulación con Fernando de Magallanes y Ruy Faleiro, Valladolid, 22 March 1518. Manuscript: Archivo General de Indias, Patronato 34, R.1. Image: Ministerio de Cultura, PARES. Archive record · Full transcription (PDF)
We will give La Veintena Parte (1/20th) back to those who show loyalty to us, just like the King did.
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