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The Captain General is having a hard time with his ‘Enterprise of the Indies’, as it’s called. People are making fun of him openly in the streets.

Down the river, two small ships⁴ are being made ready for him, but what use are ships without sailors? And the Captain General can’t find anyone to sail with him.

The King and Queen have offered to let men out of prison if they sign up for the trip, but even the prisoners don’t seem that keen.

They’ve also promised to pay the men who go with the Captain General with their own Royal money. It looks as if the sailor from Genoa will be on the move again if he can’t find his crews. I don’t want to be the only one to put my name down for this voyage into the unknown – however exciting it might sound to me.