coveries or obtain redress for his grievances were futile. His prestige was lost, his power in the country gone, and his petitions to the king unnoticed.[1] Thus harassed by his enemies and neglected by his sovereign, the great conqueror thought once more to plead his cause in person before the throne, and early in 1540 he left forever the shores of New Spain, which, after having been the scene of his grand achievements, had now become the witness of his failures and deep humiliation.[2]
- ↑ As early as February 1535 he complained that he did not receive replies to letters addressed by him to the India Council. Escritos Sueltos, 260-1.
- ↑ The exact date of his departure to Spain is not known, but he addressed a letter from Habana to Oviedo, dated February 5, 1540. Oviedo, iv. 19.
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