[Works] . royal revenue arising from two thirdsof the church-tithes was placed at the disposi-tion of Pinelo; and other funds were drawn 12 Sbe TLite and Vo^hqcb of from a disgraceful source, from the jewels andother valuables, the sequestrated property ofthe unfortunate Jews banished from the king-dom according to a bigoted edict of the pre-ceding year. As these resources were stillinadequate Pinelo wasauthorized to supplythe deficiency by aloan. Requisitionswere likewise madelibr provisions of allkinds, as well as forartillery, powder,muskets, lances, corse-lets, and latter w
[Works] . royal revenue arising from two thirdsof the church-tithes was placed at the disposi-tion of Pinelo; and other funds were drawn 12 Sbe TLite and Vo^hqcb of from a disgraceful source, from the jewels andother valuables, the sequestrated property ofthe unfortunate Jews banished from the king-dom according to a bigoted edict of the pre-ceding year. As these resources were stillinadequate Pinelo wasauthorized to supplythe deficiency by aloan. Requisitionswere likewise madelibr provisions of allkinds, as well as forartillery, powder,muskets, lances, corse-lets, and latter weapon,notwithstanding theintroduction of fire-arms, was still pre-ferred by many to thearquebuse, and consid-ered more formidableand destructive ; theother having to be used with a match-lock,and being so heavy as to require an iron military stores which had accumulatedduring the war with the Moors of Granada,furnished a great part of these supplies. Al-most all the preceding orders were issued by. ARQUEBUSIER. Cbclstopber Columbus. 13 the 23d of May, while Columbus was yet atBarcelona. Rarely has there been witnessedsuch a scene of activity in the dilatory of&cesof Spain. As the conversion of the heathen was pro-fessed to be the grand object of these discover-ies, twelve zealous and able ecclesiastics werechosen for the purpose, to accompany the ex-pedition. Among these was Bernardo Buyl orBoyle, a Benedictine monk, of talent and re-puted sanctity, but one of those subtle politi-cians of the cloister, who in those days glidedinto all temporal concerns. He had acquittedhimself with success in recent negotiations withFrance, relative to the restitution of the sailing of the fleet he was appointedby the Pope his apostolical vicar for the NewWorld, and placed as superior over his ecclesi-astical brethren. This pious mission was pro-vided with all things necessary for the dignifiedperformance of its functions; the Queen supply-ing from her own chapel the o
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