This 25th day of April, 1498, be⁠ ⁠… ing invited to dine by his Holiness Alexander VI , and fearing that not⁠ ⁠… content with making me pay for my hat, he may desire to become my heir, and re⁠ ⁠… serves for me the fate of Cardinals Caprara and Bentivoglio, who were poisoned,⁠ ⁠… I declare to my nephew, Guido Spada, my sole heir, that I have bu⁠ ⁠… ried in a place he knows and has visited with me, that is, in⁠ ⁠… the caves of the small Island of Monte Cristo, all I poss⁠ ⁠… essed of ingots, gold, money, jewels, diamonds, gems; that I alone⁠ ⁠… know of the existence of this treasure, which may amount to nearly two mil⁠ ⁠… lions of Roman crowns, and which he will find on raising the twentieth ro⁠ ⁠… ck from the small creek to the east in a right line. Two open⁠ ⁠… ings have been made in these caves; the treasure is in the furthest a⁠ ⁠… ngle in the second; which treasure I bequeath and leave en⁠ ⁠… tire to him as my sole heir.

25th April, 1498.

Caes⁠ ⁠… ar † Spada.

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