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.