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Bobadilla
[ baw-vah-thee-lyah, -thee-yah ]
noun
- Fran·cis·co de [f, r, ahn-, thees, -kaw , th, e, -, sees, -], died 1502, Spanish colonial governor in the West Indies: sent Columbus back to Spain in chains.
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Bobadilla was especially outspoken in the matter and in a public discourse was imprudent enough to condemn the imperial policy.
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When that official heard the case, he decided against Bobadilla who forthwith appealed to the Pope.
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This was done by Bobadilla, an officer of the royal household, who had been sent out with full power to put down misrule.
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Don Francisco de Bobadilla had no sooner landed than he began to talk and act as though they were all villains.
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So he himself asked for a commissioner—but he never thought of such an one as Francisco de Bobadilla!
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