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reprinted in Collingridge, p. 229, where it is more accessible to the 

 general reader. Captain Burney refers (p. 272) to the manu- 

 script as follows : 



" Mr. Dalrymple has in his possession a copy of the Narrative written by de 

 Torres, of which he has made an English translation. ... I have to acknowledge 

 the being favoured with the use of this valuable manuscript." 



Although Dalrymple had been in possession of a copy of the 

 Torres' manuscript since 1762, or shortly thereafter, he was 

 unaware of its contents in 1768, when he only knew as much of 

 the doings of Torres as is related in the Arias Memorial. 



According to Collingridge (p. 229), Quiros' original narrative 

 is in the castle of Simancas, near Valladolid. 1 The probability 

 is that Dalrymple's copy was one of those promulgated by Quiros 

 himself, and not the original, which had been filed in the archives 

 of the State. 



1 The documents in the castle were taken away by Napoleon and afterwards restored. 

 Collingridge, p. 246. Except for this interruption, the archives of Castile and Leon 

 have been preserved in this stronghold since 1563. 



