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panions or servants in convents, to have private oratories; regulations for 
monastic orders, etc. 
The following volumes of briefs were examined, and all American material 
noted: 
Arm. XLII. 
No. 15 . Briefs of Pius IV. 1561. After f. 387 the volume is rotted. 
No. 121, f. 2.2.2. May 22. Grant to Philip II. of subsidies on the ecclesi¬ 
astical revenues of all subjects of Spain. 
No. 16 . Briefs of Pius IV. 1561. 
No. 322, ff. 167-170. Oct. 14. “ Ad futuram rei memoriam ”, concerning 
ecclesiastical fruits in all the kingdoms of Spain (probably refer¬ 
ring to Spain proper). 
f. 17. Oct. 14. “ Pro camera apostolica ”, powers and instructions to 
.the collector-general of spoils in Spain. 
No. 17 . Briefs of Pius IV. 1562. To f. 146 rotted. 
No. 201, ff. 337-338. Aug. 12. To Philip II., conferring indulgences 
for the Western Indies, regarding substitutes for fish on fast-days, 
and referring to previous grants by Clement VII. and Paul III. 
No. 231, f. 396. Oct. 3. For Diego de Ybarra, son-in-law of Don Luis 
de Velasco, viceroy of New Spain, regarding a defect in birth. 
No. 233, f. 398. Oct. 3. Similar license to Marshal Franc, de Villagran, 
governor and captain-general of Chili. 
No. 18 . Briefs of Pius IV. Jan. to June, 1563. 
No. 249, f. 454. June 10. “ Dilectis filiis generali aliisq’ prepositis et 
p’bus [patribus] Societatis Jesu ”, granting dispensation to Indian 
neophytes, for twenty years. 
No. 19 . Briefs of Pius IV. July to Dec., 1563. 
Dec. 28. To the nuncio in Spain, conferring rights of visitation for the 
purpose of effecting reforms “ in quibusvis provinciis et Dominiis ”. 
REGISTER OF BRIEFS TO PRINCES AND LATIN LETTERS. 
Arm. 44 and 45 , according to De Pretis’s inventory of the Archivio Secreto, 
contained registers of letters “ ad principes et alios magnates ”. These are 
not to be confused with the collection “ Principi ” noted later as coming from 
the office of the secretary of state, which consists of the minutes of letters. 
The two should duplicate each other, and are supplementary only where 
losses have occurred. Arm. 44 contained 59 numbers, for Clement VIII., 
Julius III., Paul V., and Gregory XV.; Arm. 45 , 35 numbers, from Paul V. 
to Clement XI., 7 numbers, 37 - 43 , from cardinals to princes during vacancies 
in the Holy See, and 67 additional numbers, transferred to the Archivio by 
Benedict XIV., and extending from the reign of Gregory XIII. to that of 
Benedict XIII. 
To this collection other volumes have been added, and the whole is now 
listed in an unnumbered inventory, entitled: “ Catalogo, Litterae ad Princi¬ 
pes ”. This gives 222 numbers, extending from Pius IV. (1560) to Pius 
VII. (1809), with lacunae for the years 1566-1569, 1587-1588, 1600-1606, 
1619-1620, 1692-1693, 1695-1696, and 1698-1699. This catalogue gives the 
years of the pontificate covered by each volume, and lists also the Latin let¬ 
ters ; 140 , 192 , and 212 are registers of autograph letters of popes. Only one 
volume was examined, as the character of the collection was sufficiently ob- 
