V a tic an Lib vary 
113 
pp. 645 - 670 . “ Nota di tutti li Titolati di Spagna con le loro Casate, 
et Rendita che tengono, dove hanno li loro Stati et Habitations” 
833. f. 475 seq. Summary of the relation of Tommaso Contarini, Venetian 
ambassador, concerning Spain. About 1580 . Mention of America, 
ff. 559 - 588 . “ Relatione della Nuova, et piu remota Christianity dellTn- 
die Occidentali, delle Philippine, del Sito et Qualita loro.” ff. 559 - 
562 describe the route thither by way of America. 
834. Relation of the Catholic King, by Michele Suriano, Venetian ambassa¬ 
dor. 1560 . Mentions the danger of rebellion in the Western Indies. 
836. ff. 48 - 198 . “ Relatione brevissima della Distruttione dell’Indie, fatta 
dal Rev mo Vescovo D. Fra Bartolomeo de las Casas, o Casaus del- 
TOrdine di San Dominico all Alt mo e Potent " 10 Sig re el Principe di 
Spagna Don Filippo II.” 
838. pp. 525 - 546 . “ Relatione di tutti li Titoli di Spagna con Casate e Lin- 
guaggi dove discendono come dell’Intrate che hanno e dove tengono 
i loro Stati.” 
849. f. 161 . Rome, May, 1564 . J. Agostino di Cravelis, “ Ragioni che pre- 
tende Spagna con Francia circa la Precedenza ”. Mentions the ser¬ 
vices of Spain in converting the Indies. 
854. pp. 304 - 308 . Oct. 26 , 1585 . Report of the Marquis of Santa Cruz, on 
Drake and the war in the Indies. 
860. ff. 272 - 275 . “ Se si debba credere, ch’il nuovo Re d’Inghilterra, sia per 
esser Amico del Re di Spagna.” About 1603 . Briefly mentions re¬ 
lations of English and Spaniards in America. »’ 
861. pp. 150 - 154 . “Ragioni piu important che dovrebbero indurre v gli Stati 
Generali di non cedere alia Navigatione, et Trafico dell’Indie.” 
Chiefly relates to the East Indies. 
pp. 296 - 365 . “ Humili Signification a N. S. circa il modo di convertire 
li Heretici alia Santa Fede Cattolica.” Relates chiefly to the Euro¬ 
pean situation at the beginning of the seventeenth century. 
865. ff. 540 - 550 . Mar. 25 , 1588 . Orders of Don Alonzo Perez de Guzman, 
duke of Medina Sidonia, and captain-general of the coast of Anda¬ 
lusia, to the general of the ocean sea, containing much about the 
navigation to the Western Indies. 
866 . ff. $12 seq. “ Raccordi deirimp re Carlo V. per suo Figlio fatto in Au¬ 
gusta l’anno MDXLVIII.” See Ottobonian 1257. 
867. ff. 34 - 80 . “ Advertencias del Emperador Carlos Quinto que . . . escritas 
de manu, al Rey Don Philipe 2 ° su Hi jo.” This second guide to 
good government warns Philip of the maritime activity of the 
French, and the necessity of keeping up the fleet. 60 ff. 
897.ff.85-H4. “Relatione di Spagna.” 1606 . ff. 95-96 give an account 
of the Council of the Indies. 
1038-1108. These numbers contain a series of news-letters from Antwerp, 
Paris, Rome, Venice, Milan, Constantinople, and other places, run¬ 
ning continuously from 1554 1640 . The series is completed to 
1648 by codices 1573-1581, 1621 (A-C), 1622 (A-C), 1623 (A, B), 
and 1690, while codex 1727 contains letters of 1679 - 1680 . Every¬ 
thing relating to England has been copied for the Public Record 
Office of London, and is to be found there in Roman Transcripts, 
series II., numbers 1-7. Owing to pressure for time the copies cor¬ 
responding to numbers 1038-1087 were used. To give an idea of 
