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their contents, but not assuming that their American material is 
exhausted, these notes are given: 
1039 . f. 293. July 24, 1561. French corsairs intercept the fleet of the 
Indies. 
1041 . ff. 2-4, Jan. 3; ff. 9-10, Jan. 23 ; ff. 21-22, Feb. 13 ; ff. 23-24, Feb. 7; 
f. 29, Feb. 27; f. 39, Mar. 12; f. 46, Mar. 19; f. 52, May 1; f. 55, 
Apr. 8; f. 129, Aug. 1; f. 139, Aug. 8 ; f. 141, Aug. 22 ; f. 166, Oct. 8; 
f. 181, Nov. 8 ; all of 1569 ; f. 213, Jan. 2 ; f. 241, Mar. 8; f. 258, Apr. 
9; f. 260, Mar. 26; f. 262, Apr. 1; f. 265, Apr. 16; f. 298, June 22; 
f. 303, July 9; f. 328, Aug. 5 ; f. 332, Aug. 30; f. 363, Oct. 31; f. 417, 
June 17; all of 1570. Maritime news chiefly from Antwerp, and re¬ 
lating to the French corsairs and the detention of Spanish ships in 
England. 
1042 . f. 35, Mar. 16, 1571, from Rome; f. 51, Apr. 14, 1571, from Brus¬ 
sels. Same subjects as in preceding, with references passim to Bre¬ 
ton corsairs. 
1048 . Apr. 30, 1580 (no folio number given). English corsairs rob the 
fleet of the Indies. 
p. 299, Nov. 26; p. 302, Dec. 3, 1580. News of “ Dragh 
1049 . July 1, 1581, from Venice. Suggestion of impending attack on the 
Indies by Don Antonio, aided by the French and English. 
June 17, and June 19, 1581, from London. Rumors of attack on the 
Indies by Drake. 
There is also much news of the maritime conflict in the Atlantic gen¬ 
erally. 
1053 . Aug. 8, 1585. Rumor that “ Dragone ” has taken an island be¬ 
longing to the King of Spain. 
Nov., 1585, from Cologne. Rumor of settlement by the English, “ nel- 
lTsola Florida presso Nerimberga in Terranuova, et pianura del 
paese Viganderon ”. 
Nov. 21, 1585. News that the English fleet in Florida has taken a 
ship of the fleet of the Indies. 
1054 . Mar. 16, 1586. Drake said to have disembarked a thousand sol¬ 
diers in Florida. 
Apr. 26, 1586, from Venice. The English corsairs fortifying them¬ 
selves in Florida, “ d’impadronirsi dell’ passo della Navig ne delle 
flotte ”. 
May 22, 1587, from Cologne. Rumors that Drake will settle in the 
Indies with his family. 
1057 . Much of the Spanish Armada and Drake. 
1060 . f. 450. Aug. 29, 1582, from Venice. Intention of Captain Candis 
[Cavendish] to circumnavigate America. 
1062 . Sept., 1594, from Antwerp. Three Dutch vessels undertake a new 
and shorter route to the Western Indies. 
1064 . f. 471. Aug. 3, 1596, from Rome. Spanish discussions of the like¬ 
lihood of English settlements in the Western Indies. 
1072 . Mar. 19, 1604, from Antwerp; Mar. 26 and June 5, 1604, from 
Venice; July 31 and Aug. 14, 1604, from Rome; and Oct. 2, 1604, 
from Venice; on the question of the Western Indies and the peace 
between England and Spain. 
1075 . Dec. 15, 1607, from Venice. On the finding of gold by the English 
in the Western Indies. 
