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ff. 672-676. Advice to Philip II. with regard to Drake. Also other 
news of the activity of Drake and the trade of the Indies. 
1114 . f. 341. “ Relacion de La Plata, et della Terrafirma, Nuova Spagna, e 
Honduras, 1626, de Generale de las Indias.” 
1115 - 1117 . Spanish news-letters, from Madrid and Paris. Much on Drake, 
but nothing was noted with regard to the English colonies. 
1743 . p. 74 seq. Extract from the history of India of P. Pio Pietro Maffei. 
There are also many diaries of popes and of conclaves and much material 
on the Council of Trent. 
BIBLIOTHECA VATICANA. 
This title applies particularly to the central collection of manuscripts, which 
has formed a nucleus about which the special collections have been grouped. 
To it are added all accessions of manuscripts which do not obviously belong 
elsewhere, and which do not require to be preserved as special collections. It 
is then the growing member, and is miscellaneous in character. Thirteen 
volumes of inventories list 9851 manuscripts in Latin characters. The earlier 
numbers present some attempt at classification, as do similar inventories else¬ 
where, but the constant accession of new manuscripts, often singly or in small 
groups, has rendered the arrangement of the later numbers entirely promis¬ 
cuous. There are several thousand manuscripts as yet not listed, or rather 
the lists of which are not yet made public; but where sufficient description 
can be given, they are brought for use. The inventory deserves remark for 
the splendid scholarship displayed in its preparation. 
Of the volumes of the collection, the following numbers were examined 
without result: 1565 , 4807 , 5478 , 5565 , 5602 , 5649 , 6180 , 6206 , 7097 , 7252 , 
7523 , 7900 , 8215 , 8246 , 8258 , 8322 , 8340 , 8498 , 8638 , 8879 , 9200 , 9260 - 9293 , 
9398 , 9792 . 
References to pertinent material follow: 
3198 . ff. 167-168. Part of a relation of the Council of Trent, and treating 
of the privileges to be conceded to American bishops. 
3738 . This is the famous Rios Codex Mexicanus. The original and a copy 
of the reproduction made in 1900 are served by the same number. 
3773 . This is the famous Codex Mexicanus Vaticanus. The original and a 
copy of the reproduction of 1896 are served by the same number. 
6227 . f. 58. Jan. 25, 1597. Awisi from Antwerp, on Queen Elizabeth and 
the plan to fortify a place in Spain or Africa to command Gibraltar. 
f. 60. Feb. 20, 1597. Awisi from Antwerp. “ Rawleo ” to transplant 
heresy to the Western Indies. 
f. 68. Mar. 28, 1597. Awisi from Antwerp. Expedition of “Raw¬ 
leo ” and the Dutch to the Western Indies. There are also other 
items on this subject. 
ff. 94-96. Aug., 1599. “Los Cabos principals de la Apologia del 
Conte d’Essex ”, containing mention of the fleet of the Indies. 
Dec. 26, 1598. Queen Elizabeth holds back expedition of Gilbert to 
Guiana. Indians in London. 
6559 . ff. 161-162. 1533. Letter from Panama concerning gold sent from 
Peru to the emperor. See Castello, arm . XIV., no. 93, p. 23. 
J Thus Pastor, Geschichte der P'dpste, III. 125, mentions the libraries of Baronius, 
Orsini (Fulvio), and Sirleti, all of which seem to have been assimilated. This is the 
case also with the famous and important collection of Cardinal Mai. 
