Add MS 15938

ORIGINAL LETTERS signed or written by Kings of Spain and Portugal, Governors of the Low Countries, and others, from 1567 to 1814 ; viz. :-

Philip II, King of Spain, to [Jean de Ligne, Comte] d'Aremberg, Governor of Friesland; dat. Madrid, 12 Apr. 1567, Fr., f. 1 ;-Archduke Albert [Governor of the Low Countries, son of the Emperor Maxmilian II] to the Treasurer of the Netherlands, forwarding a memoir by Christian Braun, Physician of Liége, respecting the concealment of rebels' goods; dat. Bruges, 25 Aug. 1604, Fr.; with seal, f. 3;-Isabella Clara Eugenia [Governor of the Low Countries, [daughter of Philip II. of Spain, and widow of the Arch- .duke Albert] to - - ; dat. Brussels, 29 Aug. 1629. Fr; with seal, f. -5 [Ferdinand] Cardinal Infante [Governor of the Low Countries] to -; dat. Brussels, 7 May, 1635, Fr., f. 7;-" Instruction pour vous Pierre Pierson, Receveur du Roy [d'Espagne] 'a Landrechies, suivant laquelle vous aurez à vous regler au faict de la recepte des contributions à payer

par les bourges, villages, et chasteaux de France, resortissas des places fortes de La Capelle et Hirçon, et autres qui viendront demander au dit quartier nos lettres de protection," etc. ; dat. Cambray, 26 Aug. 1636, signed by the Cardinal Infante [Ferdinand], J. D. Noyelle, J. B. Maes, J. Kesselen, and C. Schott, f. 9;-The Cardinal Infante to -; dat. Brussels, 17 Mar. 1639, Fr.; with seal, f. 11 ;-Philip IV., King of Spain, to the Archduke Leopold [afterwards Emperor, Governor of the Low Countries]; dat. Madrid, 13 Sept. 1652, Fr.; with seal; inclosing the copy of an Ordonnance for the payment of wages to Pierre Roose, Seigneur de Fromont, President of the Privy Council in the Low Countries, f..13;-Charles II., King of Spain, to [Catharine of Portugal, wife of Charles II. of England] ; dat. Madrid, 3 Mar. 1678, Fr.; with seal, f. 17;-The same to [Diego Phelipez de Guzman, de Cordova] Marques de Leganes, Captain-General of Milan; dat. Madrid, I June, 1695, Span.; with seal, f. I 9;-Letters of Philip V., King of Spain, granting to Don Pedro Gomez Serrano, Captain of

Cavalry, leave of absence from the army ; dat. Milan, 22 Oct. 1702, Span. with seal ; indorsed with an order by Charles Henri de Lorraine [Prince de Vaudemont, Governor of Milan], 28 Oct. 1702, f. 20;- The same tothe Queen of Great Britain [Caroline, wife of George II]; dat. Seville, 17 Nov. 1729, Span. ; with seal, f. 21 ;-Decree of the same " sobre la forma en que al Factor de la Companha del Assiento de Inglaterra se le han de restituhir catorze negros en la Havana;" dat. en el Pardo [Madrid], 22 Feb. 1734, f. 23;-Passport granted by [Ferdinand VII] Kin" of Spain to - Cambier, Ambassador from Holland; dat. Madrid, 27 Sept. 1814, Span., f 27;-Four Letters from Pierre [Ernest], Comte de Mansfelt to the King [Philip II. of Spain] ; dat. Brussels, 18 July, 1592-3 Aug. 1593, Luxembourg, 28 Feb. 1595, ff. 28-33 ;-" Relaçion que embia al Rey nostro Señor el Conde Carlos de Mansfelt, Almirante y Capitan-General de la mar en estos sus Payses Baxos, del estado en que ha allado l'armada naval, a su entrada en el dicho cargo," signed by the Count, and indorsed " Receu le 3. de Janvier, 1594," f. 34;-The Chancellor and Council of the King in Brabant to Madame [the Archduchess Isabella Clara Eugenia, Governor of the Low Countries] dat. Brussels, 5 Sept. 1633, Fr., f. 38 ;-[Francisco de Monçado] Marques de Aytona to -; dat. Brussels, 7 May, 1635, Fr., f. 41 ;-P[ierre] Roose [President of the Council in the Low Countries] to [the Cardinal Infante, Ferdinand]; dat. Cambron, 1 Nov. 1637, Span., f. 42;-Letter of Don Juan Perez de Vibero, Governor-General of the Cavalry of the army of Alsatia, testifying to the character of Capt. Don Antonio Carrillo ; dat. Brussels, 20 Feb., 1644, Span. ; with seal, f 44;-Copy of an Order of Don Jua of Austria, Lieutenant-Governor and Captain-General of the Low Countries, permitting vessels ' and subjects of the King of Great Britain to enter the ports of the Netherlands, and to sell prizes taken from the King's rebels; dat. au Camp devant Condé, 14 Aug. 1656, Fr., f 45 ;-Letter of Don Carlos de Gurrea, Aragon y Borja, Duke of Villa Hermosa, Lieut.-Governor and Capt.-General of the Low Countries, to the Chancellor and Council of Brabant; dat. Brussels, 7 Apr. 1675, Fr.; with seal, f.46;-[Otto Henrique]de Carretto [Marques de Grana?], Governor of the Low Countries, to the King of Spain ; dat. Brussels, 10 Apr. 1682, Span., f. 48 ;-Two Letters from Maurice [Eleanor] Princess of Portugal [daughter of Emanuel, Prince of Portugal, and wife of George Frederic, Prince of Nassau Siegen ?] to [Constantinus

Huygens] de Zulichem; dat. Hague, 27 Jul. 1637, 18 Sept. 1638, Fr.; with seal to the former, fF. 50, 52 ;-[John I] King of Portugal to [Henri] Arnaut [Arnauld], Abbé de St. Nicolas [at Angers, afterwards bishop of Angers] dat. Lisbon, 7 Sept. 1646, Portug. ; with se.-d, f. 53 ;-Two Letters from the Prince Dom Fernando Alexandre de Portugal [son of Luis Guilherme, Prince of Portugal] to Constantinus Huygens, Herr Von Zuylichem; dat. Brussels, 28 Nov. 1665, 4 Mar. 1668, Fr., ff. 55,56 ;-Anne Louise, née Princesse de Portugal [daughter of Emanuel, Prince of Portugal?] to Mons. [Constantinus] de Zuylichem [son of the preceding], Secretary to the Prince of Orange; dat. Culenborg, 4/24 Jul. 1679, Fr.; with seals, f. 58. Folio. [15,938.]