Add MS 16176

A VOLUME, containing copies of letters, in Spanish, many of which were written by members of the Royal family and nobility of Spain, during the xvith century ; with extracts from printed works, memoranda, etc., in Spanish ; collected, apparently, as precedents of form, by Francisco de Herinosilla, " Presbytero beneficiado en la iglesia de St. Cosmeo y St. Damian de la ciudad de Burgos, y secretario de Don Pedro de Zuñiga y Avellaneda, Abbad de St. Isidro de Leon." The contents are :-

" Tabla de las fiestas movibles," 1591-1698 (printed), f. 4;-Arms of Francisco de Zuñiga y Avellaneda, third Conde de Miranda, impaled with those of his wife, Maria Enriquez de Cardenas, daughter of Gutierre de Cardenas, Comendador Mayor de Leon, and surcharged with the shield of his mother, Catalina de Velasco, daughter of Pedro Fernandez de Velasco, Constable of Castile, f. 7;-Key to a secret cypher for writing, f. 8 ;-Tables of values of Castilian weights and measures, f. 14;-Tables showing the relation of Roman, Grecian, and Hebrew weights and measures to Castilian, f. 14 b. ;--Several planetary volvels or circles, f. 16;-Political and other maxims, f 20 b.;-Names of provinces and towns in Northern Africa, f. 21; -Letter from Don P[edrol Z[uñiga] y A[vellaneda], [Abbad de San Isidro de Leon] to Arias Montano; dat. Leon, 8 Jan. 1577, f. 23 b. ;-Answer of Arias Montano to the preceding; dat. Madrid, 28 Jan. 1577, f. 24;-

Letter from D. Pedro Zuñiga y Avellaneda to Francisco Pacheco de Toledo, Cardinal, Archbishop of Burgos; dat. Leon, 26 Mar. 1577, f. 25 b.;-" Los nueve capitanes de la fama," f. 26;-Notes of ages of the Pope, and some of the Sovereigns of Europe, in the year 1688, f. 27;-" Advertencias de los prelados, y titulos de los grandes de España [y Portugal], y officios en la Corte de los Reyes," f. 29;-Names of the cathedral churches of the province of Tarragona, and titles of the nobles created by Charles V. in the Fame province, f. 42 ;-List of the cities, towns, and mountains of Granada, f. 44;-Extract respecting Alamoliacen [Muley Aben Hassan], King of Granada, and his children, f. 45 b.;-Note respecting the Abbess "de las Huelgas," at Burgos, f. 46 b. ;-" Carta del Principe Don Phelippe 2' [subsequently King of Spain] para la Magd. del Emperador Carlos 5' au padre, en favor de Don Pedro de Çuñiga y Avellaneda, Abbad de Cuevas Ruvias," etc.; dat. Monzon, 28 Oct. 1552, f. 48 ;-Letter from [the Emperor] Don Fernando to [Philip II] of Spain, accrediting his ambassador, Martin de Guzman; dat. Vienna, 15 Oct. 1559, f. 49;-Philip II. to Martin de Guzman; dat. Brussels, 21 May, 1558, f. 49 b.;-The same to the same; dat. Newport, 14 March, 1557, f. 50;-The Archduke Maximilian [afterwards King of Bohemia, and Emperor] to the same; dat. Vienna, 15 Jul. 1561, f. 50;-The same to the same; dat. Vienna, 3 Oct. 1561, f. 51 ;-Don Juan of Austria to " un oydor del Consejo de su Magd. ;" dat. Naples, 21 July, 1562, f. 51 b.;-[-- de Saavedra?] to Don Diego de Çuñiga, Spanish Ambassador in France; dat. Peñaranda, 28 June, 1575, f. 52;-" Fray Hieronimo de Mendoça al Duque de Medina Sydouia [Alonso Perez de Guzman], en favor de [Francisco de] Hermosilla" [who desired to dedicate a book to him]; dat. Seville, 1 Sept. 1572, f 53 ;-Fray Juan de Aguilar to the same, on the same subject; dat. Utrera, 28 Aug. 1572, f. 54;-Francisco de Hermosilla

to the same, respecting his book, n. d., f .55;-The same to the same; dat. San Lucar, 4 Sept. 1572, f. 56;-" Carta de Hyeronimo de Carranza el diestro, para Pedro- de Torquemada, sobre el dicho libro;" dat. St. Lucar, 5 Sept. 1572, f. 57 ;-" Don Pedro de Çuñiga y Avellaneda, Abbad de Santo Isidro, al Sor,. Duque de Medina, Conde de Modica, en favor de Phelippe de Hechagoyan, en recomendacion y dedicacion de un libro;" dat. Seville, 31 Aug. 1571, f 57 b.;-Phelippe Hechagoyan "al Ser. Duque de Medina;" n. d., f. 58 b. ;-The same to Francisco de Hermosilla; n. d., f. 59 b. ;-

" [Francisco] Hermosilla al Relator Çamora en Valladolid ;" dat. Valladolid, 26 June, 1574, f. 60 ;-Another of the same; dat. 27 Jan. 1576, f. 60 b.;-

-Don Pedro de Çuñiga y Avellaneda al Arzobispo de Sevilla, Don Christoval de Rojas y St. Doùl, en recomendacion del licenciado Juan Rodriguez;" dat. Seville, 17 Jan. 1571, f. 61;-" Otra carta sobre el mismo, para Francisco Artacho, su Mayor-Domo;" dat. Seville, 17 Jan. 1571, f. 61 b.;-" El Conde de Miranda, Don Juan de Cardenas, al Marques de Ayamonte " [Governor of Milan], in favor of "el Doctor Origon;" dat. Pefiaranda, 8 Aug. 1575, f. 62 b.-[Pedro de Zuñiga] Abbad de St'. Isidro to the same; dat. Valladolid, 14 Aug. 1575, f. 63; -The same to the Conde de Miranda, in favor of a son of Pedro Moriz ; dat. Pefiaranda, 16 Feb. 1576, f. 64 ;- "El Illmo Conde de Miranda, Don Juan de Cardenas, al Ser. Don Juan de Çuñiga, Em. baxador de au Magd. en Roma, en recomendacion del licenciado Monz;" dat. Pefiaranda, 24 Jan. 1576, f. 64 b.;-Twenty letters, written principally by D. Pedro de Zuñiga y Avellaneda, Abbad de Sto. Isidro; and the remainder by Francisco de Hermosilla, his secretary, and Don Fernando de Padilla; 1572-1576, f. 65;-Letters addressed to the Abbad de St'. Isidro by the following writers:-[ Pedro de Velasco ?] Marques de Berlanga, 17 Mar. 1577, f. 77b.; Luis Quixada, 2 Dec. 1568, f. 78; El Conde de Lerma [Francisco de Sandoval y Roxas ?], 3 Dec. 1568, f. 78 b.; Christoval Burgeño, f. 79; Fray Sebastian Lobo, 2 'Mar. 1568, f. 80; Two from La Duqueza de Frias [Aña? wife of Iñigo Fernandez de Velasco, Duque de Frias?], with the answers, 13-16 March, 1577, ff. 80 b.-82 ; Hieronimo Lopez, 14, 16 Mar. 1577, with answer, f. 83; [Iñigo Fernandez de Velasco, Duque de Frias] Constable of Castile, 17 Mar. 1577, f. 84 b. ; R. de Castro, Bishop of Zamora, 21 Mar. 1577, f. 85 b.; Don Juan del Gadillo, 17 Mar. 1577, f. 86 b.;-

Three letters from [Philip II] King of Spain, and one from D. Francisco Pacheco de Toledo, Cardinal Archbishop of Burgos, to D. Gaspar de Zuñiga y Avellaneda, Cardinal Archbishop of Seville, congratulating him on his promotions, Mar.-Nov. 1570, ff. 87-90;-Letter from [ Charles V] Emperor, King of Spain, to Don Gaspar de Zuñiga; dat. Brussels, 31 Mar. 1550, f. 91;-Two letters of Philip II., one to the Infanta Donna Isabella, the other to Don Duarte [of Braganza?], answering their congratulations on the birth of his son ; dat. Madrid, 20 Oct. 1573, ff. 91 b.-92;-Copies of the superscriptions or style of letters interchanged on the same occasion between the King and Queen of Spain, and the Royal family of Portugal, f. 92;-

" Lugares curiosos para varios casos que se ofrezcan," relating to Socrates, Plato, and the Emperor Titus, f. 94;- Letter from Pope Pius V. to Philip II. of Spain, respecting the progress of the Turks; dat. Rome, 30 Apr. 1572 (translation), f. 95 ;-The same to the Bishop of Palencia, on measures for the suppression of heresies; dat. Rome, I Feb. 1566 (transl.), f. 99 b.;-" Traslado de dos cart as que el Conde Don Pedro Navarro invio

sobre la toma de Tripol, al Rey Don Fernando, y otra al Secretario Almazan," dat. Tripoli, 25 Jul. 1510, ff. 102, 103;-Letter of Don Juan de Siermo, Bishop of Mondoñedo, to the Dean and Chapter of Maldoñado, and the inhabitants of the province, "en recomendacion de los pobres de su obispado ;" dat. Santiago, 1 Feb. 1565, f. 105;-Letter from D. Pedro de Zufiiga y Avellaneda to Don Juanna de Guzman, wife of Gonzalo de Guzman, Señor de Toral, on the birth of her son ; dat. Leon, 9 March, 1577. with the answer of Gonzalo de Guzman, f 108 b.;-" Cartas de consuelo," a series of letters of condolement, chiefly on occasions of deaths of members of the family of Zuniga, or of families allied to it, and generally addressed to D. Pedro de Zuñiga y Avellaneda, and replied to by him, 1516-1577, ff. 111 b.-150 b. Among them are :-Two letters from Ferdinand II. and the Prince Don Carlos [afterwards Emperor] to the Duchess of Terra Nova, on the death of her husband, Gonsalo Fernandez de Cordova, " the Great Captain;" dat. Truxillo, 3 Jan. and Brussels, 15 Feb. 1516, f. 111 ;-Notices of the deaths and places of sepulture of D. Francisco de Zuñiga y Avellaneda, Conde de Miranda, Gaspar de Zufiiga y Avellaneda, Cardinal Archbishop of Seville, and D. Pedro de Zufiiga y Baçan, Conde de Miranda; signed by Francisco de Hermosilla f. 115;-" Carta del Secretario Salzedo al Conde de Luna, inviandole una carta que el Abulense [Alfonso Tostado, Bp. of Avila] escribió al Duque de Alva," n. d., f. 123;-" Copia de la carta que el Duque Paliano [Marc.Antonio di Colonna], escribió a su hijo, la noche que se confesó estando para movir;" dat. 5 Mar. 1561, f. 146;-Letter from Pedro Melgosa to Anna de Toledo, Marquesa de Carralva, n. d., Lat. and Span., ff. 148, 149 b.;-" Cartas de la Magd. del Rey Don Phelippe 2', para algunas ciudades de España, sobre la prision del Principe Don Carlos, su hijo;" addressed to the cities of Burgos and Madrid, and also to Pope Sixtus V.; dat. Madrid, 20, 22 Jan. 1568, ff. 151, 153, 155 b.;-Memoranda of the deaths and other events concerning various princes of the royal families in France, England, Scotland, Milan, Naples, and Spain, f.157;-" Traslado

de una carta que el Arzobispo de Sevilla, Don Christoval de Rojas y St. Doual, escriviò ala serenissima Princesa Doña Juana, sobre el negocio de Don Gonzalo Chacon su sobrino, hijo de Don Hernando de Rojas;" dat. Seville, 3 July, 1573, f. 166;-" Copia de unas cartas de Doña Maria Manrrique [de la Cueva] para su Magd., y para algunos senores," including her brother Don Luis de la Cueva y de Benavides, and the Conde de Santistevan [Francisco ? de Benavides], relating to her proposed marriage with the Count's son ; dat.

26-29 June, 1572, with the answers, ff. 167 b-174;- "Carta que escribió de su mano el Rey Don Phelipe 2 a la Reyna de Portugal, dandola quenta de la prision de su hijo el Principe, Don Carlos;" dat. Madrid, 20 Jan. 1568 176;-" Relacion de la prision y muerte del Principe Don Carlos," f. 117;-

Carta de D. Gomez Manrique a D. Pedro Manrique, canonigo de Toledo, en que le hace relacion de la prision y muerte del Principe Don Carlos," f. 179;-" Carta de Francisco de Braso sobre la muerte del Principe Don Carlos," ibid.;-" Traslado de una carta del Sor. Obispo de Tuyd [Diego Fernandez de] Torquemada, para el Señor Doctor Juan del Caño, canonigo de. la Magistral de Salamanca, en que le da quenta delo que le ha subeedido;" dat. Lisbon, 25 Jan. 1582, f 180;-" Carta y preceptos que el Rey St. Luis [Louis VII. of France] dió a su hijo , Phelippe Rey," f. 183;-" Peregrinatio Jesu Christi," f. 189;-Extracts relating to George Castriot Scanderberg,

f. 192 b. ;-" Instruction de mi Señora Doña Estephania [widow of D. Juan de Zuñiga y Avellaneda] para su hijo, Don Luis de Requesenes y Zuniga, Comendador Mayor de Castilla, estando muy zercana a la muerte," 198;-

Letter from the same to the same ; dat. Barcelona, 22 Apr. 1549, 202 ;-

Letter from Fray Luis de Granada to the Senora soror Anna de la Cruz [Ana Ponce de Leon, widow of Pedro Fernandez de Cordova, Conde de Feria] en Sancta Clara de Montilla; dat. Lisbon, 25 June, 1574; with a note respecting it by Francisco de llermosilla, 22 Oct. 1584, f 205;-" El maestro honorato Juan [Tavora] que fue Obispo de Osma, al serenissimo Principe Don Carlos, hijo del Rey Don Phelippe 2', sobre ziertos consejos," f. 209; - A letter on the question, whether the Spanish language is more nearly allied to the Latin than the Italian, f. 213 ;- "Copia de una carta que scnvió el Rey Don Phelippe [II] al Marques de Aguila Fuente, sobre la muerte de Don Pedro de Çuñiga, su hijo, que murió quando la jornada que hizo el Duque de Medina Sydonia, quando yba con la armada de su Magd. a Inglaterra ;" dat. Sant Lorenzo, 14 Oct. 1588, f. 215 ;-Letter giving an account of the state of the Spanish court, n. d., f. 216 ;-Extracts relating to Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordova, Duque de Terra Nova, f. 217 b.;-" Nomina, cognomina, patriæ et dignitates S. R. E. Cardinalium, a S. D. N. Clemente Papa VI II. creatorum die v. Junii, 1596," f. 218 b.;-" Carta del Comendador Griego, para el Obispo de Badajoz," n. d., f. 219;-Fragment of a letter, f. 221; -" Copia de una carta que escribió al monasterio de nuestra Señora de Monserrate zierta persona que hizó ausencia de esta devota casa, deseando tornar a ella," n. d., f. 221 b.;-" Traslado de una carta de au Magd. del Rey Don Phelippe 2', para el Duque del Infantado [Inigo Lopez Hurtado Mendoça] ;" dat. Madrid, 29 July, 1579, with the Duke's answer, ff. 225 b- 2.26 b. ;-" Instruccion para el Sefior Nuncio Apostolico, que lleba el capello al Illmo. y Rmo. Cardenal de Toledo Chiroga" (Gaspar de Quiroga, Abp. of Toledo]; with the Nuncio's Speech, f. 227;-" Carta del Conde de Vreña, Don Pedro Xiron, para la Magd. del Emperador Carlos 50, que le desterró," n. d., f. 230;-Letter from Pero Vanegas of Cordova to Doña Beatriz de Silveira, n. d., f. 230 b. ;-Letter, headed, in cypher, " Sobre la Ingratitud," being a complaint of neglect against a Marquis by one in his service, with some Latin verses, " De fugiendis ingratis," n. d., f. 231;-" Copia de una carta del Reyecillo de Granada, Don Hernando de Valor, quando la rebelion de Granada, 1569; para el Sor. D. Juan de Austria," f. 233;-" Algunas razones para que se entienda el principio y causa dela Batalla naval del Señor D. Juan de Austria [the battle of Lepanto, 1571]," f. 236;-Description of the Public Hall, in Venice, called " Paradiso," with a letter from Paolo Furlano, of Verona, to Nicolo Banda; dat. 8 id. Jul. 1566, Lat., f. 239;-" Carta que D. Busto de Villegas, Governador del Arcovispado de Toledo, escrivió al Rey Don Phelippe," respecting the sate of church property; dat. Toledo, 15 July, 1574, f. 242;-Letter from Fray Hernando (?) del Castillo, Dominican, to the same, on the same subject, 1574, f. 253;-

Answer to the letter of D. Busto de Villegas; dat. Madrid, 8 Nov. 1574, f. 265;-Commission from Philip II. to D. Alfonso Perez de Guzman, Duque de Medina Sydonia, as Captain-General of Lombardy; dat. Tomar, 18 May, 1581, f. 280;-" Traslado de una carta que escribió a au Magd. del Rey Don Phelippe 2', Rey de España, el Padre Don Fray Francisco Dorantes, Frayle Francisco, Confessor del Sor . Don Juan de Austria, y Obispo que al

presente es de Oviedo, y Conde de Norveña;" containing an account of the death and last words of Don John of Austria [ 15781, f. 284 ;-" Traslado de una carta que escribió al insigne Doctor [Martin Azpilcueta] Navarro el Illmo. Sor. Don Pedro de Zuñiga, Abbad de Sto. Isidro, on a matter concerning the government of the convent; dat. Leon, 8 Feb. 1581; with the reply, ir. 292-296;-Translation of two letters written by Selim II., Emperor of Turkey, to the Senate of Venice and to Don Juan of Austria, n. d., ff. 304, 305b.;-Letter to the same from Rossa, " Madre de Saimbey, hijo de Ali Baxa, captivo en Roma," written after the battle of Lepanto; with the speech made to Don Juan by the Turk who brought the letter, 1572, f. 306;-" Copia de una carta del Sor. Don Juan de Austria, despues que llegò a los Estatos de Flandes, para la Señora Doña Magdalena de Ulloa, muger que fue del Sor. Luis Quixada;" dat. 5 Nov. 1576, f. 308;-Letters of congratulation to Don Juan from Seville and Venice, on occasion of the victory of Lepanto, Nov. 1571, ff. 310-312 ;-,,Carta de Constantinopla al Sor. Anibal Landi," 29 May, 1574. f. 313;-Letter from Fray Juan Vallete (Grand- Master of Malta) to Pope Pius IV., n. d., f. 315;-Memorial from Pablo de Chinchilla to the Emperor Charles V., on behalf of the city of Cuenca, n. d., f. 317;-Letters without address or signature, but apparently written by Francisco de Hermosilla 1566, 1577, ff. 318-321, 331 ;-Letter from Francisco de Hermosilla to Estevan de Garibay, respecting a passage in his History of Spain; dat. Seville, 28 July, 1572, f. 322;-Letter from the same to a friend in Salamanca; dat. Burgos, 24 May, 1584, f. 329;-

"Milagro y misas de St. Vicente Ferrer," f. 332 ;-" Traslados de algunas cartas de muchas ciudades de Espana, para la ciudad de Burgos, de mucha consideracion, y otros avisos, en el año de mil y quisiento y veinte, que file el ano de las comunidades," ff. 334-376; amongst them is a letter from Adrian [Florent, of Utrecht], Cardinal Viceroy of Spain [afterwards Pope Adrian VI], to the city of Burgos, transmitting a letter from the Emperor Charles V. to himself, giving an account of his journey to England, and arrival in Holland; dat. Frexelingas [Flushing], I June, 1520, f. 352;-" Traslado de un poder [de Procurador General] del Principe Don Carlos [afterwards Emperor] para su maestro Adriano " [afterwards Pope Adrian VI]; dat. Brussels, 15 kal. Oct. 1515, f 377;-" Avisos de cosas curiosas, v algunas sentencias discretas, y otras razones y buen proceder ;" consisting of extracts, in Spanish and Latin, from ancient and modern authors, proverbs, etc., f. 380; -" Dialogo de Temeroso, Afronio, y Sophisto," signed at the end with the initials of Francisco de Hermosilla, f. 426 ;-List of Castilian words derived from the Greek, f. 435;-" Carta [del Obispo de Algarva] que se mandou a Camara de Lixboa, en vida del Rey Don Henrrique, sobre a successaon destes reynos de Portugal;" dat. 6 July, 1579, in Portuguese, f. 442;-The same, translated into Castilian, f. 453 ;-Key to a prophecy of a general peace in 1745, from the numbers expressed in the words " Da pacem, Domine, in diebus nostris," etc., f 465 b. ;-" Recuerdos que el Reyno de Portugal haze a ou pueblo, en Mayo de 1579;" a summons to the people to defend the claims of Doni Henry, Cardinal, successor to Sebastian, King of Portugal, f. 467 ;-" Copia de la habla que hizieron los ministros de Lisboa a los nobles, ecclesiasticos y pueblo, del Reyno," f. 474 b.;-Verses, intitled "Las tristes lagrimas meas," and others, addressed to the Turkish ambassador in Spain, f 475 b.;-" Copia de la carta que escrivió el Exmo. Sr. Cardenal [Luys]

Belluga [y Monçadal a el cabildo de Cartagena, dandole noticia de haverle el Rey promovido a el obispado de aquella S.ra yglesia;" dat. Cordova, 8 Nov. 1704, f 476. Small Quarto. [16,176.]