Add MS 36323

VENEZUELA PAPERS. Vol. X. (ff. 300). 1635-1636.

1. Rozas to Miguel de Nicolalde; Madrid, 9 Dec. 1635. With answer of the same date, etc. The first letter purports to have been enclosed in another docketed " A Miguel de Nicolalde con los pliegos sobre," Flandes, 19 Apr. [1]635 (sic). ff. 1, 1 b, 2.

2. Diego Soarez to -, concerning a levy of men in Flanders for Brazil, etc.; Madrid, 31 May, 1635. f. 3.

3. Benito Arias Montano, Governor of Cumana, to the king, on the affairs of the 1. of Curacao, the disposition of prisoners, etc. ; Cumana, 12 July, 1635, 24 Sept., 5 Nov. 1633 (sic). ff. 5, 8b, 10.

4. Letters of Prince Thomas of Savoy, the Prince of Orange, the Cardinal Infante Ferdinand, the Duke of Lerma and others, on negotiations for a truce in Flanders with the Dutch; Oct.- Dec. 1635. With other papers on the subject, and Engl. translations. ff. 12-270.

5. The Council of War to the king, on the capture of a Dutch pirate called " Pie-de-Palo," and the necessity for preventing his return to the Indies; Madrid, 22 Dec. 1635. f. 271.

6. The same to the same, on the letter of Juan de Ulate, Governor of Margarita, of 20 Nov. 1633 (see 36322, art., 23); Madrid, 27 Feb. 1636. f. 275.

7. The Council of State to the king, on the letter preceding (art. 6), and on the rewards to be given to those who led the attack upon the English settlement at Punta de Galera in Trinidad; Madrid, 7 May, 1636. f. 280. With an Engl. translation (f. 282).

8. Fray Juan [de Solis], Bishop Elect of Puerto Rico, to the king, on the defenceless condition of tho Spanish Indies and till, need of a protective fleet, etc. ; Puerto Rico, 12 Aug. 1636. f. 284.

9. The Council of State to the king, on negotiations for a peace Madrid, 22 Sept. 1636. f. 288. With an Engl. translation (f. 291).

10. The same to the same, on the settlement made 'by the English in the 1. of' Santa Catalina, with suggestions for dislodging them, etc.; Madrid, I I Dec. 1636. f. 294. With an Engl. translation (f. 297).

includes:

• ff. 1, 1 b, 2 Andres de Rozas, Spanish minister: Correspondence with M. de Nicolalde: 1635.: Span.
• ff. 1, 1 b, 2 Miguel de Nicolalde: Correspondence with - Rozas: 1635.: Span.
• f. 3 Diego Soarez: Letter to -: 1635.: Span.
• f. 3 Flanders: Levy of men in, for Brazil: 1635.: Span.
• f. 3 Brazil: Levy of men in Flanders for: 1635.: Span.
• ff. 5, 8 b, 10 Island of Curaçao: Account of affairs in: 1635.: Span.
• ff. 5, 8 b, 10 Benito Arias Montano, Governor of Cumana: Letters to the king of Spain: 1633 (?), 1635.
• ff. 12-270 288, 291 Philip IV of Spain: Negotiations for a truce in Flanders with the Dutch,: 1635-1639: Span. and Engl.
• ff. 12-270, 288, 291 Netherlands, United Provinces: Negotiations for a truce in Flanders with the Spaniards: 1635-1639.: Span. and Engl.
• f. 271 Pie-de-Palo, Dutch pirate in the W Indies: Capture of, by the Spaniards: 1635.: Span.
• ff. 280, 282 Island of Trinidad: Destruction of an English settlement at Punta de la Galera: 1633, 1636.: Span. and Engl.
• ff. 280, 282, 294, 297 Charles I of England: English settlements in Trinidad and Santa Catalina: 1636.: Span. and Engl.
• f. 284 West Inches: Papers rel. to attacks on Spanish possessions in, etc.: 1587-1643.: Span. and Engl.
• f.284 Juan de Solis, Bishop of Puerto Rico: Letters to the king of Spain: 1636, 1639.: Span.
• ff. 294, 297 Island of Santa Catalina, W. Indies: Account of an English settlement in: 1636.: Span. and Engl.