Add MS 20944

MISCELLANEOUS papers chiefly relating to Portuguese history; 1619-1732. Port., Span., and Lat. Among them are: 1. "Carta de Dom Sebastião de Cous y Solarses para o Duque de Alva, em que lhe da conta do terremoto de Napoles no anno de 1688;" Naples, 11 June, 1688. Span. f. 2.

2. "Noticia do terremoto que ouve em Roma;" 20 Oct. 1688. Span. f. 4.

3. "Somario dos serviços de Paullo Rebello," in 1622 and subsequently. With signature. f. 50.

4. Letter of "Antonio Carvalho de Parada, Prior de Brucellas e Accipreste da Sè de Lisboa" to the King; 20 May, 1646. Port. f. 60.

5. "Carta de Fr. Lucas," with sonnets, etc. Port. f. 66.

6. "Rellação da chegada a Bahia do Bispo de Haspaham [Ispahan] na Percia, Dom Frade Elias de Santo Alberto, da sua felix morte," etc.

5 Dec. 1708, f. 70.

7. "Varias Poezias," romances, sonnets, etc.; some printed and others at ff. 86 b, 96, 132, 134 with the signatures of the authors, Francisco Leitão Ferreyra, Martim de Lemos Soares, Alexius Collotes de Jantillet, and João de Abreu, most of these being holograph. Port., Span., and Lat. f. 76.

8. "Relação dos successos vitoriosos que na Barra de Goa ouue dos Olandezes Antonio Telles de Menezes, Capitam Geral do Mar da India, nos annos de 1637 e 1638." Printed. f. 138.

9. Poems addressed to the King of Portugal and others by Mathias Ribeyro da Costa, Franc. Leytão Ferreyra, etc. Printed. Port. and Lat. f. 151.

10. Account of an earthquake at Lima; 20 Oct. 1687. Port. f. 161. Paper. Folio.

Portugal: Historical and miscellaneous papers: 16th-18th centt.

includes:

• f. 2 Kingdom of Naples and Sicily: Account of the earthquake: 1688.: Span.
• f. 2 Antonio Alvarez de Toledo, 7th Duke of Alva: Letter to, from S. de Cous y Solarses: 1688.: Span.
• f. 2 Sebastiao de Cous y Solarses: Letter to the Duke of Alva: 1688.: Span.
• ff. 2, 4 Earthquakes: At Naples and Rome: 1688.: Span.
• f. 4 Court of Rome: Account of the earthquake in: 1688.: Span.
• ff. 53 Paullo Rebello: Summary of his services: 1622.: Portug.
• f. 54 Gastao Coutinho, Alcayde mór of Torres Vedras: Recital of grants to, by John IV.: 1640-1656.
• f. 60 Antonio Carvalho de Parada, Prior of Bucellas in Portugal: Letter to John IV.: 1646.: Portug.: Copy.
• ff. 60-64 John IV of Portugal: Letter to, from the Prior of Bucellas: 1646.
• ff. 66-69 Lucas, Frade: Letter to --, with sonnet: 18th cent.: Portug.
• f. 70 'Elias de San Alberto, Bishop of Ispahan: Relaçao da chegada à Bahia de: 1708.
• f. 76 Martim de Lemos Boares: Poem: 18th cent.: Portug.
• ff. 76-137 Poetry: Various poems: 18th cent.: Portug., Span., and Lat.
• ff. 76-137, 151-160 Francisco Leitao Ferreyra, Père: Poems: 18th cent.: Portug. and Lat.
• f. 132 Alexius Collotes de Jantillet: Poem: 18th cent.: Lat.
• f. 133 Joao de Abreu: Poems: 18th cent.: Portug.
• ff. 138-145 India: Relation of the defeat of the Dutch by the Portuguese at Goa: 1637, 1638.: Portug.: Printed.
• ff. 138-145 Antonio Telles de Menezes, Capitam Geral do Mar da India: Relation of his victories over the Dutch at Goa: 1637, 1638.: Portug.: Printed.
• ff. 151-160 Mathias Ribeyro da Costa: Poems: 1619.: Portug.
• ff. 151-160 Felix de Cantalicio: Poem on the canonization of: 1619.: Portug.
• f. 161 Earthquakes: At Lima: 1687.: Portug. and Span.
• ff. 161-164 Lima, Province of Peru: Account of the earthquake at: 1687.: Portug. and Span.
• f. 171 Diogo de Mendoça Corte Real, Count; Portuguese Secretary of State: Letters to F. Telles da Silva: 1732.: Portug.