CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE FRENCH INSTITUTE; OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY
OF HISTORY AT MADRID, ETC.
"Congestæ cumulantur opes, orbisque rapinas
Accipit."
Claudian, In Ruf., lib. i., v. 194.
"So color de religion
Van a buscar plata y oro
Del encubierto tesoro."
Lope de Vega, El Nuevo Mundo, Jorn. 1.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOLUME I.
NEW YORK:
HARPER AND BROTHERS, 82 CLIFF STREET.
M DCCC XLVII.