[[43]] Canovas del Castillo.
[[44]] I have remarked elsewhere (Spanish Influences in English Literature) the strange approximation of the Spanish mystics (such as Sor Maria) with the English Puritans.
[[45]] MSS. Simancas, Estado, 2526; Canovas del Castillo.
[[46]] MSS. Record Office. S.P. Spain 42.
[[47]] Consultas del Consejo de Estado, Simancas.
[[48]] The present narrative is compiled from (1) the details of Ascham's murder, given to the English Council by Laurence Chambers on his return to England (Record Office MSS., S.P. Spain 43); (2) the letters of Fischer, the secretary, in the same packet; and (3) an unpublished manuscript deposition of the prisoners in Bib. Nat., Madrid, i. 325, transcribed by me.
[[49]] Fischer's letters and full account of his negotiations are in Record Office MSS., S.P. Spain 43.
[[50]] Fischer to the Council, 26th November 1650. MSS. Record Office.
[[51]] Cartas de Sor Maria, 30th June 1655.