Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Spanish Language in the British Museum. Vol. 4

by Pascual de Gayangos; British Museum. Department of Manuscripts

Eg. 2595. Paper, in folio, ff. 208, xvii. cent.

Correspondence of James Hay, Earl of Carlisle, 1622-23. Vol. IV., containing the following letters in Spanish:—

1. “Concierto” or Accommodation [between France and Spain] touching the Valtellina; n.d. Beg.: ‘Siendo ansi que en 25 de Abril del año passado de 1629, en la villa de Madrid’ f. 111

2. Holograph letter of Jil (Gil) de Mesa, dat. Avignon, “á los 8 de Noviembre de 1622,” to the Earl of Carlisle: thanking him for late favours, and giving news from France. Followed at fol. 175 by another in French; Paris, n.d. f. 171

3. Holograph letter of Conde de Olivares (D. Gaspar de Guzman); Madrid, 27 May, 1623: complimentary and announcing the arrival in that capital of Charles, Prince of Wales, and his suite f. 187

Eg. 2596. Paper, in folio, ff. 199, xvii. cent.

Correspondence of James Hay, Earl of Carlisle. Vol. V. 1624-5, containing: “Coppy of a Memorial [concerning the Palatinate] given [by Sir Walter Aston] to his Catholic Majestye [Philip IV] y^e 23 April, 1624. Stil. vet.” Beg.: ‘Don Gualtero Aston, embaxador del Rey de la Gran Bretaña’ f. 1-2

Add. 19,673. Paper, in 4^o., ff. 79, xviii. cent.

“Cartas de la Benerable (sic) Sor Maria de Jesus y del S^r. Rey D. Phelippe 4.”