Don Francisco de Toledo
Before Alvaro Ruiz de Navamuel
I the said Alvaro Ruiz de Navamuel, Secretary to his Excellency, of the Government, and to the general visitation of these kingdoms, notary to his Majesty, certify that the said testimony and verification was taken before me, and is taken from the original which remains in my possession, and that the said Alcalde, the Doctor Loarte, who signed, said that he placed and interposed upon it his authority and judicial decree, that it may be valued and accepted within his jurisdiction and beyond it. I here made my sign in testimony of the truth
Alvaro Ruiz de Navamuel
[Illustration: Facsimile (reduced) of the SIGNATURES OF THE ATTESTING
WITNESSES TO THE SARMIENTO MS. 1572. From the original, Göttingen
University Library. Reproduced and printed for the Hakluyt Society by
Donald Macbeth.]