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P. 54, note, lines 6–8 from end: It is only fair to the Duke de Almodovar to explain the reasons for his treatment of Raynal’s work; they are thus given by José Arias y Miranda, in his Examen crítico-histórico del influjo que tuvo en el comercio, industria y población de España su dominación en América (“a work crowned by the Real Academia de la Historia, and published by that body, at Madrid, 1854”), an interesting and well-written study of that subject, with learned and valuable annotations and much reference to standard authorities: “In regard to the famous history of Abbé Raynal, although it abounds in flights of imagination, in philosophical ideas, and in passionate and declamatory judgments, it has merited general acceptance on account of the information it contains and the notable indications of penetration and genius which are revealed in it. But it was not possible for the Duke de Almodovar to make it known to his countrymen without variations and emendations, since it was one of the works included in the Indexes of the Holy Office; he therefore contrived to present it as a work imitated rather than produced, without daring to mention even once the name of the author, or to print his own on the title page, substituting for the latter the anagram of ‘Malo de Luque.’ This recasting was very skilfully done; he suppressed what could not be published; and added information and very judicious reflections upon commerce in general and on that of our [Spanish] possessions. Although this history belongs properly to our literature, since it is not a translation, it has never been reprinted since the first edition, copies of which are now becoming rare.”
P. 229, note, line 2 from end: The phrase “grant of feudal rights” is in Spanish la dominación á Caballería de Tierra. Much of the old feudalism still remained at that time, preeminently in connection with the military orders; there are many laws regarding these in the Autos acordados, and some of them extend well into the seventeenth century. Apparently Dasmariñas held the village of Binondo as a sort of encomienda, [it was only the land which he purchased from Velada], and had also the feudal right to the service of the Chinese and mestizos (over whom he, a caballero, was lord), as retainers obliged to serve him on the land, but not on sea.—James A. LeRoy (in a private letter). Cf. note on caballería, VOL. XLVII, p. 199.
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P. 27, line 1: For “Venetia” read “Vicenza;” p. 273, note 1, line 2, and p. 274, line 11, for “Venice,” “Vicenza;” and p. 274, line 21 from end, for “Venetian,” “Vicentine.”
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P. 160, note 541, line 1: For “loony” read “loory.”