^{page 117 note 1} This account is written from original documents (Spanish) existing in the General Archives of the Indies, at Seville, Spain, of which transcripts are on file in the West India Reference Room of the Institute of Jamaica, at Kingston. These have beencompared with English sources to be found in the British Museum Reading Room and Manuscript Department. While much else was seen, most help was found in A Collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe, London, 1742Google Scholar ; Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series, Addenda, 1574–1674, London, 1893Google Scholar ; D'oyley's Journal, Additional MSS. 12423.

The quantity of original material (Spanish) available at Seville and bearing on Jamaica at the period under consideration is overwhelming. Fortunately for the investigator, it lies almost entirely in two legajos (packages), numbered 54–3–29 and 79–4–6. The documents are well preserved original communications and copies (certified, authenticated and simple) of communications interchanged between the crown (king and councils) in Spain and its ministers (especially governors in Jamaica and adjacent islands). Furthermore—advanced as evidence in subsequent legal proceedings—there are valuable communications exchanged between these ministers and their subordinates. It has not been possible to cite in the footnotes more than a few of the many papers handled in preparation of this contribution.

^{page 118 note 1} The Spaniards concerned in Jamaica's defence were confusingly intermarried. Don Francisco de Proenza and Don Cristóbal Ysassi Arnaldo were related either by blood or marriage, or by both. Don Francisco's wife was Doña Ynez de Leiva y Espinoza. Don Francisco de Leiva was Leiva Ysassi and his wife was Doña Lorenza Ysassi, sister to Don Cristóbal. Don Francisco de Leiva's only son was Cristóbal de Leiva Ysassi and Don Cristóbal Ysassi's nephew as well as his second in command. Just as Don Francisco de Proenza was the most influential man in Jamaica at the time of the English seizure, so was Don Francisco de Leiva the richest. Among its members (including the Cartagena) this one family had become accustomed to divide what few offices and scanty honours the island afforded. Similarly, they now made the war against the English a family affair. It is interesting to observe that with the departure from them of the governor (an official named by the Duke de Veragua, and imposed from Spain) the defence of Jamaica early devolved upon its native sons. The Ysassi were a distinguished family, with roots running back to the north coast of Spain. An ancestor of Don Cristóbal's had come to the island as warden of a fort on the north coast. This must have been at the time of Jamaica's earliest settlement since after that period not even the semblance of a fort existed upon that side of the island. Cf. Long, Edward, The History of Jamaica, British Museum, Add. MSS. 14405, p. 80Google Scholaret seq.

Ysassi's father was Captain don Cristóbal Sanchez Ysassi, and Don Bias Ysassi Arnaldo, governor's lieutenant at Santiago de Cuba, was but one of Don Cristóbal's numerous brothers. Another seems to have been Sebastian de Ysassi Proenza (A. de I., 54–3–29, his letter to Don Blas, from Havana, July 8, 1661). Still another brother was Don Francisco Arnaldo Ysassi, bishop of Porto Rico (Leguia to the bishop-elect, November 6, 1656, in A. de I., 54–3–29). Nevertheless, in studying his papers the editor has come to the conclusion that Don Cristóbal was not all white, although no conclusive proof could be cited on which to base assertion that he was in some degree of blood related to the negroes who fought under him, whose support he preferred, whose sympathy he held, upon whose valour he relied, whose desertion, only, convinced him of defeat.

His letters, preserved in the Archives of the Indies, show that Don Cristóbal was not an educated man. The involved style of his writing is complicated by the use of curious expressions and unusual words, which should interest a philologist. His spelling would doubtless be found to throw light upon the accent with which he spoke. Just as his literary shortcomings obtrude through his despatches, so also does Don Cristóbal's character—his pride, not devoid of vanity, his voluble patriotism and religious ardour, his inability to co-operate, his resilient courage. While he felt it necessary to explain when he killed his prisoners because he considered it unsafe to keep them, he did not apologise for his delight ina fine watch, a dainty pistol, a curious seal, a handsome sword, and good clothing, of which he relieved the dead. Some of these mementoes of his valour he kept and some he sent to his friends, and to the governors at Santiago and at Cartagena. He paid his men in loot and, as their leader, took the leader's share.

^{page 120 note 1} A. de I., 54–3–29, Ysassi to Don Blas Ysassi Arnaldo, Manatines, April 3, 1656.

^{page 120 note 2} Cf. Sabada's Journal, Thurloe, IV, p. 543Google Scholar.

^{page 120 note 3} Sedgwicke to the Protector, Jamaica, November 5, 1655; Goodson and Sedgwicke to Thurloe, 12 24, march, 12, 1656Google Scholar; Sedgwicke to id., January 24, march, 12, in Thurloe, IV, pp. 151, 454, 455, 600, 604.

^{page 120 note 4} Long, Edward, History of Jamaica, B.M. MSS. 12404, p. 258Google Scholar.

^{page 120 note 5} The Castilla narrative (Camden Miscellany, XIII, 1924)Google Scholar furnishes an outline of the situation of the Spaniards in Jamaica from May, 1655, to July, 1656. For events up to March, 1656, it is the best Spanish source. Ysassi's letters of April and June, 1656 (cited Ibid., p. 22, note 2), are colourful pictures of his opening campaign (March–June)which carried him to the very doors of English headquarters, where he showed himself in the light of houses he had set on fire. For English accounts of his first offensive, see Sedgwicke and Goodson to the Protector, Jamaica, March 12; Sedgwicke to Thurloe, same date; id. to id. April 30, 1656, in Thurloe, IV, pp. 600, 604, 748; D'oyley's Journal, p. 10, minutes of council of war, March 19, 1656; Godfrey to Blackborne, April 30, 1656, Calendar of State Papers, Addenda, p. 109, No. 257.

^{page 121 note 1} A. de I., 54–3–29, the council for Indies to the crown, October 12, 1656.

^{page 121 note 2} Ysassi's of April 3, 1656, which Don Blas forwarded in copy with his of May 22 following, preserved in A. de I., 54–3–29.

^{page 121 note 3} His commission (A. de I., 79–4–6, f. 25 reverse, copy) was issued from San Lorenzo on October 12, 1656, and made him governor of Jamaica, to command all reinforcements to be sent, until such time as his majesty might otherwise provide.

^{page 121 note 4} A. de I., 79–4–6, f. 54 reverse.

^{page 121 note 5} A. de I., 79–4–6, ff. 23, 28, 30 reverse, 32, 37; 41, 42, 42 reverse, 43; 56–66 reverse, inclusive, etc.

^{page 122 note 1} A. de I., 79–4–6, f. 40, cédula, San Lorenzo, October 30, 1656; f. 48, cédula, Buen Retiro, June 8, 1657.

^{page 122 note 2} “… circumstances do not permit the despatch of a regular fleet, with forces of the regular army, to desembark and operate by land, and so attempt the restoration by regular methods …”—The king to the Duke de Alburquerque, cédula of October 30, above cited.

^{page 123 note 1} In August, 1655, with Goodson's consent, Sedgwicke deported 70 Spaniards. The vessel he provided them reached Campeche in early September, and Governor don Francisco de Bazan reported in the matter to the crown (A. de I., 54–3–29, his despatch, Merida, September 29, 1655 with enclosures, among them copy of Sedgwicke's passport to the Acostas, to whom he furnished the ship). Bazan would, surely, have informed the viceroy at about the same time.

^{page 123 note 2} A. de I., 54–3–29, Alburquerque to Ysassi, Mexico, March 9, 1657.

^{page 123 note 3} A. de I., 54–3–29, Alburquerque to the crown, Mexico, July 20, 1657.

^{page 123 note 4} His report has been preserved, in A. de I., 54–3–29.

^{page 123 note 5} “Although in the papers which Don Pedro (Zapata) has sent (to Spain) it is set forth that in April of 1656 he attempted to send 600 men, reinforcements to Jamaica, and says that to that end he asked these troops of the presidents of the Audiencias of the New Kingdom and of Panama, it does not appear that he carried into effect more than the despatch of a frigate with munitions and stores, which left Cartagena on the 24th of the said month of April …”—The council for Indies to his majesty, Madrid, May 17, 1657, in A. de I., 54–3–29. Other papers in the same legajo show that this vessel was thrown off its course, either by bad weather or by malice of its owners. Not until December, 1656, did Don Cristóbal receive this relief, at Lobato. It was not considerable.

^{page 124 note 1} See note No. 1, p. 122 ante.

^{page 124 note 2} A. de I., 54–3–29, Alburquerque to the crown, Mexico, July 20, 1657. Captain Salinas' orders, dated March 9, are to be found in the same legajo.

^{page 124 note 3} A. de I., 54–3–29, Alburquerque to Aguirre, Mexico, March 9, 1657.

^{page 124 note 4} A. de I., 54–3–29, Aguirre to the crown, Havana, May 24, 1657; Memorial of charges, Santiago de Cuba, September 8, 1658.

^{page 124 note 5} A. de I., 54–3–29, Bayona Villanueva to the crown, Santiago de Cuba, July 19, 1657.

^{page 124 note 6} A. de I., 79–4–6, f. 32, October 25, 1656.

^{page 125 note 1} A. de I., 54–3–29; Aguirre to the crown, Havana, April 2 and June 1, 1657; Añues to the Duke de Alburquerque, Jamaica, July 7, I657.

^{page 125 note 2} A. de I., 54–3–29, Ysassi to the Duke de Alburquerque, Jamaica, July 9 and 16, 1657.

^{page 125 note 3} A. de I., 54–3–29, De los Reyes to the Duke de Alburquerque, La Managua (Jamaica), July 8, 1657.

^{page 125 note 4} A. de I., 54–3–29, De Silva to the Duke de Alburquerque, Santiago de Cuba, July 8, 1657.

^{page 125 note 5} A. de I., 54–3–29, Ysassi to the Duke de Alburquerque, Jamaica, July 9 and 16, 1657.

^{page 125 note 6} In the consulta de consejo of October 12, 1656, it was recommended that Bayona Villanueva be instructed to forward the relief “from Santiago to Jamaica, to Don Cristóbal de Ysassi, by way of the safe port and landing places which Don Cristóbal names in his letter,” i.e., of April 3, to Don Blas. Resultant cédulas accurately reflected this intention that Ysassi should select the point of debarkation of the expedition; and Bayona Villanueva was clearly told (cédula, October 25, 1656) to send it to any port that Ysassi might designate at the time.

^{page 125 note 7} Ysassi gives his reasons as early as his letter of April 3, 1656, to Don Blas; he repeats them in his despatches to the viceroy of July 9 and 16, 1657.

^{page 126 note 1} A. de I., 54–3–29, Bayona Villanueva to the crown, Santiago de Cuba, July 18, 1657.

^{page 126 note 2} The troops were landed at Santa Ana alias La Maguana. The munitions were landed at Las Chorreras, sometimes called Las Chorreras de Santa Ana. Long identified this—Cheirreras Bay—with Ocho Rios.

^{page 126 note 3} A. de I., 54–3–29, Ysassi to Blas Ysassi Arnaldo, Jamaica, July 21, 1657.

^{page 126 note 4} His opinion of Ysassi shows through all his correspondence. That it was not shared by the council for Indies is evident in the consulta of March 12, 1658 (A. de I., 54–3–29) and resultant cédulas.

^{page 127 note 1} A. de I., 54–3–29, Bayona Villanueva to Zapata, from Santiago de Cuba, August 11, 1657, embodied in a testimonio, September, 1657, accompanying Zapata's to the crown, Cartagena, October 12, 1657.

^{page 127 note 2} A. de I., 54–3–29, Bayona Villanueva to the crown, Santiago de Cuba, July 18, 1657.

^{page 127 note 3} A. de I., 54–3–29, De los Reyes to the Duke de Alburquerque, La Maguana (Jamaica), July 8; Ysassi to Blas Ysassi Arnaldo, Jamaica, July 17; Blas Ysassi Arnaldo to the crown, Santiago de Cuba, November 20, 1657, etc., etc.

^{page 127 note 4} Thurloe, VI, p. 130, deposition Pedro de Salas, March 20, 1657. Cf. Long, f. 90 reverse.

^{page 127 note 5} B.M., Egerton 2395, p. 144, D'oyley to Commissioners of the Admiralty (?), “Letter upon the death of Coll. Brayne” (September, 1657).

^{page 128 note 1} A. de I., 54–3–29, Ysassi to the Duke de Alburquerque, Jamaica, July 9, 1657.

^{page 128 note 2} In his letter to his brother Blas, written in April, 1656, previously cited.

^{page 128 note 3} A. de I., 54–3–29, Bayona Villanueva to the crown, Santiago de Cuba, July 18, 1657.

^{page 128 note 4} A. de I., 54–3–29, Ysassi to Blas Ysassi Arnaldo, Jamaica, July 17 (?), 1657.

^{page 128 note 5} Ibid.; Ysassi to the Duke de Alburquerque, Jamaica. August 29, 1657, etc., etc.

^{page 129 note 1} These matters are fully set forth in A. de I., 54–3–29, Ysassi to Blas Ysassi Arnaldo, Jamaica, August 31; and in the papers accumulated in the course of subsequent proceedings against Reyes. See especially his own deposition, made at Santiago de Cuba, November 10, 1657. See also Captain Mendez's.

^{page 129 note 2} A. de I., 54–3–29.

^{page 129 note 3} A. de I., 54–3–29, Blas Ysassi Arnaldo to the crown, Santiago de Cuba, November 16, 1657.

^{page 129 note 4} Ibid.. This charge is stressed in certain papers belonging to the fiscal (crown prosecutor) preserved in this same lagajo.

^{page 129 note 5} A. de I., 54–3–29, Bayona Villanueva to Zapata, Santiago de Cuba, August 11; to the crown, September 2, 1657.

^{page 130 note 1} A. de I., 54–3–29, Ysassi to the Duke de Alburquerque, Jamaica, August 29, 1657; to Blas Ysassi Arnaldo, August 31.

^{page 130 note 2} A. de I., 54–3–29, Ysassi to Blas Ysassi Arnaldo, Jamaica, September 13, 1657; to the Duke de Alburquerque, same date.

^{page 130 note 3} B.M. 2395, p. 144, “Letter upon the death of Coll. Brayne.”

^{page 130 note 4} A. de I., 54–3–29, Ysassi to Blas Ysassi Arnaldo, Jamaica, September 27, 1657. Cf. Captain Mendez' deposition, among the fiscal's papers, in the same legajo.

^{page 130 note 5} A. de I., 54–3–29, Ysassi to Blas Ysassi Arnaldo, Jamaica, October 12, 1657, forwarding “shameful papers,” i.e., communications between Reyes and Silva and Ysassi, demands of the infantry on Ysassi, etc., etc., showing the mutinous state of the troops and officers, from October 4 forward.

^{page 131 note 1} Their correspondence is preserved in A. de I., 54–3–29.

^{page 131 note 2} B.M., Egerton 2395, p. 144, “Letter upon the death of Coll. Brayne.”

^{page 131 note 3} A. de I., 54–3–29, Blas Ysassi Arnaldo to the crown, Santiago de Cuba, November 16, 1657.

^{page 131 note 4} “I, brother, am making my headquarters in the negro stockade, since it is the strongest situation in all the island, where, with 100 men, though 1,000 attack, I can defend it. In order not to be beaten off by the enemy, I want to make all the king's munitions safe. Then, from there I will set out on the campaign….”—Ysassi to Blas Ysassi Arnaldo, Jamaica, July 17 (?), 1657. In other documents this headquarters from which the Spanish operated as a safe base is named: Bermejales (Vera Ma Hallis).

^{page 132 note 1} Among English primary sources examined the writer has seen no reference to this expedition, although its results were of enough importance that D'oyley must have reported it. See Thurloe, VII, p. 55, Downing to Goodson, The Hague, April 16, 1658.

^{page 132 note 2} A. de I., 54–3–29, Bayona Villanueva to the crown, Santiago de Cuba, November 16; Blas Ysassi Arnaldo to the crown, Santiago de Cuba, November 16; id. to id., November 20; Ysassi Arnaldo to Blas Ysassi Arnaldo, Jamaica, November 25; Francisco Cartagena de Leiva to Julian de Castilla, Jamaica, November 26; Ysassi Arnaldo to Bayona Villanueva, Jamaica, November 28; Francisco de Leiva Ysassi to Bayona Villanueva, December 17, 1657. Depositions made by Captains Juan de Los Reyes, Domingo de Silva, Chaplain Mathias Velazquez, and others who were present at the rout, have been preserved in the same legajo.

^{page 132 note 3} A. de I., 54–3–29, Bayona Villanueva to the crown, Santiago de Cuba, November 16, 1657.

^{page 133 note 1} A. de I., 54–3–29. Ysassi Arnaldo to Blas Ysassi Arnaldo, Jamaica, November 25, 1657.

^{page 133 note 2} A. de I., 54–3–29, Bayona Villanueva to the crown, Santiago de Cuba, January 19, 1658; id. to id., January 27.

^{page 133 note 3} A. de I., 54–3–29, the Duke de Alburquerque to the crown, Mexico, March 20, 1658.

^{page 133 note 4} Ibid..

^{page 134 note 1} A. de I., 54–3–29, Cristóbal Ysassi y Proenza, deposition, Santiago de Cuba, January 28, 1658.

^{page 134 note 2} A. de I., 54–3–29, minutes of the council of war, Santiago de Cuba, January 20, 1658.

^{page 134 note 3} A. de I., 54–3–29, Ysassi to Bayona Villanueva, Jamaica, February 12, 1658; Blas Ysassi Arnaldo to the Duke de Alburquerque, Santiago de Cuba, March 5, 1658.

^{page 134 note 4} Thurloe, VI, p. 834, D'oyley to Thurloe, Jamaica, February 28, 1658.

^{page 135 note 1} A. de I., 54–3–29, Ysassi y Proenza's deposition, Santiago, January 28, 1658.

^{page 135 note 2} A. de I., 54–3–29, Bayona Villanueva to the Duke de Alburquerque, Santiago de Cuba, March 8, 1658, enclosing certificate of a muster held March 6; Ysassi to Gregorio de Leguia, Jamaica, August 16, 1658. Cf. D'oyley to Povey, Cagway, July 12, 1658, in Egerton 2395, B.M. MSS., p. 169.

^{page 135 note 3} A. de I., 54–3–29, Alvaro de la Raspuru to the Duke de Alburquerque, Jamaica, May 26, 1658.

^{page 135 note 4} A. de I., 54–3–29, Ysassi to Bayona Villanueva, Rio Nuevo (?), Jamaica, June 21, 1658.

^{page 136 note 1} A. de I., 54–3–29, Memorial of Charges, etc.; Ysassi Arnaldo to the Duke de Alburquerque, Rio Nuevo, May 28, 1658.

^{page 136 note 2} A. de I., 54–3–29, Alvaro de la Raspuru to the Duke de Alburquerque, Nuestra Señora de la Conceptión de Rio Nuevo, May 26, 1658.

^{page 136 note 3} A. de I., 54–3–29, Alvaro de la Raspuru to the Duke de Alburquerque, Nuestra Señora de la Concepción de Rio Nuevo, May 29, 1658; Ysassi to Bayona Villanueva, June 21, 1658.

^{page 136 note 4} D'oyley to — from Cagway in Jamaica, July 12, 1658, in Thurloe, VI, p. 260; Clarke to H. Cromwell, Whitehall, October 5, 1658, Ibid.., p. 424; Fleetwood to id., Ibid.., p. 423; Dalyson to Blackborne, Cagway, July 16, 1658, in Calendar State Papers, Addenda, p. 123, No. 304; Burough to id., same date, Ibid.., p. 123, No. 305. Cf. Long, Add. MSS, 12404, p. 273 et seq.

^{page 137 note 1} His demand, in translation, dated June 26, 1658, is preserved in A. de I., 54–3–29.

^{page 137 note 2} A. de I., 54–3–29, minutes of council of war held at Cayaus, Jamaica, July 17, 1658; Ysassi to the crown, July 19; id. to Gregorio Leguia, same date.

^{page 137 note 3} Long, Ibid.., p. 277, remarked that the fighting upon this occasion was so severe and the victory so creditable, that “this gallant action repaired the honour of the army, which had sustained some injury at St. Domingo.” Long states that at the first onset the Spanish taunted the English with their defeat there, “which inflamed the English troops with rage,” which must account for the ferocity with which they pursued the vanquished (Ibid.., p. 276) along the seashore and through the woods. It will be observed that the Spanish loss of life was very heavy.

^{page 137 note 4} A. de I., 54–3–29, the minutes of this council.

^{page 138 note 1} A. de I., 54–3–29, the council for Indies to the king, Madrid, March 11, 1658; the council for war in Indies to the king, Madrid, March 12, 1658.

^{page 138 note 2} A. de I., 54–3–29, the Duke de Medinaceli to the king, Puerto de Santa Maria, March 23, 1658; minutes of the council, held on the 22nd; opinion of Don Manuel de Bañuelos, Cadiz, March 23; opinion of the Marqués de Villa Rubia, Puerto de Santa Maria (Cadiz), March 22; opinion of Don Juan de Urbina, Cadiz, March 24; opinion of Don Pablo Fernandez de Contreras, Puerto de Santa Maria (Cadiz), March 23; opinion of Conde de Villaumbrosa, Sevilla, March 28.

^{page 139 note 1} A. de I., 54–3–29, deposition, Juan de Figueredo y Fuertu, Santiago de Cuba, January 18, 1659.

^{page 139 note 2} The council for Indies was not reconciled to his majesty's decision not to hamper the armada with “any sort of an engagement with respect to Jamaica.” “The council cannot refrain from calling your majesty's royal consideration to the great importance of the island of Jamaica and to the imperative necessity of recovering it, no matter what the effort entailed; for if the English hold Jamaica, in addition to the risk and prime danger which menaces religion (and religion invariably holds first place in the royal, Christian, merciful breast of your majesty), all the neighbouring islands are wholly exposed and endangered, as are also the coastal provinces of Tierra Firme and Mexico, matters which must be regarded not as remote future contingencies which will probably never present themselves, but as imminent menaces, from which prudence must anticipate immediate loss—menaces which augment every day that the enemy's forces strike deeper root in that island while we leisurely let time pass without applying any remedy. This remedy, through God's mercy, is to be the strength of the armada, and therefore the council with the greatest reverence and efficacy possible, entreats your majesty effectively to order that strength exerted between the ending of this year and the beginning of 1659.”—The council for Indies to his majesty, Madrid, April 12, 1658, in A. de I., 54–3–29. These pleas were vain.

^{page 140 note 1} Resultant cédulas will be found in A. de I., 79–4–6, ff. 75 reverse and forward.

^{page 140 note 2} Memorandum of the decree removing Bayona Villanueva is preserved in 54–3–29; see also A. de I., 79–4–6, f. 83, cédula of April 21, 1658, to Morales.

^{page 140 note 3} A. de I., 54–3–29, very numerous papers in his case; 79–4–6, ff. 102 reverse, 104 reverse, 105, 105 reverse, 106, etc.

^{page 140 note 4} A. de I., 54–3–29, the council for war in Indies to his majesty, Madrid, March 12, 1658; the council for Indies to his majesty, of same date; id. to id., May 7; 79–4–6, f. 75, cédula to Ysassi, advising him.

^{page 141 note 1} A. de I., 79–4–6, f. 75 reverse, cédula, April 21, 1658.

^{page 141 note 2} A. de I., 54–3–29, Tobar to the crown, Santiago de Cuba, July 25, 1658.

^{page 141 note 3} A. de I., 54–3–29, Ysassi to the crown, Jamaica, August 16, 1658; to Morales, January 11, 1659.

^{page 141 note 4} A. de I., 54–3–29, Don Juan de Salamanca to the crown, Havana, November 1, 1658.

^{page 141 note 5} This coloured sketch is indeed pretty—done in blues, greens and gold. With so charming a work of art laid before him, the viceroy could foresee only “credit and reputation”for his Mexican tercio. The messenger who brought the duke this map left Rio Nuevo at the end of May aboard the three transports which Ysassi forced to clear while the English were off the port, so that here we have a contemporary representation of these three vessels and of the English who attacked and were driven off. Preserved in A. de I., map portfolio (West Indies).

^{page 142 note 1} A. de I., 54–3–29, the Duke de Alburquerque to the crown, Mexico, July 29, 1658.

^{page 142 note 2} A. de I., 54–3–29, the Duke de Alburquerque to the crown, Mexico, July 29, 1658.

^{page 142 note 3} A. de I., 54–3–29, Morales to the Duke de Alburquerque, Santiago de Cuba, August 29, 1659; the duke to the crown, Mexico, October 29, 1659.

^{page 142 note 4} A. de I., 54–3–29, Morales to the Duke de Alburquerque, Santiago de Cuba, August 29, 1659.

^{page 142 note 5} D'oyley to Commissioners of the Admiralty, Jamaica, February 1, 1660, in Calendar State Papers, Addenda, p. 133, No. 332.

^{page 142 note 6} Dalyson to Blackborne, Port Cagway, Jamaica, January 31, 1660, in Calendar State Papers, Addenda, p. 132, No. 331.

^{page 124 note 7} A. de I., 54–3–29, Jamaicans to the crown, from the bush, September 16, 1659 (four signatures only); captains of the Mexican tercio to the crown, Jamaica, November 3, 1659.

^{page 143 note 1} A. de I., 54–3–29, Bayona Villanueva to the crown, Santiago de Cuba, November 18, 1658; Morales to Leguia, Santiago de Cuba, March 20, 1659; Salamanca to the crown, Havana, September 30, 1659; etc., etc.

^{page 143 note 2} The Spanish considered sounding the English with an offer to pay them to abandon Jamaica. See A. de I., 54–3–29, Salamanca to the crown, Havana, March 18, 1659; Leyba Ysassi's deposition, Madrid, July 12, 1659, 10th question.

^{page 143 note 3} A. de I., 54–3–29, Ysassi to the crown, Jamaica, August 16, 1658; id. to Morales, Jamaica, January 11, 1659.

^{page 143 note 4} A, de I., 54–3–29, Morales to the crown, Santiago de Cuba, November 6, 1659; Ysassi to the crown, Santiago de Cuba, June 2 (August 10), 1660; id. to his brother, Santiago de Cuba, January 8, 1661.

^{page 144 note 1} A. de I., 54–3–29, certificate, council of war held at Las Chorreras, February 22, 1660.

^{page 144 note 2} Burough to Blackborne, Port Cagway, February 22, 1660, in Calendar State Papers, Addenda, p. 134, No. 334; id. to id., Jamaica, April 10, 1660, Ibid.., p. 134, No. 335. Cf. Long, p. 108 et seq.

^{page 144 note 3} A. de I., 54–3–29, Morales to the crown, Santiago de Cuba, May 30, 1660; Ysassi to the crown, Santiago de Cuba, June 6 (August 10), 1660.

^{page 144 note 4} A. de I., 54–3–29, Tyson to Ysassi (translation). Las Chorreras, February 27, 1660.

^{page 144 note 5} A. de I., 54–3–29, Ysassi to D'oyley, Jamaica, March 24, 1660.

^{page 145 note 1} A. de I., 54–3–29, Ysassi to the crown, Santiago de Cuba, June 6 (August 10), 1660.

^{page 145 note 2} A. de I., 54–3–29, D'oyley to Ysassi (translation), Cagway, March, 1660.

^{page 145 note 3} A. de I., 54–3–29, the council for Indies to his majesty, Madrid, March 13, 1660.

^{page 145 note 4} A. de I., 54–3–29, minutes of council of war held in Jamaica, March 24, 1660.

^{page 146 note 1} A. de I., 54–3–29, Ysassi to D'oyley, Jamaica, March 24, 1660, and its enclosure.

^{page 146 note 2} A. de I., 54–3–29, certificate, drawn up in Jamaica, May 3, 1660, setting forth Ysassi's reasons for abandoning the island.

^{page 146 note 3} A. de I., 54–3–29, the council for Indies to his majesty, Madrid, August 13, 1660; id. to id., September 6, 1660.

^{page 146 note 4} A. de I., 54–3–29, Conde de Villaumbrosa to the crown, Seville, March 28, 1658.

^{page 147 note 1} A. de I., 54–3–29, Morales to the crown, Santiago de Cuba, May 30, 1660.

^{page 147 note 2} February 8, 1660.

^{page 147 note 3} Dalyson to Blackborne, Cagway, April 11, 1660, in Calendar State Papers, p. 135, No. 337.

^{page 147 note 4} The author of this Paper has informed the Council that 116 of the most important documents mentioned in note 1 on pp. 117–118 of this volume have been translated by her into English, with an introductory study and explanatory notes. These transcripts have been temporarily deposited in the Library of the Society for the assistance of any Fellows who may wish for further particulars of any incidents mentioned in this Paper. It is to be hoped that this valuable collection of materials for the history of the Spanish Main may by some means or other be made permanently available for the information of English-speaking students of the period by means of publication in a suitable form.