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The remaining documents presented in this volume—which are translated from either the originals or transcripts thereof—are obtained from the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla; the pressmark of each is indicated as follows: 1.
The latter part is obtained from a MS. in the Real Academia de la Historia; its pressmark, "Papeles de las Jesuitas, tomo 8, fol. 330-339."
Decree of August 9, 1589.—This is obtained from the ”Cedulario Indico” in the Archivo Historico Nacional, Madrid; its pressmark is: “Tomo 7, fº 301, nº 449.”
The pressmark of this autograph letter in the British Museum is Add.
From Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly
The full pressmark of a book was therefore A. v.
From Old English Libraries by Ernest Albert Savage