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Title page. Sig. A3 - "| TO THE COVR- | teous Reader |..Henrie Sauile |". Sig. A4 r - Introductory section on the contents of the text. Sig. A4v - The general of the Spanish fleet in the West Indies, Don Bernaldino Delgadillo de Avellaneda's epistle to Peter Flores is reprinted in Spanish. (It is signed 30th March, 1596, Hauana). Sigs. B3v - B4r - the licencia of the original is reprinted. Sig. C1 - C4 - a translation of Bernaldino's letter and the licencia. Sig. D1v - sig. G4v - the reply to the 'lies' contained in the letter.
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According to the letter to the reader, the text was originally sent by don Bernaldino to Peter Flores, President of the Casa de la Contratación in Sevilla, who printed it there with privilegio. The English fleet was commanded by Francis Drake and John Hawkins.
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