"En razon de aver desamparado la Flota de su cargo, que el año passado de 1628. venìa à estos Reinos de la Provincia de Nueva España, dexandola, sin hazer defensa, ni resistencia alguna, en manos de Cossario Olandes, en el Puerto i Baîa de Matanças, donde se apoderò della, i de su tesoro."

Legal defense prepared by Solorzano for the Spanish officers who lost their fleet and its silver cargo to Dutch raiders in Matanzas Bay in 1628.

Signatures: Pi² [2 paragraph signs]² [3 paragraph signs]² [4 paragraph signs]² A-3C².

"Indice de los capitulos" [i.e. contents] and "Sumario de los puntos principales deste discurso" printed in double columns before main text.

Text printed in single columns on each page; with printed marginalia. Some italics.

Paragraphs of main text are numbered 1 through 500.

Woodcut coat of arms and border on t.p.; woodcut initials and tail pieces.

LC copy in limp vellum binding with alum tawed ties; hand lettered on spine: Allegacion de Solorzano.

Antonio, N. Bibliotheca Hispana Nova (1783) vol. 1, p. 781

Medina, J.T. Bib. hispano-americana vol. 2, p. 338-339, #894

Palau y Dulcet (2. ed.) vol. 21, p. 492, # 318993

Sabin vol. 22, p. 13, # 86531

Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation.