Transcriber’s Note:

In general, spelling and punctuation are as found. Changes have been made as follows:

Title Page: The date 1652 is from the catalogue entry. The last digit is obscured (165?) in the original. Colminero changed to Colmenero (matches other occurrences in the text).

Poem: Chonolate changed to Chocolate

First Point: re-received changed to received an-answered changed to answered primaq; expanded to primaque Removed duplicated word “it” in “though it excuse not” Sidenote Ta-asco. is unclear in the scan and was left as found. cumq; expanded to cumque dulcisq; expanded to dulcisque commõ expanded to common

Second Point: Cocao changed to Cacao Duplicated signature mark B4 changed to C4