August 20 | | security be taken as sufficient | Navarrete | | | 1594, | Madrid | Undertaking authorised by Cervantes | Navarrete August 21 | | and his wife that their | | | persons and effects shall be | | | responsible for his payments | | | of excise | | | | 1594, | Madrid | Royal letters patent commissioning | August 23 | | Cervantes to collect | | | the thirds and excise | Navarrete | | | 1594, | Baza | Execution put in by Cervantes | Sept. 9 | | in Baza | Navarrete | | | 1594, | Malaga | Letter of Cervantes to the King | Nov. 17 | | giving an account of receipts in | | | Baza, Guadix, &c., and asking for | | | twenty days’ extension in which | | | to collect the remainder | | | autograph | Navarrete | | | 1594, | Madrid | Royal decree in reply to a letter | Nov. 29 | | of Cervantes on 8th Oct., in | | | which he gave his reasons for not | | | collecting excise at Almunecar, | | | Motril, and Solobrena | Navarrete | | | 1594, | Ronda | Attestation by the notary, | Dec. 9 | | Sebastian de Montalban, of | | | payments received by Cervantes | Navarrete | | | 1594, | Seville | Receipt authorised by Cervantes to | Dec. 15 | | J. Leclercque | Navarrete | | | 1595, | Madrid | Royal decree to the judge at | August 7 | | Olmedillas de Sevilla for him to | | | take goods in lieu of payment by | | | the bankrupt Simon Freire of the | | | 7,400 reals which Cervantes had | | | handed him | Navarrete | | | 1597, | Madrid | Royal decree, addressed to Seville, | Sept. 6 | | ordering Cervantes to give | | | securities for his appearance in |