Tbe Anfiver to tbeAdvertifement. A rrbirb b•tb no bkmifb, but that ityeeldsfuchYipert M JOUr felfi) abou11d1 (tH JOlt tou MU I{_IIOf'P )withf!.•re •fincomparableDivinu,Jucb M may[etJOilr K.ome to [<boot. So"' the Mtflenger iJPyrhus longfince calledyour Iraly aCo11wrey ofKingJ, a~d E:gypt '""'"'otJI ~";~. ~.~ to be calledthe Collntr'J ofPbyjicians;fomay thH ~kjfod I landofourJJ•Jiiy mentthetitle 1.1.,. ofTheR.egion ofD 1 v r NE s. Forme, I csnbecontfllttobebaftenoughm~,;ne oW~~~:eyes · but ifmy difParagemmt fh~U redOJtnd to "'Jbette.·J, I dar<teUbmnt H my comfort,' that I rPas fell/ thither b) ajudgermnt no 11fe infoUible, tben ofPaul ti><Fift. Lttbimfttfi:ortltJI ofhH Eaves-dropping cump~nion1 .(towhom tlu.t place(lood open) fay Z~tf/;;~J~~:; .,herein Ijhamed thofe thatfe111 me. It was mJJ•Ji gmfo, th•ttbe neceUrt; ofmJhealth •fl"'""'q" Jeaofmy life caUedme rtjfimmatureiy: butfince either ile4thor dep•rtttre 11Jujl bepelded qui, P•di•ft B to, ()/henfbaUjudgen;hether I went awa1 rnorelr~denw#h infirmii.J, thefl (h()rJ'&ver HtJ· ;:;/l~e;~:·~~~~ J'P(Jrfh,) r:Pith approbation. 71amto!mlj[eti;, BHtth•t fecond lye ofmi11ei< fo loud, that all fll1 Brethren ofDort muJIhe4rt it, .And &c. tll<)whichwere IAteiJthe J>•ilneifos ofmy finceriiJ (graczng me with the deare Tefli· monJ •ftheirapproofe) are noJI!made theJ•dges ofmy imp•de,q. What 11Jonperoffalfhoodwzll comeforth? In my cenfureofTravell, glancing at theJofqiticall braggeof their Indian Miracles(whered th<irverJfriendsmak!Jport)l charge Cardinall Bel14rmine for an avoucher ofthefe Cozenages, who dares averre that his fellow Xavier notonclyhealed the Deafe, Dumbe, andBlinde, but raifed theDead; to which I add (whiles his Brother Acojia, after many yeares fpent in thofe parts,can pull him by th~ {]eeve, and tell him inhis eare, fo loud that all rheWorldmay heare, Prodig1a nulla prodHcimtH. )This is111J ImiifJIJieut; Let me come to my7ryall: Caji me, ifJ<e41t,Jt rt· ~mnd huJt, I Cf4Ve nof•voHr. Where lyellhis {o le"'d ly-., andmalicio11t oh11jd Th•t C BellarminefaJesth•softhe Jef•ileXavier, is not ik")ed; That Acofta(aJU th111 •fhimf•lfe, andhisfellow Jefititu, i1 gra~ted: The frft lyeyet ir, Acofta "~Pdln<Ver in the Eoft Indies, "or Xavier in the Weft; and bow the~ could Acofta fPend m•nJyears in thnfe p~rtd A perilo111plea! Who ever, I befeechJON, me,ti•nede#her Eaft or Wefr? I fpeak! ofthe Indies in commM;fodidhit BellarminqfrofiJ"'hom I citedthis, Claruit etiamin ;~:~;,:~:.~~: Indiisomni genere miraculorum, &c. Here in;oto~~eofthelnd,esme.,#oned, but both or either; Ifhoth livedinlhe Indies,thoHgh not inoneToTPn,in oneCountry ,in one Indie, Jl!hereinhave I offended; whilesfPeal<fng ofthe Jndies in gewerall, I [aid that Xavier and A colla lived there I Tet this is onelye (he Jitith) andthat fo long aone,asth41 it reach<th IH farre~Hitis from the Eaft tot he Wefr.{rom the Arrick to the Antartick Pole; where- ;,. I do11bt not bHIJOHr reverenm ,.ilf eaji/1 mark! the skjlt ofthislearnedCofmog•·apber. D Sosmparts ofthnfeinjia11ced lndies d1ffer votfof6rre; not toJPe•k.ofthe[mallfirail o Anbn; the fJJeNtionedBegio• ofMexico isnot abovefourefcoredegrm from Japan: Ei- ' tberJoNr conjirHfJiotJmztjifavor him, or elft this mujigoe into the llooftofoverfights. The fecond IJe i<, that AcoftapulledBellarmine bJibefleeve i" thi& a(ertio11, a1 if he denied thoft Ealtern Miraclt~, fJ>hichhe elfw,heremrfeffith. Indeed thi1fo.,cimffi were d•ngero111: Tl><redHat(lou[4J)i1 felloTP to aCrQJt>n. Butfh•li Iconfeffi where I erred? My d•IIIJ<ad couldnotconceive thll GoJjhouldbe ti><God•ftheMountaim,& not ofthe Paile}I;Ofthe Eaft Indies, andllotoftbe Weft;andJel be the JefoituGodinboth: EJPe· E czalty, jince the reafon that Jofeph Acoflafetcl><Jfromtheper[onJ ( "'bichjhtJH/d6eethe Jof..4"fl•t {ubjetl ofthoje.,onders) holds anq11allyfor both Indies, a1an Alma11ac~ ,,,Jefor the dt j,t.Jnd.,:;: Meridi4" ofone Citty,ftrveth the Ndghhourr. , Hithcrtothe11 theprolog•e of f11J ;,f•moHJfaljhoods,Juch, a1 ifallmJWrilingr could, have ajfortledanJeqllaiiJhain•us, thefthadneverbeen ch•fenollt t• g•·•ce thefrontofhis Dtt•f1,.n; Tberem11jl needs knmchterrourin1hejiq11el. Thereji ofth/JJlormfols t~pon our learnedProfeifo', D.Collins, oneofthe primeornamems•fo•r Cambridge;the partnerjhipofwiYJfi ~~tj•JI difgraced•th not alittlehtar teNmJHIItPorthineifo. Thtworidft•owJ tbeeminencyofth4t ma!lll.e4rning,Wit, Judge· mmt, Eloq•ence: Hit D'or/,!fraifi him eno11gh intheGate : Tttthis Malepert '"'"'" • treeperdoth fo ba[el1 fJi/ijie himfor igoorance,Jillinejfo,pratling, rNJI.icitie,IJing, as ifjJI t~J! o•eiJ be r>ere matchle/Jt. IndeedJI!homdoth the.[perjio11ofthatfoulehandforbearel Vdmmeft hominumalios viles facete. I appeale to •litheTribun41sofl.e4Tning rho· rorP tbeWorld, whetherall Doway haveyeekdought compa•·•hle to that fl/4111 Pen :JI!he· Nnn ther
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