Purchas his pilgrimage. Or relations of the world and the religions observed in all ages and places discovered, from the creation vnto this present. Contayning a theologicall and geographicall historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the ilands adiacent. Declaring the ancient religions before the floud, the heathenis, Iewish, and Saracenicall in all ages since ... / by Samuel Purchas.

  • Samuel Purchas
Date:
1626
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Credit: Purchas his pilgrimage. Or relations of the world and the religions observed in all ages and places discovered, from the creation vnto this present. Contayning a theologicall and geographicall historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the ilands adiacent. Declaring the ancient religions before the floud, the heathenis, Iewish, and Saracenicall in all ages since ... / by Samuel Purchas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    965 wanted not her wanes of Millions by their crudri.s, as wellai ch« former.) They teach them (laith Aeofia) a few Prayers in the Spamlh Tongue, wliich they vndcrftand notjand they which are more painfull, a Cacechifme without explanation. Their teaching is but a left and (hadow to get mony ; they follow dicing, hunting.whoo- rmg; m fo much that Baptifme is Icorned, and the Indians areforced to ita?ainft their wiU: and a hncere apd « vpright ludgc was wont to fay, that if bee came into Spainc, hee would pcriwade the King CO lend no more Priefti into America; fuch is their diffoIutenelTe. They .then indeed three Aichbilhopricks} that of Dominico, which had fixe Suffraganc Bi- rr. S'??*’' Iccond ot A^cx,ct?,wluch had y.the third to which were lubiea three Bithop ; yet thefe teach the people vices, by their praaice and ill example; infomuch that the Indians (fayth Ca/^J are of opinion, that the King of Spaw (which hath fuch fubicas, as the Spaniards fiic w themfeluea) is himfelle moft crucll, and hues on mans flclh; and thac of all Gods, the God af the ChriJltAnj is the worft, which hath fo bad feruants j longing for their ownc Gods, of whom they neuer rccciucd fuch ill, as now by this of the Chnftians. The Spaniards cannot endure the Indians to hcare a Sermon, thinking it makes them idle (as Pbtraoh faid «> of the Ifraelites) and captious; they learne them Vlhry, lying, fwearing, blalphemie, and things repugnant to their nature. Thus did a Cacique • dcfcribea Chriftiai to Be»*.o,hy thcynchriHun couric of the Spaniards, cyrtflians / (fayth he, looking Benz.» on the fate) n^hat are Chrtpans ? They ^perionjly demand Maiz, Ho»y, St/k(, RAymenx^an In. 20 dim woman to lye with them ; thei call for Cold and Stluer, they will not worke ; are Gameflers, Diccrf,(Vtcked,BUfphemers,'Backjtters,Qmrrellers: and concluded that Chnlf lans could not be good. Benz.0^ laid, that cuill Cbrillians did luch things, not the good ones: hee rcpiyed, Where are thofe good, for I neuer faw any but badt/ Hee was feuenty yeetes old,and fpake Spamlh perftaiy..ffe»a:tf layth,thac they would not lookc on the Chriftians,but curfc them and asbefore is laid, called them PSea*froth. Hee being very inquilitiue to fee what they, thought of our Faith, reporteth, that fomcof them taking apiece of Gold, will fay, Loe’ hecre the Chrilliani God : for this they kill vs and one another; for this they play, blaf- pheme,curfc,ftealc, and doeall manner of villanics. q A Francifean publikcly laid, that there was neyther Prieft, Monke, nor Bifliop, good in all India: and the Priefts thcmfelues 30 will lay, they came ihitherforgaine. A Caciques Sonne which was cowardly in his youth, and proued after diflblute, being asked the reafon thereof, faid. Since Iwm 4 Chriflian,IbaHe learned to fweare in varieties t dice, to lye, to fragger-, and now J want nothing but 4 Conenbine (which Imeanetobane Jhortly) tomakeme acompleate ('hriftian, Thefe indeed aretheMira- cles that the Spaniards worke in the Indies, layth our Author. I asked an Indian once if he were a Chriftian; he againe asked me, if hee fhould be the Bifliops Groome a doozen yeeres tokeepe his Mule. Ochersof theliidians, fauca little walhing and ibme cold Ceremonies, know nothing of our Religion, You hsue heard what Commerce and conference many of them were wont to baue with the D.uill: and rhow the Spaniards haue taught them, now to fcarre him away with the 40 Jigne of the CrclTe. And this is the report of a certaine Spanilb Treatife of Prelates, that the Deuill is now frayed away vyith the prefence of the holy Saci ament of the Euchari{t,arjd of tlieholy Crofle ; weapons Ipintuallin pretence, carnall in the inuention, but neither pre- uayling like the Ipirituall which f Paul mentions, nor effefting fo much as fome fay * ol thofe which are indeed cariull and wholly materiall: Yea thefe thus vied (with dcniall of the power of the Crolle and godline/Te)arc the Scepters of his Empire amongft them. And for thofccarnall weapons which Prfw/difclaymed, the Spaniards doc not onely acknowledge, but glory o^.HunHo « di auerreth in a writing to the Emperor, that howfoeuer fome find fault with their wars vpon the Indians io to bring them to the faith,yet he accounts it a moft worthy holy work,& of fo great meritjthat in the feruice of God none can be greter. The Indians haue liued at more quiet witii the Spaniards, fince the King proclamcd them free; yet ftill hate them : and for their Chrilbanitie, Franeifcttt » -ir/fltfriViproteftcth, thac it doth not appeare to him, that Chrifiian Religion had beene propounded in roecte fort to the Indians; Miracles he heard not of, but on the contraric , fcandals, villanies, and many impieties. This is the Preaching and Conutrfion the Romifts boaft of, and gull our Europe¬ an World with mufters of thcii M raclcs,and thoulands of their Profelytes which wc ra¬ ther pittle then enuie. How the cafe is altered,fince that new generation of the IgnatUn brood hath Caught (cfpe- cially the Spaniards,they are, and whom they feme) a better Cachoiicifme; let tArnaul- dtu 1 tell you: he layth, that they haue indeed wrought Miracles amongft Indians: among which he reckoneth conuerting t^p Pagans, by butcl';erly fubuerting and tooting them our. In Hilpaniola, by keeping the husband* and wiues indiuers workes afunder, the old gene¬ ration being thus worne out, and anew preuemed. In Peru they had publike places of ] Acefl.de Free, iHd./al.i.t^xAd m U. ^eteU, S(qyrafat.m Ojor, n Exedy i.i'l. oBen'c,o,l.t.c,i6 p Fireceebie. q cap. JO t yfd.ap.Ea1() t lanch.dsOpt Dei,p.u u AptRamuf, vol.i. X F,d uric.Rely Dt Indie. 6l y Arntuld, «- gainllchele- fuits.