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Excerpta Et Collectanea.
at the convent of the Franciscans" ' Then you have not been there yet , ' said the Gastilian . ' No , ' replied the Frenchman , ' I am now going , it is just time . ' ' I beg you will conduct me there , ' said the Don , ' and you will then see Don Antonio Perez de Valcafro de Redia de Montava de Vcza , & c . g ive to posterity an example of his humility . ' ' And who are these people ? ' asked the Frenchman . 'It is I , " lied the Spaniard' If so' answered the Frenchman ' you had
rep . , , better said , an example of a good appetite . " The gravity and sonorousness of the Spanish language g ive the rhodamonfades , so often made use of by the Spaniards , more appearance of reality , than when uttered in any other language . A Florentine walking with a Spaniard in Florence , they met the grand duke with his brotherthe cardinal . The Florentine asked his
, companion if he was not highly delighted with seeing these two princes ? The Spaniard , after being repeatedly asked , at length replied— ' En Espagna , tenemos quarenta como el cardinal ; dies coma el grand duque ; dos como el papa ; y uno como Dios . Los quarenta , soil los quarinta canonigos de Toledo ; los dies , son los dies grandes de de Espagnalos dos como el son los arcobispos de Toledoet
; papa , , de Sevilla ; el uno como Dios , es nuestro rey . " ' In Spain we have forty like the cardinal ; ten like the grand duke ; two like the pope ; and one like God . The forty , are the forty canons of Toledo ; the ten , are the ten grandees of Spain ; the two , like the pope , are the archbishops of Toledo and Seville ; and the one , like God , is our king /
INDIAN SIMPLICITY . THE very great fondness which the first conquerors of America shewed they had for gold , induced the unfortunate inhabitants of those regions to believe , for some time , that gold was the god of the Europeans . In the year 1511 the caciques , or petty governors of the island of
Cuba , assembled , in order to provide for the defence of their country . Hatvey , the most considerable among them , said , that all precautions would be useless , unless they first endeavoured to obtain the favour of the god of the Spaniards . He immediately ordered a large vessel full of gold to be brought . ' Here , ' continued he , ' is their divinity . Let us celebrate a feast in honour of him ; he will regard us with a
favourable eye . " Directly they began smoking , drinking , and dancing round the treasure , until they fell with drunkenness and fatigue . The next morning . Hatvey assembled the caciques again , and addressed them thus : ' I have bestowed much reflection on the subject on which we spoke yesterday ; my mind is not yet easy ; and , upon full consideration , I do not think we shall ever be safe while the Spaniards' god is among us . Wherever they find him , they establish themselves , to possess him : it is useless for us to conceal him : for they have a wonderful secret by which they discover him . If we
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Excerpta Et Collectanea.
at the convent of the Franciscans" ' Then you have not been there yet , ' said the Gastilian . ' No , ' replied the Frenchman , ' I am now going , it is just time . ' ' I beg you will conduct me there , ' said the Don , ' and you will then see Don Antonio Perez de Valcafro de Redia de Montava de Vcza , & c . g ive to posterity an example of his humility . ' ' And who are these people ? ' asked the Frenchman . 'It is I , " lied the Spaniard' If so' answered the Frenchman ' you had
rep . , , better said , an example of a good appetite . " The gravity and sonorousness of the Spanish language g ive the rhodamonfades , so often made use of by the Spaniards , more appearance of reality , than when uttered in any other language . A Florentine walking with a Spaniard in Florence , they met the grand duke with his brotherthe cardinal . The Florentine asked his
, companion if he was not highly delighted with seeing these two princes ? The Spaniard , after being repeatedly asked , at length replied— ' En Espagna , tenemos quarenta como el cardinal ; dies coma el grand duque ; dos como el papa ; y uno como Dios . Los quarenta , soil los quarinta canonigos de Toledo ; los dies , son los dies grandes de de Espagnalos dos como el son los arcobispos de Toledoet
; papa , , de Sevilla ; el uno como Dios , es nuestro rey . " ' In Spain we have forty like the cardinal ; ten like the grand duke ; two like the pope ; and one like God . The forty , are the forty canons of Toledo ; the ten , are the ten grandees of Spain ; the two , like the pope , are the archbishops of Toledo and Seville ; and the one , like God , is our king /
INDIAN SIMPLICITY . THE very great fondness which the first conquerors of America shewed they had for gold , induced the unfortunate inhabitants of those regions to believe , for some time , that gold was the god of the Europeans . In the year 1511 the caciques , or petty governors of the island of
Cuba , assembled , in order to provide for the defence of their country . Hatvey , the most considerable among them , said , that all precautions would be useless , unless they first endeavoured to obtain the favour of the god of the Spaniards . He immediately ordered a large vessel full of gold to be brought . ' Here , ' continued he , ' is their divinity . Let us celebrate a feast in honour of him ; he will regard us with a
favourable eye . " Directly they began smoking , drinking , and dancing round the treasure , until they fell with drunkenness and fatigue . The next morning . Hatvey assembled the caciques again , and addressed them thus : ' I have bestowed much reflection on the subject on which we spoke yesterday ; my mind is not yet easy ; and , upon full consideration , I do not think we shall ever be safe while the Spaniards' god is among us . Wherever they find him , they establish themselves , to possess him : it is useless for us to conceal him : for they have a wonderful secret by which they discover him . If we