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elafps ; as alfo fome few French well-bound 

 books, on natural hiftory, phyfic, hiftory, &c. 

 Old books are expofed for fale, in the market 

 and in other places, upon tables. 



None but ecclefiaflicks are permited to read 

 the Bible, and the Inquifition is very {trict in 

 this article. For this reafon it is only fold in 

 Latin ; and as the Spaniards feldom trouble 

 themfelves about any but their own language, 

 this order h very feldom difobeyed. 



Their catechifm, or, as it is called, Doc- 

 tr'ina Chriftiana, is very fhort. The firfl ques- 

 tion is, What is the fign of a Chriftian I an- 

 fwer, Crofling; of which we have given an 

 account above. In this catechifm, feven facra- 

 ments are mentioned, baptifm, confirmation, 

 penance, communion, extreme un&ion, orders, 

 and matrimony ; and it is obferved, that the 

 fivefirit are abfolutely necefTary. 



Works of mercy are fourteen, among whfch 

 one is the giving alms to Grangers. It like- 

 wife mentions feven Peccados Capitales, or capi- 

 tal fins, and as many virtues ; 



1. Pride. 



2. Luxury. 



3. Avarice. 



