SIXT BOOKE 



of the Natural! and Morall Hi- 



ftorie of the Indies. 



That they errt in their opinion , which holde the Indians 

 to want Judgement. CHAP, i. 



Aving treated before of 

 the religion the Indians v- 

 fedj pretend to difcourfe 

 in this Booke of their cu- 

 ftoms,policy,and govern- 

 ment, for two confidera- 

 tions : the one is to con 

 fute that falfe opinion ma. 

 ny doe commonly holde 

 of them, that they are a 

 grofe and brutifli people, or that they have fb little vn- 

 derftanding 5 as they fcarce defervethenameofanie: 

 So as many exceffes and outrages are committed vpon 

 them, vfing them like bruiteteafts, and reputing them 

 vnwoi thy of any refped ^ which is fo common and fb 

 dangerous an errour (as they know well who with any 



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