50 NORTH AMERICAN LINGUISTICS. 
Baptista [Fr. Jiian) — continued. 
Oon Privilegio | H Eu Sanctiago Tlatilulco Por Melchior | Ocharte. 
Auo. 1599. I JOB. 
Title; reverse woodcut. 1 1. and 15 other p. 11. Text 112 11. 12°. "This -work," 
the Ramirez Sale Catalogue says, "has caused much diversity of oiiiniou among 
Mexican Bibliographers as to whether there were more than one edition issued. 
The present copy contains two distinct lists of erratas, each occupying 2 11., the 
heading of the one being printed in reman letters, that of the other in italics. 
Senor Ramirez has inserted a note in which he argues that both lists of errata 
pertain to the one edition, and asserts in consequence that this was the only edi- 
tion published. Baptista, or Bautista, was a native Mexican. He became a 
Franciscan of the province of Santa Evangelic de Mejico. He taught philosophy 
and theology, and had for his i^npil F. Torquemada, the author of 'Monarquia 
Indiana.' He was esteemed the most learned of his time in the Mexican language, 
which he spoke and wrote with purity and elegance." 
Tross gives this the date of 1599-1600. 
227 Confesonario en Megicano y Castellano, con la preparacion 
para recibir la Bucharista, y de los admirables efectos de esta. 
Mexico, 1604. * 
8°. Title from Beristain. 
228 Platicas antiquas que en la excellentissima lengua Nahuatl, 
enmeudo y crecento el ... P. Juan Bautista, Franciscano. 
Mexico, 1599. * 
8°. Title from Sabin's Dictionary. 
229 HvehvetlahtoUi. job. 
Title wanting; incomplete copy. sni. 8°. The following description is taken 
from Bartlett's c.italogue of the Brown library : 
"Begins with signature A in the midst of the introduction signed by Fr. J. B. 
on verso of the eighth (unnumbered) leaf of the signature. Text, signatures 
B to N. The first and last leaves wanting; the remaining numbered 2 to 95 (the 
3d, !jth, and 7th not numbered, and the 74th misnumbered 34). On the reverse of 
95th leaf begins a table of errata. 
"Bought at the sale of Pnttick & Simpson, 1869, whose catalogue ascribes to 
the book the date, Mexico, 1599, which is also printed on the back. The litle, 
" HnehvetlalilolH" (which means "old words" or "ancient sayings") runs through 
the whole book on the top of each page, mispriuted " HvehvetlathollV on right of 
38th, 48th, and 56th leaves. The work contains a number of those allocutions, 
in the Mexican or Nahuatl language, which Indian parents or civil authorities 
used to deliver at certain solemn occasions (c/. Sahagun, Book vi.. Chapter 19). 
These are divided in paragraphs, numbered only in the first allocution, where a 
misprint gives to the 25th (on reverse of 12th leaf) the number 32. In continua- 
tion are given some doctrinal allocutions of Catholic priests to the Indians in the 
same language. They conclude on the reverse of the 76th leaf, and are followed 
by other Indian allocutions of fathers, mothers, etc., translated from the Mexican 
into Spanish, by the Franciscan monk Fr. Andres de Olmos. They are said lo be 
copied from the 223d chaiiter of the first part of Las Casas' " Jpoloffetical His- 
tory," where it is stated that Las Casas received them, being in Spain, from 
Father Olmos, in Mexico. They conclude on the right of the 95th leaf." 
Ternaux mentions this as follows: 
230 — Platicas Morales de los Indies para la Doctrina de sus hijos. 
