228 D.G. Brinton on Central American Languages. 
her to be the cause of disease, a belief extremely common 
among the illiterate everywhere. 
e fourth manuscript is a large folio of 77 leaves not num- 
bered, written in Cakchiquel in ordinary characters. On the 
recto of the second leaf is the following title,— 
Arte pronunciacion y ortographia de la lengua en el mismo y- 
dioma || Cakchiquel. 
On the fourth line of the verso of the same leaf,— 
Ramittere, Manual para los Yndios sobre | la Doctrina Chris- 
tiana | por fray francisco Maldonado minorita, || Sub Censura 
ante Romane eclesie Dialogo primo. 
This “nosegay” or anthology consists of twelve dialogues 
on the confession, creed, sacraments, good works, etc., between 
a priest and his catechumen. After the twelfth dialogue there 
is oe addition of nine leaves in Cakchiquel with the followmg 
title,— 
testo de la cartilla inpresa fio || de mill y quinientas y Qi 
quenta y seys por explicar los || terminos que los Yndios Saben 
mal entendidos, por tuvien | do el mismo authorre fformado Ja dt 
y oe es de guatemala, se puso aqui en la misma for 
que la Conrregie para que sirva de brevi.ss exposicion Al 
la antigua sub cenSura Sanct || te Romane ecele || ssie. 
_ At the close is a table of contents followed by this colophon 
in Cakchiquel : 
__Chupam 6 de Julio huna 1748 afio mixgizvi vugibaxic vae VU 
libro Ramillete Manual tihobal quichin Yndios chupam vateila 
ios Doctrina Christiana yn Seuastian lopez tzarin vae ueva Voc? 
Sancta Maria Asumpcion tecpanatitan de tzolala. 
Then follow two leaves in Cakchiquel headed : : 
ne la emperatrix ala vergen Maria Sefiora Nra su humilde & 
clavo, 
From this evidence we learn that this is a copy made in 1748 
by Sebastian Lopez at Solola on Lake maton or two works, 
the older printed in 1556, author not given, the other by Frat 
cisco Maldonado. The former must be the “ Doctrina Cristiaa® 
18 mie that this was said to be in Quiche,® and that Zapata 
y Sandoval was nota bishop until 1613.+ But as I have 
* Fr. Pedro de Betanzos who died in 1570. publi ina en Lengi® 
” - ublished a *t Doctrina en id 
: Shepmapeeliesa se of the nomBbeonle ; ee this should prove to have 4 
Pear, Mesos a oe ities would be surmounted. 
