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of a hundred and twenty thousand leaves, and more than 

 three hundred thousand decisions, the minutes of which are 

 in my possession. From these materials I have drawn my 

 first volume ; and am now engaged in the second, by which 

 the work will be completed." 



It was followed by two produ6lions, one on the polity of 

 the Indies, and the other on their ecclesiastical and spiritual 

 government. Into the latter he introduced upwards of three 

 hundred pontifical decisions, relative to the Indies, drawn 

 from the apostolical bulls and briefs, and from the replies of 

 the congregations of cardinals. 



At the particular request of the Duke of Modena, he next 

 wrote and published an Epitome of the Oriental and Occiden- 

 tal Library, in which, with infinite labour and diligence, he 

 analyzed the produ6lions of all the authors who had at that 

 time published on either of the Indies. Considerable additions 

 were afterwards made to this interesting work, which was re- 

 printed in 1737, in three folio volumes, by order of the en- 

 lightened Spanish minister, Don Gonzales de Garcia, to 

 whom the republic of letters is indebted for new editions 

 of many old and scarce tra6ls relative to South America. 



Anxious to enrich his country with whatever depended on 

 his genius, talents, and assiduous application, Pinelo after- 

 wards composed a work, in four books, entitled " the Foun- 

 dation, and Historical "and Political Grandeur of the famous 

 City of los Reyes (Lima)." It was drawn up with much 

 study and care ; as was likewise his '* History of the Imperial 

 City of Potosi, with the Discovery of its rich Mines." These 

 produ6lions were never printed, but several MS. copies are 

 known to have been in the hands of the curious. As there is 



a great 



