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they should cover the one half of the eye, disclosing a part of 

 the view, is lascivious and unnecessary, and ought to be every 

 where prohibited," &,c. 



In 1636 our author published, in Madrid, a quarto work, 

 on the question : whether chocolate breaks the ecclesiastical fast? 

 This work is replete with erudition, and is couched in a natu- 

 ral style, free from the pompous afFe6tation which in his time 

 began to infe6l the Spanish writers, and by which the language 

 was corrupted and altered for more than a century. He also 

 composed several tra6ts and orations on sacred subje6ls, to- 

 gether with a poem on the Conception of the Blessed Virgin ; 

 insomuch that our illustrious Peruvian was not only a civilian 

 of the most distinguished class, but likewise theologist, ca- 

 nonist, historian, orator, and poet. He has, notwithstand- 

 ing, been denied a slight mention in the French Di6tionary 

 entitled, by misnomer, the Impartial, 



As a reward for his eminent services, the king appointed 

 him resident minister at Seville for the commerce of the Indies. 

 As, however, his presence at the court could not be dispensed 

 with, he was recalled shortly after to Madrid, where the post 

 of principal chronologist of the Indies was bestowed on him-, 

 he being still allowed to retain the honours and emoluments of 

 his ministerial appointment. The last produ6tion of the pro- 

 lific pen of Don Antonio Pinelo, which remains to be re- 

 corded, is his History and Annals of Madrid, carried down to 

 the year 1658 : it was preserved, in MS. in the library of 

 Count Villa-Umbrosa, the president of Castille. 



Friar Francisco del Castillo, a lay brother of the Order of 

 Mercy, was born in Lima, where he was cut off, a few years 

 ago, in the meridian of his life. It is not certain whether he 



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