"رحلات السيد بيترو ديلا فالي، وهو نبيل روماني، إلى الهند الشرقية وصحراء الجزيرة العربية. وفيها يصف بدقة البلدان المختلفة، وكذلك العادات، الأعراف، التجارة، الطقوس الدينية والمدنية، لهؤلاء الأمراء وتلك الأمم الشرقية: في رسائل وديّة إلى صديقه السيد ماريو سكيبانو. وتم إضافة سرد عن رحلة السير توماس رو إلى جزر الهند الشرقية" [‎٤‎٣‎٨] (٥٠٨/٤٥٩)

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To taketheir Food moderately , in not pampering their Bodies.
Concerning Charity> they are further commanded,
To help the poor as far as they are pojjibly able.
—Other Precepts (they fay ) were given them likewife
in charge 5 as
Not to tellfalfe Tales, nor to utter any thing that is untrue.
Not tofieal any thing from others ^ be it neverfo little.
Not to defraud any by their cunning in bargains> or contrails.
Not to opprefs any, when they have power to do it.
Now all thofe particulars are obferved by them with much
ftridneft 5 and fome of them are very good, having the impref-
ffion of God upon themj but that fcruple they make in forbear
ing the lives of the Creatures made for mens ufe, (hews how that
they have their dwellings in the dark 5 which makes them by
reafon of their blindnefs, to deny unto themfelves that liberty,
and Soveraignty which Almighty God hath given unto Man over
the Beajts of the Field, the Fowls of the Mr, and the Fijhes of the
Sea, appointed for his Food, given unto him for his fervice and
fuftenance, toferve him, and to feed him , but not to make
havock and (poil of them.
However, thetendernefs of that people over inferiour Crea
tures, (hall one day rife up in judgement againft all thofe who
make no fcruple at all in taking the Lives, not of fenfible Crea
tures, but Men, not legally to fatisfie good and known
Laws, but violently to pleafe their cruell and barbarous
Lufts.
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Of ether flrange andgroundlefs, and very grojs Opinions,
■proceeding from the hlath^nefs anddarknefs of Ignorance
in that people.
A LI Errour in the World proceeds either from Ignorance
( commonly joyned with Pride ) or elfe from Wilfulnefs.
This is moft true as in natural, and moral, fo in fpiritual
things; For as Knowledge (bftens and fweetens Men's manners,
fo it enricheth their Minds 5 which Knowledge is certainly a moft
divine, a very excellent thing, otherwile our firft Parents
would never have been fo ambitious of it.'' This makes a Man
here to live twice, or to injoy here a double Life in refpedfc of
him that wants it. But for this Knowledge, it'certainly muft be
efteemed better, or worfe a by how much the objeft of this
Knowledge is worfc, or better. Now the beft objed of this
Knowledge is a right Underftanding, and Knowledge of the true
God, which that people wants.
Now touching this people, they are altogether ignorant of
God,