Acosta, J: Natural and Moral History of the Indies, Vol. 2

Excerpt from The Natural and Moral History of the Indies, Vol. 2: The Moral History (Books V, Vi, VII)

Having intreated of the Natural History of the Indies, I will hereafter discourse of the Moral] History, that is to say of the deeds and customes of the Indians. For after the heaven, the temperature, the scituation, and the qualities of the new world; after the elements and mixtures - I mean mettals, plants, and beasts, whereof we have Spoken in the former Bockes, as occasion did serve; both Order and Reason doth invite vs to continue and vndertake the dis course of those men which inhabits the new world. And therefore I pretend in the following bookes to speaks what I thinks worthie of this subiect. And for that the intention of this Historic is not onely to give knowledge of what hath passed at the Indies, but also to continue this know ledge, to the fruits we may gather by it, which is to helps this people for their soulss health, and to glorifis the Creator and Redeemer, who hath drawns them from the obscure darkenes of their infidelitie, and imparted vuto them the admirable light of his Gospel. And therefore I will first speaks in these bookes following what concernes their religion or superstition, their customes, their idolatries.

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