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OMNIANA.

if his opinion were not true, they could possibly enjoy their favourite bull-fights!

235. Columbus.

Mr. Pinkerton calls the West Indies the Isles of Colon. A name was certainly wanting for these islands which might be adopted by the writers of all countries. Mr. Pinkerton prefers this appellation to the more natural one of the

    cædere, et ferro adeo crudeliter pungere, donec sanguis e vulneribus manet, ipsis non rarô gemitibus ac vocibus quibusdam (si ex nutibus eorum licet elicere animorum suorum affectus) miserationem petentibus? Ac ultra hanc immanitatem, quæ tantô atrocior, quantô frequentior habetur, crudelitatis apicem obtineret taurorum agitatorum tormentum, sudibus, ensibus, lapidibusque cæsis ipsis; nec in alium humanum usum, quam ut iis flagitiis humanus visus delectetur, quibus bestia vindictam mugitu supplex poscere videtur. Atque non tantum hominis pravus affectus culpandus offertur, dum hæc ita percipi à tauris, ut nutus corum indicant, creduntur, sed omnis benignitas naturæ aboletur et culpatur, quæ genuerit viventia illa, ac quamplurima alia, ut vitam adeô ærumnis et miseriis plenum agant.

    Antoniana Margarita, 21. Methymnæ Campi, 1554.