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24 Persuasio ad non credentes terrarum diuersitates per orbem terrae. 25 De Armenia, et Persia. 26 De Ethiopia et diamantibus, ac de infima et media India. 27 De foresto piperis. 28 De Ecclesia beati Thomae Apostoli. 29 De quibusdam meridionalibus insulis, et farina et melle. 30 De Regno Cynocephalorum, et alijs Insulis. 31 De multis alijs insulis Meridionalibus. 32 De bona regione Mangi.
Likewise Paul saith in another place, Visum est Deo per stultitiam praedicationis salvos facere credentes; "It pleased God to save the believers through the foolishness of preaching." But, peradventure, you will say, "What, shall a preacher teach foolishness?"
They may be in involuntary ignorance. Yet I fear that, taking the whole nation, there are few who on this score can lay claim to faith." "Errantes invincibiliter circa aliquos articulos, et credentes alios, non sunt formaliter hæretici, sed habent fidem supernaturalem, quâ credunt veros articulos, atque adeo ex eâ possunt procedere actus perfectæ contritionis, quibus justificentur et salventur."
Sed nec propter credentes nec sapientes satis mouebor; tamen vt diuersa Dei opera qui respicere non possunt oculo, saltem legant, vel audiant ex hoc scripto. Pauca vtique vidi horum quae sunt, sed pauca horum quae vidi, narrabo. De Armenia, Persia, et Amazonia.
For the colveres ben norysscht in tho places, where thei ben sent to; and thei senden hem thus, for to beren here lettres. And the colveres retournen azen, where as thei ben norisscht; and so thei doe comounly. Secunda pars. Persuasio ad non credentes terrarum diuersitates per orben terrae.
It bears inscriptions in Greek and Latin, "ICTAVPωCIC" and "Rex Ivdeorvm," and, below the arms of Christ, "In me credentes ad me concvrrite gentes." It is believed to be of the tenth century, or even earlier. In the sacristy is a picture of 1430 on a gold ground in the original frame, restored at the emperor's expense.
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