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Nieuhof, Johannes, 1618-1672 / An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, emperor of China: delivered by their excellencies Peter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyzer, at his imperial city of Peking wherein the cities, towns, villages, ports, rivers, &c. in their passages from Canton to Peking are ingeniously described by John Nieuhoff; also an epistle of Father John Adams, their antagonist, concerning the whole negotiation; with an appendix of several remarks taken out of Father Athanasius Kircher; Englished and set forth with their several sculptures by John Ogilby
(1673)
[Kircher appendix] Chap. II., pp. 323-335
Page 328
onfiderable moment unto their
he Pteachers of the Faitb theti
or fome other Apofile had be-
ver it- is evident, That thofe
Tbomas, or any other Apoflies
; and a Conje _Iure may be
. nor any other Apoftle, intro-
ay fpcak mol moderately, no-
xerning this Matter from the
fore alledg'd are only able to
Church of St T15omas, or abj-
De Serra, belonging unto the
wrards found) to ere& an Epif-
gft the People of China, feeing
call'd Eflrangelo, which is now
Times in ufe in 13abyldn and Sy-
aife of St. 7omai the Apoftle,
the Merits of St. Thomas and his
of all the Faith which they had
and therefore defervedly theit
bomas. Wherefore feeing there
e Paths of the Faith Preached,
¢ert, That Sr. Tboma, or any
nfes ; butI rather think that
i's Country (whofe Emperor
n'*d The, Worjhippers of the -Crop,
the Tartars, or a little before:
:n Chadea, or thofe of Malabar,
Chriflians, fo would they have
more clear Do&rine I(in Iao;
India, for the Syrian Language
ey term'd themfelves Jeas, or
Lo&rine which had its Origi-
oyian Priefis came, as alfo their
he indufrioos Difquifitions of
on highly meriting of all An-
he greater fidelity and folidity,
ficrib'd in the Chinefe out of the
7in Andrea, a Noble Chinefian
yage to q{ome, to the Apoflolick
throughout the whole Empire
and Authority) with my Latin
ave laid upthe Book that is ale
, in the Study of the fame Fae
I it !- - . . A fl -. ( t - w ,r' 1
1 ! , ! , r
xr with an tttettation or the act Dy the Snucription ot my own
the Hands of thofe that were Natives of China, Eye.wineffes of
ient, as alfo the Tranfcribers of this Table from the Original.
vemb. 4. Father Michael !Boim.
653. Andreas Don Chin, a Chinefe.
Sr~eba VicwJ 4
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