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Show 118 6Y'$S the obllgatiol111 or ttl,- position, as a priest-of the oompany ot .r$BUS t as a deputy or his taje$ty. and in otoor oa1'·8.oi.,,10$, whioh it neither sIgnifies to 70U 1;0 l.mow, nor to me to repe.at; and it wlth all thii, ! can persuade you that I have au¢ceeded in what I labouped for with $ome care, I shall be re Now ap whe.t sworn tastlmony g1v&$ er0dit vrard.ect. to my nUl"s:b.1 v•• 26 t$st1mony r.trred. 1"he sworn eettt!tlos.te of Padro T6.Jteira,. a olau$.$ or the not to by AOu11a inelud-&:& eo-n:muander of the Royal Provision. expedition, and. In hl$ oertificate Texeira 001'1 4tUH'1;r;1b:$$ -the otfie:l.&l pO$1t1Qn tion but Ii of Acuna in the $xp'edi .1$0 1nsiss that hit! narative is tru.a. I. Pedro Texeira. Captain Mayor in this Captaincy of Gran P.ra" and formerly hea.d of the eXp$d1 t ion which went to the dleoov$CY Q'f the r1v of the Amagons, as far as the Oit.,- of San Franoiaeo de 'UltO, in t11$ king- -.-dGm ef Peru, eertif:r. on oath by the h()ll Evangel: iata-" that it 1$ t;ru.,e that, by order of His Ataj0sty. and d1$pateheCi by prt iCltlar provlaioue of the Ro:1"a1 aud1ffnce or Qui to, the RevfJl?end father Cristoval de AC1.ma., a p:viest of the company of J'esus, c ame with me from 'the said city of Para, end a.lso hi$ companion the Rever'"end father- Andreas de .t1eda! that In this as both Hi$ g$jed voya they Majesty, rega$ the Ob j$cts on whleh they were $$nt" like h.ts gQQd. and faithful $ubjeet1 noting down eveyth1ng that was nec$$$ar-y ,to g1v$ a. full and. oomplete ao eounb or the said dlseover¥; to whic.h 0ntle credit should be given, b$fore any other.27 As further tlvi<hmce o:f the t_ruth of hi$ cited the alaU's"e of' tbe audience of <:tti1 to. 25:Father Roya.l Prov1$1on $1gnef,l by t:he , Aouna Royal tt r'Etads in part: Cris'toval De Acuna", itA New Diseovry of the Great River of the Amazonsu Egedition j!nt,()· :tflr$ Vallez 27Iblt!., account W. 44 t .. in MarkhlL"1l,- trans. and ed of the: }\nUi:lOnS p. 43. , , |
