Excerpt from The Natural and Moral History of the Indies, Vol. 2: The Moral History (Books V, Vi, VII) Chap. I. - That the Pride and Malice of the Divell hath beene the cause of Idolatrie. Lm.v./the Pride and Presumption of the Divell is so great and obstinate that alwaies hee ssekes and strives to be honoured as God, and doth arrogate to himselfs all hes can, what soever doth appertains to the most high God, hee ceaseth not to abuse the blinds Nations of the world vpon whom the cleere light of the holy Gospel hath not yet shone. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.