Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The History of the Famous Preacher, Friar Gerund De Campazas, Otherwise Gerund Zotes, Vol. 2 of 2
And fupported' alfo by feveral of, the biihops, 'obliged the Council of Cafiile to take the bookinto their moi't ferions confideration, which produced a fap preffion of it, rather for the fake of peace than from any Other motive That the Father I?a had a fecond vo lume ready, but that the prohibition of the firfi put a {top to the publication of. The feconde - That the Father had prefented his only copy of this fecond volume, partly written by a careful amanue'hfis, and partly with his own hand, to the Gentleman who gives'this account, and who was pleafed very obligingly to lend it to the tran?ator That as to language and fiyle, this Gen tleman is of opinion, few nations have any thing finer than Friar Gerund, .and the prefent age has not produced a more humourous performance - That bethinks the Spaniards quite right who put it upon a par in many refpeets with the celebrated work of Cervantes - That the manners of the Spaniih Friars and the Spaniih vulgar are defcribed in it to.
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.
