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DAVILA. IV., cognomimito (Irande (1030) ; the work has gone through two luiiidred pclitions; the best is that published in Paris (1(U4). It has been translated into nearly all the modern languages, and into Latin by Cornazzano (1745). DAVILA, Gil Gonzales (1570-1658). A Spanish historiograplier, born at Avila. He held a minor ecclesiastical office at Salamanca, and was appointed royal chronicler of Castile and the Indies. His Tenlro eclcsidstico de la primi- tiva iglesia de his Indias OccidcrUales (1640- 55) holds a high place as a general Church his- tory of New Spain. DAVILA Y PADILLA, dii've-la 6 pa-De'lyi, Agustin (1562-1004). A Mexican historian. He was born in the City of Mexico, where he entered the Dominican Order in 1579. He was friar of the Convent Puebla de los Angeles in Thascala, and lecturer on philosophy and the- ology at the colleges of Puebla and Mexico. He was one of the chief officers of the highest chapter 818 DA VINCI. in his province, and in 1506 was sent as am- bassador of the Order to Rome and Madrid, where two years later he became Court preacher. As a prominent officer of the Inquisition he caused to be burned several hundred copies of a Spanish translation of the Bible which had been supplied with annotations by Protestants. He was one of the most zealous members of his Order, and also one of the most learned and eloquent, for which reason the title 'Chronicler of the Indies' was bestowed upon him. His prin- cipal work, written by order of the Government, was published imder the respective titles: His- toria de la fondaoion de la provincia de Santiago de U6jico. de la orden de predicadores (1596; 2d ed. 1625) and Varia Historia de la Nueva Espai'ia !/ Florida (2d ed. 1634). DAVIN, da'vaN', Felix. The nom-de-plume signed to the introduction of the Etudes psy- chologi(/i(es by Honore de Balzac. DA VINCI, da-ven'che, Leonabdo. See Vinci, Leonardo da.