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Show o g -re R T = i P emmro -~ e iha i T s i B /' i i fuch as live toward the North-eaft Then he Marched firft to Chingtu, the principal chief City of the Province of Suchuen, and caufed all its Inhabirants bot Richand Poor, being above fix hundred thoufand in number, to be bound b his Souldiers, and afterwards miferably flain ; by the effufion of whofe blood th s e T ( "h o Ci ch e th ta t e d a o r T r n B o d-thirft When thi Province of Xenfi(which in regard of its firength is called the Key of §y),, en; Xenfi) he came in the year 1645. before it with a very great Army of ¢ | n 180 thoufand Natives of the Province only, befide a vaft number of others ‘;U ti a o c n i u h S e th ‘ h of feveral other Provinces o o é ra th r C u a e w n e f w t t e f(elve the Inhabitants defende When he heard that the Tartzz'r: in the year 1646. were fallen with thei Forces into the Province of Xenfz,he found himfelf neceffitated, o prevent ucll an unquiet and troublefome Neighbour-hood, to March againft them ; byt Jef the Inhabitants of Suchuen, to many of whom he had been fo cruel, fhoulg confpire againft him in his abfence, he caufed them all to be put to death, excep -------- T P Souldiers before his Face REe R A Men of Suchuen to be cruelly Maflacred, and Murthered by their othey Fellan ." ¥o CS t t o b e w i C m hi o ou M t o f n fo t le f a the Befiege provoked the Tyrant fo much, that he caufed the remainder of 18 thou; n S A = :.;?~ e - eo - A g et e < P e e - i e o T Par S o s 32 A General 1 Chinefes write, that the water of the great River Kiang, which runs before th City, was extraordinarily fwelled and raifed The dead Bodies, that they migh not Taint or Infeét the Air,were flung into the River, which being carried dow with the ftream, {oon brought this mournful news to the neighbouring Citjes and places, what they were like to exped, if they refift not the fiercenefs of tha mercile(s Beaft ; which thoughi they did with all their might, yet it was not lon before the {fame cruel ufage reached many other of the Cities in the {fame An after this manner was this Province, which formerly abounded with People, lai wafte and made defolate both of People and Habitations ; thefe Villanies perpe trated,and being now to march againfi the Tartars,he encourages his Souldiers t -behave themfelves valiantly, for that he had Silver enough to reward fuch as di well 5 but inregard the Women (ashe fuppofed) would be a trouble to them not only, upon the March, but in the Battel, he ordered to put them to death therein thewing them the way; for of three hundred Beautiful Women whic hi u o wa t t e t o l h r f r e P e f r lu tfu he ufed for hisow wh re A m w o th o v e i three Queens, all the other were Maffacre W v th i ki li S o o d S o b ei he li th di upon the Souldier in a moit wretched manner ext le n m r an P o i th c o Having deftroyed all the Inhabitant wa te th la in Ho fe s, C t e th a ercile his cruelty upon, he fell upo na tf d fe r i i hi w e e o v f a d n p a o a l a i no an cu f l d b n T e s th c u e h a P f e t i y h t e hi f e t mor hi ai: e th . b be ef a h v f o l fu ur down, that fo no body for th b t hk -; :f c u e h C m th f l t o ab no a fi w r a fuc pa d i o li in f o f i f o h f n (a l t e p hanged up, to even and mifery wi pa le m n i o E e th m d D f l t a o After all Barbarif fO IO TTa ta th o G n r th w i h X n t o P o i c th in A m hi wh t th o re id th un i M n 5 o A m a w t he l th ed him a Ta tg th th h b o g wa n w th W e hi t u ge Army coul were infight with a great Army Fa fu re c. rt th th f a he laughe 1 be co l th n fu th po i li l b (ashe thought it) not lievin {pringing out of his Tent himfelf, to make the dilcovery, the fisft object ;fii |