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Show w it: p., i, I w'bmwfl‘p In?" and Cmelz‘ics in the "fell-Indie ". A Rel/twillof the Spanifh VOjages and to their Native Country by force of _Arms, confidei Mexico it felf in Fertility : There is more W'ax and Honey found in this than in any other part of AM viz-a y d1d not mallacre "em fo barbaroufly: the , and criminal thefe Outrages were that has been yet difcover'd. l\l)€it10ll5, for how contrary it was to all the Laws of. Leagues in compafs. how uniult and "cm With them to treat thofe who had never mm (1 ar \V s they to much Cruelty. They pretend the ; have made againlt thefe People are wit and lawful that God hath left 'em to their Mercy, and that ther have right to make fuch Conquelts as theft, and to deftroy all thefe Nations: 50 that it. feems they would fain make God himfelf Partner With 'em in their Tyranny and Wickednefs 5 and one may t; g This l‘iingdom is yo; The Inhabitants ofit are more polite,more civiliz'd,and better dil'ciplin'd in Mora is, and in what belongs to the go Ci order of Societies, than the relt of the Indians. "There is a remarkable Prudence and jull‘i efs of Mind in them, which is not to be found in others. "lhefe natural Endowments without doubt ought to have encouraged Chriltians to take the pains to inltrucqt 'em in the kno vied; of the true God; and they feem‘d to have no {mall difpolition to receive the Maxims of the Catholicl; The Spaniards might have built great and 'cm: Feed the flock of the flaughtrr; mhofe Poj'fi'fihrs ' Religion. Cities in fo pleal‘ant and commodious a thtn flourifhing flay than, andhola' themflyltucs notguilt}: and thcy they might have liv'd in the midit ft?! them ft}, 13chch be the Lord, for I am rich; am Country, where 0f Pleafure and Plenty, as it were in another Earththeir arm Shepherds pity them not. Chap. 11. 4r, 5. ly Paradife: but their Stupidity, their Avarice, and the enormous Crimes they have committed in Ameri- ca have render'd ‘em unworthy ofthefe Advantages. They attack'd thefe poor Indians, who liv'd in pro- Of the Kihgdom of Yucatan. Well apply the words of the Prophet Zecharzahto "Tao-lye» n found Peace anrl Security, with the utmoft Violence the fall‘e accounts of Matters which he fent to the of a cruel War, and mafliicred a prodigious num- ber of 'em, tho the number of the Spaniards was 'but three hundred. This Country produces no Gold -, if the Spaniards could have found any Mines there, they would have condemn7d the Indzam to A method which other Tyranlfi "em, who muft have perilh'd with Hunger and Hard~ have hitherto likewife follow'd to obtain places Oi lhip. Theft: covetous Wretches eiteem'cl Gold more than Souls, which were purchas'd by the Blood ,, Very prohigate Perfon who had neither H0. 4 nour nor Confcience, was made Governor'ol the Kingdom of Yucatan in the year 1326', MM Dignity he procur'd by his Lies and Artifices, and King; of Spain. 'l‘rui‘t: For under the umbrage of the Title of G0verner, which feems to give fome Dignity and All' thorny to all they do, they take the liberty to ex‘ ermfe their Robberies and Violences with lmpunitl' lhe Kingdom of Yucatan contain7d a prodigious number or People 3 the Air of this Country igverl IfimliCrate and pleafant: it has great plentYOl hurts, and all the Neceffaries of Life'9 it excte‘S Menu of lefus Chrift-9 they made Slaves of thofe whom they fav'd alive, and fill'd the Ships they had brought to the Coal‘ts of this Kingdom with 'em, and [0 ex‘ chang'd 'ezn for Wine, Oil, Vinegar, falt Pork, Horfes, and all other Necefliiries. They would give fifty or a hundred of the handfomeft young Girls for a meafure of \Nine, Oil or Vinegar9 and would E 3 it'll |