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Show Marl. Crag/tier M the \NCl‘l-lnclles.' A Relation of the Spanilli lip/agar; have been afraid to incommode your Majellv by 2‘43viving the memory of that 'I'yranny, in glVinLt 1m, fill.h‘dl to hinder "em lrom murdering the Indians to And God himfelf has given us to know by the judgments he hasinfiié'red on us, how much thefe initilt and violent A€tions difpleafe him. i The Spaniards have taken from the Indians all they had -, they make 'em work till they fpit Blood, they expofe 'em to all forts of Hardlhips and exaét intolerable Tasks of 'em 5 and, which isjyet more horrible, aftenall'they load 'em with heavy Blows, beating, whipping and tormenting 'em with the ut- To give up the Indians to the Go- vernment and Tyranny of thefe Men is as oreata madnefs, as to give Children into theahands (it hlen that are acted by a raging: Phrenzv, 1.:(a nd have Knives and Daggers ready in their hands l-t \/"'I cur their '1 hroats; or to facrifice Men to the fury of their fworn Enemies, who have long entertainid i he delire of Revenge, and form‘d a delign to murder 'em 5 or to expofe a young beautiful Virgin to the Difcretion ofan impudent Ravilhcr. Who in Inch :1 conjunflure Without the interpoiition of {peciul Grace, Would abandon himlelf to the Conduc‘t of his Paliions? In a word, it would be the fame thing as to give 'em up t0 {'0 many wild Bulls, \Volves, Lions and Tigers, when inrag'd Wlth prelfing Hunger : for all the Pro- hibitions that lhould be given thefe wild Bealts no! to touch fuch as are expos'd to their fury, would have lhould kill or offer any confiderable Injury to the Indians to get their RICiICSZ, this would not be an efieftual Remedy to thefe Diiorders, if your Majelty gave 'em any Authority or Power over 'em either direétly or indireftly. The fame occa- lions or doing iii.iIchiei would Itill prefent, and del'eatall the Prohibitions that could be made, and all the Punilhments that could be us'd to terrify 'em. N or are the poor Indians expos'd only to be made Slaves by the Spaniards, but fufier abundance of Opprellion from a cruel Tyrant, that has the Govern- ment of each 'I‘own or City, who has a fevere Eye over 'em, to lite how they acquit themfelves of their labors, and perform the Tasks impos'd on 'em. His bulinefs is to plague and torment 'em f0 many dili‘erent ways, that their Sufferings are almofl: be- yt nd comparifon 5 he heats 'em with Cudgels, tears their Flelh with W'hips, and caufes burning drops of Fat to be dillill'd on their naked Bodies. He is continually exercil'ing his Invention in contriving new Tortures, he violates their Wives, takes away their Turkeys, which they count one of their great~ ell Treafures; thefe Fowls ferve him to make Pre~ fents to the General, who is fuperior to all there petty Tyrants. But 'tis impoffible to give a parti- cular defcription of all the Punilhments thefe poor A..." i the Earth groan, the Angels lament there Dv'iiiieries : we have made of their. matters, that if your Mae jelly lhould order a Gibbet to be fet up at every Spcmiin'd's door, and mould {wear upon your Crown, that you would caufi: every Man to be hang'd that .4 'i‘his Barbari-tv makes dare allure your Maieliy after the long Obfervation Wretches endure, and after all to flop their Coma plaintg. « ner deltitute of Inhabitants. We in the Indians 2, we have lhewn how theywtnallat : ed "em againft all Law and Equity, horar cruelly they depriv'd 'em of their Children, their Parents. and Friends; how they have laid walls one of the linelt Countries in the \Vorld, and renderkl it in a man- pollefs tl'icmlelves or their Gold and Silver. '.km:;. Tar... u. We have ta ken notice above of the injull‘ \Vars the Spaniam's formerly rais'd miinft mofl Cruelty. have lull: the lame diet): to prevent "em from being devour'd, as any Charge that can be given the Spa-- l. ‘- exaét Recital of it, 12; ..1.-; .4 . . "x 124 |