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Show 234 _ A Relation of the Spanilh 1/01/4385 G ld: But by the wit JudgmeAe 0 od ._ nt fG and Crueltie: in the Well-Indies. Pa ln 100‘ds ‘h in 'is accoun_ t ,.and difguifing wh Egghjgde (:10 great advantage of their Robber ies; . wou true. ld have bin more for their interelt to iggelliept the Indiamalive, and [0 have "13?; a an' ur Majelty had been inform'd how tyrannically this Governor . the Indians,- you would never have entruitetdey ldfiii Authority ll'lyllls hands; and by confequence your Majellyis oblig'd to declare that YOU deteft the Pro; ceedmgs of this Go vernor as injult and t 'rannic l and to_abrogate all he has done, and (leclzer tlii iE the Ind _ ian , s ought not _, to have been {objected fiderable Profit out of theirhard Labors.» _ it Midi titular account lhould be given your Ma); yo tzli the Diforders committed by the Spamar. s in7 it: noble Province of Nicaragua, your MaIERY V50 9" be aftonifh'd', and if they had not {till continued 1 v r d1 to the their Tyranny 0"" thefe Poor PCOP 6' e 16 ye all: .D‘lmlmon of Particular Men, and that all the In- killing and deftroying 'ein, I mould .11" mi . u pos'd my felf to Juries they have fuffer'd are contrary to the Law of the ue of foitedious an [10 blefom a VoyagE, to fatig give your Millel'fy an} "(Pullt of it. And "as cert am if yo 235 at was (30d and Nature,- as Well as to the Imperial and Canon Laws; fleeing they have. been tormented in When your Ma)elty is alfur d that tblle bpflm- ards have depopulated fo many vail: and no e KL"? their Perfons,‘ molelled in their Liberty and Ell‘ntcs, doms, and that they Hill mean" to deltroy. w lien ever you are a Juft Prince, and an Enemy to Violence, to and condemn‘d to die. efcap'd the fury of former Governors 3 W nd Your Majelty is oblig'd, as fupprefs thefe vexatious Practices, and to deliver the You are conVinc'd that they have carried Bret? n Sword through [even Kingdoms that are large:1 tliit poor Ind'and the dTyra nny of thole that have oppre tormente 'em. fsvd am from Spain your Majelty Will eafily be: Perfw'dde {elm If YOU? Malel'cy negleét to take this crucl Yoke what'I have {aid is no Exaggeratlon' I have] as - be thefe Kingdoms in a mann mm the" Necks, they wui infallibly Perilh. And that lovely Coun . tr y w hich is er as full of Peope Hivnd, es are of gBeebe s,enwhall ere fou havm muno: r rer $1653y :12: 2:21;;de f0 that there are only naked Walls and 6311):! Houfes to be feen in many once POPUIOI‘S Cl}; The Orders given by the molt Catholic @216th ajnd naturall y fruitf‘ ul a n d goiulouis vyill foon become 3 volt Defert; for the p mar s tia i t go thither, don I: go to people the Country, but to inrich themfelves by pillaging it. Thofe that have lately gon into Iii/Paniola, and. other depopulated places, and carried thither the ballot to General De-Larér were very pm7 en. and l Commodit ies of Europe, have not been able to dill ufeful, but he did not think fit to obferve em 1 pofe 01 em, there not being People to huy'em : So ' and Queeno f matte"S l that tl f 1 Relation he ave the King ~ ' . if: e D1'forders are direé‘tly Oppolit to your . grim time to tirie, were very far _ from Truth, ,. tho i, Maiel‘ty s Interelt; for what adv antage can you refupported by the Tefiimony of divers Inazm IS~ lie I ceive from the ruin of thofe People? And what will - contrary ~ to the lnltruétions ' 'enh' {ted uite m'=tl ' . giv ,-, d _ iew ldf iiolatfig all the Rules of the Law of Naturedafli; Reafon; by which 'tis evident he went beYons 1": Conimillion, and prevarieated in thofeLetteLmy direéted to the Council of Spain, by interm‘Pal [‘7 - or ay ofd'o Juft a Prince as your Majelly, if when you are mform'd of the mlfchief don by your Subieéts in thofe valt Kingdoms, and amOng fuch multitudes of People, you lhould not apply fu- table Remedies to 1'0 dangerous 3 Difeafe? It can't be |