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Show ' i' T" 1' 'v , L4H»! Mli il‘lli 236 'A Relation of the Spanifh Voyage: Mind abounds be thought that your Majeiiy, whofe for much Goodnefs, and f0 great a Zeal and Cruelties in the Welt-Indies. with fo' 237 Infiance of what I fay; for Whe reas . el Oppreffi. Equity and juftice, can tolerate fuch cru \ons as thefe. to deTo what has been faid, it may be added, gigging of very fine Gold were drawn adfiivgf tilir: Sum, itTclannot now afiord the tenth part of that rds have over monltrate that the power the Spania n of Spain, ow the Indians is prejudicial to the Cr nit will .eafilfcbeiiliiiniwyzediilin your Majefly can make fufier out any lawful occafion; whereas if Majei'ty's Gothey would chearfully fubmit to your ween in: tfiie :Shabittants preferv'd for tliorf]:33333613.? van ageous. You have _ . ‘ y . ow your Revenues es an infi that by this means your Maieflzy lof cut of withnumber of Subieé'ts, who are every day 'd to live, gibfdrildllilie 17132:? hgayeftyl hasdngthing certaiiivsiid ence bet vernment when they faw the differ very in which your Maiefiy's Yoke, and that Sla your number of Indians in all New Spagrciwfrlbliii :vhfhma" - *, 1 ie Jan e ‘ your Ma)elty might annually have dr,awn a Millr'lce of Ducats, if the Indians had been preferv‘d 103 s. If they are held by their private Matter number of Maiefiy had once receiv'd 'em into the ur'd from your Subjeéts, {'0 that they might be fec , they endure the inhuman Severities they new daily h incredible would love and ferve your Majefty wit fubmillive y Zeal, being naturally inclin'd to be ver to their Princes. t you Iofe Your Maief'ty may farther confider, tha of the ion immenfe Riches by the cruel depopulat acquire; Indies, which otherwife you might iuftly long in for 'tis impoffible for the Spaniards to fubiii‘t. And inated the Indies, if the Natives be exterm Spain, would thofe Treafures fuflicient to enrich all your Majei‘ty's lnterei‘t at firit regarded. "fife" have been yet greater Confufions and Diforders re gem, and the Mifchief daily increafes; from whidii hingdom your Maieity might yearly receive two or t ree Millions of Gold if the Indians were n is treated With fo much Injuitice and lnhumanity in:ny of em haVing been murder'd, togther with,their great King flmbalipa. All the Gold the Chriflians have taken by force in Peru would of right have belong d to your Majefiy, becaufe that Indian Prince would have voluntarily prefented himfelf to Majefty With all his Treafures. iigns, and be no fmall advantage to promote your De‘ there come enable you to refiit your Enemies. If Trea- of no Mony from the Indies, but that Springneceliarily fure be fufi‘er'd to dry up, Spain mull: it. Ex‘ nt of fuitain great Inconveniences for wa 't furnifh perience already fhews that the Indies don and '68 us with f0 great a quantity as in time pailt, time to come. likely to diminiih more and more for m the Indians l the manner of extorting it fro Belides, too violent a can't pOilibly lait long, becaufe 'tis onablt 2 pri courfe. The lfle of Hijpaniola is an unexee inflame i our The Churchyhas likew1fe receiv'd great damage by 'thel'e Crueltiesj _for as your Maiefty has been fruilrated of their; immenfe Riches, fo the Church has loll: an infinit number of Souls who have periih'd in their Ignorance, when they might have been taught the myile- ries of our Faith: to that the Loil‘es fuiiain'd both by Church and State are irreparable. .The Kingdom ofSpain, which your Majefty rules With _fo much Equity, is furrounded with Enemies and in danger of being waited and ruin'd by thd Turks and Moors, tliofe declar'd Enemies of the Catholic Faith: Becaufe God, who is the juit Judg and Soveraign Lord of the Univerfe, is grievouily offended |