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Show 6o and Cmeltie: in the Well-Indies. A Relation-0f the Spanilli Voyage: 68 that llland having had a {bare in the Booty. Thel Subjeéts civil and complaifant: when the Spaniards good Friers who had given their word to the India came firlt alhore in his Country,the Inhabitants treatd that their Prince Alfonfo and his Princels Ihouldl ed "em with abundance of Kindnels‘, they fupplie plenty, reftor'd to em in four months. feeing twice for 'em with Provifions and Stores in great Months elaps‘d without any h0pe of their return and omitted nothing they were capable of doing were oblig‘d to prepare for death, there was no: to refrelh and recruit 'em after the fatigues and no way to avoid Ihedding their blood for the (310: troubles of their Voyage. This Prince had favld of Chrift, and in his Service, which Sacnhcethe the lives of a great many Europeans, who had ex» had ofl‘er'd in the ready difpofition of their Mind ercis'd their Cruelty and Opprellion in other Pro- to fufi'er before they came from Spain: In that they were mafiacred by the Indians, who believe they Were Accomplices of the foremention'd Tie; chery', and thought their l'ufpicion well founder becaufe the Priers had promis'd to redrefs thel Grievance in four months time ', and yet they ft thefe promifes produc'd no effeft: Befides, thef Barbarians make no great difference between tho: religious Men that go to the Indie: only to inihi and preach to 'em, and the Spanilh Souldiersz go thither only to enrich themfelves by robbing 'er. However, thefe good Fathers were unjul'tly pull death; and one may without fcruple place 'eml the Order of Martyrs, and conclude they are no enjoying God in the glory of Heaven. ThCYOlli diently relign'd themfelves to go into American cording to the diret‘lion of their Superiours, al vinces, when they came to his Coalls halfdead with hunger and wearinel‘sg and after he had recruited 'em with his good Entertainment, fent 'em lafe and in a good {late of health to the Ifle of Pearls, which was the ordinary Relidence of the Spaniards, tho he might have fecurely kill'd 'em all, without being ever lufpeéted of the fact. Upon this the Spaniards Were fo well perfwaded of Hz'guerotc's good inclination toward 1em, that they took his houle for their home, and were as kindly entertain'd in it as they could expeét to be in their own. While this Country thus enjoy'd a profound Peace, 3 Spanilh Captain coming afnore there,invitcd divers of the Inhabitants to come on board his Velle1 ', which they often did, from the entire confidence they had in the repeated Promifes the Spaniards made 'em that they would do "em no injury: At length when many of 'em had no other intention in their Voyage, but thatl were got into the Ship, the Captain gave a Sig- preaching the Chriltian Faith to thefe Idolatu nal to put out to Sea, and fail'd directly for the Ille and ot putting'em in the way of Salvation, Will of Sr. 7'05», where he fold all the poor Creatures, rel'olution to ful't‘er any hardfhips, or even death: whom he had thus perfidioully furpriz'd. I foon felt, in the prol'ecution of f0 pious a Defign. after arriv'd in the fame Illand, where I law this The cruel Treatment the Indians met with frol Rubber, and had a particular account given meof the Spaniards occafioned 'em Iikewife to kill til the Circnmltances of this villanous Action; and it pominican Friers about the fame time. Therélli feems, to cornpleat the Crime, he utterly del‘troy'd in thelje Provinces, near the Gulf of Codera, 303‘ this Prince‘s City. Thefe things were not well rethe Prince of which was nam'd Higuerote 5 Who‘ll fented by the tell: of the Spaniards that us7d to cruife naturally of a fweet and amicable tempera "fill" up and down the neighbouring Coalts to pillage "em ; Su 16C F 3 for |
