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Show ‘ , . i, . . P TM cum-way: m. u w»:r ' _ 1. -$1~" : 70 A Relation of tier Spanifh I? may; and C'meltie: in the Welt-Indies. 7r ‘ for they could nothut abhor the Ai‘lionof thisCa; conducted him {traight to the port to which he tain, that he fhould by {0 infamous a piece of Tie Was bound. Chery abufe this Indian Chief, who had (lonc'em To fee the Indians arrive in any Ifland where they many good Offices from time to time, and waswo defign to fell iem, can't but excite Compafiion and to entertain 'em as if they had been his own Cl; Trouble in every Mind that is not divefted of all Sentiments of Humanity: To fee a great number drcn. The Spaniards took away above two Millions Of Men, Women 311d Children {tark naked, and {0 Men from the Coaits of thefe Prm'inccs, and m; worn out with Hunger and Hardlhip, that many of ported "cm into the lilands of Hzfpmziola and Stfh 'ém C3" fcarce ftand,anfi 9111375 fall down With Faint- where the greate‘ft part perilh‘d in the Mines7 nefs; and tofee'em dmded into _feveral Companies by other Hardlhips which they made 'emfufier. like Sheep, Husbands {@373th from their \Viyes, wvould produce Compafi‘yon in [he hardcfl: Hear and Children from their Parents; for the Spfliiiai'd5 to fee thefe Coai‘ls that were once f0 full of P60: now abfolutely defert. It has been oblhrv'd byii ny Trials, that one third part of the SlavesiNhl the Spaniards take on board their Vellels die by! way, befides thofe they kill when they fearchtli Houfes to take thefe poor Wretches away. 1 end the Spaniards propofe to themfelves, whicl are wont [0 divide 'em by ten or twenty in a ComPany, and then to caft L03 WhiCh {hare "Ch M3" fliall have. This is the trade of thefe Pirats, who arm and fit Oil-t Velfels on purpofe [0 C3"? away thefe poor Wretches from their own Honfes, to inrich themfelves by felling'em for Slaves. When 3 Sgaaimi happensto have an old or fick Man fall to to get Riches at any rate in the world, induces l 1118 [hare among the left, he'll complain of fuel; a to commit all this Violence; they carry away gr‘l "Pt? and fay , to 1m Companions Why dyegim mg numbers of Slaves, to produce confiderable Sums t'oza old Fellow timt'sgood for nothing .9 be is not worth his Many, and yet take but a {mail quantity of Pro keeping .- ill/bar jbali I do with this fick Slime, that mil} hens in their Ships to maintain all thefe People,j only be a Charge to me'. and can do re "0 SCW'." 3 arms fem. of being at too great a charge in tranprFli cily to fee by all this how little account they make 'em; nay fometimes they have fcaice enough for! 3°: thefe People, ancl yvhat little regard they have Spaniards that man the Ship: {0 that many of‘. t) the Rules or Chriftian Charity; 9tis too evident Indians perilh mi‘ferably with Hunger and Thil they neither have any love to God, nor to their and fom etim es thev' caft the greateft part oil Neighbour, tho on thefe two (as our Saviour {eye} over board, to preferve the reft. . A certain Pi both the Law and the Prophets depend. told me, that in a Voyage he once made in fl hedeteftable Cruelty and Tyranny of the Spa.» the Luca} Iflands to Hzfiiam'ola which is about wards 1n infnarmg and feizing thefe poor Indians, Verity Leagues, he had no need either of a CO wnen they go in queft of 'em to inflave 'em, and pafs, or the Obfervation of the Stars to'guide emhloy "em in filhing for Pearls, is fcarce to beima- Yefl'el; for he afihr'd me the floatin." Bodies gin d. 'Ihe Torments they make thefe unfortunate the "Indians that had been thrown into their People endure, can fcarce be compar'd to any lefs in" for his Guide throughout this Pafl'ageil than {hole of Hell. . _ - a . A. a What they fuffer in the Gold £4 Mines, |
