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Show 78 'A Relation of the Spanifli Voyager and Cmelties in the Weft-Indies. 79 whom! ufe of a multitude of Indians in this Journey, farther}: - Whereas more effeé'rual Remedies ought ; toga e gag Bag ir the and , ins to be uvfed to {top the Courfe of all thefe Mifchiefs. they loaded with Cha , With s den Bur ir the er und d nte ther: thofe that fai There is not fo much care taken as to evidence and of» g tin cut t, fpo the n upo 'd kill y verify thefe‘ matters; nor do they give their Aé'cs wearinefs, the that m the of s den Bur the d ide and Proceedings all theLife and Authority they their heads'7 and div ' men the Survivors. and (116% gm ciuld exaé‘tly defcribe all the Ravage. c, MaWacres the Spaniards commited in? this Pi‘ovinc together with all the Towns they find, {0 deplora-v» ble a Story would fill every Reader With horror, and almolt furpafs belief. Many other Tyrants came afterward into this Province, who follovvd thelleps of the former in fearching for Gold and other Treafurei, but they found the Country {0 burnt, pillagd and defolate, tho it had heretofore been both very populous and fertile, that they themfelves' could not but {land amaz'd to think what Cruelties the , . poor Indians had endur'd. All thefe Violences were plainly provd by the Procurator of the Treafury of the CounCil of the ought: for' to‘ difcharge itheir Duty faithfully to God and ‘the King, the'y'ihould make" their Tyrants as thefe reftore'all the Plunder they have fo unjuitly got. 7 And 'twould be nodiflicult matter to prove that they. carried out of this Kingdom of financial above. 3 MilliOns of Gold, having utterly ruined the Country 'for 40 leagues together in the {pace of I7 year's; for fo long they continued fpoiling this noble and fruitful RegiOn‘. They have cheated the King of above 2 Millions of his Revenues; nor can they ever be able to repair the damage they have done this delicious Country, unlefs the many thoufand. People they havecruelly murder'd could be rais'd'again from the dead. What 1am now {peaking of, only refpefts the King's tem- Wefl-Indies. The Aéts and Proceedings ,made oii i poral Intereit, which they have fo ill manag'd,with- this Affair are yet preferv'd upon record yetn OUEfaying any thing of" their Blafphemies, their f0: th dea to put r eve s was ant Tyr fe the of one Impieties and Outrages committedimmediateiy a- a. hat fo‘t .s ian Ind r poo fe the er'd the Injuries ofi' gamfi the Divine Majefty. the Procel's that was made againfit 'em provd to vs: And who {hali make reparation for the lofs of to many Souls they have l'y little iiurpofe. Thofe Minifters of jultice that Pr€tlpitated into Hell, in not fufFei'ing the MifliOvhave been hitherto fent into the Indies have regard" Haries to infirué'c 'em? Thefe are the Fruits of Cd nothing but their lntereft ', and I‘tudied how If theirdeteftable avarice and profanity. As foon as enrich themfelves without taking the trouble I ever they enter'd this Kingdom, they feveral times examin and punilh the Crimes of thefe Tyrants loaded divers Ships with great numbers of Indians, hief, and committed {0 man: h who did {'0 muc mifc Outrages on the poor Indians. They content then: felves to fay in general, that fuch and fuph 113‘; committed great Crimes,and abus'd the Inhabitants 9: the New World -, that they have leflén'd the King: Revenues to fuch a degree. But when they halmade thefe lool'e and general Enquiries, they g0 n farther! Whom they carried into the Ifle of St. Martha, and f01d for Slaves. Great multitudes of thefe poor Creatures were likewife carried into Hifioaniola, 17mm", and the lfle of St. yam, to the number at beaft of a million of Men. The Royal Council has fen fiifliCiently inform'd of all thefe Diforders and (.ruelties'7 but they are pleas'd to connive at 'em, and |