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Show I 18 471d Cmettz'es in the Well-Indies. A Relation of the Spanifh VOjages I I9 the courfe he took to inflruét the Indians, could As for your Majelty, they think you are the molt make no other anfwer, but that he taught 'em to fay1 cruel and impious Prince in the \‘Vorld, while they Per {fignin [Imam Crzices. By which one may call; fee the Cruelty and Impiety your Subjefis {0 infoguefs at the profound Llnderitanding of the Man, lently commit ', and they verily believe your Maje- And how indeed is it pollible for the Spaniardsto fty lives upon nothing but human tlefh and blood. teach the Indians Chriltianity, and to inform'et Probably this account may very much furprize your what is necellary to Salvation, when the molt no Majefty, who perhaps have not yet receiv'd futiited Spanifh Lords, and fuch as make the greateftfi- cient information about thefe matters 3 but this Opi- gure in the Indies, fcarce know how many Con- nion is of long Handing, and become inveteraze mandments there are? For they go into Amati among 'em. I could produce a great many lnl‘tancer, only to gratify their inlhtiablc Covetoufnefs. The of whichI have been an Eye-witneis, to convince are generally given to all forts of V ices; and fo irr- you of the Truth of it; but I am afraid of making modeft, voluptuous and effeminate, that if aju‘. your Majel'ty too uneafy, and of filling the Reader's Comparifon were made between them and the h- mind with too much horror, by reciting fuch extradiam, thefe latter would be found to have much ordinary and unparallel'd Stories, which may give mor e Virtue and Honer'ty : For as ignorant and bar- a jolt occalion of Wonder, that God has to long barous as they be, they are content with one Wit: defer'd to inflié‘t fome exemplary and terrible judg- according to the Laws of Nature, as a necellary heir ment upon Spain, to punilh all the Abominations to 'em -, whereas the Spaniards lay afide all refpedts the Spaniards have committed in the Indies. The the will of their Maker, and take 14 or 15 Women Pretence of fubjeéting the Indians to the Government of Spain, is only made to carry on the deiign or as many as they pleafe, to fatisfy their brutii Pallions, how oppofite foever this Plurality of Wins is to the Law of God. The Indians fearce know all: of fubjugating 'em to the Dominion of private Men, it is to take away one another's Goods, and liveli- has the Government of a Town or City, does more nocently by their Neighbours, without offering '6."any Violence or Opprellion. And what though null fuch People as thefe have of thofe that C» mifchief by his vitious and feandalous Example, the Abufes that can be. And 'tis now become almoil: many Indian; laugh at the God we worlhiPa 3: lmpOllible for your Majefty or your Minifters to {top perfilt obltinately in their Incredulity. Thejy'i‘ lleve the God of the Chriftians to be the worfif the Courfe of thefe Oppreflions, and regulate thefe Sods, becaule his Worfliippers are the worlif their threatnings, and fornetinzes kill 'em to prevent I 4 their '1;n~ 'n leprders ', for the Spaniards terrify the Indians by a .1." V 755.4. "-1- 2" Z: Place committed to 'em, or have any perfonal con- tern, 0r fpecial intereft in it, theyil be fine to opPl‘efs and harafs the poor Indians, and otter "em all _~‘«L, Piety, and the exemplary Sanctity of their Lives. When the Spaniards have the Government of any ~. a": mu -1" m: 3:31. . men that are left of God, and have no principle: honour or confcience can be capable? Thismfli? deavouring to advance Chriftianity by all their a and in a word, of all the Abominations of wh.‘ than a hundred Prielts and Monks can do good in en- 7 v2 - A-_-' r "1 :18__._--;"-2r3 all manner of Crimes and Villanies; when Ill" fee ~em guilty of lb much Injultice and Treache? One Spaniard who A "3'11" them‘clves Chriftians, when they fee 'em coma? who make 7em all their Slaves. |