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Show 120 A Re/grz'ozz of the Spanilli Voyage; and Crue/ties in the VVeilJndies. r2I their complaints againlt "em: and or this kind of ry temperate and pleafnnt, and confequently very Cruelty we have many lnftances: So that‘the poor proper lor Generation." The Spaniards have mall‘s.- Indians are continually molelled and haralled, With- cred and deltroy'd all thefe Nations, to polleis themlelves of their Country, and to ufurp the Government or it, f0 as to have it entirely at their out any calm Intervals in which to compofc their Minds, and therefore are nottapable or applying their Thoughts to the conhderation of Divnie thing-3. Their whole Life is lyrent in Sorrow and Anguilh under their l'eilecutions 21m, lorrnents. difpolhl. And how injult foever thofe Wars have been which they have made upon the Indians, if the poor Creatures put themfelves in a pofture of De- This makes 'em 1110: ‘a:lly hate your h‘lgn-lly, and abhor the ("irriitian Religion; for they ceini‘t but think you iii‘;;,.ofe u fevere Yoke on "em with intolerable Tyranny, that you are ther molt ccvetors Prince upon Earth, an2that1hereteie they origin to leave no ll‘one rnrurn'd to get Clear of your (jo- fence, they cruelly cut their throats without an vei'nnicnt. 'l. he delrrair under \llllt'li the" lit, occa- whether the Indian: live or die, provided they reap' r‘ i‘e.] ‘ lions 'em to belch out a ll Golan-d Cur e" 'Wiiinll. our God, attributing all the illilEIies they nine: to him, \‘sli‘ull'i they uccuie of Llindnefi, lniui‘lice, and want oi Compall‘on, for not punillfng the. Outrage; committed again": ‘cni under the pretence of obhging iem to embrace his Religion, and lor not chaililing the lmpieiy of rich as nuke :1 hoalt of being his Servants, while they are guilty or t he highell, Aboininations. This infianies their Zeal towards their llall‘e Gods, which they fay are 1 uch better than ours, who has brought all manner of l‘vliferies upon "em, whereas their own were the Authors of all kinds of Blellingzs. . We {hall make it evidently appear to your M:- jelly, that the Spaniards in about eight and thirty 0! forty years have uniuftly put to death above twelve Millions of your Subjeéts; and what an incrediblf damage muff your Majelty have further ful‘tain'd by thefe Mafi‘acres, as they have hinder'd all thefe PeOple from multiplying, who would have amounted U: an infinite number, the People of this new Worlu being very fruitful, and the Clio at generally Vt" dillinélion of Quality, Sex or Age: Such as efcape their l‘ury they referve for Slaves,vmany of whom they condemn to the Gold or Silver M;ines,'0thers they yoke together like Bealls to make "em carry raft Burdens. They don't much concern thcmfelves fome advantage by their Labour, and hea‘p up Gold at any rate in the World. I pafs over in filen ce a great many of the Torments thefe poor People have been made to endure on all occallons. If any {hall attempt to perfwade your Majelty of the contrary, we'l undertake to prove what Violence the Spa- niards have us'd among the Indians by invincible and undoubted Evidence: And lhzill not fcruple to fay, thatwhoever take upon 'em to deny the truth of thefe matters, have in all appearance partaken of thofe Robberies, or atlenl't hope to have u lhnre of 'em one time or other. For what lhew of proba- bility is there in fayiug the Contagion of the Air hasfo entirely deftroy'd the People of a Country of 2500 Leagues extent, that there's (came a Man to be found 3 The Spaniards, who know no other God but t'n :‘ir Interell, have fullied the Reputation ofthe roar [u 11am with the moftodious Stain that can he linigin‘ci, in acculing lem of being addicted to fill infinneus and abominable Sin zilgio inlt Nature, m'1 Fri: . \J.; .ll'llll'y' Ill contriv'd as 'tis uniult. Z15 For thnr (Irina: 2.21; never '1 T? lv'en |