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Show and Cmelties in the Well-Indies. I 79 jullice in doing What they faw Chriflians do before A Relation of the Spanilh Voyages :78 3'", hilajell‘v, he exprelly forbad any fuch Ways of in? having; the Pen l: for the finjln‘e. As : tor t 1 few Slaves which the Indians have voluzitair told, the the Spaniards have hitherto med: no duel‘tion that they had a lawful. right to 'em, they have had however realbn enough to doubt they ought by no means to have taken it, polll‘ion of 'cm, till they had firll us'd all necelTai'v :Liligea e to get information whether they might they have had Converfation with the Chriltians, do it with a good Confeience -, and if after all their who incouraged 'em in thefe Tricks, not only by inquiry the matter remain'd dubious, they ought their Words, but likewife by their Example. And his mofl: certain, the Spaniards could not be igno- not to have bought 'em while under that fcruple: So that all the ways they have taken to procure themfelves great numbers of Slaves are unlawful: And when the lndz‘an Princes faw how eagerly the tyranards period this trade, they would tyrannize "cm; (0 that their ill Examples might well embolden em to Real away fatherlefs Children, to trepan the ignorant, and even to make ufe of force and violence to get Slaves to fell to the Spaniards. For after this manner have the Indians been corrupted and induc'd to commit all kinds of lnjuftice againll: their own Country-men to procure Slaves, lince rant of thefe unrighteous Proceedings, fince themo {elves were the occafion and inl‘rruments of all this Mil'chief: and it mult at leal't be granted, that they were oblig'd to ful'peét whether the Slaves that were over their Subjects, and force 'em to become Slaves, brought 'em were taken as lawful Prifoners of War, that they n if ht he cafiable of anfwering the Spaniards and to inquire whether they might keep "em with a demamls, and of buying the trifles they fold 'em. The Judges of the Royal. Council, who have founded this matter to the bottom, have declar'd, that fcarcc good Confcience or not. any or the Indians have been lawfully inflav'd, and on rliisarconnt have let many of 'em at liberty. The Millionary il'lOflkS who underflood the Lan- They drove this trade with fiifpicious Perfons, and therefore might well have prefum'd that they offended the Rules of jultice; and that thofe that: gave or fold thefe Slaves to "em, had no right to to their Secrets, have declar'd, that thofe who haVC d0. Men ought to be very cautious how they deal with the Indians, left they approve of the Theft and other Crimes of thefe Infidels. The Spaniards knew laept 'em as their Slaves, have done fo Withoutnn‘] well enough what was commonly reported of the jull' ground: and they had no intereft to {peak alter Indians every where, that they us'd many unjull: and tyrannical ways to get Slaves on all hdes, and therefore ought to have fcrupled the buying of 'em fizclt as were naturally free, and who had bin irillav'd gnage of the Indians, and were acquainted With this manner, being only conternld about the Salva- ' tion of SJIllS. A111 can it be thought that the Spaniards were 1%" tbeniz‘elves formidable to the poo-r lndz‘ans, and forc'd againfl; the Law of Nations: So that they can ne- l'ér excufe themfelves from poli'elling 'em unlulllfyfl1 70111 3"! fevere l'utti‘lianents to procure "em WW find from participating of the Crimes of the j'ngz'izin; 313"" LACY 1‘"??in 5 Add thefeiignorant E‘rllds‘h In dealing and captivating" great numbers of People. who harem little of thefearor love of Gorflniglfi Among a hundred thoufimd Slaves whom the Janina; eafily pcrfu‘ade the.nfelves that there was 1,10": ave fold to the Spanjam's, 0y pgitl "era by stay of: norant of what themfelves had done, who 11"st . rum.- hl ‘1", ,., 111:1 rim, |