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Show 248 A Relation cf the Spanifli Voyages. (I) felf. But this is a falfe Glofs which the Spaniard; ufe to cover their Avarice ', for the Salvation of the , Indium is no part of their Care; all they niind‘is rather to ruin and inflave 'em, than to make Chrif. trans of 'em. Therefore in oppofition to all their ' falfe Pretences, we allure your Majel‘ty, that if you pleafe to referve to your felf alone the Dominion of the Indie: without admitting the Spaniards to allume the quality of Lords and Matters over the ART. Indians, it will be an infallible means to eftablifh the Catholic Faith among them. The Spaniards will be able to live commodioufly among 'em in greater Travelling to Advantage. numbers than they have hitherto done; and all other inconveniences will be remov'd, which will mightily conduce to the Glory of God, the Advantageof the Indians, the Aggrandizement of your ' _ IS commonly thought that the Advantages of Travelling are always out-balanc'd) by Empire, and the general Good of all Spain. the Inconveniences that attend it; that tho a Man is at never fo much Charge in his Voyages, he mufl: ftill undergo a great deal oi Hardlhip; and when all is done, the Profit he reaps is not to be compar'd with the Fatigues he endures. But nothing can be more falfe than this Opinion; for in truth, the advantage of Travelling infinitely furmounts the trouble of it: and as the Experiment of a Chymift, whatever it colts him, is very well rc~ warded when he makes fome confiderable difcovery of Nature; fo that Traveller that knows how to improve his Mind as he ought by his Voyages, 15 al- ways well requited for the Inconvemences he has fultain'd. The Prejudice that fome entertaint that the want of that Experience which is 'to be gam'd 1n Voyages , and aé'cual D‘ifcoveries, may be fupplied by reading Books that treat of fuch matters, or by the force of the Imagination, which gives its own {hape to all ‘ things it reprefents, and never makes 'em appear as they are in themfelves, is a mere Illufion: For what} Vi -"' ' 7" i i 4 ' ever |