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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69842	An account of the first voyages and discoveries made by the Spaniards in America containing the most exact relation hitherto publish'd, of their unparallel'd cruelties on the Indians, in the destruction of above forty millions of people : with the propositions offer'd to the King of Spain to prevent the further ruin of the West-Indies / by Don Bartholomew de las Casas, Bishop of Chiapa, who was an eye-witness of their cruelties ; illustrated with cuts ; to which is added, The art of travelling, shewing how a man may dispose his travels to the best advantage.; Selections. English. 1699	Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1474-1566.	1699 (1699)	Wing C797; ESTC R21602	188,943	313

AN ACCOUNT Of the First VOYAGES and DISCOVERIES Made by the SPANIARDS in America Containing The most Exact Relation hitherto publish'd of their unparallel'd Cruelties on the Indians in the destruction of above Forty Millions of People With the Propositions offer'd to the King of Spain to prevent the further Ruin of the West-Indies By Don Bartholomew de las Casas Bishop of Chiapa who was an Eye-witness of their Cruelties Illustrated with Cuts To which is added The Art of Travelling shewing how a Man may dispose his Travels to the best advantage LONDON Printed by J. Darby for D. Brown at the Black Swan and Bible without Temple-Bar J. Harris at the Harrow in Little Britain and Andr. Bell at the Cross-kevs and Bible in Cornhil M. DC.XC.IX THE CONTENTS THE Introduction page 1. A particular Account of what the Spaniards did in Hispaniola 6. Of the Kingdoms contain'd in the Island of Hispaniola 9. Of the Islands of St. John and Jamaica 18. Of the Island of Cuba 19. Of the Continent 23. Of the Province of Nicaraqua 28. Of New Spain 32. A more particular Account of New Spain 34. Of the Kingdom of Guatimala 41. Of New Spain of Panuco and Xalisco 47. Of the Kingdom of Yucatan 52. Of the Province of St. Martha 60. Of the Province of Carthagena 63. Of the Pearl-Coast and the Island of Trinidado 64. Of the River Yuya-pari 73. Of the Kingdom of Vencuela 74. Of the Provinces of the Continent call'd Florida 80. Of the River de la Plata or Silver River 82. Of the great Kingdoms and Provinces of Peru. 84. A Letter from Frier Mark de Xlicia to the King of Spain against the Cruelties of the Spaniards 87. Of the new Kingdom of Grenada 92. A Letter of Bartholomew de las Casas concerning the Spanish Cruelties in the Well-Indies 100. A Fragment of a Letter relating to the same Affair 104. The Bishop of Chiapa's Discourse to the King of Spain in order to prevent the ruin of the West-Indies 115. His Propositions concerning the Title of the Kings of Spain to America 138. A Dispute between the Bishop of Chiapa and Dr. Sepulueda concerning the lawfulness of the Wars made by the Spaniards on the Indians 150 The Bp of Chiapa's further Sentiments of that affair 160 His Reasons at large for subjecting the West-Indies to the Crown of Spain and thereby preventing the Ravages of the Spaniards there c. 184. Newly publish'd AN Inquiry concerning Virtue in two Discourses the first of Virtue and the belief of a Deity the second of th●● Obligations to Virtue Price bound in Calf 3 s. An Argument shewing that a Standing Army is inconsistent with a Free Government and absolutely destructive to the Libertie of this Nation In two Parts Price 12 d. A Letter from the Author of the Argument against a Standing Army to the Author of the Balancing Letter Price 3 d. The Militia Reform'd or an easy Scheme of furnishing England with a constant Land-Force capable to prevent or to subdue any foren Power and to maintain perpetual Quiet at home without endangering the Public Liberty Price 12 d. A Letter to a Member of Parliament shewing that a Restraint o● the Press is inconsistent with the Protestant Religion and dangerous to the Liberties of the Nation Price 6 d. A Letter to his Majesty King William concerning the Expedients us'd by his Predecessors to support the English Monarchy Price 6 d. Some Remarks on the Providences of God to this Nation during the four last Reigns The 2 d Edition By Slings by Bethel Esq Price bound 12 d. Discourses concerning Government by Algernon Sidney Son to Robert Earl of Leicester and Ambassador from the Common-wealth of England to Charles Gustavus King of Sweden Published from an Original Manuscript of the Author Price bound Sixteen Shillings The PREFACE AMerica was first discover'd by Christopher Columbus a Genoese in the year 1492 in the Name of Ferdinando King of Arragon but takes its Name from Americus Vespucius a Florentine who discover'd the Country of Brezil five years after by order of Emanuel King of Portugal The Europeans had no sooner enter'd on this vast Continent and the Islands about it but the Natives shew'd 'em all imaginable Kindness and Respect and were ready to worship 'em as Gods but these soon took care to convince 'em of their Error and to deliver 'em from the danger of falling into this sort of Idolatry by treating 'em with all manner of Cruelties and tormenting 'em like so many Devils so that these barbarous People receiv'd as great a turn in their thoughts concerning the Spaniards as the Barbarians of the Island of Melita did in respect of St. Paul for as these believ'd him to be a God whom they had just before taken for a Murderer so the other really found them to be Murderers whom they had a little before esteem'd as so many Gods The following Relation of the Destruction of many Millions of Indians by all the inhuman methods the Spaniards could invent would appear incredible were not the truth of it confess'd and attested by the Spaniards themselves and among others especially by Don Bartholomew de las Casas Bishop of Chiapa who made large Complaints of these Cruelties to the King of Spain and to the Royal Council for the Indies with a design to put a stop to 'em if possible That he is a Person of irreproachable Credit in this case will appear by the following account wherein he challenges all the World to disprove the truth of the matters of Fact he asserts while he stood the Test of a Court who could easily have detected him if he had attempted to impose on 'em by a malicious Falshood This Bishop writes with such an Air of Honesty Sincerity and Charity as would very well have become one of a better Religion than that in which he had the unhappiness to be educated It may well surprize the Reader to hear a Spanish Prelat declaim so loudly against Persecution and plead so freely for Liberty of Conscience in a Country subjugated to the Inquisition To hear him in his dispute against Doctor Sepulueda decry all methods of Violence for the propagation of the Truth as more sutable to the Maxims of Mahometism than the Principles of Christianity To hear him assert the Natural Right of all Mankind to Liberty and Property and inveigh against all Vsurpation and Tyranny in the smartest Terms is enough to move any one's Wonder and Pity too when on the other hand 't is observ'd how much he magnifies the Power and Authority of the Pope in some of his Propositions contain'd in the following Treatise But all may serve to convince one how great an advantage or disadvantage a Man has as he pleads the Cause of Truth or Error and of the great difference there is between the genuin Language of Reason and good Sense and the servil Prejudices of Bigotry and Superstition 'T is no less a Subject of Admiration that a Book