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paffions^-^not eafy to fay whether the acquifitlon or the enjoyment of 

 it produces ?nofl ml [chief — 'The invention of Coin was by the Lydi- 

 ans—~-a curious, if not an ufeful invention — eafily carried about, and 

 furnifhing every thing we can wnfh for to gratify our appetites and 

 deftres. — The greatefi mif chief produced by Money is War. — All the 

 great Conquefs in antient times^ of Affyrians, Medes, ^c. were 

 for the fake of Money as much as from ambition, — A Modern War 

 very near as dejiru&ive as all the Antient Wars put together; — // 

 is the War of the Spaniards agidnfl the Inhabitants of the New 

 difcovcred World, — The account of this War contained in a Book 

 wjritten by Las Cafas Bifhop of Sciappo in Mexico: — This Bijhop 

 had an opportunity of being very well informed, not only by what 

 hefaw himfelf but by ivhat he learned from others 'whom he names. 

 — ^\f^y Millions, according to him, deflroyed in Peru, Mexico, and 

 the Wefl India I [lands. — The deflrudlion began in thete Iflands. — 

 In ffty of thofe Iflands, the Natives remaining ivere counted, and 

 found to be only eleven. — The deflation confrmed. — -Charlevoix^ s 

 account of Las Cafas -work, reduces the number dejlroyed to fifteen 

 Millions. — But no reafon to believe that Las Cafas would willingly 

 aver a falfehood. — This proved by the charaSler of him given by 

 Charlevoix; — may have exaggerated as to the numbers defroyed by 

 the Spafiiards, but not as to the number of the human race at that 

 time. — Charlevoix, by the account he has given of the deJlruBlou 

 made by the Spaniards in one Ifand, fhows that he has fallen much 

 fhort of the numbers defroyed by them in the whole. — Further ac^ 

 counts given by Charlevoix, — Of the Depopulation of Atnerica by 

 the Spaniards, — and the cruelties they exercifed upon the Indians. — 

 One horrible injlatice of their cruelty, of which Las Cafas was an 

 eye witnefs. — The Indians put themfelves to death to avoid thefc 

 cruelties. — The Spaniards, having depopidated Hifpaniola in this 

 way, brought other Indians into it, of whom they made favcs. — 

 The reafon of the Spaniards defroying^ in America, fo many more 

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