I O' A Defence of the Scots 



fom of Morocco J and yet the Spaniards don't 

 think their Title to them e're a whit the worfe* 

 The Dutch and Portugueze have both of them 

 Settlements on the Coaft of Braftl-i to which 

 the 6'/?^;?/Wj pretend a Right. The FrerjchhsiVQ 

 S^tikmcnts in Hffpamola dindGuiana, nocwith- 

 ftanding the Neighborhood of the Spaniards* 

 The EngU(b and French have both of 'em Planta- 

 tions in Newfotmi'Und, The Dutch in time of 

 Peace fettled on Long IJland in the middle of 

 the Englijh Plantatioijs, yet no War enfued up- 

 on it. The Engl/jh poffeffed themfelves of 

 Bahama Ifiands, tho thtSpanifh Fleet pa (Ted be- 

 twixt them and Florida : and the Fngltfb have 

 feveral times fettled at Port- Royal in Campechy 

 Bay, to cat Logwood, &c» and remov'^d and 

 fettled as they found convenient. K. Charles IL 

 in time of Peace granted a Patent to Dr. Cox to 

 fettle a Colony in the Bay of Mexico, which 

 was never queftion'd by the Spaniards : and the 

 French have now fince the Conclufion of the 

 Jaft Peace, planted a Colony on the River Mif- 

 0pi in that fame Ba}', againft which we hear 

 of no Complaints from M^^r/^. So that the 

 Plea of the Spaniards from this Topick is per- 

 feflly overturned by Common Practice, the 

 Law of Nations, and their own Conceflions in 

 parallel Cafes. 



The Next Plea of the Spaniards is from the 

 Treatys betwixt them and the Crown of Gr^^/- 

 Britain, of which they alledg the Settlement of 

 the Scors at Darien to be a Breach ; But that 



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