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reafonably delaying Juftice. From all which 

 it is evident that the King of Great Britain 

 has juft reafbn to demand SatisfaQion of the 

 ^p^;?//^^*^/ for attacking hisSubjedls contrary to 

 Treaty; and that tht Scofs being thus injuri- 

 oufly treated, may very lawfully, not only 

 make Reprifals upon ih^ Spaniards for them- 

 felves, but join with the King of Darien in tak- 

 ing San^a Maria, Panama, or any other place 

 belonging to the Spaniards in that Country, 

 of ivhich the Dariens are Natural Lords, and 

 the Spaniards Tyrannical Ufurpers, as is pleaded 

 by the King of Darien himfelf ; and therefore 

 he invited the Englifh Buccaneers to affift him 

 to retake it : and by this Capt. Sawkins juftified 

 his Proceedings in a Letter to the Governour 

 of Panama, alTerting that the King of Darien 

 was true Lord of Panama, and all the Country 

 thereabouts , and that they came to a0ift him. 

 Htftory of Buccaneer Sy Vol, 2. part 4. p. 32. 

 And we have mentioned before that Capr.6'^^r/>, 

 who was accufed of Piracv, for that lame Ex- 

 pedition, and fucceeded Sawkins in his Com- 

 mand, was acquitted in England, becaufe he 

 had that Prince's Commiflion. 



Having fully provM that the Spaniards have 

 no Title 10 Darien^ it remains to be prov'd that 

 the Scots have as good and jull a Title to their 

 Settlement th^e, as any People in the World 

 can have , which may eafily be dcmonftrated 

 thus : 



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