The Preface. * 



from the Beginning, ufed all the Means 

 pojjible to exclude all other Nations, not 

 only from the leaji c PoffeJJion, hut alfo 

 from the leap Knowledge of that <Por~ 

 tion of the Weftern Hemifphere that 

 groans under the Trejfure of their 

 Yoke$ nor are they out in their 'Po- 

 litics. 



For did Foreigners exaCfly know 

 how much the Spanifh Strength in 

 America is divided by Dijlance of 

 ^lace, how weak they almofi every 

 where are, how effeminate and unmanly 

 they are grown, how completely they 

 have exhaujled their immenfe Tracks of 

 the native Inhabitants, and how cru- 

 elly they tyrannize over the poor fpirit*» 

 lefs Remainder of the unhappy Indians, 

 whofe hard Lot it is to ferve under thefe 

 Tash Makers 5 and withal, how much y 

 how very conjiderably, the feveral 

 *Parts of the Spanififf 'Dominions are, 

 improvable for the general Advantage 

 even of the whole World: Were Fo- 

 reigners 



