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of John Cockburo, &c. 



der'd it of much Riches. The Inhabitants 

 being few in Number, and unprepared to 

 receive an Enemy, were under a Neceflity 

 of fubmitting to whatever was impofed on 

 them ; and after they had ravaged the Town 

 as they thought fit, they committed one of 

 the moll outrageous Cruelties that could 

 poflibly enter into the Heart of Man. There 

 was but one Clergyman in the Town, who 

 was a Spaniard, and of the Order of St. Fran* 

 cis; him they feized on, and put to Death 

 in the following inhuman Manner. They 

 firft fcalped his Head, and then tore off the 

 Skin, leaving the Skull bare; then they 

 fixed the Skin on a Spear, and danced 

 round it a confiderable Time ; after which, 

 they reared up a long Pole, one End of 

 which they faftned in the Ground, and on 

 the other they ftuck his Body while he 

 was yet alive, and then made their barba- 

 rous Mirth of his exquifite Tortures, fcof- 

 fing at, and deriding his Function, and fay- 

 ing, That this was but a fmall Revenge for 

 that Torrent of Indian Blood heretofore Ipile 

 by the Spaniards. After they had glutted 

 their Eyes with this lamentable Spe&acle, 

 they lighted up a great Fire round him, 



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