Cap. L The Caribby-1 (lands, 159 



with them. Yet muftit be acknowledge! that the the Carib- 

 bean* have had very great differences with the Englijl)' 0 and 

 that the faid differences have continued a long time 5 but the 

 ground of their quarrels proceeded from fome occafions of 

 difcontent which the Caribbians receive! from fome particular 

 perfons of that Nation, which reprefented in a Body hath dif- 

 approv'd their procedure, and upon all emergencies hath ex- 

 prefs'd it felf fofar cliflatisfiM therewith, as to defire that they 

 Ihould be treated with the fame humanity, moderation, and 

 Chriftian mildnefs, as thofe greater and flourishing Colonies of 

 Virginia, and New-England, that are under the jurifdiclion of 

 the faid Englifi, have hitherto us'd towards the natural Inhabi- 

 tants of that part of America which lies more Northerly, where 

 they haveeftablifh'd themfelves $ for it is known that the Eng- 

 lijh hold fo facred and perfect a correfpondence with them, as 

 hath opened a way for their inftru&ion in the Myfteries of 

 Chriftian Religion, and the planting of a great number of fair 

 Churches amongft thofe poor Barbarians. 



But above all , this is moft certain, that when the French 

 eftablilh'd themfelves in the Iflands! of Martinico, Gardeloupe, 

 and Granada, it was done with the confent of the moft confi- 

 derable perfons among the Caribbians , who thereupon dif- 

 own'd thofe of their Country-men who would have obftru&ed 

 the faid eftablifhment : Nay fuch was their earneftnefs therein, 

 that they employ 'd all their Forces and Councils tooppofe the 

 defigns of rhe others, and to fecure the French in the peaceable 

 pofleffionof what they had before granted them. This pro- 

 ceeding abfolutely clears the French of being guilty of the 

 fame violences which are charged upon the Spaniard*, and 

 makes it appear, that the fetlement of the former in thofe 

 Iflands was not like that of the latter in thofe places where 

 they have the opportunities to eftablim themfelves., And if it 

 beabje&edto the French, that they have fore'd the natural In- 

 habitants out of S. Chrijlophers and Gardeloupe, and that even at 

 this prefent there is a War between the faid Nation and thofe 

 of Martinico '■, it may be anfwer'd, that when the French peo- 

 pled thefe Iflands, they, propos'd to themfelves no other defign 

 then the edification and inftru&ion of thofe poor Barbarians, 

 and that if contrary to their firft intention they had been fore'd 

 to ufe a fevere hand towards fome particular perfons, and to 

 treat them as enemies, they were themfelves the occafion of 

 their own misfortune, by being the firft Aggreffors, an*d guil- 

 ty of previous violations of the facred Laws of Alliance, which 

 they had contrafted with them, and engaging themfelves in 

 fanguinary counfels, fuch as would have fmorher'd their Colo- 

 nies ere they were fully fetled, had there not been a timely dis- 

 covery made thereof. 



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