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STARA Toes hte phe . | “eA ZTE Interelt you have in the flourefbing of Your Autient Kings fi-~ domof Scotland, whofe Crown is tranfnitted to Tou by as -Handred and eleven of your Ance(tors, without ever having been on-the-Eead of a Forraigner, emboldens. the Author to lay the following Sheets at your Majejties. Feet. |

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| Thesdefign.of them is to vindicate the-Settlement- of the Scots i#

Darien, avd Tour Majelties Justice in protecting them, againft tke O-

Blique Afperfions which are caft upon it in the Spanifh Memorial. The Soveraignty. of the Crown of Scotland bath alwife been held Sacred by our Anceftors, who never were {paring of their Blood to des

fend it either from the Invafion of Forreigners, or the mean Compliance of fome few of our Princes.that were unworthie-to- wear it; and there-

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-: Exelufion of Baliol the nearelt Heir, and acquainted the ‘Prince of. -

Chuitendom rhat they did fo in défeuce of their Independency; adding \ that they would expel Robert Bruce, if be offered to betray their Lz- berty, and would never fubject their Crownto tbat of England, whil(t there were 100 Scots men alive, . Wiech ae yee

This being the fundamental Conftitution of cur Government, and the Conditien on which that Prince and his Succeffors were admitted to Our Crown; they cania no wife be look’d upon as Friends to your ‘Majefties Diguitie as King of Scots, who call in queftion what Tou enadt ia the Parliament of that Kingdom, or that offer to traverfe it by contrary — Proclamations. | | i MNS Ti a ‘We are Tour Majefties Sadjedts as well as our Neighbours, and have - an equal Right to {bare your Protection, which its hopd they will at . lalt be convine'd it is their. Jutereft to agree to in relation to our Amen rican Settlement. - a Se 20a ANS © Re eee Tour Majefiy’s Paternal Affection to the Kingdom of Scorland; bath difcover'd it felf in many Inftances: nor is it to be defired or expected — by our Nation, that it fhould any way interfere with the like Care:and Affection, which is owing to our Bretbren-of England; but there is uo reafon that they fhould enjoy a Freedom of Trade throughout the World, and that we fhould be denied A VU T VSS ae ae Your Majefly in your Gracious Propofals of an Union, gave fuficient Evidence of a Fatherly Concern for both Nations. Therefore as it hath pleafed GOD to make Tou the Glorious Inftrument of ovr Common Deliverance, that Efe would alfo make youthe bappy In@rument of our Infeparable Union, and after along Reign here, Crown Tou with Ever:

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Dy" : rE F E N Cc E ops fhe Soi Remend of the SCOTS “On the Ifthnus of DARIEN in America With Ar- uments to prove; That it is the Intereft of England

“10 10 join'with1 them, and to provetl them in that-C “olony.

a a ‘HE Heads: pibpbstd 10 be infitted upon: in oie following | # .- Sheers, ate,’ The Legalsry of the SCOTS Fftablifhment, | | RISES WY Thee Advantage or Difadvantage that may redound from | p08 209 atito England; Whether the Scots without the Affiftance of | cahe Englith may be able to, maintain their footing ia America ; «nd | what, may probably be the Confequences, i it theScots fhould be oppos'd | 3 Seen the Englifh; and. mifcarry i#. the Undertaking. dt | ~The chief Obje@ions againft the Legality of ‘their Eftablith. | iment, arife’ from: the Memorial delivered: in againft ir tothe : | King). by) the: Ambaflad or. niuctieteas of Seth, “May 3, 16ig00 08 FS | bah S, as follows: ae sy | eS hed | |

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THE Under Subleribec: ‘Ambaflador Eswaordinty fom : his Catholick Majeftie, finds himfelf oblig’d by exprefs _ * Orders, to reprefent to. your Majefly, thatthe King | this Matter having recciv‘d Information from different places, *\* and Jaft of all from che Governor of FZavana, of the Infule and © Attempt of fome Scors Ships,’ equip'd. with Men and other things i mye seat whodefign to fettle themlelves in bis Majeflies Sove- ‘ raign Demains in America; and particularly the Province of Daz: “© view, His Majefty recoiv’d. thofe Advices with 1 very much dif- | - & ‘ conrent, - and looks upon, the, fame. as. 2. Token of {mall Friend- Be | octa ‘ftps and aS a Ruptuse of. the Alliance betwixethe two €rdwwns | PChich his Majefty hath , ae es hitherto, “And alway Me obs oe | : “rves

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© and profits hath retulted both to your Majefty and your Sub-:

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¢ Majeftie did not expect {uch (udden Infulgs:and Attempts by * your Majefties Subjects, and that too ina time af. Peace,. with *-out pretext ( OF any Caule ) in the very heart o' his Demains. ‘ All chat the King defires, is, ‘That this may-be reprefented to eyour Majefty,: and that your, Majefty may be acquainted, , thac ¢ he is very fenfible of fuch, Hoftilttes and unjuft Procedures, a-— « gainft which his Majefty. will take {uch Meafures.as he thinks -

é convenicné, + Given at.Loudon,. May 22. 1099+ a>

Tt were eafié to. make: proper, Remarks upon the: Weaknels, _ Infolence and ingratitude at this © Memorial, but itis: not worth while ; all the World knows what the Crowa of Spain OWS £0 his Majelty of Great Britain; and therefore a: more civil Apply cation might realonably . have been expected to a Prince, who - hath not only faved the Netherlands, but prevented his Catho- . lick Majcfty from being infulted on his Throne at: Madrid: But thefe things we pa(s over, and conie to ehe-chief pointin theMe- morial, which is, Zhat the Scots have poled themfelves im the

Hiag, of , Spain's: .Demains in America, contrary to the Allyance bes - rmixt the two Crowns. \f this be proved to-bef alfe,. chen the caufe ofthe Complaint ceafes, and his Mayetty of Great Britaiy hath reaton to demand Satistaction-for the Afiront-eftered thereby to. hisJuftice and Soveraignty- = at SRO ate To prove the falfhood ofthe -AMegation,: That the Province of Darien is, patt of che King of Spans Demains : Itis pofitively - denied by the SCOZS,- ‘who. challenge the Spanzards to, prove theic Right to the faid Province, either by /nberitance, Marriage, Donation, Purchafe,. Reverfron,. Surrender ov Congquelt; which-being the only Titles by which they or any other People can claim a» “Right to thole of any other Dominions, ‘it the Spaniards cannot gmake out their Right by thofe or any-of thofe, their Ciaim mult of confequence be null and veid..... Laue) i:

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re CS a pene . - eee. f ee te © Gertlement in Datien. aie ee 2 Teis evident that the Spaniards cannot pretend a Tittle to that fF ~CGountrey by Inheritance , Marriage, or the Donation-of Prince and People ;- and asto Conqueft it would be ridiculous ro ale » Teadge st; ‘fince:the Darzens aresin‘aQtual pofleffion of their Liber- _ ty, and were never fubdued j:nor receiv'd any Spani/h.Govern- ~ of or Garifow amongft them. « Nay, ‘they ‘were: fo far from it, that Wafer, Dampier, -and« orhers that hayewrore of that Coun- - trey , do all agree that they mortally hate: the:Spanzards, were in War with them, and that the Spaniards had no Commerce with ~ thofe /rdians , nor command « over them in all: the North fide of the Ifthmusa little beyond Porto Bello. * abn.) > Capt. Sharp in the Journal ofhis Expedition, publifhed in Cap: - -Hacke‘s Colicftion of Voyages, gives an account , thatin 168@ he landed at Golden Iland with 330 ‘Men, and-being joynd by one of the Dariea Princes, whom they cail‘d Emperor, and another to whom they gave the Titcle of “Aig GoldemCap, with fome hundreds of their Men, took Sawcéta Maria, attempted Pasama, and: made prize of feveral Spanz/h Ships ; ~ which is the more re= ~markable, beceule Cape: Sharp wasatterwards tryed in England — for Robbery and-piracy on this very Account, * but acquitted bee caule of his Commiffion from thofe Darien Princes: which is@ plain De monftration-that theGovernment of Exg/and did then look ~ upon’ Darew to be no way fubje@ tn Spain , whatevet {ome whe | asc Enemies to the SCOTS, do now fay againft the Legality of | theic Settlement inchac Country. ‘This fame Expedition againft | the Spanzards by affiftance of the Darien Indians, 1s confirm'd by | Ms. Dampier in his Introduction to hisNew Voyage round theWorld. ) And the Bpof Chiapa, a Prelate of their own, in his Relation of the Spanifh Voyages ava Cruelties in the WelteIndies, » 217, owns | © chat the Spavzards had no Title to the Americans, as theic Sub- . jes, by right of Inheritance, Purchafe,-or Conqucft.

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EL atyeaeamacs A Defence ofthe SCOTS Tee, : We have likewife a large Accouat, anda’ full'Confirmation of che Waeand perpetual Enmity betwixt the, Dariens andthe Spa- niards withe Fliftory of the Buctancers.of America; Vol. 2. Part ; 4. Wrote ‘by Bafl Riagrdfe, © avhoowas-one of their Company , Shere he informs usthat thedudians of Darien, and the Spantards are cornmionly at: Warwith one anothers, and that che Buccaneers, © were invited into that Countrey, cand: join'd by the Darien Prine ces, ‘Capt. Andreas, Captain Antesio, and the King of Darien, who -atiGed them in the taking of Sanita Muria, aud their Attempt us pon Panama; and the King whole Daughtersthe Spaniards bad, fiole away, promiled to join’ the Buccaneers with so000 Men, Thisisthe more remarkabie, becaule thofe. very Rrinces, oF - their Succeflors are now aa League-with the Scots, and have joy- fully reteiv’d ‘them into théir-Countrey...So, that itis. the flrang+ eft Impofition'that can be put upon.any Natio nj end one of the moft audacious affronts that. even was put upon fo Great a Prince - as Ko Wiliam, forthe Spaniards to \protend ‘a Rightto-Darien, and acciile him ‘ofa Breach ofthe\Peace, becan fe a-Coleny of-his | Subjects have fertled chemfeivesit heres. when it is. fo well knows to the World that the Crown of Spacm. has-no.manner.of Title to chat Province. Maman oan a ARI | Waite "Then esto any Claim by virtue~of Pefleffion, the Spaniards have not the ieatt ground of Plea: All they.can alledge -on this head is, that they were once admitted by the. confent-of Capr. Diego, another of the Dareea Princes, to work on fome Golden — Mines, within a5 Leagues, or thereabouts, of the SCO7S Sattle- ment: But it is plain charithismakes nothing for their purpote. That Prince admitted them only as:Labourers,. ‘bur notas Proe prietors ; and when they broke the: Conditions. en which they Were admitted, ofz to-alloworlte Daréens {uch aad fach Shares of the Prod u@t, they were expeli'd again ‘by forces: and-ever fince that time the Dariens cefofe co have any further dealings with the Spaniards, who made themfclves odious to them by their Treach- . : | van ibbedaralt oe

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po * Settlement in Datien . ee a Ie ery and Infolence: Se thar Mr.Wafer tells us pag. 133, they allow a diftinguifhing Mark of Honour to him who has kili’d’a ‘Spaviard: and pag. 179. that Lacenta one of the chief of the Darien Princes, did in his converfe with him, exprefs his Senfe and Refentment ofthe havock made by the Spasiards in the Weft. ” oF America, at their firft coming thither. i

-. Itremains then that the Spaviards can lay no other claim to Darien but what they plead from the Pope's general Grant of Ames nica, its being bounded by their Dominious, and the Treaties with ~~ England, which fhalibe confidered in their Order,

- Yo urge the Pope‘s' Grant amongft Proteftants ‘is ridicolous, and amengft Papifts them({clves but precarious : bur admitting ic. were fufficient to jultifie their Title, it is cafie to prove that the Spaniards have forfeited all the Right that they can claim by vir. pe ot thaegrant.. 1.8 oS : & , “Fhe Church of Rome will not publickly own her power to grant a-Rightof Conqueft, but in order to propagate the Faith, . and not that neither, except the Infidel Prince or People be guilty. -of abreach of Treaty. Sothat the Pope’s Grant with thele Res frictions is fo far from cftablifhing the Title of the Spaniards, that it plainly overthrowsit, i ae That the Zndzans were committed to the Spaniards by Pope. < Alexander the VI. on condition that they fhould teach them the. ’ Chriftiay Religion, is proved by Dow Bartholomew de Las Cafas | Bithop‘of Chzapa, iu his Account of the firft Voyages and Difcoveries made by the Spaniards ia America, and the Relation of their uxpas | rallel'a Cruelties, p. 165. and there he likewife owns, ‘ that their -“ acquitting themfelves fo ill of that Commifiton, they oughr to | ‘make Refticution of all they have taken fromthem under this _ -prerext. And pag.200, he charges them with breach of the Terms prefcrib’d by the Apoftolical Brief, tho Queen Zabela, to - whom it was granted. earneftly entreated them to keep cxadtly } toi, £.218* he faysthat the Title of the King of Spain to the oe herky | “Indians

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6 3 A Bie of oP SCOTS. _ Be Tudiays, is founded ‘only, on the Obligation he had taken BpoR — wimfelfro infruad them in the true Faith, as, appears by che - Apoftolick Brief: whieh they were fo far from performing, thac_ inftead of converting their Sou's, they. deftroyed their Bodies, — having in thofe early dayes, wiz: In che «ime of the Emperor Charles V. murdered above 40 Millions of them; and cook fo lit: | tle care to influ them inthe Chriftian Religion, chat. they per- fectly obftruted their Converfion,. and fold thofe-very Idols that fome ofthe poor people had thrown away withabhorrence, to o- ther of the Indians; ibid p 194. which, together with their other . horrid impietics, created an. averfion ia thofe poor Infidels for Heaven it telf; according cothe known Story of F/athwey an Indie an Prince, ibid.p at. ‘ who being faft’ned to-a Stake by the Spa-- " niards in order to be burnt, tor no other Crime but endeavouring * ro defend himfelf and his Subjedts againft their Cruclties, ask‘t “a Friar that wasdifcourfingto him of Heaven, promifing him E- * cernal Fappinef: there-if he would believe, and threatning him — ‘with Hell if he did noc, whether Heaven was ‘opened to the © Spaniards ; am{wer'd that it was tofuch of them as were good, " replied immediatly that he would not go thither, for fear of * meeting (uch Cruel, and wicked Company as they were, bur * would much rether chufe tc go.10 Hell, where ke might be De-. * jiver‘d from the troublefome fight of !uch kind of Peoples So thar their forfeiture of all Right or Tule to Darien, by the pepe Grant, if ic were of any validity, is plainly domantrard Their next Pleats, that Daren is bounded or inclofed by ha Dominions, iz. by Portobello and Carthagena, with their Ter- - ritorics on the North, and Pazama and Sandia Maria on-the South, To this it is Antwered’ that Darien is bounded only by the Sea on both. fides, without fo much as a Spanish Fore. or Garrifon, from Nombre de Dios, to the Gulf of Darien on the North Sea, or from the River of Ghepe, tothe. River of Conge on the South

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Sea, The Territories of the Spaniards confining on both end

of the /fhmus are not unlimited, bur are reftridted on borh

fides by the Dariens,. who, as fas been alceady faid, were never tubje@ to Spain. Nog is it any new thing in the World, -

for independent Soveraigntys to ly inclos'd within the Domi-

hiens of other Princes , to inftunce in no more than Orange and Avignon 1 Europe, Ceuta, Metilla &c. peilcfled by che Spavi-

ards themiclycs in Africk, which lye in the very bolome of Merocco, and yer the Spaniards don't think dyeir Tithe to them e‘re.a Whitthe worle. The Dutch and Portugueze bave both ot.

them Settlements on the Coaft of Braf/, co which the Spaniards

“pretend a Right, The Freach have lettlements in Fifpaitola and

Gufaua , novvithfanding the Neighboir-hood of thé” Spanards.

The. Englifh and Freich have both of ‘em Plantations tn Newfound- { ‘ Be a ‘

dand. The Datch in ime of Peacé fertled ‘in Love /laid, in tbe e = ae a ae & eo, Teeny eer may ie: o% mate Pies ee % e middle of the Exg/é/b Plantations, yet no War en‘ued upon it.

The. Exglifh poflefled themlelves of Bahama Mlands, tho the

| 2 Spanifh leet paffed betwixr them and Florida: And the Eng fb

have feveral times fettled at Port-Royal in Campechy Bay, to cat Loggwood, Gc... and remov'd and fettied asthey fousd Conveni«

ent... K. Charies If. in time of Peace granted a Patent to Mr. Cox,

> them and the Crown of Great Britazz, of which they alledpe the — Settlement of the Scots at Dariew to bé'a Breach , But thar there's

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to fertile a Colonie in the Bay of AfeXico; which was never Quel

tion‘’d by the Soaviards:: ‘And the Frenci liave now fince the

_ Conclufion of the laft Peace, planted a Colony ob the River Mififipz in that fame Bay, againft which we heat of no Come -

plaints from Madrid. So that the Plea of the S»anzurds tram

this Topick is perfeQly overtarn’d by Comuion ‘Practice, the

Law of Nations, and their own Conceflions in porallel Cafes. The next Plea of the Spaniards is from vie Treaties b-twixe

no Ground for this Allegation, will appear to thofe that perufe

the {aid Treaties, viz. That of May 23 1667. and thatot Faly

1670, wherein there’s not the aft Mcition of Exciuding : a euher

ee ea Re Go ae a ae OME ER Oe fe MO DN I AT BOE ISN ME EI MP had oat ~ Bh ane Pan y — a & ue , ‘ A j vy : a ae i Br 3 Pima Bi Se a A Defence. of the SCOTS

either Party from enlarging their Dominions in Ameriea, upon - Waftes, or by confene of the Natives, in fuch places as have ne- ver yet been poflefi by Spaza or Great Britain, . So tha all chat. can be infer‘d from thole Treaties, is, that they were a mutual {e- . curity for the peaceable pofleffion of what each Crown enjoy‘d in that Countrey, and no more; which is (ufficiently coafirm’d by _the Patent granted to Dr. Cox, and the fettling and removing of | the Axglifh in Campechy.Bay, &c. without Controul, as before mnenrion de ee Tee Par ee re Rate Having thus made it evident that the Spaviards have no man- nerof Title or Right.co Darien, it is Natural in the next place to fhew thacthey chemfelves are guilty of the Breach of Treaty. by. proceeding in this Affair as they..have done. — <i Waa By the rhfrd Article of the Treaty between the Crowns of Grea?. Britain and Spain, concluded at Madrid May 23. 1667. it is pro- vided, That if any Injury [ball be done by cither of the [aid Kings, or by the People or Subjects of either of them, to the People. or Subjedts. ofthe other, againft the Articles of that. Alliance, or againfi common Right, there {ball not therefore be given Letters of Reprifat, Marque or Countermarque, by any of the Confederates, until fuch time as Fulkice is follow’ d in the ordinary Courfe ef Law. Yet the Spaniards with- outanyfuch Procedure, or offering in the leaft to prove their Title co Darien, prefent a virulent and huffiag Memorial, at the yery firft charging the King with want of Friend/hip, and a Breach _of Alliance, and threatning to take fuch meafures as they [ball think “meet: when theic fickly Monarchy has not yet had time to breath, fince refcu’d from the common danger wherein, Europe was involv‘d, by the Arms of that very Prince whom they treat fo unpratefully. | pits 1 RE ee Bue thisis not all;for conteary to the exprefsWords of that {ame Treaty, they attack the Scots by Sca and Land, who had done them ‘no Injury, bar acquainted them that they came peaceably, without any hoftile defign againft them or any other, People; And : | were

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| oes _ \. Settlement i’ Darien. ie et: ' wesefo generous asto reject the Motion of Capt. dydrear, ‘ane’ of the. Darzen Princes, aadtheir Ally, when he offered (O make them Matters.of Padama, if they would -bar join him with 500 of pothere Menign 65) ya 2500 hee ae Cl yen The Spauiards have alfo, contrary to the-rorhand rrzh Arti-. eles. of the Treaty concluded at-Madrid, Fuly 18 1670, concerns ings America, -Getain‘d the Scots and Exglifo Puloners: who were - fore'd..afhoar at Carthagena by Shipwrack, tho all uch. practices ~~ beexprefly provided again{t by the faid Articles; and they have alfowviolated the.14th Article of that Treaty, which forbids Re- - prifals, except in cafe of-denying or.unreafonably d. faving Juri-ce; From all.which ic is evident, that tne King of Great Britaze has juft, reafon to demand Satistaction of the Spaniards for attacking his Subjects contrary. to-] reaty-; and that the SCOTS being thus injurioufly treated, may very. lawfully, nor only make Repritals upon the Spaniards for themielves, bur join wath the King of Da» _ riea.in-taking Sancta Maria; Panama, or any other place helong- ing co the Spangards in that Countrey, of which the Dariexs are _ Narural..Lords, and the Spaniards Tyrannical Ufurpers, -as ig pleaded by the King of Darzen himfelf; and therefore he invica ed the Englifh Buccaneers co affit :him so retake itz and by this ; woe ee, ae ae . Capt. Sawkins juftified-his proceedings ina Letter to the Govers nor of Panama, .afferting that the King of Darien was tcuc Lord of Panama, .and.all the Counircy thereabouts ;-and that they came to.afit: him, ..Aéfory.of Buccaneers, Vol, 2. ‘Party. p. 32. And we have mentioned before- that -Capt. Sharp, who was acculed of Puracy.,..for~ chat fame Expedition, and fuccecded Sawhins in his Command, .was acquitted in. Englaga,. becaufe he had that | Prince's Commiffion... | | | Having-fully. prov’d that the Spaniards have no Title in Darien, de cemains to be prov‘d chat rhe SCOTS have as poodand juli a | Title,to their Settlement there, -as any People in the World can | have;.which may eafily be demonftrated thus ; ha iee

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Fae) oun Al Defence of the SCOTS © e : “t They were authorized by an Actof Parliament, and the Kings. Letters Patent, zo plant Colonies in Ata, Africa, or America, upon Places not inhabited, or any other Place by Confent of the Natives not polfeft by any European Prince or State. - Being. provided wich this Authority, than which there cannot be a Greater, or one more — duly and honeftly limited, they equipp’d their Ships, and landed onthe North fide of the Sebius | of Darien in November 1698. where the Spaniards; as has-been fully prov‘d, never had any _ pofleffion, and no other European Prince or State prétends any — “Claim co it. Being arriv‘’d there; they fairly obtained the ‘Con- {ent of the Princes and Peopie of the Country, and particulatly of Captain Andreas, who is the chief-Man in that T rack; “And after a folemn’ Treaty and Alliance deliberatly made, and wrote | in Spanifb, becaufe the faid Prince undetftands thar Language, | they peaceably enter. upon their new Colony, * without either Force or Fraud. So that they have religioully kept to the Gon- ‘ditions of the AG@-and Patent, which is a plan demonttration chat — they have a juft and legal Title to their Settlement, and a Right - tothe Protection of the Gevernment, againft che Actempts of the — Spaniards, Or any othersPeople whatloever? 2° + 90" eas The next Topick to be infifted upon, ts the Advantage or Dif= advantage that may redound to Eng/and from this Settlement. We ~~ thall begin with che Difadvantage which confifts in the fuppofed. Damage it may dotothe Trade of England, and that it may, as is pretended, occafion a Rupture between them and Spain. To this wemay eafily reply, that being a diftin@® and independent Nation, we are notoblig’d co confult thetr Intereft, any furcher than they confule ours ;. and that we- have -as‘much Reafon-to - maintain this Celony, becaufe of the Advantage it‘may bring to our felves, as they have to oppofe it, becautfe of the Difadvanta- - ges that they fancy may arife from thence to ‘agland. Bur with- al we-deny that it can be any damagero their ‘rade, which from that part of the World-confifts chiefly in Sugat and Tobacco,nei-_ ther of which are yet to befound in New Caledonia, Butthat which — | ee

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ie - a esernmeuhin Dation... ' -.~ ee ae we look upon to be a compleat Anfiwer to the Objection, is this, i - Fhat they may be fharers with Us ia'the fettlemem ifthey pleafe, =» -__ and by confequence Partners in the Profits and Trade, and lay it under fuch Regulations as may prevent its endamaging the Com- | | ewentls: of: Bvetinel, ici note No oy | ae © And whereas it is further objeCted, That by the great Immuni- : ‘ties and freedom granted to the SCOTS Company for fo many ~ Wears, we fhali be able to underfell the Evg/i/h Company. foreftal | their Markets, and leffen his Majeftics Cuftoms; we anfwer,that . this Objection is mm a great meaiure obviated, fince we do not | ow pretend to fecupan Eaft-Jndia Trade; “but admitting it | | werertene, it will beto the general Advan‘age of the Evugli/h Na- fa | | |

tion; ‘fince ‘the Buyers are always more than the Sellers. fe mut céertaibly be better forthe Kingdom in general, that every one who has occafion for Muflin or Zadian Silks, Gc. fhould have — fo many {hillings per Yard. or’ peice in their Pockets, than that | fome two or three Merchants fhould once in an Age get Money enough to make a Daughter ortwo a Countefs or Dutchefs. Nor | can it be denicd bur it’s betterfor Zxg/and, that Houlekeepers in } general fhould fave that Money to buy Provifions for their Fami« | | | lies, which confumes our own Produ@, than that adozénofMer- | chants fhould be enabled by the ‘extravagant prices of thofe com- _modities to keep their Coachese Add ro this, that the £xgifb | if they pleafe by joining with the SCO7S, mayhave an'equal ~ | fhare of all thefe Immunities; and if there fhould be for fome rime | a leffening of the King’s Cuftoms, of~which ‘there ‘is at prefent | no manner of profpect, it will be(ufficiéntiy’ made upin'time to | come by a large Addition, 1f that Colony” profpers; {othat the | | King’s Bounty in that refpe@, is but iike the beftowing of charge | to improve barren or wafte Ground, which will-return with treble ©

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Pe. : A Defence ofthe SCOTS break Buik no where bucia Scotlasd, which will diminifh the number of Engli/h Ships and Seamen, and make Scotland the on- ly Free Port of all thefc Commodities, -To which. it’s replyed, ‘That tho.ou: own Ships.are obliged to break Bulk no where but athome, they don’t lay fame Obligation upon others, but allows ing them a free Trade to Darren,...they may carry their, Goods

where they pleafe;.or upon. fair Propofals, there’s no doubr but the Parliament of Scotland will give the Eagli/b all poflible Liber

ty as cothat.matcer. |, ae : Gs, en ae Then as-to the hazard:of a Rupture with Spaix, we reply, Thag

the Spaniards ase in no condition to break with England, when |

they are not.able.to maintain themfelves againft rhe Ininits of the French by Sea aad Land ; .and.che .only way fo fecurethem inthe Britifh \ntereft, isto have,a powertuiColeny .in Dariez, which

lying inthe very Centre of thew American Dominions, and within —

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upon them, and not only. prevent their own Hoftilities, .buc their.

joining at any time with our Enemies; or if they | das helde Mar {ters of their Money, we fhall, {pecdily cut the finews of their War... : | Se a an ee

in the next.place we urge chat~ie -will-be very -much fort the In-. this Settlement,’ 2. . = +) > 3 | | |

1 Becaufe by this means-che SCO7S will increafe their thipp- ing. and comein time.co have a Naval Foree,:-capable of aflifting the Exgli/b in the,commop Defence of.thetfland, ...an maintaining

tereft and Advantage of England to incoprage.and {upport us in

the Soveraignty of the Seas, and convoying cheir- Merchant Men

-intime of War; the neceflity of which,is.abvious enough, fince they and the Dutch both, have ,been,4cagce, able to feeure

theis Trade,..maintain, theis Dominipa:in.thg Seas, and-dcfend — themfclveg from the Invafious of thefremadusing thelaft War. - Nor can the Azgli/o always. promile co them(e) yegthe amity of the = Duich, who ace their Rivals in, Trade, and diffce.tar,caongh frong —

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Pe ieee Settlement én Darien: — , | i oe ‘| them both tn Temper and {ntereft,th ere’s nothing to cement them i but the Life of cur prefent Soveraign: Whereas the SCOTS be | Ing united with the Eng/z/h under the fame Government, and in- ee habiting the fame ifland, muft of neceffity havethe fame intereft i | |

— asto Trade, and to defend the Countrey ‘againtt all Forraign Ins — -vaders, as they conftantly did ia former times, again{t Homans, | 1 Danes,Saxons,and Normans, notwiihftending their living then wander | _ a feparat Prince, and their frequent Wars with Eug/and. Nor is — / that brave Refiftance which a few of them made to the Durch at | / Chattam to be forgotten, which did ia a great mealire repair the | - Honour of Exgland, and make amends tor the Ignominy and dif | - grace which thac Attempe put upon the Fugli(h Nation. y _ 2. As Scotland increalesin fhipping, they will increafe inWealth | _ and -by confequence be able to beara greater fhare ofthe Burden | _ of any Forcign War, which will fave Men and Money to England, - a and tighten their Taxes. im ‘| 3. The Succefs of the SCO7S in their American Colony, will be an additional ftrength to the £yz/7/h Plantations ia the’ We/feIy~ dies8 well as anAdvancement of theie Trade, by conluming their product, and giving them theirs in Exchange. , | q.. The fuccets of che Scots at Darien will be of preat advantage - to England; forthe more Money the Scors acquire by their Trade, the more they will fpend in Eugland, which being the - ‘Seat of the Government, muit frequently be vifitcd by their No- bility and Gentry, who gencraily furnith therofeves in England with their beft Apparel Houfehol- furniture, Coaches and Horfes » Se. befides the Money thar the young Noblemen and Gentlemen ~ {pend in their paffage through thatNation, when they go & come - from their Travels. Thefe things occafion their laying out vaft.: |Summs of Money annually inthe City of Loxdon, which being | |the Seat of the Government, will as certaialy draw Money from . | | Scotland, asthe Sun draws Vapours after ir. ag j 5. Thefuccels of the Scots in theit Forrcign Plantation will not.

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only cafe Exgland of a great number of their Pedlars,fo frequent ly complaia‘’d of ia Parliament, by Country Corporations and Shopkeepzrs, but ic will occafion the return home, and prevent: the going oue of vat numbers of their Youth, who follow. the fame fort of Inployment, or betake themfelves to the Sword in. Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Mafeovy, Germany, Holland, and France; By which means the Government of Great Brituia, may.

- fucnith cheie Fleets and Armies at a much Cheaper and eafier Rate.

than formerly, and with as good Mariners and Souldiers as any in the World, AS | 6. The Englifh by joining withthe Scots, and fupporting their Colony at Daries, may have their Place brought home in their own Bottoms, and from their own Mines, with which we are

-affared that Country abounds, without being obliged to touch

at Cadiz, or any Forreign Port, being lyable to the Vexatious Indulros of Forreign Princes, or in fuch hazard of being Intercep= ted. as they many times were during the late War. ic Sat >. The Englifh may by joining with the Scots, render them- _ felves more Capable than ever of keeping the Ballance of Europe in their Hands; a Truft which Nature and Providence {Gems to have affign‘d them, fince their Situation and Naval Force, not

-only makes it propper for them, burthey have had an epportun-

ity put into their hands in little above the Revolution of one Century, of twice breaking the Chaines of Europe, when threat. ned with Slavery ; firft by the Spaniards, and then by the French. Thisis (omuch the more evidént, that by being poffefs‘d of . Darien, they willbe able eitherto prevent the uniting the Spa- nifh and Freneb Monarchies; or ifnotfo, to render that Union

fo much the lefs dangerous, when it will be in their power to {eize

their Treafure and Dominions in the Jndies, without which that bulky Monarchy, muft fallby his own weighr. Thisis likewife ef fo much the greater importance, thar it may very probably, ether prevenca Religious War, towards which the Papifts diC | cover fo much inclination, or at leaft bring ic to a fpeedicr Cone ~

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- elufion : Mines inthe Wef- Indies to be A _ Maintaines his War againft the Ch to call the Silver Mines in Bohem; ly the fureft Method of deftroying Antichrift for ifhe once ‘be depriv’d of Fudas‘s Bag, he wil!

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rs afon to look upon the Spanifh ntichrift’s Pouch, by which he urch, as the old Zaborites had aby thar Name. I is certain. , tofeize his Purfe ;

| Is i quickly drop | St. Peter's. Keys. ts by the Charms of hee Gold, that the Babylonifh Whore hath made the whole World to wonder after her, .and the Kings of the Earth to be Dunk with the Cup of her Fornication,. - np Nai —_ 8.By this means theEnglith may be better able to prevent the ruin of their Trade in the Mediterranean and Welt.Indies, if the French Should polfefs themfelves of the Kingdim of Spain: and they will like: wife be the better able to prevent their polfefing themfelves of the Netherlands; which tt once they fhould do, and gét Ports there capas ble of holding a Fleet, they would aljfo ruin their Eaftland Trade, and put a period to the Liberties of Great Britain. | 9. It wilt effectually unite the Scors to England by ax infeparable Tie, if the Englith join us in this Ondertaking: Their Ance(ters would have gladly purchafed thisUnion at a much dearer rate,but were alwife

outbid by France: and the want of which Union made the Englith nor

darge Provinces that they enjoy'd Leyond fea, which were their natural Barriers, gave them a free Accefs to the Continent, and made the | Englith Name fo glorious inthe days of their Anceffors.

| 10. It will be of general advantage to the Proteffant Interell, and | contribute tothe advancement of pure Chriffianity, without any of the | Romifh ophiffications : which certainly ought to weigh much with all | true Proteftants; and fo much the more, that the Pope and the Conclave | of Rome have efpoufed the Quarrel of the Spaniards in this Affair as a Caufe of Religion. Doubrlefs the poor Americans will be more in | clinable to embrace Chriftianity, when they jind the difference of the | d

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16 | A Defewce of the SCOTS. | igi a former treat them with Humanity, and feck their Welfare both in Bov dy and Soul; whereas the Spaniards have render'd themfelves, and the Religion they profefs, odious, by the inhuman Cruelties and brae tile Lujis, which they have exertifed upon fo mary Millions of the Na- ? tives. Thisis fo far from beiuga Calumny, that-an unexceptionable Author of their ewa, Don Bartholomew de las calas Bi/hop of Chi - apa, formerly mentioned, whowas an Eye witness of their Crnelties, gives an accent that they bad in his time defiroyed. above 40 MMlions of the poor \ndians; tha they receivid them with the greatept Kinduefs imaginable, were ready to do‘em all the Friendly Offices that one man could deftre of ausiher, and teffified their ereat Inclination tohave embrac‘d the Chriftian Religion. But the Spaniards aim‘d at the de- ae (fruction, avd uot at the Converfion of the \ndvans; and are avowedly - charged with it by the faid Bifhop, who ix many. places of his Book de- clares, that after they bad fent for the Chiefs of the Countries to meet ~ them in an amicable manner, which the poor barmle[s Creatures did without fufpicion of any fraud, thefe merctle{s Tyrants murdered them wholefale, on purpofe to make themfelves terrible totbem. This wasa Practice fo incoufiftent with Flumanity, that allthe People of theWorld ought to have rejentead it; as haviug mach mare reafon to declare the Spaniatds to Ze Enemies to Mankind, than ever the Roman Senate had to. declare Netoto be fuch. | SEE ON ian daomeit ek

Butthis fortof Treatment, compard with what they made oe thers to fuffer, may well be call’d Mercy: for tho ie was.death, the Judians were herchy quickly deliver’d from their Mifery ; Whereas they put multitude of othersto-lingring deaths, that chey might feel themfelves die gradually ; and yet this is not fointo- _ lerable neitheras to the condition of thefe poor people, thathad the misfortune to furvive that Gruelty ; for the whole time of their Lives under that miferable Servitude, is bur Death prolongs -

ed, or making his attacks upon ‘em by intoicrable Labor, and continual hunger, the moft infupportable. of all plagues; thefe

poor Creatures thar coil inthe Mines, and are tmploy'd in Pearl - Fe | | fifhing |

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fihiag, Sc, having no more Suftenance allowed tlrem, -and thae

too. of the ccurfeft fort, than is juft enough to keepthe Soul and Body together, in order to.prolong their Mi(cry.... Then Jet-any Maa, who has but the leaft remains of Humanity left him,-judge Whether the Scors cou'd be criminal, if they fhould have actu-

~ ally landed upon a Spaxi/b Scttlement,and have feiz’d-the-fame,-n

order to deliver their Brethren. the, Sons of ddam,iromfach hellith ‘Servitude and Oppreffion.as the above mention‘d Bilhop defcribes: and if any manthat has any Powels ofCompaffion Within him can fay.chey could,. what fhadow of Reafon is there to blame the Scors for erecting a Colany where the Spaniards never had-any footing?

’ The next thing to be confider'd is, whether the Scots withoue

the affiftance of Exgland, may. probably maintain. their footing |

‘there, which. there'sno doubt may very well be determin’d in the

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~ 4. Becaufe, the whole Kingdom of Scotland being more-zealous for it,-and unanimous in.it, than, they have been ‘in. any. other thing for fourty.or fifty years patt, it is.not to be doubted, -but they will ufé their urmoft Efforts to. {apport themf{elves init by their own ftrength;. or if that will not do, by ovaking Alliances with other Nations that are ableto affift rhem with a Naval force.

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“ards are able to make to them, it wil! be eafic for the Nobility,

‘upon their Lands, @c,.to increafe their Stock for the American Trade, and buy Ships.of, force to proteGtit; Nay, without. chat it's bur giving Commiffion co .the-Buccanecrs to. become an Over-

‘match for the Spauzards. nr... Vor qoanpel ieee Sy a fhould offer to join with thé. Spaniards,

__. 3+ Suppofing the French thould and afsift chem .to. drive the Scots. from Darien, a:-fome tay they have already proffered; we are not to imagine that the Spaniards will acceps their Proff:rs in this cafe, when they re\uied them as G8 the driving the Afoors from before Ceuta. The Reafons are 8 Hie Scking the 2 eR obyious

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3 A DefenceopmbeSCOTS = ‘obvious ¢ They déclin'd tie accepting their Proffers as to Ceara, SS becaute chey would not thereby give tire French awopportunity of | | ‘potetsing chemfelves of any of theic Towns in Africa, as itis ‘bur too common for Forrciga Auxiliarys to dot fuch cafes. Then certainly they havemuch greater Reafon co refufe cheir Proffers as to Daries, America bzing of infinitly mote valus cochem chan fome African Towns: and if once the French thould get footing threrey i¢ would be in vain for tlre Spant/b Grandees any further - todifpat: cre {wereffion of France'to their Crown; for they wonld immediatly (eize upon their Mines ant Treafures ia tlre Wei. Indres, withoue whiclr che Spanz/> Monarchy is not able to fup- ortivtelfes 29) tei ey Pe aaa tie der ae i Or {uppofing that the King of Spatr fhould live for many years, and by confequence keep the Fresch out of poflefsion; yer hav- ing once got footing at Darfes, which they will certainly do, it the Scots be expell’d by their afsiftance, the Spaniards will quick. fy be convine’d to their coft, that they are more dangerous Neigh- ‘bours than the Scofs ; not only becaufe of their greater power — ‘to dothem more mi(chief, but becaufe of their incroaching Fem. per, which all Europe ts fenfible of;and being ef the fame Religion with the Spaniards, and having of lace years fer up for the Cham- pions of Popery, they will by che Influence of the Clergy, bring all the Spaxifh fettlements int America to a dependence upon them, and alove for them as tle great Protectors of the Carholick © Faich: which will at once deftroy the Intereft of Spaiz in America. This will appear tobe no vain {peculation, to thofe that con- fider the Temper of the PopifGlergy, and the Infolence of the Spanifh Inquificors, who fo daringly reflected upon the late Ally- ance of Spai# with Proteftant Princes and States, cho abfolurly neceffary to preferve that Nation {rom being {wallowed up by _ France. | : ; IG gh agar deb | | Whereas the Scots being zealous Protefants, and for that very Reafon hateful to the Popife Clergy and Laity, thep are under a

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ig) —- Settlementin Darien. kg y bE moral Impofibility of having fo much Influence to withdraw tie { American fertlements from the Oledience of Spain: ond behides, { being under au Obligation by the Principles of their Religion, and | their fundamestal Confiztution, net to invade the Property of au oe

orker, the Spaniards have no C aufe to tear any thing from them, provided they forbear Flofilities ox their parts but on the coutran © ty may find them true and faithful Allies, and sJeful to affft them ix the defence of their Countrey. if attack'd by the French as in rhe late War: it being the intereff of the Scots, as well as of the Spaniards, £6 prevent the acceffion of the Crown of Spain to that of France. | Hae any, gi A aa _.« Thefe things, together with the known Endeavours of the “Frenchto procuce an Inrereft amongtt the Natives of chat Coun- _ try, and efpecially with Dow Pedroand Corbet,in order to aSertle- | ment, make it evidence enowzh chat it is the Intereft of Spats the | _ Seots fhould rather have tt than the French, who. have already | been tampering with the Spanzards, as well as withthe Jndians, | aod doubt norto have alarge fhare of America when ever the King of Spacx dics. | |

But admitting that the Spaniards fhould fo far miftake their Int : |

tercft, as to aecepe of the Proffers of the French to expell rhe Scots, 1¢ isnot impoffible for. the latter to find other Allies chan the Evgl:(b to afiift them with a naval Force to maintain their | Paltethone. (2. | |

The Dutch are known to be a People thar feldom or never —miftake their Intereft: They are fenfible how ufeful the Alliance of Scotland may be co them, both in regard of their Liberty to | fifh in our Seas without controul, and of being a Curb upon Eug- Tand, invcafe the old Roman Maxim of delenda eff Carthago, thould

| come any more to be applied by the Zug/z/p to that Republick, ‘ : | asin the Reign of K. Charles il. They are likewife fenfible of 11 |) the Adyantageit would be to their trade to be partners with the © Ls “Scots ‘at Darien; and how effectual ic may be to difable 1, |

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But admitting that. nove dt thle Coufiderations ould prevail with the Dutch, and. that they fbould likewife abandon us; it is not impofible for us to obtain an Alliance and Naval Force from rhe Northern Crowns, It’s well enough known that thole Kingdoms abound with Men and Shipping, ‘and that they would be glad with all their hearts to mike an Exchange of thefe for the Gold aud Silver of America, which’ they might eaftly carry fram Town to Towa, and from Market to Market, without the trouble of a. Wheel-barrow, as. they are now obliged fo do with their C. pper. . From all which it is evident “enough” ‘that it is not impofible for the Scots to maintaiu themlelves iit Darien without the Affi tance of England...

The next thing to be difcours’d of is, what che confequences eh probably be, if the Eaglifh Should, .oppofe us in. this ‘Sete tlemenr,

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ly th eir Refidenit at Hamborough, and their late Proclamations in their Weft India Plantations; and we could have with’d above

given his Countenanceto that Oppofition ; for as King of Scots

done by the Touch of his’ Scepter, which no private Order or Inflructions can revoke. And we could with that his Englifh Counfellors, who put him upon thofe things, would remember that Strafford and Laud loft their heads, for giving K Charles the Firft,- that fatal Advice in opprefling and oppofing the Scors. ‘We did-verily think that the fuffering of our Crown to be uni- ted with that of England, inthe perfon of K Fames their firft, and

our Sixth; our feafonable coming to the refcue of their expiring:

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deferv‘d a better Treatment ; and to evince that they did, we Ahall begg leave-to-infift a little uponthe firftand laft. yl _. The Exgli(h have no caufe to think that we were ignorant of

the Reafon why their Politick Avenry Vil. ~‘Chofe rather. to match his Eldeft Daughter with the King of Scars, than with the King of France, becaufe he forefaw, that if the King of Scots fhould by that means come to the Grown of England, he would remove the Seat of his Government thither, «which would add

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~ what SubQiance wehad; and therefore fome of chem exprels‘d- themfelves on that occafion, that Scotland Was never Conquer’d- tillthen: Yet fuch was our Zeal for tlic common Wellfare of the ifland, the Intere{t of the Proteftant Religion, and of Europe in general, which were then almoftin as much danger by Spain, as they have been fince by France, that we quietly and freely parted with our King, and fuffer’d him to accept the Engli/h Crowns, rather than the Nation fhould be involv’d to War and Confufion, and the Proteftaat Religion indanger'd by another Succeflor, as it mutt neceflacily, have been, had the Infanta of

- Spain, whole Title was then promoted by the Popifh Intercft, — Succeeded... And ail the reward. we had for this Condefcenfion — and Kindnefs, was a contemptuous and difdaintul refufal, on the part of Zugland, of an Union of the Nations when propofed, tho: the fame would vifibly have tended to the Benefit of the whole. Hland, the general advantage of Europe, and the fecurity and ins creafe of the Proteftant Intereft. And our King was fo licele thank= fal on his part, that tho he promis‘d folemnly in the Great Church of Edizdurgh before his departure, that he would vifie his Antient Kingdom, once in three years, he never faw it after but once, and that not till 14 years after. ,, And by the influence of that fame Fadtion in Evgland, who are ftill our Enemies, he made~

_ Tanovations both in Church and State, contrary to the Laws of the Land, and his own folemn Oath ; which laid the founda. tion of all thofe Difefters that ended in the fatal Exit of hisSon, and the fubverfion of the Government of both Nations. .Thefe ... were the firft Advantages we had by the Union of the Crowns. ‘His Son King Charles I, had fcaree.afeended the Throne, when: we had new Proofs, of the Difadvantages we labour‘d under by thar Union; Forhe by che Advice of fome Enemiesto our Nation, did in an imperious and Arbitrary manner, fend for our Crown, tio the only Menument almoft left ws of our tadependency and Freedom; bur was generoully anfwer'd by him that had iti keep-— ake “Se gene ine,

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| enough to bave wearied any Nation’ under Fleav't, but our felves, | of the- Uniow of the Crowns, < - . a ae beck | Yer fuch was. our Zeal for che Protc{tant Intreft, the Welfare lof the Hland, and the Liberty of Aurope, thar tho we had a fair | | opporrunity-of providing otherwile for our fecucity and the Ad-_ | vancement of our Trade, and of forming our {elves into a Com- | ‘mon wealth, or of bringing Exgland to our own terms, yet we | frankly and.generoufly concurred with them cofettle our Govern- eee ment on the fame Perfons, andin the fame manner as Hence |

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“4, ‘: “i Defence of the SCOTS. .'> 6s = theirs, and all che Reward we had from them is, that an Union of the Nations, tho twice propos’d by his Majefty in Parliament, hath becn copntemp:uoufly rejeGted,our Kiog queftioned by Par- liament of Exgland for an A&t of his Parliament in Scotland, which is amanifeft Impeachment of our Soveraignty; a Compliance with which excluded Ba/iol and his Heirs. for ever from our Crown; and to this they have addd an oppofition to our receiving foreiga © Sub{eriptions at Afamburgh and elfewhere, refusd us a Supply of © ~ Corn for our Money,co relieve us in-our Diftrefs; and difcourag’d © _ our Settlement at Darien, by forbidding their Subjects to Trade 4 with us there. Ifthefe continued Slights and Injuries be not enough ~ to make us weary ef the Union of the Crowns, let any Man judge. To difcover a little of the unreafonablenefs of this (ort of Treate - ment, we dare appeal co the calny thoughts of fuch of our Neigh- - bours in England, as prefer the Intereft of the Publick to _ private Animofities, and foolifh ill-grounded Piques, eitheras to Church or Scate; whether at the time of the Revolution, and before we declar’d our felves, they would not have been wil- — ling to have aflucd chemfelves of our Friendfhip, at the-rate of uniting with us as one Nation? Had we but demurr‘d upon for- fciting the late-K. James, or made but a Profier of renewing our -_ gatient League with France, and joining withthat Crown to keep _ that Prince upon the Throne of Great-Britain; they know we - “might have made whatTerms we pleas‘d with the lateKing & Louis “IV. on that condition, and might have-been reftor‘d co all the: Honours and Privileges that our Anceftors enjoy‘d in France, which were almoft equal to thofe of the Natives; and yet that pallant Nation choughrit-no difparagement to them, however we be defpis‘d and udervalued now by acertain Party in Bagland. * Had we bur feem’d ro-have made fuch Overtures,the Exg/rfh mutt aeeds have forefeenthat the natural Confequences ef {uch a defign, itit had caken effect, muft have been thefe, viz the — late King’s Adherents in England would. certainly have-join‘d - - Pi Sees UN

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| Seo Settlement ieDaricen. a us, and‘ our Nation would have’ afforded them a (afe retreat, in cafe of any Difafter, til] they could have concerted Matters to the beft advantage; the lacé King would not have yielded him- ~~ felffuch an eafy Conqueft, mor disbanded his Army in fucha - manner ashe did; /re/and had certainly never revolted, fince every one knows thar the Revolution was begun, and ina great mca- fure perfected thereby the Scots of the ‘North; fothat Evgland muit have become the Theatre of War, been lyable to an Invafr on from France on all occafions, would only have ftrengthned her Fetters by ftruggling with them, and-expof‘d all the Parriots of her Religion and Liberty toButchery and Deftru@ion, _ Thefe muft certainly have been the Confequences of our ad-

hering tothe late King, and the Eng/i/b would have thought they had had-a very good Bargain if they could have bought us offin that Cafe with uniting both the Kingdoms into one, and granting us ajoint Tradeto'their own Plantations ; whereas now they will not ailow tsto fettle a Forreign Colony of our own, and treat tis | as Forreigners in theirs. 7

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- fome of the greateft Princes thatever {wayed their Scepter, viz;

the Srates in Parliament aflembled, enacted, Zhat rhe Scots fhould be accounted Denizons of England, and enjoy the fame privileges with | rhemfelves,~ becaufe of their frequent Intermarriages with the tnglifh, | and that they did ever fland fioutty as one Man with them, for the j common Utility of the Crown and Kingdom, againfi the Danes and | Norwegians, fought 7t mojt valiantly and unanimoufly againf? the coms mon Enemy, avd bore the burdew of moft-flerce Wars in the Kingdom. This they will find ina Book call d-Archaionomia, tranflated from the | Saxon by W7diam Lambard, and printed at Leadon by Fohn Day ] in 1568. - i es

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| Settlement in Darien. 27 three Northera- Counties of Northumberland, We ftmorland, and Cumberland, to be held in Fee of the: Crown of England, ie | = Lis. likewife very well known with how much honour the Parliament | of England treated us, when rkey courted oxr Affthtance againlt K, Chare les I. and what largePromifes that Prince made us, af we would have but flood Neater; which tho we had realon to think many of thofe that oppofed him had no great hinduefe neither for our Civil nor Ecclefjafti= cal. Conffitution, yet the fence that we had of the common danger that our Religion avd Liberties were iw at that time, made us proof againit all thofe Teutations; fo that after all Endeavours for a Reconciliation « betwixt the King aud: Parliament of England proved uxfuceefs ful, we fent an Army, whichcaft the Ballance on the (ide of the latter: who before thattime were reduced low enough by the Kings Army, as is very well known to fuch as are acquainted with the E7i/tory of thofe times,and 7s own'd bymy Lord Hollis ibis Memoirs lately publifbed, | © Butto return to the laft Revolution; Tho we mat own that we owe our Deliverance to-his prefeat Majetty, and were oblig‘d in. Confeience and Honour ro: concurr with him 3 Let who could have blau'd us to-bave food upon Terms before we had fallen in with England, E/pecially confidering how “ungratefully ¢ nay villan- ~ouily ). wewere treated by Cromwel and his Pat ty, after we had - fav‘d them and the Parliament of England, fromthe Scorpions | |

‘that the Cavaliers had prepar'd co chaftife them with ; as is own‘d by the faid- Lord Afollis.. Nor could we have been any way Calpable, if we had ftood upon higher and furer Terms with his Majefty, Conftdering how unthankfully we were abus'd and enflav'd Ly our late F. ings, for whom we had aGed and fuffered fo mach, Aad tho we muffiown that mo les Pref ent than chac'of our Crewz, Was tufficient to ceftify our Gratitude for what the Prince of O- range had done for us; yer we wore wader no necelfity ‘of gratify. ing bimoin thatmanner, fince our Deliverance was efeSed nal | fore hand, and that he himfelf in his Declaration, expres‘d' ir to Beno part of his defign to come for the Crown, fo that our Re Ward-wasas frank and generous as-his Service, ~~ |

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having our King obliged. to refide as much amongit us, as amonglt them : that we fbould be govern'd without any Confideration or refpect to their Interes?, any further than.it fell in with our owe. We might have infitted upon an AG, that we flould not be oblig‘d to at tend his Majefty at any time atthe Court of Exglagd, about our ~

Affairs ; buccthat-he thould esther acrend-upoa our Adminiftras tion in perfon pro re nata, as he does-now epon the Affairs of Folland, or lay Gowa Methods to have his Pleafure fignified: to

us at Home in (uch cafes as it was requir'd ; which would fave

a vatt deal of Money annually ro the Kingdom of Scotland. Then as to the Suceeffion, we. were under no Neceffity’ of feteling it in the fame manner asthey did im Eugland ; -forfince they had’ made a Breach in the Line, they could nor handfomely have blam‘d us to have made an improvement of it, and either to have limited the Reverfion after his prefent Majefty‘s Death, or ether wife as-we should. have thought beft, for the Security of our Civil and Religious Liberties ; or-we might have fettled it upon the Prince of Orange, and his Iffue by any other: Wife, there be- | ing caufe enough then to conceive that-he was never like to have any by his late excellent Princefs. Had we taken any of thefe Methods, it mult be own'd chat Exgland would have been con- — fiderably. weakned,- and leffen‘d in the Efteem of the World by it; that we fhould have thereby had anopportunity of making {uch Forreign, Alliances with France, as formerly, or with any other Nation, as would. have made Axglandunealy, and perhaps unfafe on occafion; and therefore ic muit be reckon‘d highly im-. politick, as well as ungrateful,. in our Neighbours to treac‘us continually at fuch a rate, as if they hada mind to bring us under Subjection, fince we have fo many open Doors ~-‘to set Out at. phew

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‘Courage and FLonour of our Auceffors, as tamely to fubmit to become their Vaffals, when for 2000 years we have maintain'd cur Eree- dom; and therefore it is not their Iuteref? to opprefs us too much, i | |

Af they confult their Hiftories, they will find that we alwayes broke their Toke at dong- run, if at any time we were brought awder it by «force or Fraud. The beft way to affure themfelves of uS,° a8 to treat us ta Friendly manner: Tho we be not fo great- and powerful as

they, it is not impofible for us to find fuch Allies as may enable us to

defend our felves now as well as formerly, |

None of thefe things are {uggefted with an ill defign to raife Amimofity betwixt the Nations, orto per{wade toa Separation of __ the Crowns, but meerly to fhew thofe of our Neighbours, who ule us fo unkindly, chat they are bound in Gratitude, Duty and —Intereft to do otherwife, and particularly to {upport us in our | Americas Settlement, and nor to lay. our King under a neceflity | ~by their troward Humours in Parliament or otherwife, ro dif: | courage usin that Undertaking, as they have hitherto done, | and continue ftill to do in their American Colonies, Jy their |

Proclamations againlt having any Commerce or Trade with the Scots | at Darien; Tho they be fectled there, according to che Terms . of his own Patent, andan AG of Parliament in Scotland. | _ We are not infenfible that the prefenr Junture of Affairs obli- | — gesthe Kingdom of Eygland to carry fair with Spaix, and may. | __ admic that in pare as am Apology for fome of thac Oppofition | Wwe have met wi-h from them; but the queftioning our Ad of Parliamentat fieft, and their hindering our Subfcriptions ac Aam- ‘Com

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30 A Defence oftheSCOTS a niards ate in no condition 10 break with) Exgland ; or if they fhould, it’s inthe power of the Eyxg/i/h co reduce them fpeedily -toreafon: whereas if the Scots fhould mifearry in theic Under- taking by the Difcouragements from England before-mentioned, which expofes our Ships to be taken and treated a: Pirates by any Narion that pleafes, the infallible confequence of it will be, that the Ruin and utter impov’rifhment of Scotland, which muft nee — ecflarily follow fuch a mifcarriage, will immediatly affe& Eng- land bath in hee Trade and Strength: The City of London and. the Northern Road will foon feel the Effects of ir, when the Mo-~ ney {pent by our Geatry and Merchants continually for Cloaths, Provifions, and Goods, ceafes to circulate there: “England mut unavoidably become.an eafier Prey to any forreign Enemy ; fince _ <r will not be only the lofs of a Tribe, bur o' an entire Sifter-Naz- tion. Or (uppofing that Scotland fhould be able to bear up under the lofs, ic will lay the Foundation of. an irreconcilable Feud, and perhaps iffue ina War betwixt the cwo Nations ; which did sever yet terminate at long-run to the advantage of England, and is as unlikely,to do fo now as ever: Forin (uch acafe they would — fiad us Unanimous as one Man againft. them s-whereas we are | fure that all chofe who with well to the Proreftant Intereft, and C their prefenz Conftitutioa, would never join in any fuch War a- | gainft us; and therefore thole who are Enemies to the Peace of the Nations, being aware of this, labour to Effe& their defiga — by another Method, and endeavour as much as they.cantodafh © the Goverament againft one another. But they are miflaken in — the People of Scotland:.we are fo fenfible of our obligations te K, William; and know fo well what is due to our Deliverer,that — it furpafles all their Art to create in us the leaft ill chought of him; — itis not in the temper of our Nation.. The World knows that — however frequent and fucce(sful we have been in reducing out bad — Kings toreafon, yet there never was any People under the Sun — more Loyal and affefionate to good Pr inces than we have Pets E 3 an

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-— pigin, and think it only fit to bé Jent back to Turkey, from whence it . came. We know very well bow to diftingnif> betwixt a lawful Power, aud the abufe of it ; And our “Anceftors rightly under(lood- bow to o- | bey rhe lawful Commands of their Princes,when Mafters of themfelves, and how to govern by their Aathority, and intheir Name, when they were not; thothey dra not thivk rhemfelves obliged to obey. their pers

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132 Oo od Defence bf. the SCOTS. Re See Lis we refufed Obedicnce co K. Fames 1, when detain‘d prifon- -er in England, contrary to che Law of Nacions, and carried over santo France, to command his Subjects there, not co bear Arms | againk the Evglijb Army, where he wasin perfon. ‘We told him we knew how to Extinguifh betwixt the Commands ofa King, and thofe of a Captive : And chat moft of the Kings of Scots have been {ach inRelation to us fince the Union, we could hear- tily with were not too demonftrable. hel den Se sae mania Toreturn to the point of what may probably be the Confe- quences, if the Engli/h fhould proceed to any further degree of of Oppofition 5 Or if the Scars fhould mifearry in the Defign, It’s reafonable to believe, chat the Aagli/h will be fo wife as to forbear Hoftiliries, tho we are very well fatisfied , there is a- Party in that Nation, who bear ours no Good-will; but they — being fuch as are either difaffeéted to the prefent Conftitution, or acted by a fordid principle of private Intereft, it’s co be hop'd they will never be able fo far to leaven the found part of the | - Englifh Nation, as to occafion 2 Rupture betwixt them and.us, | Vet we muft needs fay, that we look upon their way of treating © us to be a very unaccountable thing, and that it wasno fmall | furprife to us, to find that an Englifh Pacliament fhould look on our taking Subfcriptions in Exgland, in order to admit them Joint-Sharers with our felves, in the benefit of the ACt to encour: . age our Trade, to be no lefs than a high Mifdemeanour. We. have reafon likewile cto complain of their conftant practice of | preffing our Sca-men in time of War, as if they were their own Subjects, and chat they fhould treat us in other refpects, as if we wereAliens;and fometimes confifcate Ships, by reckoning Scots” Mariners as {uch : ~So that the Azgli/h have not only depriv‘d | us of our Government, and the warm influences of our Court, che want of which is a confiderable addition to the Natura) cold- nefs of our Climate, but they likewife opprefs us on all occafions, i Needs (il

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| -fcended fo far as feveral times to propofe an Union, which the '»Gentlemen of that Kidney have hitherto prevented; and therefore ee a oo or bs te

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ct as A Defence of the SCOTS oo we would. with them to look back inco their Hiftories, and upon cafling up their Accounts, make atrue Eftimate’of whatever they _ gain‘d by a War with Scotland.. They will find that their. Ance- {iors, as Well as the Romans, have been fenfible, as Zacitus ex. — prefles 1t,-Quas bi Viros Caledonia. fepofuerit ; -and that as it was tiue what ou: Aiftorian fays of the -unjoft and treacherous War made upon us by Adward [. that Scotornur nomen pene delevity ie was-alfo true what he (ays on, the otherhand, that Anglia vehem menter concufit:, So that thofe.Gentlemen take the.direct way by Oppofing and opprefling us to-runziato thofei dangers they would avoid: forchey.may aflure themfelves that if the: Eaglije Oppo- fition to our American Settlement fhould.once break out into Ho: |

| ftilities, the. Scots will find, fome- Allies, antientor new; that- will

_ be glad of the opportunity to join with them. Or if, whieh is _ moft probable, tho highly ungrateful and impolitick, the Euglifh | fhould fo far negle@ the Scots, as to.{uffer chem to be overpower’d by the French, they may, be {ure thatthe Scots, when pur to their laft fhifr,can always make an honourable Capitulation-wich Francee — It’s not tobe doubted, but.that Crown would.be very Willingta yenew their antiest Alliance with us; and. befides allowing ug a fhare atleaft in.the Tradeof Dagieu,.would on.cordition of giv- ing them the pofleffion of New Caledonia, reftore us likewife to all our. ancient Privileges in France. They would think it a very — good purchale ifthey could fecure themfelves of that-Colony by - doing{o, granting us what {Ceurity. we-could réafonably-defire for - the uninterrupted Enjoyments of the Proreftant Religion, ‘anda Freedom of Trade ta all places oftche:. Wosid, where it did nor actually interfere. with their, owa Seulements and Colonies, So that if his fhould be the Caic,»we leave it ro our Neighbours-to , judge what would become of their. 22/7 and Wef.Iudia “Trade and Plantations, and whether they would beable to and out apainit _ franee and US, now that they. have no footing on the Continent, &nce formerly, when they had {o many. Proxinces of that King. cee a ar dom...

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hea, - ; f i ie - Setilemeat zw Darien. . 4B -| dom in theit poffeffion, ‘and could notdo it, and atfaft foftevery | - foot of theie Frevch Dominions: Whereas hadthey been in Union © i with us, they might certainly have retain‘d them, and by con- - fequence have prevented the great Calamities that Europe lrath fince groan‘ undet by the prodigious Increale of the French Monarchy, "This we think fufficient to convince thofe angry Gratlemen in --ourneighbouring Nation, that are fo very mach drgufted with our’ American Settlement, that it is the Interett of Aag/and co join wich us and fiipport it, and chat it may be of dangerous Confe- quence to them, ‘either to oppofe or neglect us: Whereas by joining cerdially in this Matter; they may unite us infeparably ~tothemlelves for ever, inrich their-own Nation, fecure and ad» - yanee the Proteftant Intereft, keep the Ballance of Aarope in their “Bands, and prevent the returns of its danger, » theic own Expence of Blood and Treafure to fave its being ‘threatned wich Slavery any more, either by the Houle of Bourbon or Auftria. Therefore we cannot “believe afterall, — but> our wife and Politick Neigh» | Ls tel f 5 ° Z ‘ ’ : . bours will at lat fee i their Intéreft to protect and incourage us in this matter, that we may mutually flrengthen and support one another a= — gain(t the French, who are loudelt in their Clameurs again@ our Sets — tlement, becaufe if incourag'd and improv'd,. it will defeat all their | ambitioas and. Autichrifiian Defigns.; Andthereby we fhall alfo be inacondition to affitthe Zag/z/b Plantations in the We/P Indies , ~ who as we find by the proceedings of the Earl of Be/lomont-and the Affemblies of New Exgland and New-Tork, are fuiliciently | fenfible of their danger, from the incroaching temper of thePrexch, - which increafes every: day ;-and ir is evident, thar their new Dee fign‘d Colony in Miffifipt River looks with a dangerous Alpect }: upon all the -Englifh Plantations in America, and may-be-more | ~~ jaftly efteemed an incroachment upon Spaz, as being ia the Bay Sof “Mexico, than our Plantation in-Dariea: “Which argues the treacherous Humor of that Nation, to make fuch an Ousery. a-

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36 =A Defence of the SCOTS

gain{l the Scots Who have envaded no Mans Property, when they — themfelves are fo notorioufly guiliy of it; and theretore it would —

feem to be the Intereft of Axgland rather to ftrengthen themfelves

by our Friendfhip, and to look after the French, thante provoke :

us to look out for other-Allies by their. Oppofition and Nes elects 6 | | eee | rays acon We fhall conclude this matter with one or two more Argu- ments to prove , Thatit is rhe Intereft of Evg/and to join with-us in this Affair; by which alfo it will appearthat there is nothing advane‘d. in thefe Shcets ouc of any ill Defign againlt the Exgli/h - Nation, or co perfwade to a difuniting of the Crowns ;. but on the contrary, thar a ftriter Union is abfolutely neceflarry, that

both Nations may have but one Intcreft , which will renderus. —

-lefs lyable te Convulfions and inteftineGommotions-at homc,and put us out of danger of being atrack‘d by Enemies from abroad, The firft Argument is this ; That by Encouragiog our Set-

tlement at Darien, Englifh Ships that-bhave occafion to pals by

thofe Coafts, willthere be certain of a place of Retreat, in cafe

of attack either by Enemy. or Tempeft, without.danger of be-_ ing Confifcated by the Spaniards,and having their Men condemn‘d ~

to be perpetual Slaves in their Mines. 7 : OF 2. {f we be encouraged in our American Colony, it will Con-

tribute much to heighten the Confumption of the Exgi/b Pros —

du@ ; fince what we have not of our own, -or wherein we ate

- wanting, either as to quality or quantity, we fhall fupply our

felves,. tor the ufe of our Plantation, in Eagland ; which may be of great benefit to the Northern Counties efpecially, whence we may conveniently furnifh our felves with Beeves tor Victualling

our Ships, our own Cattle being ‘for the moft part tco {mallsfor : thacufe ; befides many other things that we fhall have occa-

fion to export to England, for the ufe of the Plantation, and to maintain a Commerce with the Natives. | | |

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_.«3. By joining with us in this Colony, and fecuring a Poft on | the South-Sea, which the Princes of Darien will no doubr very | readily agree to, they may fhorcen their Voyages to the Fafa | dndies, and by that means be able to Ourdo -ail their Rivals in , thar Trade ; But ifchey will be fo far wanting tothemlel ves, as : to fuffer thofe advantages to fallinto the hands of others, who | are Enemies to our Religion, and common Country ; They can. wot blame the Scots, who have made them fuch fair Offers : And !

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ifeur Nation fhould raifcarry in the Atrempr,: they themfetves cannot expect to ttand long, but muft-be buried in the common - Ruines, ‘and fall unpitied. Rie, t | 4g. Uf after all-the Englith fbould continue obftinate in their Oppo ition tous, as their late Proclamations in Ametica, and other Paf- | Sages would [eem to imply they have a mind to, the World cannot | blame the Scots to provide for themfelves, by fuch other Alliances. of —_ asthey fhall think meet, fince the Englifh are Jo unkind, and have’ ‘been conftantly growing upen us, efpecially fince the Refforation of K. ing | Charles il. to which we did fo much contribute, that without our Con- | currence, it.could never bave been effected. This will appear to be | incontrovertibly true, if we confider-that in the time of K, James | J. -we were under no ReftriGions, as to matters of Trade more than they, except as‘to the Exportation of Wool, and'a few oz ther things of Exgl#/h Produ@; and {o we continu‘d till the Res. : ftoration, whem King Charles Il. and the Exglifp did very Ungrates - fally lay fuch Preciufions and ReftriGtions uponus, contrary to the Laws, relating to the Pofteati, by the 12th of Gar: 2. for the incouraging and increafing Shipping and Navigarion, and the 1 5 Car: 2. for the encouraging of Trade; by which we are put in the fame — Circumftances, asco Traffick with France and Holland, andina ~— worfe Cendition'than Jreland, that is a Conqueft; whichis fo much the more unreafonable, fitice we are always-involv‘d and ingag‘din the Wars betwixt Evg/and and other Countries”: “And —thofe with whom they have iy frequent Wars, “ being Hol/aud i rn aie, : “and

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3h | A Defence. of the SCOTS... Ries é aad Frauce, the only cwo Nations with whom the Seats have al- — moft any Commerce, our Frade matt of neceffity fink, during faeli Wars, whereas Bygland hath ftilk a great Trade to other parts of che Werld; and by his means we are fore'd ta be fhar- ers in theitsD roubles, tho they will nor allow us to partake of cheir Profits, nor fatter ws to take any mealares to procure fuch as. we may call our OW | ibe | 6 ae Seg Iris plain from rhein Ganiec of Darien, and the Proclamations. jathe Evglifh Americar Colonics, © againtt their Subjects. Enter- taining any Commerce with our Settlement there, that by the. Union of the Crowns, upon the prefent footing, we are in a worle Condition than ewer; For when any ching happens wherein the Taterctt of Exg/and feems ra be.conttary to Ours, -it is cercainly

carried againit us, and. we are Jefe without Remedy: Sothat in. this refpect, We are in a worfe Condition than any Forteigners, _

with relation co Exglaed ; Sor if a Foreign People dilcaver any 3 - thing that may be of advantage £o them,. they ar eat Liberty 40... purfue it by themfelves, or to take inthe Affiftance of others 5 ‘and if they find themfelves aggriev'd by Bugiand, they have eheir Re(pective Governments ta make application to for Redtefs. ; But we are the moft unhappy. People ia the World ; For if Bug: ind {hould oppofe us, we haveno King to appealto, bur ane that gs ¢ ther.an Aliea and Enemy tous, as. beitigKing of agreater Pco- - ple whe are fuch, or ifhe be inclinable ro protect and do us Jat tice as King of Scots, he is a Prifoner in England, and cannot do. ir; fEthey: Queftion him ia the Parliament of Bagland, fer any. rhing relating to his Government of Scotland, asin the cafe of our fare Act for an Baf-fudia and Afr ican Trade his Inteseft as King of Exgland, obliges him to {obmit himfelf as King of Scotland); By which means our Crown, which we defended to gallantly for / _* Soimany Ages, and which the Englifp could nevee make iabje to theiss by force, Is now tntirely fubjected by afalle flepek our ewn, in faitering our King to taketheie Crown. upon him, withouc, pie Ween e . a oe making ~

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imoking better Terms for our felves: So that inftead of baving

a King to fight ovr Battels, we have made a Surrender of our

Prince to the Encmy, who arm him againft us; and which is worft _ of all, we have {atisfied our own Proverb, as toourielves, 7/az

Seors-men are wife bebind hand: For tho we fufficiently (mar-

ed for it inthe four laft Reigas, yet we had not fo much fore- fight or Care of our felves, as to prevent the Conicquences of it ig thisReign, when it was in our power CO have done ir. Then if we make Application to our antient Allies, or any other oreign Power for our Affiftance , when we groan ander Opprefion, then we are treated as Rebels: Thus our whole “Natiow was proclaim'd fuck for but offering te make Application to the King of France, as our ans vient Friend and Ally, when aceriain Party w England bad arm‘d our natural Sovereign K. Charles I. againl? ws And that which is.

to divide us amongst our felves againft the Iaterelt of the Nation; as

England, were Aribid with all the chief places in our Adminifiratien, nhilft thofe who were Patriots to their Country (as for Honour fake to

This we think fufficient to convance ont Neighbours that we have no Reas on to be fond of having the Cuiow of the Crowns continu‘d, except the. Intereft-of the Nations, b¢ more clofely anited then ever they have been hitherto. And to let them fee that it és their Intevelt as well as ours it foould be fo, we foal only defire them to confider kow fatal it may be to

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40 A Defence of rheSCOTS : even Fulian the Apoffate himfelf found it bis Tutereft for fome time to protedt the Orthodox Chriftiaus, whom he mortally: hated. But fuppofing (as indeed there's uo great likelyhood of it} that no fuch Al-

. lyance as this (bould ever happen: yet however, if thele two Nations: Le not more clofly united; it may be of ill Confequence to England, if aay of their Kings at any time fhould Se fo far difgufted with their Proceed- ings, asto leave them, aud betake them/[elves to Us. What a Field of Blood and Slaughter maft England have become, bad we carried off &. Charles 7, when be came toour Army, or if we bad join'd him againft the Parliament of England 2 What great Efforts did a Party. of our Nation make to inthrone King Chatles (J, wher England was againft him? and bow did our Concurrence afterwards with General Monk effect it? FLow foon did our efpoufing the D.of York's Interef? turn the Tables upon thofe that oppofed-bim in England? dud if our Nati-

_ eahad likewife e(poufed his Canfe before the Revolution, the Vifcount ' of Dundes gave a fufictent Proof what we could have done forbim,

_There‘s a ftrong Party in: Exgland at prefent againft allowing the King a ftanding Force, for-fear, as they pretend,. of dofing-their Liberties; but all their Oppofition in ‘that refpe@-would fignifie little, if (in cafe ofa Rupture ): our Nation should take pare with — the Court, and bring in-2z2000 Men, - with 6 Weeks Provifions and Pay, as we are obliged to do by A& of:Parliament; for his — Affitiance. | This makes itevident that it is not the Intereft 2 ee England to flight an Union with US fo much as they have donce for fo long as we remain divided, any King that is fo minded, — may make ule of usto inflave one another; .and.any envious Neighbour, whofe Intereft ic is to keep this Iflanddow,--will be | {ure to blow the Coals. If they‘d bur turn the Tables, and make our Cafe their own, they would quickly be fatisfied of the truth of what we advance. Suppofing that the Government of Scorland fhould traverfe the A@tings of the Government of Exg/and in-re- | lation to their Trade, &©c.as they-have done ours;. and {uppofing | *y f \ thar |

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that aParliament of Scotland, when the King were there, fhould

_ queftion him for the Navigation AQ, and that for the kacewrage- - mentof Trade in Exgland by King Charles the Second. Which Jays Usunder fuch hard Ciscumftances and RefiriQions, the Exg-

fifh would certainly very much refent ir, and fpeedily tcl] us we

~ ‘meddled with what did not belong to us: Then why fhould

they deny us the like Liberty in reterence to their Proceedings a-_ gain{t us, feeing we are a free Nation as well they ? | They cannot think that Scot/and will look uponthe Exglifb

! Proclamations in the We(? Indies, againft having any Commerce with our Colony at Darien, to be the Act and Deed of a King of Scotland, {ince it isnot only contrary to his own Act o! Parlia-

ment there, and his Patent under the Great Seal of that Kingdom, but contrary to the Intereft of that Nation; but being the A& of

-aperfon who ts really King of Scots, we can look upon it to be no other than the effect of a force put upon him by a Nation which

dn this: matter chinks it their Intereft he fhould dofo. Now fup- -

— pofe, which GOD forbid, our Colony fhould be ftarv'd by vir-

tue of thefe Proclamations, or that our Ships going and coming from Darien, fhould by reafon thereof be attack‘d, and treated

as Pirates by the Augli/h, French, Dutch, or any other Nation,

who may take the opportunity todo it, and fay our King has de-

-clared againft us : towhom fhould we make application for re- -drefs in this matter ? The King of Ewg/awd he is our Enemy, and

emitted thefe Proclamations; the King of Scots is detaind in Exg- land, and not Mafter of bimfel!, but is forc'd to act thus contra- ty tothe Intereft of his own antient Crown and Kingdom ; as a

- former K. Wiliam, Fobn Baliol, and Fames I. were forc’d to do, -whenin the power of the Exgii/b. Infuch acafe, if our infant ~ Colony fhould by this means be deftroyed, our Neighbours muft ~ needs think that we fhould look for a Compenfation fomewhere, _ | ref{ume the Government into our own hands, and ftrengthen our {elves by new Alliances; which perhaps might be little ro theie

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42d. | =a Defcription of Darien. Oe bee) : "advantage, This is nor fuggefted as a thing that is everlikelyto be practis‘d, or to which the Kingdom of Scotland is any Way ime — clin’d : Our whole Conduét fince the Unionisa continu'd evidence » ofthe uprightnels of Our Intentions towards Exgland ; and the Offers we did make, and do ftill continue to make, of admitting ~ ‘em as Partners and Sharers in our Settlement, are enough ro ftop:. the mouth of Calumny itfelf. But if in retura for our kindnefs we meet with Neglect and Contempr, have our Soveraignty trampled: . under foot, our Settlement in America by an Ac of Parliament in: Scotland reflected upon as unjuft by Proclamations ‘fromEngland, ‘the World cannot blame us to complain of the Violence done to. our Independency and Honour, which isnot to be falv'd by any. politick Confiderations whatever, that our Neighbours pretend for this Treatment. — ) | Ape nee oar Nor can any thing le(s than joining with us, and protecting chat Settlement againft all oppofition in cafe of Attacks by the French, ot others, fafficiently atone for, what is already done, or. heal the Wound thofe Proclamations have givnto the common ; Intereft and Honour of the I[fland.. die

JE Come in the next place to givea Defcription of the - I I fthwsus. of Darien. Iclies betwixt the 876 and the roth ~ "" Degrees of Northern Latitude, and in the Narrowefft | place is betwixt 60 and 80 /talian Miles over. We hall not . trouble our felves with the Defcription of any more of it than is ; in the Pofleffion of the Natives, which is in length from E.to W. on the North fide from the. Mouth ofthe River Daries to Pott . Scrivan, above 140 Italian Miles ; From Caret Bay to the River of Cheapo onthe South fide, it is about 160 in length. ‘Iris fup-- --pofedto take irs Name from the great River of Darien, that bounds its Northern Coaf to. the Eaftward. It.is bounded on the -

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|S epics Ga ony DU ription of Darien. mee %, the North and South Seas. its Situation is very plealant and a-

preeable. and very commodious fora [peedy and fhorr Commu. _- mication of Trade betwiye the North and South Seas, and pres ‘Venting that vaft Compals that mutt ctherwife be ferch’d round ¢ither of the Extremes of North and Souté <lmerica. By this means — alfo it lies convenient for a {peedier Communication of Trade betwixt Europe and the Ealt-lndies than any that, bath hitherto been found ont. $= Mr. Dampier fays, that from Cheapo, or Santa Maria River, a Man may pafs (rom Sea to Sea inthree da ys, and that tue Indians do itina day and half. There are abundance of valuable ‘flaeds on both tides the thmus, which prevent the breaking in of tke Ocean upou iat once; and befides the Conveniencies of Wood, Fifh, Foul,

and Water, afford good and fafe Riding in all Weathers, to any number of Ships, efpecially thofe call’dthe Sambaloes, that Lie along the Northern Coaft, "The Continent is agreably intermix'd with Hills and Valleys of great variety, for height, depth, and extent. | . The Valleys are watered with Rivers, Brooks and Springs, which take their rife from a great Ridg of Hills thar run along the Lfthmus, but neareftto the Northerz Shore, ttom which iris fel-- dom above 15 miles diftant, and from whence the Sambaloes:: . Tflands, and the various makings of the Shore, and "she? con- - tinued Foreft all along the Country pratify the Eye with a very Rie PLDIpcete ss ek kd ae HaMe *. 3 The Rivers of the Northern Coaft are generally Jmall, becaufe their: — Courfe from the abovementioned Ridg of Fiills is bat fhort ; yet the

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» River of Datien is very large, but the depth of its entrance not An-

_ fverable to its width, yet further in it is deep enough, and hath a good Harhour iy Caret Bay, which is fome Leagues up the River, hath two Iflands of pretty bigh Land, Cloath'd with a variety of Trees lying before it, and two or three flreams of frefh Water falling into

at. From this Bay tothe Promontory near Golden-Ifland, the Shoare

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$4 A Befcription of Darien Git: a To the Welt ward of the Promoatary, atthe Enteance of che — River. isa finefandy Bay with three Sflands, one of chem Golden Iflands \ying before ic, which make it an extraordinary good “Hasbour. Golden Iffaad is rocky asd fteep all sound, except at the landing place oa the South fide, fo that it is naturally for- tify‘d. The Land of che /¢bmas over apainit icrothe S.-E. isan — excellent fruitful Soil. Weft of this Iland lyes the largeft of the three, being fwampy and covered with Maingroves. To the North of thefe lyes the [fland of Pzzes, coverd withtall Trees, fit for any ule. From the point againit thele {flands tor three Leagues Weftward, the Shoare 18 suacded with Rocks, {0 that a Boat cannot Land; but atthe N W. end of the Rocks, there’s avery good Harbour, and goo: Riding, as has bee (aid, ur all Winds, by tome or orher of tote iflaads, which with the ad- jacent Shore, makea lovely Landskip off at Sea. The Chanvel betwixt them avd the \Vthmus is two, three, and four miles Broad, and navigable from end to end 5 and the Ground oppofite to them with= jn Land an Excellent Soil, and a continued -Forreft of lately Timber-trees.. atk oot aie On the South fide there‘s the River Sambo, that falls into-the | Sea by point Garachina. This is a large River. Then there's | the Gulph of St. Michael, made by che Ourlet of feveral confi derable Rivers, as thole of Santa Maria and Congo. and the Gold- — River, fo call’d becaule of the great plenty of Gald Out 1c af- fords to the Spaxiards. The River Congo may be entred at high Water, and affords a good Harbour. The Gulph has feveral Iflands in ic, and affords good Riding. tn many places.- The Country on this fide as one the other, is one continued Forreft; — and forms a Bay call’d the Bay of Panama, abounding with fine Ifands, and affording good Riding for Ships. The Soil of the Inland Country, is for the moft part a black fruitful Mold. The Weather is much the fame as in ocher places of the Tor- rid Zone inthis Laticude, but inclining to the wet Extreme, for cwo thirds of the year, the Rains beginning in April, - The

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“i <A Defcription of Darien. ; _. 4g The moft remarkable of their Trees are the Cortor: Tree,which | | bearsa Cod as big as a Nut-meg full of fhort Weol or Dewn, and | _ affords Timber for Canoes and Periagoes: they abound with : » flarely Cedars and Macaw Trees , which bear Fruit as big asa si ~ fmal Pear, of a tare but not unpleafant Tafte ; Bibey Tree , the , | “Wood hard and blackasInk , and being tapp‘d , affords a Lie , -quor call‘d: Bzééy, of a pleafant tart tate which the Judians drink, i - They have abuadance of Plantains fetin Walks, which maké vee | ry delightful Groves,and yield an excellentfruit, and being green ea and fappy, are cut down with one ftroke of an Ax, “They have -alfoplenty of Bonances another fort of Plantain, which eats bet | “raw as the Plantain does boil‘d. They have gteat ftore of thar ~ excellent Fruit call'd Pives4pples, which taftes like a Mixture of - all delicious Fruites , and ripens at all times of the Year. They have alfo Prickle-pear, which is avery good Fruit; and” Sugar: ~ Canes, of which they make no’other ufe but ro fuck out the juice, "The Maho Tree, of which they make Ropes, Cables for Ships,and

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~ Nets for Fifhing. “The Ca/aba/h whofe Shells ferve for. Cups and | other occafions, “is curioufly painted ; the {weer (ort of ‘emis eat- able, and the bitter fort Medicinal. They have alfo Gourds of the like nature. » There isa plantcalled Si/f Grafs, which refem- bles our Flaggs: this they béat into ftrings like fine Flax, much “f{tronger than our Flax or Hemp; of thefe they make Ropes, Cor- _ dage of all forts, Nets for fmall Fifh ; and the Spaniards and oo | thers ufe it for Shoemakers Thread, Stockins, anda fort of Lace. | They havea Tree called Lightwood, as large-as an Elm, but fo ~dight, thata Man may carry a great. quantity: of it on his backe . Teisin fubftance like Cork; and made ufe of by the Indians. for - Rafters to goto Sea, or pafs “Rivers, They have a Tree call’d >. | Whitewood, ofa finer Grain, and whiter than any European Wood 4 and fit forinlaying. They have Lamarind, Locuft-Tree, Baftard : | Cinnamon; Bamboes, and Maingrove Trees in plenty. They have eR ee OR oN ~ Shrubs

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Mr. Wafer, to whom we owe this, Deferiptios, race notice: of a Redwood, whereot there grow preat. quantities on the Northern Coat; the Indians make ule of it for dying,:and mix @kind of Earth they-have withic. Iomakes.a brighs glofiy sively Red, w hich — no wafhing can fetch out again This we fuppofe to be the Nice

| agua Wood. Their Roots are Potatoes, Yams, and Caflava;of

she Laft_of which they make Bread, . They have likewife Tebacr co, but dont underfland the planting and.n manuring of its itis not fo flrong as that of pirginia.. :

‘Their -Beafts are the Peccary, and Warce a aid of wild Hogs, hick are very good Meat. ‘hey have confiderable ftore of Deer, and Rabbits,and great Droves of Monkeys, which ate exe traordinary fat and good to-ear.., They have an. {nfe@ cali'd-a Soldier, {ome vhat refembling a. Crab, which feeds upon what falls — from the Tree, is a-delicious Meat, aia yeelds an Oy! that-is-an excellent Salve... ‘They have no Hurapean Cattle. .9.

Their Birds are the: Chicaly Chicaly,, which makes ajioieaes | what like a Cuccoo, is a-large Bird,, tras Feathers | of divers Go- fours very beauriful and, lively, whereof the Natives fometimes make Aprons. | This Bird keeps moftly. on the Trees, feeds.on Fruic, and is pretty good Mear, Fhe Quam feeds inthe fame manner, his Wings aredun, his cail.dark, fhort, heis much pre-

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bling.a Partridg,runs moft on the ground, andis excellent Meat. The, Corrofon is a largeFowl as big asaTurky, and of a black cae tour. The'Cock hasa Fine Crown of, yellowFeathers on his Head, and Gills like a Turkey, they liveonTrees, and eat Fruit. They fing very Ueligaillys and are fo,well:imitated by. the Zediaus, thar they. di{cover their haunts. by. ic... They are very good Meat, bitt their Bones make the Dogs run mad,:.,and.are, therefore hid from, them by the Anes: : They have abundance of Parrots, for

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fh are Very deat ‘Meat; their Parakztes-are moft of them green, auc go in large | flights by themfelves. ‘They have Macaw Birds; whicb‘are as big ae “vagain as Parrots, and re(emble themin fhape, they havea Bill | like’ a Hawk; anda bufhy tail with two or three ftragling feathers, 3 | either red or blue; butthole of the Body, are ofa lovely blee, | green and red; the /ydians tame thofe Birds, and teach them to (peak, and chemdetting them gointo the Woods amongft the wild ones, they wilbreturn of their own accord to the Houles: they “exactly imitate the Voice and finging of tlhe’ Zzdzans, and call the » Cbicaly in its own Note, - itis‘ one of the pleafanteft Birds in the a ee World, ‘and: it's - Fleflr fweet-and well tafted. “They have alfo Y, -— Woodpackers which are-pied like our Magpies,and-have longClaws that. they climb up Trees with; they are not pleafant to cat. They ‘fave plenty of Dufghil-foul refembling thofe of Earope,and their -flefh and Eggs as well tafted as ours. About the Sambaloes they fave great {tore of Sea foul, and particularly Pelicans, which are large Birds, having Legs and feet like a*Goofe, and a Neck like a Swan, the feathers are grey. It has a-bag under ics chroar,which when fill'd, is as-large as‘a-Man’s two fifts; and when dry, will ‘hold a pound of Tobacco; they feed upon Fifi, and the Young ones ate good Meat. They have Cormorants cefembling Ducks | for fize and fhape, are of a black colour, havea white {pot on the | --Breaft, and pitch fometimes on Trees and Shrubs by ‘the Warer : | chey are too rank to be eaten. Fhey have abundance of Seatgulls ~ and Pyes, which are pretty: good» Meat, bur eat filhy, which is -cut'd by burying “em eight or ten hours in the Sand with theit : ~ featherson. They have flying Infects-too, and among others Bees, ‘which form their Hives ontrees; and its obferved, that they never | {ting any Body: the Natives mix'the Honey with Warer, and fo . drink it, but kaow-not the ufe of the Wax. hey have fhining ’

a E Delcraption of Dation. —fizerand fhape much like thofe of Famaica, they

flies; whicltin ‘the night time refemble Glow-worms, -* : K * - eS — NPT ” _ = : = : — | \

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Their fifh are the 7; arpum, which eats like Saloon; fee of ‘m ‘

weigh 59 or 60 pound, they. afford good Oyl.. They have Sharks

and another ith thar refembles a Shark, but much better Meat.

- The Cavally is much of the fize of a Maccarel, and very. goad meat.

They havea fith called O/d Wives, which is alfo very good ro eat Their Paracods are as large as a well grown Pike,. and very good Meat, but in fome places poifonous, which ace dittinguilly d by the Liver: Their Gar-filh isgood Meat, they have-a long bone on their Snour, with which they will fometimes pierce the fidé of

a Canoe. They have alfo Scuipins, a prickly fi(h, which when firip'd, -

as very yood Meat. They have. likewife Suing-rays,: Parrot-Ash, Snooks, Conger-eels, Conchs, Perriwinkles, Limpirs, Sc a-crabs, and Craw-fih, and ORE: forts» perefe names. we know not, that eat very well, — The inhabitants are moft numerous on theNoreh of the Ipbrans the Men ufually. five or fix Foor hight, clean Lim‘d, Big-bon‘d, hand{omely fhap‘d, nimble, Adtive,:and Run well. The Wo-

men are'fhore and chick, and not fo lively asthe Men ,. the “young Women Plump, well fhap‘d, and havea brisk Eye: both

Sexes havea round Vifage, fhort Bottle Noles, Jarge and grey Eyes, high forehead, whice even Teeth, thin Lips, pretcy large Mouths, well proportion'd Cheeks and Chins, and in=generall Handlome, but the Men exceed the Women. Both Sexes have ftreight long lank black Hair, which they gerierally wear down to the middie of their Back, All other Hair buc-that of their Eye-

brows and Bye-lids ehey pull up by. the Roots, cut off the Hair, ot their Heads, and paint themfelves black by way of Triumph,

when they kill a Spawiard. Their natural Complexion is a Cops per Colour, and their Eye-brows black. as jet. There are fome among them of both Sexes, which bear the Proportion of two

“or His 10 a Hundred, who are milk white, and have all their

_ Bodies cover‘d over with a milk white Down; their Hair is of ~ the f fame Colour, and very fine, about fix or £ ghe Inches long, ~and

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Indians, and their Eye lids point downwards in fornr of a Crefi

—oeent; they don‘t fee well in the Sun, their eyes being Wwéak and

sunning with water if the Sun fhine upon them, ‘therefore they

are'called tet: ey'd.. They are weak and fluggifh in the iy if time, but in Mo

on fhiny nights all life and activity, and runa faftthrothe Woods by night,-as the ‘other Jndians do by Os

"They are nbt fo much relpected, -ag the other Zvdians, but lobk'd , Upon as ekryouh, ‘The Natives go miked beth Men and Wo-

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mith, js the Men havea thing’ like an Extmguither of Silver .

or gold platé tyed‘round their middie to‘cover their Yard,and the

Women wea piece of Cloath Before them, which comes as low

vas their Knee; but they ufé°noaé of thefe Precaucions till they

come to the years of puberty: ‘the Members thar have not chofe

~ Extinguifhers, make ule of a piece of Plaintain- Leaf of a Conick

Figure. They are in general a modeft- and cleanly People, and

have a value for Cloaths if they had them. _ The beeter fore have

long Cctton' Garments fiapdlike’Carmens Frocks, which they ule ow folemn*Occafions,. as attending. the King or Chief; &¢

“for an Ornament tothe face, befides their gencral painting “and

daubing, the Men wear a piece of Plate hanging over ctheic

“Mouths, and the Chief of them have it of Gold. Jt is ofan Oval

form, and gently pinching the Bridle of the Nofe with its points, hangs dangling from thence.as loi as the under Lip; and inftead of this th@ Woman wear a Ring throthe Bridle of the Nofe: they —

‘lay them afide at theit Foafis, “They likewife wear Chains of.

teeth, Shells, Beads, or the like; the heavier they be, they rec-

kon them the more ornamental. Their Ffoufes ly mofily fcatteriug, and always hy-a River ft de, but in fome places they are {o many as to forma Town or Village. Their Walls are made up of Sticks, and daub- ed-over with Earth: The Fire is, in the middle of the Houle, ane the Smoke goes out at a bole in ‘the Roof, they are uot divided into eg ui or Rooms, but into eer every one bas a Hlammock fer # ri IN Bh iw Be

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: A Defeription of Darien. : | Bodin one of ‘aie Fovels, They bavé #0. Doors, freloes or r feats, » ether than Lozs of Wood. Every Neigh* surhood bas a'Wareboufe of, 130 feot long, "rhe fides and ends full of ELoles, whence they [paot their, Arrows on the approach of the Spaniards, In their Plantations they. —

fet fomuch Plantain, Maiz, Gc, as ferves their occafioas: They likewife. — make Drink of Mae which they ferment by Grains of the fame.chewed: in their Mouths.» Tk bey. have alfo another fort of Drink, which they makgof Plantains. Moff of the Drudgery is perfor med-by the Women with great iia me, y ae very well condition’ d, and dutiful to thein Husbands, wha are otherways very. indulgent to them,-and their Chily drea T. he VV omen wafh. the Mother.and Childin a River within an — our after their Delivery,. The Boys are bred to the Baw,: Hunting, and Fifbing, &c, in which they are mighty. dexterous ;. and the Girls - _ belo the Women in dre ffir ing their Victuals,weaving, making Cotton Cloth, Cordage, Nets, &c. aud the Men-rsake Baskets. very neat; dying the Materials fir(twith lively Colours, . They allow Poligamy, but puniff Adultery with Death.of both Parties: They punifh 1 beft aljo with deaths and Fornication with thrufling a Briar up the Man's Lard, whereof they commonly. dies, the Fads. uel i proven by Darla bie’ is.a Sweats, ( aug by their Toot...»

When they. Marry, the Father-or-uearelt Kinfmanu fates phe. Bride privatly in bis. owe Appartments the firft feven Nights, and then fhe és deliver'd toher Husband: , Allthe Neighbours for fome Miles round, vare Invited toa areat Fe aft, and. bring Provifions with. them, The Fathers of the young Couple bring them forth in theie. hands, and the Bridegrooms, Father nrakes.a Speech ; then he -

* dances about in Antick Geftures, till.all.ona {weat, when-he kneels down, and gives his Son co. the. Bride, her Father alfo having danc ‘d himfelf-into, a (weary, aad prefenting. her to. the

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i ae. etme linen Dalitn: ae | they-have theic Feaft, and afterwards Drink had, all thie Aci; being fielt put out of the way, to prevent danger in cafe of Quar- relling, Zhey divert themfel yes fometimes by dancing, and pip- ing-on af{mall hollow:Bamboesbur without diftindion of N ores: — Foe Men and Women never dance nor fea togetl | The Women accompany them likewile in thei: ons: which fometimes laft 20 Days.: They tic their Hamocks betwixtewo Trees cover them with Plancain Leaves, and have’ Fires all Night by theif Hammocks ; Sach of their Prey as they _ take aFluating, and defign to keep for Future ue, chey Barbe: / eusin, the Woods ; and what they make ufe of forprefent Suf- tainance, they mix with Roots, Plantain, Bonanoes, and Pepper, and flew. it together till ic be brought to\a Pulp; which they take up with the two. foremoft Fingers of their Right Hand bene -hookwife, and put into their Mouths, They travel by directi- on-of the Sun, -or the bending of the Zrécs, * according as the Wind is. giNone of the Exgl/b Authors take notice of their Wore” fhip.or Religion. but give an account that they Pawaw, ‘or cons fulethe Devil co know € Uturities ; And it-would feem they. are aS ignorant in matters of Phyfick and Chirurgery, fiace when they. would let 2 patient Blood, they fet-him uon the Bank of a ~ River, and with a little Bow, ‘and {mall Arrow, gag'd that it _may-enter no further than our Lancets, they thoot as faft as they can-atall partsofthe Patient’s Body ; and if they chance to hit on a Vein, that the Blood {purs out a little, they teftify theirJoy. | by antick Dances... «. ETS EON aller ae a

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: FE.Come next to give an Account of the Settlement of our 2 Men there; how they were receivd by the Narives; What Zadian Princes there are intheir Neighbourhood ; itr what flate they found the Affairs of the. Geo anler tic Situation of. our Colony...» et td |

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ie A Defeription of Darien, On the 7th of O&obes 1698. our Ships came to aw Anchor an a fair fandy Bay, 3 Leagues W. off the Gulf of Darien ; upon which two Canoes, with feveral Indies, came .on Board, were very free with our Men, told them they bad been loug Expected, and were very wel come: Our Men gave them Jome old Hats, Looking-glaffes and Knives, with which they were extremly well pleas'd, and went-off. When our Ships flood farther into the Bay, they. faw. about. 10 Indiaas drawd up | on the Shoar, being Arm'dwith Bows aud Lances ; upow which a Boat : ae ‘being fent afboar, and making afignal of Péace, they unftrung their i Bows, talk’d Familiarly, and told our Men that two great Captains would in a little. time come on board our Ships. Accordingly’ on No* vember 2d:in the morning Capt. Andceas, om of their Priaces,accom- pained by 1x Men. came on board, and ask’d-their buffines ; He was | Anfiwered, thatwe came to live among them, and Trade with them, and would afford them. your European Commodities, Cheaper then any other People. --f£e ask'd if wé were Friends or Enemies to the Spa- — niards ; and was anfwered that we were at peace with allpmen, and would make war upon no. man, except they injur‘d us. He took us for Buccaneers, and told us be knew.Capt. Swan and Capt. Davis tn the South Sea, and commended them as-men of valear. We heard that. part of bis Difcourfe with very much couldnefs, avd to'd bin we came on no fuch defigne as thofe ren ‘did,. but bad Authority for what we undertook. We treated bin civilly, gave him a Flat lac'd with Gold, and (ome Toys: and fohe parted, promifing ina little time to come. again ; which he accordingly did, and brought Don Pedro, another of their Princes or Captains, with him. - Captaiw Andreas was freer with us than at firft, plainly own'd that he took us for Buccaneers, and -complain'd that fome Englith-men of that fort, bad after great prer rencés of Friend pip, carried off Jome of their People, ‘and therefore: Don Pedro would uot some aboard us, till be bad. further affirauce of us. f Bitsy: gigi, 7 Se on ae oe ee Captain Avdreas is a perfon of {mall ftatdre; “he afle@s the Spanifb Gravity, as having been often among them at the Mines of mt ee ee a | -Santla

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JD Meee aly ha L1) a, od Deter epizon of Darich. ‘4 “Santa Maria, Panama, &c. and formerly had a Commiffion under them asa Captain, upon which hevalues himf{elt above others : ~The French hate him.Mortally, bécaufe of fomething he did at ~~ gainit ome of their Naticn formerly, When he ‘came on board us, he had a fort. of a-Coat of red loofe Stuff, an o!d Hat, a pair ~~ Drawers, but no Stockings nor Shoes ; and the reft that came wath him wereall naked, exceptisg their Penis, which was COs) ~~ vered by Extinguifhers, as formerly mention’d. —

Open further communing, Capt. Andreas was very well pleas'd withus, offered us what part of the Country we would chule, and accepted a ~ Commiffion from us; and at the fame timewe cave him a Basket bilt~ ted Sword, and a pair of Piflols: upon which he promifed to defend - as-to the laft of bis Blood: |. see oe

—— - Some.of the. Prances on this fide the thmus had beea in Peace with the Spaniards for feveral years, and fuffered a few of them to refde a-

— -mouglt them, togive notice to Panama of what Ships came upouthefe ~— Coafts ; but upon fome frefh difgult, about two months before we arriv'd, » Capt. Ambrolio, who is the’ moft uoted Prince among’ ‘em, had 0= blag’ them to enter into a common “Allrance again? Spain, and cut off | ten Spaniards , who fiv'd upon Goiden-Ifland. home ~The Place where we are fetledis 4 Miles Eaft of Goldex- fland, within a great Bay.. We havean excellent Harbour, furrounded with high Mountains, capable of holding a Tivowland Sail Land- -lock’d, and fafe from all Winds and Tempetts.- The Mouth of the Harbour is-abouc random Cannon-ihot over, form‘d by a Pe. | aiwfula on the one fide, and a point of Land on the other. ~ In the } middle ofthe Entrance there;is aRock three foor above water, upon which the Sea breaks moft terribly when the Wind blows | hard; and within the Points there is afmall Rock that lies a litrle ander.water. On beth fides thefe Rocks there's a very good wide Chanel for Ships ro come in: That on the South-fideis three ' Gableslon, and feven Fathom depth ; and thaton the North two Cables long. From the two outermoft points the Harbour rung | mlb sO Me 8 away

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- 54 A Defeription of Darien, — aE se away Eaft a Mile and an half; and near the midle, on the Ri ake

hand, a point-of Laad {hoots out into the Bay : fo that by ait ing Forts onthe faid Point, on the Rock inthe midle of the Ea-

trance, and the two outermolt . Points, it will. be the Strongetft Elarbour, both by Art and Nature, that’s in the Known World, ~The, Bay within is for the moft part 6 Fathom Water, and till you” > geome within a Cable’s length of the fhoar, three Fathom and an half: So that a Key may be built, to which great Ships may lay” their Sides, and Unload. “The Peninfala lies on the left hand, is _ a mile and an half in Jength, very fteep, and high towards the Sea: fo that it would be very difficult for say Body o land, ‘till ” Jou come to the //#hwys, where there’s.a (mall fandyBay thar litte — Ships may put into, butis eafie to be-fectied by a Ditch and a Fort. There are {evera} little Rivers of very good Water that fall - into the Bay ; and it abounds fo with excellent Fith, that we can

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Bis aera oes cach 23. A Defeription of Darien, SARS: bella, and Northward towards Famaica, The Hill is about a Mile‘in-height; fo thar we can fee any Ships before they eome within fome Leagues of the Harbour. We Compute our felves to be about 50 Leagues North of Carthagena, and as much South of Portobel/o,-. The four Jzdian Kings or Captains on this Coaft, -Vifit.us frequently in their Canoes :° and the Natives are ver kiad to us, and-fell us Plantains, Fowls, @c. ‘or Toys or old Shift — A-French-manwho bath married one of the Natives, inforras us, _ that the Spaviards have Silver and Gold Mines on the Tithmus which we might make our felves Mafters of with a too Men; Gor that if they commit Hoftilities upon-us, as We hear they | | . threaten to do,ire noe unlikely that we may vifit them. We found. “fome French Refugees in the Country, who are willing to f{ertle Under us, and having been feveral Years in thefe Parts, and un- ‘derftanding the Language of the Natives, are very uleful cto us, ‘We have feen fonte-Sand:in the Rivers, which looks as if it were smixt with Gold, and in fome places the Earth feems to be very much mixewithir: Sothat it’s conclud ed, there’s moré Gold-duit ~ here, than in any part of Guinea. ~ | > oo The Jndiaw Princes or Captains‘on: this’ Coaft, do fomewhat refemble our Heads of Clans in Scotland 3 and, by their Converfe at times with the Spaxzards, and other European Nations, affect Chriftian Names: The firft of thefe Princes we fhall Name, is Captain Diego s/he commands from the bottom of the Gulph of | Uraba on this fide. Carez Bay, and has 3000 Mén under him; he hae been at War with the Spaniards feveral Years, occafion‘d by an -Infult his People had receiv’d trom them, when'they came co des | mand-cheir fhare inthe Mines; which they had difcover’d to the | Spaniards in thei Country, on-condition of being Partners with | them: But when they came to demand it,‘ the Spaniards treated them Villdnoufly, beat and abus’d them,vpon which they attack“d | the Spaniards, cut of 20 of their Men, and three Priefts char ‘belong'd to the Mines,.. . ein :

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56 nou Deferipreen a} Darton. 1) a } The-nexcis Capt. Poufigo. He is an Indian Clergy- man, aad. Brother-in-law to Capt. Audreas. The Peoinfula that we policis, - lies betwixe his Territory and that of Capt. Andreas, AO to~ gether with his Brother, commands from Goldew Slandto the Ri- vet Pinas. Their Command is greater thah that of Poufigo, but not fo great asthat of Diego. Thefe Princes are very ufeful to us, becaufe of theirs Neighbourhood. and Coalanguinity to.one AHOUACE, sae chi BA ole ee | Capt. Ambrofio commands from the River- Pinas tothe Same — -balloes: He is a man of about 60 years of age, but {rong and. vigorous, welllimb’d and of a {teea Countenance: he is a mor- tal Enemy-to the Spasiards, with whom he hath had a longWar:_ he is efteemed the braveft of all che Zzdsan Captains. His Sons -inslaw Don Pedro having beentaken by the Spaniards, and kept by them as aSlave at Pavama, hecan never forget nor forgive it 4 them: This young.man isa great Friend to the French, who they are made to believe defign to comeand fertle among them. Ambrofio and his-Sonin Law preft.us mach co. come and fercle in their Dominions, and-join with them co make war on the Spa- niards: We gave them fair Words,. and promis’d to come and view their Coats; which we accordingly did, and in our Way. thither, four Leagues Weftward of our Settlement, we found an excellent Harbour, capable of 10000 Sail; but it cannot be de- fended without.many Forts ; Flere the Privateers ulead to come ANG CACCH A as oe | Se es {eee : Capt. Ambrofio's Houle lyesabout a League from ‘the Water - fide, on the bank of a River, having 12 jefler houfes about it: When we drew near it, he advanced.50 paces to mect-us, being attended by 20 men in white loofe Frocks with Fringes round the bottom, and atm’d with Lances, «He faluced us kindly, and_ gave usa Calabath of Liquor atmoft like Lambs-weol, made of - Indian Corn and Potatoes. His houfe is 2 foot long, 35 broad, — and 30 in height,curioufly thatch’d withPalmettoRoyal,and over —

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Dou Pedro, with both their Families, confifting of about 40 Per-

fons. We faw Ambrofe's.Grandmother there, who is 120 years

| old, and ‘yet was very active in getting things ready for our En-

_tertainment, fhe has 6 Generations defeended from her now in

_ the Houfe with her, the People live here to 1 50 and 160 years

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commanded by one Corbet; who is altogether inthe Fresch inte- |

eft, he having contra@ed a Friendfhip with their Privateers{even. ‘years ago, and done them many good Offices. 7 hey promifed

to reward him if he would £0 to Petit Guavus, and in his way

| thither he was taken by an Fxgdi/bPrivateer,& carried tofamaica,

| Whence the Governor of Petit Guavus got him relcas‘¢. “He was

} with Pozwtz at the taking of Cartagena, and has a Commifion from the French to be General of all the Frevch and Ludian Fore ces on that Coaft, and to take, fink, and deflroy Spaniards or any other Enemies. Yet the French themfelves, and the fenGble part of the Zudians, don‘t put any Confidence inhim; and Ambrofe who is the braveft of all thofe Zxdias Captains, keeps him in aw -andwithinbounds, "~ ‘es

© Next to Corbet, there‘s another of their Captains call’d Nicola, who isfaid tobe a wife,brave and good natur‘d Prince, infomuch that the Zdians hada mind to have fet him up inftead of Ambro-

| fo, whois ofarugged military temper: But Ambrofo's Authori-

| ty and Power is fo great, that they did not find it practicable, Nz» ‘cola is a mortal Enemy tothe Spaxiards, and can never entertain

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58 4 Defcription of Datien. ; ad ; upon which the Governor taking.a liking torit, ~ckept i¢1@ himfelf; and {ent Nvcola another forry piece inftead of it. 9.90} Since we came hither; there have been an Exgli/h, a Dutch,and. 9. French Ship in our Bay. The Azglifh Ship was Capt. ELong.in the Rapert Prize ; he had been in the Gulf of Vraba, but he him- {alf and his Men own’d, thac they. had not then been afhore.there, He hath fome way or other difoblig’d the Captains: Ambroffo.and Diego. Tho we treated him with all poffible Civility, yet we are fince inform’d that he hath.been a days Journy into.the Gulf, and endeavour‘d to incenfé the Zndians, again(t..us, telling them - that we were Privateers, and that the King.of Bag/and wouldnot ~ protect us. He left fome Men in the Bay, who, have fince kill‘d fome Spaniards, and came to us for Arms and Ammunition, but -wetold them we could net grantthem any, and that they. had done what they could nor juftify. We gave them-however what _ was neceflary for fitting up a Boat; and as a reward, they iy tic'd away the Carpenter. and Mate. of one.of our Ships call‘d | the Unicorn. se a % oh a lg ahaa The Datch Ship that came hither was afraid of the Spanifh Bar-

lavento Fleet, and-put in here for protection, that Fleet having . made. prize of another Dutch Ship. of 32 Guns, and, of twokx glifb Sloops for Trading on thofe Coafts, nee AP te The French Ship that put inhere, was that which was: order‘d tocarry back the Church-plate, @es ta Carthagena, did - after- wards bulge on a Rock, and was caft away in our Harbour. We {av‘d all their lives, and Cape. Pexnicook our Commodore. endan- ger‘d his own Life eo fave that of the French Captain. He tne . form‘d us, that the French had 4. Men.of Wat of 59 Guns each, ‘who thinking we had adefign onthe River Mififip:, were gone tothe Gulf of Mexico in queft of us. The Preach have been very - induftrious in cultivating their Ynrereft, both with the. Natives and Spaniards inthis pact of America, and doubt not. of havie

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<4 ADefeription of Darien. 59 © They have gota great Interef{t wich Captain Ambrofio, by means of his Son-in. Law Dov Pedro, whom they Carrefs extrem- ly, and defiga’d to have carried him to Perit Guavus, and from thence into France, to aquaint the French King with the favour- able Sentiments the /#dzazs have envertain’d ef. the French, and of their defign to.furrender themfelves into his Majefly. + This has been projected by the French a longtime, but the | Kingof Spaias indilpofitios,. and their pretences to that Crowa, | made them refer ic; and'its no doubt but our Settlemenc will. | quicken thofe Refolutions, Captain Avdreas Capt. Pedro his Bro- | ther, Capt. Diego, and. Capt. Poufgo, our Neighbours, have no. ‘manner of Correfpondence withthe French. The Letter hath ac- | quainted us, thac there are feveral Gold Mines within. two Miles. | of our Settlement, which he hath promifed co fhew us; . and he | hath actually let us fee feveral Samples of fue Gold. | | | . This being the Subftance of feveral Journals, thas. were fence. ] from our-Colony in Darien; upon their firft Settlement there , | we hope its fufficient of ir felf to fatisfie our Neighbours in Exg- — dand, of the Juftice of our Caufe, of the equity of our Proceed- ings, of the trie Reafon why the French are fo mnch our Ene- -» mies in this matter, of the greatnefs of the providence thar has- } putus in Poffeffion of that poft, and chatitis Eug/ands lntecett to join with and protect us, by which the Defigns of the French }. againft Europe in general, -and Great Britain in particular, may. 1] be Defeated, and the Zxgl:/h WefltIndies Trade fecur'd, Burt fince } bythe Proclamations before mentioned, which treat us as Re-~ bels and Pirats in America, for what we have done accerding ta. | A& of Parliament in Scotland, our Ships may be in danger of be-~ ing attack'd by other Nations as Pirates,and our Colony difcoun- | .tenancd and oppos‘d on that account by the Natives; there‘s no> reafon that our Neighbours fhould think flrange if we complain. } of chat unkind ufage, and endeavour to lay before them what: | may Probably be the Confequences of {uch Hrosscdiuaes Witton es ¢ at 3 : cing.

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