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A40373	A defence of the Scots settlement at Darien with an answer to the Spanish memorial against it, and arguments to prove that it is the interest of England to join with the Scots and protect it : to which is added a description of the countrey, and a particular account of the Scots colony.	Philo-Caledon.; Ridpath, George, d. 1726.; Fletcher, Andrew, 1655-1716.; Foyer, Archibald.	1699 (1699)	Wing F2047; ESTC R18505	46,261	66

from them when they came to demand their share in the Mines which they had discover'd to the Spaniards in their Country on condition of being Partners with them But when they came to demand it the Spaniards treated them Villanously beat and abus'd them upon which they attack'd the Spaniards cut of 20 of their Men and three Priests that belong'd to the Mines The next is Capt. Pousigo He is an Indian Clergy-man and Brother-in-law to Capt. Andreas The Peninsula that we possess lies betwixt his Territory and that of Capt. Andreas who together with his Brother commands from Golden Island to the Rive●… Pinas Their Command is greater than that of Pousigo but not so great as that of Diego These Princes are very useful to us because of their Neighbourhood and Consa●…guinity to one another Capt. Ambrosio commands from the River Pinas to the Samballo●…s He is a man of about 60 years of age but strong and vigorous well limb'd and of a stern Countenance he is a mortal Enemy to the Spaniards with whom he hath had a long War he is esteemed the bravest of all the Indian Captains His Son in law Don Pedro having been taken by the Spaniards and kept by them as a Slave at Panama he can never forget no●… forgive it them This young man is a great Friend to the French who they are made to believe design to come and settle among them Ambrosio and his Son in Law prest us much to come and settle in their Dominions and join with them to make war on the Spaniards We gave them fair Words and promis'd to come and view their Coasts which we accordingly did and in our Way thither four Leagues Westward of our Settlement we found an excellent Harbour capable of 10000 Sail but it cannot be defended without many Forts Here the Privateers used to come and careen Capt. Ambro●…io's House lyes about a L●…ague from the Water side on the bank of a River having 12 lesser houses about it When we drew near it he advanced 50 paces to meet us being attended by 20 men in white loose Frocks with Fringes round t●…e bottom and arm'd with Lances He saluted us kindly and gave us a Calabash of Liquor almost like Lambs-wool made of Indian Corn and Potatoes His house is 90 foot long 35 broad and 30 in height curiously thatch'd with Palmetto Royal and over that Cotton leaves the floor is of firm Earth like Tarras very smooth and clean the sides are compos'd of large Canes as thick as a Man's Leg. In this House live Ambrosio and his Son in Law Don Pedro with both their Families consisting of about 40 Persons We saw Ambrosio's Grandmother there who is 120 years old and yet was very active in getting things ready for our Entertainment she has 6 Generations deseended from her now in the House with her the People live here to 150 and 160 years of age but those that converse much with Europeans and drink strong Drink don't live so long From the Samballoes to the River of Conception the Countrey is commanded by one Corbet who is altogether in the French interest he having contracted a Friendship with ●…heir Privateers seven years ago and done them many good Offices They promised to reward him ●…f he would go to Petit Guavus and in his way thither he was taken by an English Privateer carried to Jamaica whence the Governor of Petit Guavus got him releas'd He was with Pointi at the taking of Cartagena and has a Commission from the French to be General of all the French and Indian Forces on that Coast and to take sink and destroy Spaniards or any other Enemies Yet the French themselves and the sensible part of the Indians don't put any Confidence in him and Ambrosio who is the bravest of all those Indian Captains keeps him in aw and within bounds Next to Corbet there 's another of their Captains call'd Nicola who is said to be a wise brave and good natur'd Prince insomuch that the Indians had a mind to have s●…t him up instead of Ambrosio who is of a rugged military temper But Ambrosio's Authority and Power is so great that they did not find it practicable Nicola is a mortal Enemy to the Spaniards and can never entertain a good thought of them since the Governor of Porto Bello rob'd him of a curious Fusee that had been presented him by some of the Buccaneers and being out of Order he sent it thither to be mended upon which the Governor taking a liking to it kept it to himself and sent Nicola another sorry piece instead of it Since we came hither there have been an English a Dutch and a French Ship in our Bay The English Sh●…p was Capt. Long in the Rupert Prize he had been in the Gulf of Uraba but he himself and his Men own'd that they had not then been ashore there He hath some way or other disoblig'd the Captains Ambrosio and Diego Tho we treated him with all possible Civility yet we are since inform'd that he hath been a days Journy into the Gulf and endeavour'd to incense the Indians against us telling them that we were Privateers and that the King of England would not protect us He left some Men in the Bay who have since kill'd some Spani●…rds and came to us for Arms and Ammunition but we told them we could not grant them any and that they had done what they could not justify We gave them however what was necessary for fitting up a Boat and as a reward they 〈◊〉 away the Carpenter and Mate of one of our Ships call'd the Unicorn The Dutch Ship that came hither was afraid of the Spanish Barlavento Fleet and put in here for protection that Fleet having made prize of another Dutch Ship of 32 Guns and of two English Sloops for Trading on those Coasts The French Ship that put in here was that which was order'd to carry back the Church-plate c. to Carthagena did afterwards bulge on a Rock and was cast away in our Harbour We sav'd all their lives and Capt. Pennicook our Commodore endanger'd his own Life to save that of the French Captain He inform'd us that the French had 4 Men of War of 50 Guns each who thinking we had a design on the River Mississipi were gone to the Gulf of Mexico in quest of us The French have been very industrious in cultivating their Interest both with the Natives and Spaniards in this part of America and doubt not of having a good share in those Countries after the King of Spain's Death They have got a great Interest with Captain Ambrosio by means of his Son-in Law Don Pedro whom they Carress extremly and design'd to have carried him to Petit Guavus and from thence into France to aquaint the French King with the favourable Sentiments the Indians have en●…ertain'd of the French and of their design to surrender themselves into his Majesty This has been projected by the French a long time but the King of Spains indispositio●… and their pretences to that Crown made them refer it and it s no doubt but our Settlement will quicken those Resolutions Captain Andreas Capt Pedro his Brother Capt. Diego and Capt. Pou●…igo our Neighbours have no manner of Correspondence with the French The Letter hath acquainted us that there are several Gold Mines within two Miles of our Settlement which he hath promised to shew us and he hath actually let us see several Samples o●… fine Gold This being the Substance of several Journals that were sent from our Colony in Da●…ien upon their first Settlement there we hope its sufficient of it self to satisfie our Neighbours in England of the Justice of our Cause of the equity of our Proceedings of the true Reason why the French are so much our Enemies in this matter of the greatness of the providence that has put us in Possession of that post and that it is Englands Interest to join with and protect us by which the Designs of the French against Europe in general and Grèat Britain̄ in particular may be Defeated and the English West-Indies Trade secur'd But since by the Proclamations before mentioned which treat us as Rebels and Pirats in America for what we have done according to Act of Parliament in Scotland our Ships may be in danger of being attack'd by other N●…tions as Pirates and our Colony discountenanc'd and oppos'd on that account by the Natives there 's no reason that our Neighbours should think strange i●… we complain of that unkind usage and endeavour to lay before them what may Probably be the Consequences of such Proceedings without being Construed either to threaten or to wish that any ●…uch thing should happen It being evident that by offering to admit the English as joint sharers in our Trade we entertain no Sentiments but what are Friendly towards that Nation being satisfied that all those who wish well to the Protestant Religion and true Liberty are Enemies to any thing that may occasion a breach of the Union and good understanding betwixt us Yet it must be own'd that we have but too great reason to complain of the Hardships we suffer by the Union of the Crowns which it is in the power of England to remedy by complying with the gracious Proposals of uniting the Nations repeated in Pa●…liament by his Majesty who-like a true Father of his Country has expos'd himself to the greatest of dangers to procure the Welfare and Peace of his Subjects by which he has made an absolute Conque●…t of the Hearts of all good men who are unanimous to join in the like Prayer for him that the Israelites of old put up for their Kings viz. That he may live for ever FINIS * 〈◊〉 New Voyag●… and description o●… the 〈◊〉 of America p. 11. 6●… 149 150 151.

General Monk ' s Undertaking for it cannot be denied that we had the Ballance of Europe in our hands at the time of the last Revolution and that we turned the Scale to the advantage of England in particular and of Europe in general which must be allowed to be as great a Service as that which was so thankfully rewarded by Edward and William the Conquero whence it is evident that those Englishmen who at present oppose our Settlement in America don't inherit the gratitude of their Ancestors when they not only will not allow us to trade in Conjunction with them but withstand our doing any thing that may advance a Trade by our selves If they object that what we did in all those cases was no more th●…n our duty and what we ow'd to our own preservation as well as to theirs it is easie to reply that admitting it to be so yet by the Laws of GOD and Men People are encouraged to perform their Duties by Rewards and their Ancestors were so sensible of this that tho they knew we were equally coneern'd to defend the Island against foreign Invaders as well as they yet they thought themselves obliged in Policy as well as Gratitude to reward us which they not only did by that Honorary Premium of allowing us to be Denisons of England as abovementioned but sometimes gave to us and at other times confirm'd to us the three Northern Counties of Northumberland Westmorland and Cumberland to be held in Fee of the Crown of England It is likewise very well known with how much honour the Parliament of England treated us when they courted onr Assistance against K. Charles I. and what large Promises that Prince made us if we would have but stood Neuter which tho we had reason to think many of those that opposed him had no great kindness neither for our Civil nor Ecclesiastical Constitution yet the sence that we had of the common danger that our Religion and Liberties were in at that time made us proof against all those Tentations so that after all Endeavours for a Reconciliation betwixt the King and Parliament of England proved unsuccessful we sent an Army which cast the Ballance on the side of the latter who before that time were reduced low enough by the Kings Army as is very well known to such as are acquainted with the History of those times and is own'd by my Lord Hollis in his Memoirs lately published But to return to the last Revolution Tho we must own that we owe our Deliverance to his present Majesty and were oblig'd in Conscience and Honour to concurr with him Tet who could have blam'd us to have stood upon Terms before we had fallen in with England Especially considering how ungratefully nay villanously we were treated by Cromwel and his Party after we had sav'd them and the Parliament of England from the Scorpions that the Cavaliers had prepar'd to chastise them with as is own'd by the said Lord Hollis Not could we have been any way Calpable if we had stood upon higher and surer Terms with his Majesty Considering how unthankfully we were abus'd and enslav'd by our late Kings for whom we had acted and suffered so much And tho we must own that no less Present than that of ou●… Crown was sufficient to testify our Gratitude for what the Prince of Orange had done for us yet we were under no necessity of gratifying him in that manner since our Deliverance was effected before hand and that he himself in his Declaration expres'd it to be no part of his design to come for the Crown so that our Re ward was as frank and generous as his Service Then as to England we were under no manner of obligation to continue the Union with them We might have insisted upon having our King obliged to reside as much amongst us as amongst them that we should be govern'd without any Consideration or respect to their Interest any further than it fell in with our own We might have insisted upon an Act that we should not be oblig'd to attend his Majesty at any time at the Court of England about our Affairs but that he should either attend upon our Administration in person pro re nata as he does now upon the Affairs of Holland or lay down Methods to have his Pleasure signified to us at Home in such cases as it was requir'd which would save a vast deal of Money annually to the Kingdom of Scotland Then as to the Succession we were under no Necessity of settling it in the same manner as they did in England for since they had made a Breach in the Line they could not handsomely have blam'd us to have made an improvement of it and either to have limited the Reversion after his present Majesty's Death or otherwise as we should have thought best for the Security of our Civil and Religious Liberties or we might have settled it upon the Prince of Orange and his Issue by any other Wife there being cause enough then to conceive that he was never like to have any by his late excellent Princess Had we taken any of these Methods it must be own'd that England would have been considerably weakned and lessen'd in the Esteem of the World by it that we should have thereby had an opportunity of making such Forreign Alliances with France as formerly or with any other Nation as would have made England uneasy and perhaps unsafe on occasion and therefore it must be reckon'd highly impolitick as well as ungrateful in our Neighbours to treat us continually at such a rate as if they had a mind to bring us under Subjection since we have so many open Doors to get out at They must not think that we have so far degenerated from the Courage and Honour of our Ancestors as tamely to submit to become their Vassals when for 2000 years we have maintain'd our Freedom and therefore it is not their Interest to oppress us too much If they consult their Histories they will find that we alwayes broke their Yoke at long-run if at any time we were brought under it by force or Fraud The best way to assure themselves of us is to treat us in a Friendly manner Tho we be not so great and powerful as they it is not impossible for us to find such Allies as may enable us to defend our selves now as well as formerly None of these things are suggested with an ill design to raise Annimosity betwixt the Nations or to perswade to a Separation of the Crowns but meerly to shew those of our Neighbours who use us os unkindly that they are bound in Gratitude Duty and Interest to do otherwise and particularly to support us in our American Settlement and not to lay our King under a necessity by their froward Humours in Parliament or otherwise to discourage us in that Undertaking as they have hitherto done and continue still to do in their American Colonies by their