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Commentaries.
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VII.
Of the
Rebe/Jion of
the
Ar ucans.
~
the
thirteen
Cities
which
were efiablifued in
this
Kingdom
of
ChiB
the
\:J
''
Jndi1tnJ
have
defuoyed
fix,
namely
f/aldivia,
Tmperial,
Angol, Sanlln
Cntt:.
"
Chillan
and
Concept,ion.
They overthrew , confumed
and
laid
defolate
thek
" Houfes
and Habitations, difhonoured and
prophaned
the Temples,
obfcured
'
ilie brightnefa of that Faith and
Devotion
which
iliined
in rhofe
parts, and
" what
is
worff this fuccefs hath encouraged, and raifed the SpiritS of the
Jndtans
in that manner, that they are grown bold and confidenc, omitting no op–
(' p
rrunicy or advantage which may offer to rob and dell:roy- our Cities
and
" Monafieries with Fire and Sword.
They have learned
alfo
many
Arts
and
" Stracegems
of
War; for
that when they befieged the
Cicy
of
Oforno,
and com
" pelled the
Spaniard.J
to retire
within
their work,
they
fo
firaitened chem, that
'' they could receive no fufienance, unlefs it were fome fmall quantities
of the
" Seeds of HerQs; and Leaves of Turnips, which fome
few
were
fain
co
fight
~'
for,
and gain
with
the
point
of
the Launce.
In
one
of
thefe
ieges of
this
Ci–
" ty
they broke the Images
of
Chrill and our Lady ,
and
other
aints,
to the
~'
great dHhonour of
God,
which none
but hi
infinite Mercy and Patience could
" have fuffered.
In
the
laft
Siege
hich the
Jndian1
laid to this
place,
they fur–
" prifed
the
Spaniard!,
and killed
the
Centinels, and without any oppofition en·
" tred and poifeffed them[elves of the Town, exercifing fuch cruelty as was
" agreeable to the barbarity of their Natures; for they butchered the Children,
" anq
chained theW orhen and Nuns, intending to carry them away into Javery;
cc
but
hHft:
tliey
were thus bufily employed in packing
up,
and difpofing their
'' Booty,
and
plundering every
where without order; the
paniards
took courage,
" and with that opportunity lell upon them, and God affifiing their endeavours,
" they refd.led their Wives and
Nuns
ftom their
violent
hands, and
i
ith the
lo~
'' of foxne few forced them to
By,
and quit both their Prey and their
Cicy.
The
" lall:
ietory which the
I ndians
obtained, was when
they
cook
P'illarrica,
w·rh
(<
greet Jeffufion
of
Sp1tnifh
bloud ;
they
fee
fire to the
four
Qgarters of the Town
" and
killed
all
the Friars of St.
Dominick
,
St.
Francu,
and the Merceds, with alf
<'
the Clergy that were there, carrying all the Women away Captives, many of
(~
\ hi
h
were Ladies ofQJalicy, and Condition. And this was the Fate of that
" Cicy,
which was once ofFame and great
Reno~
n, and illull:rious amongft the
(C
neighbouring Cities of that new World. Thus
far
proceeds the Relation of
Cbili
in the Year
1
60+
To all which nothing can be farther faid, than that thefe
ere
l
udgments of God, which
his
f
ecret Providence permits for the chafiifement
of
Mankind.
And herewith let us
return
to the good
I11ca
T1q111ttqui~
to conclude
the
remaining Actions
of
his
Reign.
CH AP.