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B the. thirteen Cities which were eflablHhed in chis Kingdom of
Chili,
the
·.. ,¡"'
Jndian¡
have deftrdyed fix, namely
P'aldivia, Ymperial, Angol, S4nél:a Cruz:.·,
"
Chillan
and
Conception.
The~ overthrew , confümed and laid defolace their
~'i. Houfes and Habitacions, diíhonoured ,.nd prophaned ch~ Temples, ·obfcuJeq
'' the, brigqtnefs of chac Faith and De~ion whicrh íhined in thofe pares; :md
-,~what is woríl: this fuccefs hath encouraged, and rai[ed 'che S
pirits of theJnqians
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in
nfoat manner, that they are growq bold ánd confident,
omicci.Qgno
op~ ,
" p01:1tunicy or advantage which may offer to -rob and defiro
y our Cities' and
" Monaíl:eries wich Fire and Sword. They have learned alfo many
Ares
and
" Scrategerns of War; for chat when they befieged che City of
O forno,
and com-,
" pelled the
Spaniards
to retire within.their works, they fo íl:raicened chern, that
" they could receive no fuíl:enance, unlefs it were fome fmall quantities 9f che
'' Seeds of Herbs, and Leaves of Turnips , which forne few were fain to fighc
,t
for, and gain wich che 'point of che Launce.
In
one of the[e .Sieges of chis Ci–
" cy they broke the Imag~s 0f Chriíl: and our Lady, and other Saints,
to
'the
'' great diíhonoULi ofGod, _whiah none b9t his ~finite Merey and Patience could
'' baYe fuffer~d.
In
che lafi Siege which che
Jndians
laid to chis place, rhey
fur–
" pri[ed the
Spaníards;
and killed the Centinels, and without any oppafition en–
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cred and poffeffed thern[elves of che Town, exercifing fuch craelty as was
" agreeable to the barbar¡cy
<:>f
their Nacures; for they bucchered che Childten~
" and chained theWomen and Nuns, intending to.carry them away into Slavery
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" bue whilíf they we1:e chus bufitv employed iq packing up, and difpofmg their
'' Bo'oty, and plundering every where without order; the
Spaniards
took courage;
" ruid with that opp9rcunity
fell
upon thern, and God aílifüng cheir endeavour<
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they refcued their Wives and Nuns from cheir violent hands, and wich che
Io[s,
" of forne f~ forced them to
fly,
and quic both their Prey and iheir City. The
" lafi Viél:ory which the
Indians
obtained, was when they wok
Villarrica,
with
" great etfuíion of
Sp11nifh
bloud; they fer fire to the four Q!arters of the Town
" and kil,l~d all che Friars of
Sr.
Dominick,
St.
Francú,
and che Merceds, with ali
'' che Clergy that were there, carrying all che Women away Captives, many of
" .w
hich were Ladies of~alicy, and Condition. And this was the Fate of chat
" City,,
which was 'once of.Farne and great Renown, and ill~firious amongíl: che
'' neighbouring Cities of_ that new World. Thus far proceeds che Relacion of
Chi!i
in
che
'X
ear
1604.
To all which norhing can be farther fai~, chan th;t chefe
w~re Judgmems of Gpd~ wlúch ·his fecret Providence permits for che chafü[ement
0f Mankin~.. And herewith lec us
rnturn to che
good
b1ca TupanqHi,
to
conclude
the
mnálning·
Aétivns
of
his Reign.
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CH AP.