you Murder _las Iras_? (In their Language they
call Women by the Name of _las Iras_ as if they had said: To slay Women
is an Act of bloody minded Men, worse than Brutes and Wild Beasts.

There was the House of a Puissant Potentate scituated about Ten or
Fifteen Miles from _Panama_, whose name was _Paris_, very Rich in Gold;
and the _Spaniards_ gave him a visit, who were entertained with
Fraternal Kindness, and Courteously received, and of his own accord,
presented the Captain with a Gift of Fifteen Thousand Crowns; who was
of opinion, as well as the rest of the _Spaniards_, that he who
bestow'd such a quantity of Money _gratis_, was the Master of vast
Treasure; whereupon they counterfeit a pretended Departure, but
returning about the Fourth Night-Watch, and entring the City privily
upon a surprize, which they thought was sufficiently secur'd,
consecrated it with many Citizens to the Flames, and robb'd them of
Fifty or Sixty Thousand Crowns. The _Dynast_ or Prince escaped with
his Life, and gathering together as great a Number of Men as he could
possibly at that instant of time, and Three or Four Days being elapsed,
pursued the _Spaniards_, who had depriv'd him also by Violence and
Rapine of a Hundred and Thirty or Forty Thousand Crowns, and pouring in
upon them, recover'd all his Gold with the destruction of Fifty
_Spaniards_, but the remainder of them having receiv'd many Wounds in
that Rencounter betook them to their Heels and sav'd themselves by
flight: but in few days after the _Spaniards_ return, and fall upon the
said _Casic_ well-arm'd and overthrow him and all his Forces, and they
who out-liv'd the Combat, to their great Misfortune, were expos'd to
the usual and frequently mention'd Bondage.

_Of the Province of_ NICARAQUA.

The said Tyrant _An. Dom._ 1522. proceeded farther very unfortunately
to the Subjugation of Conquest of this Province. In truth no Person
can satisfactorily or sufficiently express the Fertility, Temperateness
of the Climate, or the Multitude of the Inhabitants of _Nicaraqua_,
which was almost infinite and admirable; for this Region contain'd some
Cities that were Four Miles long; and the abundance of Fruits of the
Earth (which was the cause of such a Concourse of People) was highly
commendable. The People of this place, because the Country was Level
and Plain, destitute of Mountains, so very delightful and pleasant,
that they could not leave it without great grief, and much
dissat