America, Being an Accurate Description of the New World

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Excerpt from America, Being an Accurate Description of the New World: Containing the Original of the Inhabitants, the Remarkable Voyages Thither, the Conquest of the Vast Empires of Mexico and Peru, Their Ancient and Later Wars, With Their Several Plantations, Many, and Rich IslandsSailing from hence they directed their Gourfe to where the year before they had been fo civilly treated where arriving, and without any fear coming alhore, they found the Campecbiums quite of another humor than they were the former year, telling them, They would not fulfer any Strangers to be among: them, and placing a burning Torch between theirs and the Spa m'¿a Forces, threatned, That if they d1d not depart 1n quiet, they would force them which accordingly they endeavor' d, making a fierce Onfet upon the Spaniards who being now come under their Battlements, when they faw their advantage, pour 'd what they had kept as a refe1ve, whole Volleys of fmall Sh0t among¿: them which firuek fo much terror, that they all ran away, fhifting for themfelves, and crowding into the City.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.