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           TheydonotknowittobeanoffandthencommititindefianceofDivinejustice,aswedoinalmostallthesinswecommit. Theythinkitnomoreacrimetokillacaptivetakeninwarthanwedotokillanox; nortoeathumanfleshthanwedotoeatmutton. 

           WhenIhadconsideredthisalittle;itfollowednecessarilythatIwascertainlyinthewronginit; thatthesepeoplewerenotmurderersinthesensethatIhadbeforecondemnedtheminmythoughts,anymorethanthoseChristiansweremurdererswhooftenputtodeaththeprisonerstakeninbattle; ormorefrequently,uponmanyoccasions,putwholetroopsofmentothesword,withoutgivingquarter,thoughtheythrewdowntheirarmsandsubmitted. 

           Inthenextplaceitoccurredtome,thatalbeittheusagetheythusgiveoneanotherwasthusbrutishandinhuman,yetitwasreallynothingtome; thesepeoplehaddonemenoinjury. Thatiftheyattemptedme,orIsawitnecessaryformyimmediatepreservationtofalluponthem,somethingmightbesaidforit; butthatasIwasyetoutoftheirpower,andtheyhadreallynoknowledgeofme,andconsequentlynodesignuponme,andthereforeitcouldnotbejustformetofalluponthem. ThatthiswouldjustifytheconductoftheSpaniardsinalltheirbarbaritiespractisedinAmerica,andwheretheydestroyedmillionsofthesepeople; who,howevertheywereidolatersandbarbarians,andhadseveralbloodyandbarbarousritesintheircustoms,suchassacrificinghumanbodiestotheiridols,wereyet,astotheSpaniards,veryinnocentpeople; andthattherootingthemoutofthecountryisspokenofwiththeutmostabhorrenceanddetestationbyeventheSpaniardsthemselvesatthistime,andbyallotherChristiannationsofEurope,asamerebutchery,abloodyandunnaturalpieceofcruelty,unjustifiableeithertoGodorman;