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1. A short deletion History /deletion /addition Account /additionof Spain. from the earliest times to the year 1522. Spain was antiently known by the names of Hisperia & Iberia; its Inhabitants liv'd in quiet, being one side defended by the sea, & on the other by the Pyrenean Mountains; their Manners were simple at first, but even before Commerce or Wards introduc'd Vices, they show'd a natural presumptuousness, & pride; were tir'd of their possessions, & jealous; bore fatigue & hunger well, & were so averse to inaction, that they often shorten'd their Lives by the sword or Poison when age or bad health reduc'd them to it; they were sometimes barbarous in War, but ever hospitable to Strangers; so attach'd to their sovereigns that the kill'd themselves not to survive them; were secret, faithful, haughty, & courageous; lov'd expensive Cloathings, but in all other respects avaricious.