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I Ordered Each Man To Be Presented With Something, As Strings Of Ten Or A Dozen Glass Beads Apiece, And Thongs Of Leather, All Which They Estimated Highly; Those Which Came On Board I Directed Should Be Fed With Molasses.

I Am A Most Noteworthy Sinner, But I Have Cried Out To The Lord For Grace And Mercy, And They Have Covered Me Completely. I Have Found The Sweetest Consolation Since I Made It My Whole Purpose To Enjoy His Marvellous Presence.

I Should Be Judged As A Captain Who Went From Spain To The Indies To Conquer A People Numerous And Warlike, Whose Manners And Religion Are Very Different From Ours, Who Live In Sierras And Mountains, Without Fixed Settlements, And Where By Divine Will I Have Placed Under The Sovereignty Of The King And Queen Our Lords, An Other World, Whereby Spain, Which Was Reckoned Poor, Is Become The Richest Of Countries. Columbus Is Coming From The Indies As A Prisoner To Cadiz.

Gold Is The Most Precious Of All Commodities; Gold Constitutes Treasure, And He Who Possesses It Has All He Needs In The World, As Also The Means Of Rescuing Souls From Purgatory, And Restoring Them To The Enjoyment Of Paradise.

An Old Man Came On Board My Boat; The Others, Both Men And Women Cried With Loud Voices: "come And See The Men Who Have Come From The Sky. Bring Them Victuals And Drink."