I Have Come To Believe That This

Weep For Me, Whoever Has Charity, Truth And Justice! I Did Not Come On This Voyage For Gain, Honor Or Wealth, That Is Certain; For Then The Hope Of All Such Things Was Dead. I Came To Your Highnesses With Honest Purpose And Sincere Zeal; And I Do Not Lie. I Humbly Beseech Your Highnesses That, If It Please God To Remove Me Hence, You Will Help Me To Go To Rome And On Other Pilgrimages.

The Admiral Says That He Never Beheld So Fair A Thing: Trees All Along The River, Beautiful And Green, And Different From Ours, With Flowers And Fruits Each According To Their Kind, Many Birds And Little Birds Which Sing Very Sweetly.

No One Should Fear To Undertake Any Task In The Name Of Our Saviour, If It Is Just And If The Intention Is Purely For His Holy Service. The Working Out Of All Things Has Been Assigned To Each Person By Our Lord, But It All Happens According To His Sovereign Will, Even Though He Gives Advice. He Lacks Nothing That Is In The Power Of Men To Give Him. Oh, What A Gracious Lord, Who Desires That People Should Perform For Him Those Things For Which He Holds Himself Responsible! Day And Night, Moment By Moment, Everyone Should Express Their Most Devoted Gratitude To Him.

I Have Come To Believe That This Is A Mighty Continent Which Was Hitherto Unknown. I Am Greatly Supported In This View By Reason Of This Great River [ozama], And By This Sea Which Is Fresh.

Sailed This Day Nineteen Leagues, And Determined To Count Less Than The True Number, That The Crew Might Not Be Dismayed If The Voyage Should Prove Long.