I Saw A Boy Of The Crew

I Should Not Proceed By Land To The East, As Is Customary, But By A Westerly Route, In Which Direction We Have Hitherto No Certain Evidence That Any One Has Gone.

Thanks Be To God, The Air Is Soft As In April In Seville, And It Is A Pleasure To Be In It, So Fragrant It Is.

After Having Dispatched A Meal, I Went Ashore, And Found No Habitation Save A Single House, And That Without An Occupant; We Had No Doubt That The People Had Fled In Terror At Our Approach, As The House Was Completely Furnished.

And I Say That Your Highnesses Ought Not To Consent That Any Foreigner Does Business Or Sets Foot Here, Except Christian Catholics, Since This Was The End And The Beginning Of The Enterprise, That It Should Be For The Enhancement And Glory Of The Christian Religion, Nor Should Anyone Who Is Not A Good Christian Come To These Parts.

And They Know Neither Sect Nor Idolatry, With The Exception That All Believe That The Source Of All Power And Goodness Is In The Sky, And They Believe Very Firmly That I, With These Ships And People, Came From The Sky, And In This Belief They Everywhere Received Me, After They Had Overcome Their Fear.