And I Say That Your Highnesses Ought

I Found That Part Of It Towards San Salvador Extending From North To South Five Leagues, And The Other Side Which We Coasted Along, Ran From East To West More Than Ten Leagues.

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.

Gold Is A Treasure, And He Who Possesses It Does All He Wishes To In This World, And Succeeds In Helping Souls Into Paradise.

It Is True That After They Have Been Reassured And Have Lost This Fear, They Are So Artless And So Free With All They Possess, That No One Would Believe It Without Having Seen It. Of Anything They Have, If You Ask Them For It, They Never Say No; Rather They Invite The Person To Share It, And Show As Much Love As If They Were Giving Their Hearts.

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.