Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.
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.
My desire was not to pass any island without taking possession, so that, one having been taken, the same may be said of all.
Each day we understand better what the Indians say, and they us, so that very often we are intelligible to each other.
For this purpose I determined to keep an account of the voyage, and to write down punctually every thing we performed or saw from day to day, as will hereafter appear.
Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.
