Thus The Eternal God, Our Lord, Gives

The Crew Of The Caravel "nina" Also Saw Signs Of Land, And A Small Branch Covered With Berries. Everyone Breathed Afresh And Rejoiced At These Signs.

I Have Always Read That The World, Both Land And Water, Was Spherical, As The Authority And Researches Of Ptolemy And All The Others Who Have Written On This Subject Demonstrate And Prove, As Do The Eclipses Of The Moon And Other Experiments That Are Made From East To West, And The Elevation Of The North Star From North To South.

I Saw A Boy Of The Crew Purchasing Javelins Of Them With Bits Of Platters And Broken Glass.

I Came To Serve You At The Age Of 28 And Now I Have Not A Hair On Me That Is Not White, And My Body Is Infirm And Exhausted. All That Was Left To Me And My Brothers Has Been Taken Away And Sold, Even To The Cloak That I Wore, Without Hearing Or Trial, To My Great Dishonor.

With Gold A Man Can Do Anything. It Even Sends Souls To Paradise.