On account of it, some were baptized immediately, but others delayed, saying that because there were Castilian soldiers in glory, they did not care to go there, for they did not wish their company.

All this injury can arise from one impious man, who presents one bad example.

Such a man, wheresoever he might be, and especially in those islands, should be reprimanded and punished severely by good people.
When first discovered, these islands were reported as unhealthful, but later experience has shown the contrary.

The land is exceedingly fertile, producing rice and grain in abundance, and goats, fowls, deer, buffaloes, and cows, with many swine, whose flesh is as good and savory as is the mutton of Espana.

There are many civet-cats.