A hundred castellanoes are as easily obtained for a woman as for a farm, and it is very general and there are plenty of dealers who go about looking for girls; those from nine to ten (years old) are now in demand.

3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime. According to some ancient manuscripts 9 is not a prime number, but beyond the distant horizon of the oceans, in the New World that I am going to discover, there are surely lots of them.

I ordered each man to be presented with something, as strings of ten or a dozen glass beads apiece, and thongs of leather, all which they estimated highly; those which came on board I directed should be fed with molasses.

Their houses are all built in the shape of tents, with very high chimneys.

Life has more imagination than We carry in our dreams.

These people are very unskilled in arms... with 50 men they could all be subjected and made to do all that one wished.

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.