I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with gold.

So loud was the wailing of the women and children that there was not one man among us whose heart did not bleed at the sound.

An abundant supply of excellent water, forming a volume equal in bulk to the human body, is conveyed by one of these pipes, and distributed about the city, where it is used by the inhabitants for drink and other purposes.

Among these temples there is one which far surpasses all the rest, whose grandeur of architectural details no human tongue is able to describe; for within its precincts, surrounded by a lofty wall, there is room enough for a town of five hundred families.

We Spaniards know a sickness of the heart that only gold can cure.

I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with gold.

Thus they have an idol that they petition for victory in war; another for success in their labors; and so for everything in which they seek or desire prosperity, they have their idols, which they honor and serve.