"I believe that in these lands there are many things which are not known, and which are not seen, and which are not heard, and which are not known, and which are not seen, and which are not heard."

"The people here are very timid, and are all naked, men and women, as their mothers bore them; and they have no weapons, nor know them, for I showed them swords, and they took them by the edge and cut …"

"I swear to your Highnesses that there is not a better land under the sun."

"The natives are an inoffensive people, but so far from being intelligent that they are incapable of learning."

"I have found no monsters, nor heard of any."