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... King of Castile , that he agreed to become his vassal , and to render him an annual tribute of one hundred pounds ' weight of pearls . The party having returned in safety to the mainland , though to a different place from that where ...
... King of Castile , that he agreed to become his vassal , and to render him an annual tribute of one hundred pounds ' weight of pearls . The party having returned in safety to the mainland , though to a different place from that where ...
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... King . He knew also that representations had been sent home by him and his partisans of the evils and abuses of the colony under the present rule , and of the necessity of a more active and effi- cient governor . He dreaded lest these ...
... King . He knew also that representations had been sent home by him and his partisans of the evils and abuses of the colony under the present rule , and of the necessity of a more active and effi- cient governor . He dreaded lest these ...
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... King . You are advanced in life and infirm ; he is in the prime and vigor of his days , and possessed of great activity . You can make him your lieutenant , and while you repose from your toils he can carry on the affairs of the colony ...
... King . You are advanced in life and infirm ; he is in the prime and vigor of his days , and possessed of great activity . You can make him your lieutenant , and while you repose from your toils he can carry on the affairs of the colony ...
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... King , and to me as his representative ; but as I find you have meditated rebellion against the Crown of Castile , I cast you off from my affection , and shall henceforth treat you as an enemy . " Vasco Nuñez indignantly repelled the ...
... King , and to me as his representative ; but as I find you have meditated rebellion against the Crown of Castile , I cast you off from my affection , and shall henceforth treat you as an enemy . " Vasco Nuñez indignantly repelled the ...
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... King and his lieutenant , Don Pedrarias Davila , on this man , as a traitor and an usurper of the territories of the Crown . " When Vasco Nuñez heard these words he exclaimed , indignantly : " It is false ! never did such a crime enter ...
... King and his lieutenant , Don Pedrarias Davila , on this man , as a traitor and an usurper of the territories of the Crown . " When Vasco Nuñez heard these words he exclaimed , indignantly : " It is false ! never did such a crime enter ...
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Página 73 - ... same marvellous and inestimable qualities. Juan Ponce de Leon listened to these tales with fond credulity. He was advancing in life, and the ordinary term of existence seemed insufficient for his mighty plans. Could he but plunge into this marvellous fountain or gifted river, and come out with his battered, war-worn body restored to the strength and freshness and suppleness of youth, and his head still retaining the wisdom and knowledge of age, what enterprises might he not accomplish in the...
Página 74 - ... men young again. And here I must make protestation to your holiness not to think this to be said lightly or rashly, for they have so spread this rumor for a truth throughout all the court, that not only all the...
Página 352 - IN the name of the Most Holy Trinity, who inspired me with the idea, and afterwards made it perfectly clear to me, that I could navigate and go to the Indies from Spain, by traversing the ocean westwardly...