Fruit of all the kinds that the country produced were laid before him; he ate very little, but from time to time a liquor prepared from cocoa, and of an aphrodisiac nature, as we were told, was presented to him… — Bernal Diaz del Castillo Copy Share Image
We dared not charge them except all together... for they were so numerous that they could have blinded us with clods of earth, if God, of His great mercy, had not aided and protected us. — Bernal Diaz del Castillo Copy Share Image
As for us, we were scarcely four hundred strong, and we well remembered the word and warning...we had received to beware of entering the… — Bernal Diaz del Castillo Copy Share Image
And when we saw all those cities and villages built in the water, and other great towns on dry land, and that straight and… — Bernal Diaz del Castillo Copy Share Image
We came to serve God and to get rich, as all men wish to do. — Bernal Diaz del Castillo Copy Share Image
Fruit of all the kinds that the country produced were laid before him; he ate very little, but from time to time a liquor… — Bernal Diaz del Castillo Copy Share Image
We dared not charge them except all together... for they were so numerous that they could have blinded us with clods of earth, if… — Bernal Diaz del Castillo Copy Share Image
