I'm Telling You That India Is That

I Should Be Judged As A Captain Who Went From Spain To The Indies To Conquer A People Numerous And Warlike, Whose Manners And Religion Are Very Different From Ours, Who Live In Sierras And Mountains, Without Fixed Settlements, And Where By Divine Will I Have Placed Under The Sovereignty Of The King And Queen Our Lords, An Other World, Whereby Spain, Which Was Reckoned Poor, Is Become The Richest Of Countries. Columbus Is Coming From The Indies As A Prisoner To Cadiz.

The Admiral Says That He Never Beheld So Fair A Thing: Trees All Along The River, Beautiful And Green, And Different From Ours, With Flowers And Fruits Each According To Their Kind, Many Birds And Little Birds Which Sing Very Sweetly.

And They Know Neither Sect Nor Idolatry, With The Exception That All Believe That The Source Of All Power And Goodness Is In The Sky, And They Believe Very Firmly That I, With These Ships And People, Came From The Sky, And In This Belief They Everywhere Received Me, After They Had Overcome Their Fear.

The Air Soft As That Of Seville In April, And So Fragrant That It Was Delicious To Breathe It.

I'm Telling You That India Is That Way, Now Set My Course.