"The sea will grant each man new hope, and sleep will bring dreams of home."

"I am so grieved at their departure that I shall never cease to regret it."

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

"I recognized that they were people who would be better freed [from error] and converted to our Holy Faith by love than by force."

"They have no iron or steel weapons, nor are they capable of using them... They would make fine servants."