"Their women are very ugly, and they paint their faces with various colors to make themselves more hideous."

"The people of Madagascar are the most barbarous in the world, and they eat human flesh."

"They are a very simple people, and they believe everything that is told to them, however incredible."

"These people are very wicked, and they delight in evil deeds, and they are full of malice and envy."

"We go naked because we want nothing of this world; for we came into the world naked and unclothed."