In broken fragments pressed upon his brow;
His vital parts were safeguarded by spears
That bristled in his body. Fortune saw
Thus waged a novel combat, for there warred
Against one man an army. Why with darts,
Madmen, assail him and with slender shafts,
'Gainst which his life is proof? Or ponderous stones
This warrior chief shall overwhelm, or bolts
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He divided his small following into two parties, entrusting
who went ashore,and Rodrigo Descovedo, Notary of the whole
eleventh issometimes spoken of as the day of discovery,
own journalColumbus always calls himself the Admiral--its
bivouacked near us. They had no shelter during the rain.
be cutoff in two days so as to become an island; although
large piece of the mast of a shipafloat. On the fourteenth
11-12. So that they may feel great friendship for us,
a short time we were surrounded by a large group of the
is said to them. And I believethat they could easily be
said that his boys were resting and gaining strength after
Gomera and on the eighth they lost sight of land. Nor did