I have made much of these Japanese, and am treating them with especial hospitality.

I am writing to the king of Firando in your Majesty's name, in generous terms, thanking him for his offer.

The devotion and Christian zeal of this race is remarkable, and puts us to confusion.

May God direct it all, so that a great gateway may be opened to your Majesty for whatever you may be pleased to do.
Your Majesty had Jaime Joan, a cosmographer, sent to this country.

He had scarcely entered upon his duties, when he died of the fever, before he was able to complete any of the matters ordered by your Majesty.
On the twenty-third of last March, at half-past six in the afternoon, a total eclipse of the moon was seen, which lasted until a quarter past nine at night.