n most useful
in my exculpation are precisely those which he has kept most concealed.
Behold the just and honest inquisitor! Whatever he may have done, they
tell me that there has been an end to justice, except in an arbitrary
form. God our Lord is present with his strength and wisdom, as of old,
and always punishes in the end, especially ingratitude and injuries.

FOOTNOTES:

[371-1] An echo of the words of Jesus to Peter when he began to sink, "O
thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?" _Matthew_, XIV. 31.

[371-2] _Revelation_, XXI. 1. "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth;
for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away."

[371-3] "For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth." _Isaiah_,
LXV. 17.

[372-1] 1485-1491 inc. and 1492-1500 inc.

[372-2] _Sy yo robara las Yndias o tierra que jaz fase ellas_, etc. In
the translation _jaz fase_ is taken to stand for _yace hacia_. This
supposition makes sense and is probably correct. The reading of the other
text is "_que san face ellas_." Navarrete says that neither one is
intelligible.

[372-3] The death of Prince John, October 4, 1497.

[373-1] The name given to that part of the mainland of South America
which Columbus discovered on his third voyage.

[373-2] _I.e._ so great was their abundance.

[373-3] On this revolt, see Bourne, _Spain in America_, p. 49 _et seqq._,
and in greater detail, Irving, _Columbus_, ed. 1868, II. 109 _et seqq._

[373-4] Hojeda sailed in May 1499. Las Casa's account of his voyage is
translated by Markham in his _Letters of Amerigo Vespucci_, Hakluyt
Society (London, 1894), p. 78 _et seqq._ See also Irving, _Columbus_,
III. 23-42[TN-9] He was accompanied on this voyage by Amerigo Vespucci.

[373-5] Vicente Yanez Pinzon set sail from Palos, November 18, 1499. For
his voyage, see Irving, _Columbus_, III. 49-58.

[374-1] The Alcalde was Roldan, the leader of the revolt. He was alcalde
mayor of the city of Isabela and of the whole island, _i.e._, the chief
justice. Las Casas, _Historia de las Indias_, II. 124.

[374-2] On the career in Espanola of Adrian de Muxica and his execution,
see Irving, _Columbus_, II. 283 _et seqq._

[374-3] Ferdinand de Guevara. See Irving, _Columbus_, II. 283 _et seqq._

[374-4] _I.e._, maravedis, equivalent to about $4000.

[375-1] Bobadilla, the successor of Columbus as governor, who sent him
back in chains.

[375-2] A mark was eight ounces or two-thirds of a Troy pound. He