So Loud Was The Wailing

Among These Temples There Is One Which Far Surpasses All The Rest, Whose Grandeur Of Architectural Details No Human Tongue Is Able To Describe; For Within Its Precincts, Surrounded By A Lofty Wall, There Is Room Enough For A Town Of Five Hundred Families.

An Abundant Supply Of Excellent Water, Forming A Volume Equal In Bulk To The Human Body, Is Conveyed By One Of These Pipes, And Distributed About The City, Where It Is Used By The Inhabitants For Drink And Other Purposes.

It Was So Wonderful That I Do Not Know How To Describe This First Glimpse Of Things Never Heard Of, Seen Or Dreamed Of Before.

For I Assure Your Majesty That If God Had Not Mysteriously Assisted Us And The Victory Had Gone To Narváez, It Would Have Been The Greatest Harm That Spaniards Had Done To Each Other For A Long Time Past.

I And My Companions Suffer From A Disease Of The Heart Which Can Be Cured Only With Gold.