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Peter Martyr d'Anghiera
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“It was a gentle custom of the ancients to number amongst the gods those heroes by whose genius and greatness of soul unknown lands were discovered. Since we, however, only render homage to one God in Three Persons, and consequently may not adore the discoverers of new lands, it remains for us to offer them our admiration.”
Peter Martyr d'Anghiera (1457–1526) said by 1526 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: First Decade, Book I (Tr. F. A. MacNutt, 1912)
“It is not necessary to be always consistent.”
Peter Martyr d'Anghiera (1457–1526) said by 1526 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: First Decade, Book X (Tr. F. A. MacNutt, 1912); the original Latin: Non semper oportet stare pollicitis.
“[...] in many places bats as large as pigeons flew about the Spaniards as soon as twilight fell, biting them so cruelly that the men, rendered desperate, were obliged to give way before them as though they had been harpies.”
Peter Martyr d'Anghiera (1457–1526) said by 1526 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: First Decade, Book X (Tr. F. A. MacNutt, 1912), of the
“Women generally keep the fire better than they do a secret.”
Peter Martyr d'Anghiera (1457–1526) said by 1526 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Second Decade, Book V (Tr. F. A. MacNutt, 1912); the original Latin: Puella vero, quia ferrum est quod feminæ observant, magis quam Catonianam gravitatem.
“Brought up on soft feathers.”
Peter Martyr d'Anghiera (1457–1526) said by 1526 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Second Decade, Book VII (Tr. F. A. MacNutt, 1912), of Elizabeth Bobadilla, wife of Pedro Arias; a proverb: cp. featherbed
“He has related the great deeds of the Portuguese, but whether he witnessed them, as he pretends, or has merely profited by the labour of another, I am unable to state. Vivat et ipse marte suo.”
Peter Martyr d'Anghiera (1457–1526) said by 1526 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Second Decade, Book VII (Tr. F. A. MacNutt, 1912), of Aloisió Cadamosto
“It is the royal plan to establish fortified places and to take possession of this continent, nor are there wanting Spaniards who would not shrink from the difficulty of conquering and subjugating the territory. [...] The journey, however, is long and the country very extensive. It is claimed that the newly discovered country, whether continent or island, is three times larger than Europe, without counting the regions to the south which were discovered by the Portuguese and which are still larger. Certainly the Spain of to-day deserves the highest praise for having revealed to the present generation these myriad regions of the Antipodes, heretofore unknown, and for having thus enlarged for writers the field of study.”
Peter Martyr d'Anghiera (1457–1526) said by 1526 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: First Decade, Book X (Tr. F. A. MacNutt, 1912)
“It is said there is a district of savana in the most westerly province of Guaccaiarima, inhabited by people who only live in caverns and eat nothing but the products of the forest. They have never been civilised nor had any intercourse with any other races of men. They live, so it is said, as people did in the , without fixed homes or crops or culture; neither do they have a definite language. They are seen from time to time, but it has never been possible to capture one, for if, whenever they come, they see anybody other than natives approaching them, they escape with the celerity of a deer. They are said to be quicker than French dogs.”
Peter Martyr d'Anghiera (1457–1526) said by 1526 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Third Decade, Book VIII (Tr. F. A. MacNutt, 1912), of one of the Indian tribes of