"Y quiero volver con la pluma en la mano como el buen piloto lleva la sonda por el mar, descubriendo los bajos cuando siente que los hay, así haré yo en caminar a la verdad de lo que pasó."
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Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España (wr. 1568; pub. 1632) ch. 18 (tr. John Ingram Lockhart, 1844)
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