The king signs that Civao has gold valued at nothing

… for a lace tip they gave pieces that would be worth more than two castellanos, and that this was nothing then compared with what it would be a month from then. The king was very glad to see the Admiral cheerful, and understood that he wanted much gold, and told him by signs that he knew where there was a very great deal of it near there, in great quantity, and that he should be of good heart, for he would give him as much gold as he wanted; and he gave him an account of it, so he says, and especially that it was found in Cipango, which they called Civao, in such degree that they hold it as nothing, and that he would bring it there, although in that Isla Española too, which they call Bohío, and in that province of Caribata, there was much more of it. The king ate on the caravel with the Admiral, and afterward went ashore with him, where he did the Admiral much honor and gave him a collation of two or three kinds of ajes, and with shrimps and game, and other foods that they had, and of their bread, which they called cazavi; …