Villagers on the shore lose their fear and bring gold

… Then they came nearer the sea, and the Admiral nearer the land, and after they had wholly lost their fear, so many came that they covered the land, giving a thousand thanks, men as well as women and children: some ran from here and others from there to bring us bread that they make of niames, which they call ajes, which is very white and good, and they brought us water in gourds and in clay jars of the shape of those of Castile, and they brought us all they had in the world and knew that the Admiral wanted, and all with a heart so generous and so glad that it was a wonder; “and let it not be said that because what they gave was worth little they therefore gave it freely, says the Admiral, because those who gave pieces of gold did the same, and as freely, as those who gave the gourd of water; and it is an easy thing to know (says the Admiral) when a thing is given with a heart very desirous to give.” These are his words: “These people have no spears nor darts, nor any other arms, nor do the others of all this island, and I hold that it is very great: …