the inhabitants of which are Christians, having churches and altars, only adorned with crosses without any other images, great observers of fasts and feasts, exact payers of their tithes to the priests, and so chaste, that none of them is permitted to have to do with more than one woman in his life-as to the rest, so content with their condition, that environed with the sea they know nothing of navigation, and so simple that they understand not one syllable of the religion they profess and wherein they are so devout:
hango jendea kristaua izanik, gurutzez baizik apainduak ez diren elizak eta aldareak dauzkalarik, beste iduririk gabeak; barauraldi eta besten begirale handia, apezei hamarren-pagatzaile zuzena, eta hain garbia, ezen haietarik inork ez baitu emakume batez baizik ezagutzen ahal bizi osoan; bestela, bere zoriarekin hain kontent non, itsas erdian, ez baitaki ontzien berri, eta hain sinple ezen, hain artoski begiratzen duen erlijioaz, hitzik ere ez baitu aditzen;