. The Guanches of Tenerife, the holy image of Our Lady of Candelaria, and the Spanish conquest and settlement . ugh to pay 60 ducats withoutone being missing, and without anything being left ; atwhich he remained not a little surprised. When the Adelantado knew of the purchase he sent thecrucifix in a ship to Cadiz, and from Cadiz in another tothis island. It was placed in the convent of the gloriousSan Francisco, where, up to the present time, it has beenreverenced and venerated as one of the most sacredcrucifixes that have been seen in these parts. We do notknow that it has worked any miracl
. The Guanches of Tenerife, the holy image of Our Lady of Candelaria, and the Spanish conquest and settlement . ugh to pay 60 ducats withoutone being missing, and without anything being left ; atwhich he remained not a little surprised. When the Adelantado knew of the purchase he sent thecrucifix in a ship to Cadiz, and from Cadiz in another tothis island. It was placed in the convent of the gloriousSan Francisco, where, up to the present time, it has beenreverenced and venerated as one of the most sacredcrucifixes that have been seen in these parts. We do notknow that it has worked any miracle, and if it has, as ithas not (so far as I know) been testified before a notary,nor approved by episcopal authority, I should not dare toaffirm it. End of the Second Book. ARGUMENT OF THE THIRD BOOK. Proceed, my pen, though by the way,Faults mar the famous warfare I must now portray,How knights the land assail,Until by conquest turmoils sanguinary road,Yet giving Nivaria peace,The virgins blest abode. THIRD BOOK THE CONQUEST OF TENERIFE, AND OF WHAT HAPPENED THERE DOWN TO THE YEAR CHAPTER I. Of the Discovery of this Island. LTHOUGH it was not my intentionnor the principal object of this work,to be the historian of the island. Icannot refrain from touching upon thispart of the subject to a certain extent,in order to give clearness to the wholecomposition. I do not thus go beyond my subject, thewhole being directed to one end. I am the more moved to undertake a narrative of thispart of my history, because, although there are manyhistorians who have written respecting the other islands,such as the Doctor Fiesco, in Canaria, who is writing avoluminous and curious history of that island ; the engineerLeonardo Turian, who, with subtle genius and much art,composes a description of the islands, and others whoseworks have not yet seen the light, they make so littlemention of Tenerife, that it may almost be considerednothing, although there is so much to say. A
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