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The woman, however, is free to fraternize with the parents and rela-tives of her husband. These marriage customs prevail for more than fifty leagues inland from the island
I wonder why. I thought the man always had more power during these times, but in this sense, the woman has more power as she is allowed to socialize with her husband's family, and the husband is not allowed to socialize with his wife's family.
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Since this narrative, in my opinion, is of no trivial value for those who go in your name to subdue those countries and bring them to a knowledge of the true faith and true Lord and bring them under the imperial dominion, I have written very exactly. Novel or, for some persons, difficult to believe though the things narrated may be, I assure you they can be accepted without hesita-tion as strictly factual. Better than to exaggerate, I have minimized all things; it is enough to say that the relation is offered Your Majesty for truth.
I notice that in this first excerpt Cabeza de Vaca explains to the emperor that what he will tell is "strictly factual". Whereas in the second excerpt, Cabeza de Vaca states that he relies on his memory to produce the narrative.These two statements allow us to question the accuracy of the narrative. It is interesting to note that the second excerpt is written in a way that allows us to have a better visual of his experiences.
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