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  1. Apr 2017
    1. Fue tan extremada la hambre que allí se pasó, que muchas veces estuve tres días sin comer ninguna cosa, y ellos también lo estaban y parecíame ser cosa imposible durar la vida, aunque en otras mayores hambres y necesidades me vi después, como adelante diré. Los indios que tenían a Alonso del Castillo y Andrés Dorantes, y a los demás que habían quedado vivos, como eran de otra lengua y de otra parentela, se pasaron a otra parte de la Tierra Firme a comer ostiones, y allí estuvieron hasta el primero día del mes de abril, y luego volvieron a la isla, que estaba de allí hasta dos leguas por lo más ancho del agua, y la isla tiene media legua de través y cinco en largo.

      the hunger was too much they went days without eating and then not sure how they end up in another place?

    2. Nosotros nos reíamos de ello, diciendo que era burla y que no sabíamos curar; y por esto nos quitaban la comida hasta que hiciésemos lo que nos decían.

      they made fun of the doctor and then the natives took away their food cuz they were laughign and made them try and get cured by the doctor

    3. En aquella isla que he contado nos quisieron hacer físicos sin examinarnos ni pedirnos títulos, porque ellos curan las enfermedades soplando al enfermo, y con aquel soplo y las manos echan de él la enfermedad,

      someone (native?) is a doctor and is curing the sick

    1. Salieron a nosotros muchas canoas, y los indios que en ellas venían nos hablaron, y sin querernos aguardar, se volvieron. Era gente grande y bien dispuesta, y no traían flechas ni arcos. Nosotros les fuimos siguiendo hasta sus casas, que estaban cerca de allí a la lengua del agua, y saltamos en tierra, y delante de las casas hallamos muchos cántaros de agua y mucha cantidad de pescado guisado, y el señor de aquellas tierras ofreció todo aquello al gobernador, y tomándolo consigo, lo llevó a su casa.

      they reach land get off the boat and a group of indians greet them without weapons and take them to their houses to drink water

    2. Estando allí surtos, nos tomó una tormenta muy grande, porque nos detuvimos seis días sin que osásemos salir a la mar; y como había cinco días que no bebíamos, la sed fue tanta, que nos puso en necesidad de beber agua salada, y algunos se desatentaron tanto en ello, que súbitamente se nos murieron cinco hombres

      went 5 days without water that some drank the salt water and died.

    3. donde, con las cinco canoas que yo había tomado a los indios, remediamos algo de las barcas, haciendo falcas de ellas, y añadiéndolas, de manera que subieron dos palmos de bordo sobre el agua; y con esto tornamos a caminar por luengo de costa de vía del río de Palmas, creciendo cada día la sed y la hambre, porque los bastimentos eran muy pocos y iban muy al cabo, y el agua se nos acabó, porque las botas que hicimos de las piernas de los caballos luego fueron podridas y sin ningún provecho.

      the white guy troops are losing strength and food and are running out of water

    4. Mi barca iba delante, y de ella vimos venir cinco canoas de indios, los cuales las desampararon y nos las dejaron en las manos, viendo que íbamos a ellas; las otras barcas pasaron adelante, y dieron en unas casas de la misma isla, donde hallamos muchas lizas y huevos de ellas, que estaban secas; que fue muy gran remedio para la necesidad que llevábamos

      they saw 5 canoes of indians and some of them gave them some eggs and they saw the other ones go home

    5. Otro día los indios de aquel pueblo vinieron a nosotros, y aunque nos hablaron, como nosotros no teníamos lengua, no los entendíamos; mas hacíannos muchas señas y amenazas, y nos pareció que nos decían que nos fuésemos de la tierra, y con esto nos dejaron, sin que nos hiciesen ningún impedimento, y ellos se fueron.

      they arrive and a group of native americans greet them and although they couldn't understand/speak the language he assumed/could tell that they were telling them to leave their land and gtfo

    6. y llamó a los indios, los cuales vinieron y estuvieron con él buen pedazo de tiempo, y por vía de rescate le dieron pescado y algunos pedazos de carne de venado

      he called out to the native americans and they greeted him kindly and gave them fish and food

    7. es de febrero.

      this paragraph is about a huge torando/storm hitting and one of the villages got damaged and some people escaped or something maybe a slave ship or something

    8. En esta tempestad y peligro anduvimos toda la noche, sin hallar parte ni lugar donde media hora pudiésemos estar seguros.

      this paragraph is about how bad the ocean was and how the trip started off on a bad weather note

  2. Feb 2017
    1. t:Jow we shall discover whether the wolf can fare any leadmg the sheep than the sheep have fared in leading the On hearing this, Filostrato laughed and said: 'Had you me, the wolves would have taught the sheep by now to devil back in Hell, no less skilfully than Rustico taught But you have not exactly been behaving like sheep,

      Again, flirting amongst the story tellers. They use the story that Dioneo told to flirt with each other- sort of implies that the reader should pay extra attention to what the story tellers think the meaning behind the stories are. Also, makes me want to connect the threads- who likes whom? who is related to whom?

    2. And so, young ladies, if you stand in need of God's grace, see that you learn to put the devil back in Hell, for it is greatly to His likmg and pleasurable to the parties concerned, and a great deal of good can arise and flow in the process

      Dioneo sort of breaks down the barrier of the story and who is doing the story telling. We're reminded that people are choosing the stories they tell for a reason- makes me question who Dioneo is actually telling this story to. And his conclusion of this story seems to be directed to one of the girls, if we remember that three of the men like three of the women. Who does Dioneo like? Also seems like Dioneo is the one who is more open about his feelings

  3. Jan 2017
    1. ~ THE BooK or CHESS Fifthly, the king should be so chaste that he never falls into sin with any woman but makes love only to the queen, who stands to his left. A king who is chaste and in whom truth and justice prevail merits sons who are his equal in character and virtue.

      this passage interests me because the idea of chastity hasn't really made it's way through in the other readings (in my opinion). Is it because of the genre switch? Epic poetry/romance is about finding/wanting that love and we've seen the sexual undertones in those pieces- also the sexual undertones when a man and woman play chess together.

    2. "You're even more bitter and cruel than I, and you'll therefore be the first to experience the agony you concocted by your wicked heart." King Phalaris then pushed him into the ox and burned him in it, which is exactly what Perillus deserved

      dramatic examples of how the king should be/this form of dramatizing or turning a simple story to the extreme seems familiar

    3. Thirdly, the game of chess was invented to indulge a desire for novelty

      this reminds me of when we talked about leisure time in class. A desire for novelty/ a desire to pass the time away/ free time etc.

    4. nothing in the world is so strong that something weaker can't come devour it. We often see that the lion, king of all beasts, is devoured by little birds."

      foreshadowing of a game similar to the tortoise and the hare? Your "weaker" opponent may come and beat you in the end

    5. The philosopher Xerxes invented the great game of chess for three reasons. First, he wanted to reform Evilmerodach's wicked life -even though he feared the king might have him put to death for the reproof. When he invented this game, he first instructed the dukes, barons, counts, and other court nobles in the rules and moves. The king then saw how ingenious and entertaining the game was, and he, too, wanted to learn it, so he begged Xerxes to teach it to him. The philosopher said to the king, "No one should learn this game except those who view themselves as students and consent to being disciplined."

      chess first starts out as more than just a board game, but a game of discipline. Discipline as a game covers other qualities that a "learned"/"noble" person would want such as patience, skilled thinking etc. I think this passage sort of sets the scene of how important the game of chess actually is.