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robust a life, or have I simply enjoyed the favor of God? How
can I say? Whichever it is, I am grateful; and if ever there is
peace between us and the people of the isle of Florida, and you
should find yourself in the vicinity of that place, you could do
worse, I think, than to drink of that Blue Spring, which will do
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you no harm and may perhaps bring you great benefit. If by
chance you go to that place, seek out the Indians of the village
nearby, and tell them that old Francisco de Ortega remembers
them, and cherishes the memory, and more than once has said
a Mass in their praise despite all the troubles they have caused
his countrymen, for he knows that they are the last defenders of
the Holy Land against the paynim infidels.
This is my story, and the story of Don Juan Ponce de Leon and
the miraculous Fountain, which the ignorant call the Fountain of
Youth, and of the Christian Indians of Florida who yearn to free
the Holy Land. You may wonder about the veracity of these
things, but I beg you, have no doubt on that score. All that I
have told you is true. For I was there. I saw and heard
everything.
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robust a life, or have I simply enjoyed the favor of God? How
can I say? Whichever it is, I am grateful; and if ever there is
peace between us and the people of the isle of Florida, and you
should find yourself in the vicinity of that place, you could do
worse, I think, than to drink of that Blue Spring, which will do
61
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you no harm and may perhaps bring you great benefit. If by
chance you go to that place, seek out the Indians of the village
nearby, and tell them that old Francisco de Ortega remembers
them, and cherishes the memory, and more than once has said
a Mass in their praise despite all the troubles they have caused
his countrymen, for he knows that they are the last defenders of
the Holy Land against the paynim infidels.
This is my story, and the story of Don Juan Ponce de Leon and
the miraculous Fountain, which the ignorant call the Fountain of
Youth, and of the Christian Indians of Florida who yearn to free
the Holy Land. You may wonder about the veracity of these
things, but I beg you, have no doubt on that score. All that I
have told you is true. For I was there. I saw and heard
everything.
62
Looking for the Fountain by Robert Silverberg
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story by going back to your bookshelf: Click Here
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