_ 158 _ To the next seven lines of Document III, with a further three interpolated, entered in the margin, only two lines of Fragment 19 correspond. It begins to be clear that Fragment 19 is the older version. Continuing the analysis, the third interpolation of Document III reads as follows, and has no equivalent in Fragment 19. Document III Giving food and drink and doing other good deeds to all those whom our ships encounter, taking care, however, that not so many come aboard as to use up many supplies, or so that they may gain possession of the ships. The next passage is common to both documents: Document III And after you have anchored and moored and everything is ready, you will launch a boat for Baltasar and the other Indians you are taking. Fragment 19 And after you have anchored and moored and everything is ready, you will launch a boat for Baltasar and the Indians you are taking. But now a problem arises over the priority of the two texts, because some lines are interpolated in Document
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