If these brave men had been told that a volcanic eruption would destroy the land, that this land would be engulfed in the depths of the Pacific, they would have imperturbably replied,--
Aunque hubieran dicho a aquellas buenas gentes que una erupción volcánica iba a destruir aquella tierra y hundirlos en los abismos del Pacífico, hubieran respondido imperturbablemente: ¡Ciro está aquí!