Complex sentence: Adonijah gives him food and drink, but says he must transcribe a certain manuscript for him which contains The Tale of the Indians: an island in the Indies is said to be haunted by a white goddess.
Split into simpler sentences: Adonijah gives him food and drink, but says he must transcribe a certain manuscript for him which contains The Tale of the Indians. An island in the Indies is said to be haunted by a white goddess.