After all this came out all the religious menne, as Priests, and Ministers to the idols (who were many and straunge to beholde,) and all were clothed in white lyke vnto surplices and hemmed with Cotten thréede: some brought instrumentes of musicke like vnto Cornettes, other brought instrumëts made of bones, other an instrumët like a ketel couered with skin, some brought chafing dishes of coales with perfumes, others brought idols couered, and finally they al came singing in their language, which was a terrible noyse, and drew néere _Cortes_ and his cöpany, sensing them with swéete smelles in their sensers. With this pompe and solemnitie (whiche truely was great) they brought him into the Cittie, and lodged him in a house where was roume inough for him and his, and gaue vnto eche of them a Gynnea cocke, and his _Indians_ of _Tlaxcallan_, _Zempoallan_ and _Iztacmixtlitan_, were prouided by themselues. The conspiracie of the Cholollans _to kill Cortes and his men_. Al that night followyng _Cortes_ was vigilant with all his company, for bothe in the way and in the towne they had found some of the things wherof they had bene aduised before in _Tlaxcallan_, and although their firste present was a Gynnea cocke to eche mans allowance, other thrée dayes followyng they gaue them nothing almost to eate, and very seldome the Captaynes came to visite them, whereof _Cortes_ had great suspition. [Sidenote: Many perils.] And in this meane while the Embassadours of _Mutezuma_ entreated him to leaue of his iourney to _Mexico_, alleaging that their great King woulde die in beholdyng their beardes & gesture: other times they sayde that there was no passage, other times they woulde say that they wanted wherewith to sustayne them. And seyng them fully and in euery respecte answered to all these poyntes, they caused the Townes menne to enforme them, that where _Mutezuma_ his abiding was, were monstrous Lysardes, Tigers, Lions, and many other fierce beastes, the whiche when _Mutezuma_ commaunded to be losed, were sufficient to plucke in péeces, and to destroy those fewe straungers: and seyng that all these pollicies auayled not, they consulted with the Captaynes and chiefe Citizens to murder the Christians. And bycause they shoulde so bryng it to passe, the Embassadours promysed the Citizens greate rewardes on the behalfe of _Mutezuma_, and presented to theyr generall a drumme of Golde, and promised to bryng the thirtie thousande souldiers whiche lay aboute twoo leagues from thence: the _Cholollans_ promysed to deliuer them bounde hande and foote. But yet they woulde not consente that those Soldiers of _Culhua_ should come into their Cittie, fearyng that they (vnder colour of friendshippe) woulde remayne with the towne, for why, the _Mexicans_ had vsed the lyke sleyght. And in this sorte they with one bolte meante to kill twoo byrdes at a shote, for they thought to take the Spaniardes sléepyng, and then to remayne with the Towne of _Cholalla_.