The pleasant historie of the conquest of the VVeast India, now called new Spayne: atchieued by the vvorthy Prince Hernando Cortes, marques of the Valley of Huaxacac, most delectable to readeLópez de Gómara, Francisco
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The pleasant historie of the conquest of the VVeast India, now called new Spayne: atchieued by the vvorthy Prince Hernando Cortes, marques of the Valley of Huaxacac, most delectable to reade
López de Gómara, Francisco
Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547; Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540; Nahuatl language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
The voyce of the Diuell spake vnto him, bidding him not to feare the
Christians, saying they were but fewe, and when they were come, he
should doe what he lysted with them, willing him in no wise to ceasse
from the bloudy sacrifice, least some mischance might happen vnto him.
And assured hym that he should haue the Goddes _Vitzipuchtli_, and
_Tescatlipuca_ to preserue and kéepe hym. And bycause _Quezalcouatle_
was agréeued for wante of bloudy sacrifice, he permitted the Straungers
to punishe them of _Chololla_. And _Mutezuma_ hearing this dyuelishe
Oracle, and likewise _Cortez_ hauing warned him that hée would visite
hym as an enimie, he was by this perswasion of Sathan, the better
willing to receyue hym into _Mexico_.
Likewise _Cortes_ when he came to _Chololla_, was strong, and hadde
at commaundemente a mightie power, and there made hymselfe stronger,
the fame whereof, was blowen abroade, throughout all the dominions of
_Mutezuma_. And whereas the poore _Indians_ hadde but onely maruelled
at their persons and furniture, nowe they began to tremble and to feare
at his doings, so that wheresoeuer he came, they opened him the gates
with pure feare, more than for any loue.
[Sidenote: An euill counsellor.]
_Mutezuma_ at the beginning, pretended to feare _Cortes_ with the
fearefull passages and other perils and danger, as the fortitude of
_Mexico_, with his greate multitude of subiectes, and the great number
of Princes that dyd both serue and obey him: and séeyng that all these
things profited not, he thoughte to haue ouercome him with gyftes
and treasure, knowyng that he hadde required golde: yet he sawe that
nothing woulde preuayle, for that _Cortez_ woulde néedes come to sée
hym, wherevppon, he tooke counsell of the Diuell what he shoulde doe
in that case, vpon which counsell he was satisfyed by hys Priests and
Captaynes, that he ought not to warre against so fewe straungers, for
if he so did, the dishonor would be his, and chiefly, bycause _Cortez_
certifyed that he was an Ambassador, and vsing hym otherwise, it
myghte so fall out, that hys owne subiectes would rebell againste him
theyr Lorde and Prince, saying likewise that it was manifest that the
_Otomies_ and _Tlaxcaltecas_ woulde fauour his syde, and also manye
others, for to destroy and spoyle _Mexico_, vpon which consultation it
was openly proclaymed, that his will was that the straungers should
enter into _Mexico_ fréely, thinking that if at anye time they shoulde
displease hym, to make a breakefast of them the nexte day.
Things that happened to Cortez in
_his iourney to Mexico_.
_Cortez_ hauyng so good an aunswere of the Ambassadors, he gaue licence
to as manye of the _Indians_ hys friendes, as listed to departe home
to their houses, and he likewise departed from _Chololla_ with some
borderers that would néedes follow him.
[Sidenote: Oh vvise Cortes.]
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