_Cortez_ hearing these news, prayed _Mutezuma_ to build a house there in the name of the Emperoure _Charles_, who incontinente sente thither workemen and labourers, whyche within two monethes hadde built a greate house, and other thrée little houses round aboute it, with a ponde of water full of fishe, and fiue hundred Duckes, and a thousand fiue hundred Turkie cockes and hennes, and muche housholde stuffe, so that the gifte was worth twentie thousand Castlins of golde. He gaue vnto hym also twenty bushels of the grayne called _Centli_, readye sowen, and two thousand stockes of trées called _Cacauatl_, whiche bringeth forthe the fruite _Cacao_, that serueth for money and meate. _Cortes_ began this husbandrye, but yet made not an ende thereof, with the comming of _Pamfilo de Naruaiz_, and the vprore in _Mexico_, whiche shortly followed. He also besoughte _Mutezuma_ to certifie him if there were any sure porte or harbor on the Sea coast, where the Spanish nauie mought ride in safetie: he aunswered that he knew of none, but that he woulde sende to make enquirie thereof. And forthwith he commaunded all that coast to be painted in a cloath made of cotten woll, with all the riuers, bayes, créekes and capes that were within his dominion. In all the same portrayture did not appeare anye porte, skale, or sure roade, sauyng a gulfe that falleth out of the Mountaynes, which place is now called the harbor of _Saint Martine_, and _Saint Anthonie_ in the prouince of _Coazacoalco_. The _Spanyards_ thought the same to be a straight or passage into the South sea, to passe vnto the _Maluccos_ and spicerie, but they were deceiued although they beléeued the thing that they desired. _Cortes_ for this purpose sent tenne Spanyardes, all good marriners and Pylots, in companye of the _Indians_ that _Mutezuma_ sent on that voyage at his owne cost. They departed, and came to _Chalohicoeca_, where firste they came aland, the which place is now called _S. Iohn de Vlhua_. They wente 70. leagues along the coast, without finding any Riuer, although they mette with many brookes of shallowe water, not fytte for a roade for Shyppes. They aported at _Coazacoalco_, the Lorde whereof was enimie to _Mutezuma_, hys name was _Tuchintlec_, who friendly receyued the Spanyardes, for he hadde intelligence of them, at their lying at _Potonchan_. He gaue vnto them boates, to sounde and séeke the Riuer, where they found sixe fadome in deapth, and wente vppe that Riuer twelue leagues, wher they descryed many great townes, and it séemed a fruitefull soyle. This _Cazike Tuchnitlec_, sente vnto _Cortes_ with the Spanyards certayne gold, precious stones, and cloth of cotten, with apparrell made of skynnes, and tygers, requesting his friendship, and to admitte him tributarie to the Emperour, paying yéerely a certayne portion of his riches, with suche condition, that the _Indians_ of _Culhua_ should not enter into his iurisdictiö.