Many of _Naruaez_ his company did amotiue themselues, through the commaundement of the Licenciat _Aillon_, and through the fame and liberalitie of _Cortes_. Wherevpon incontinent one _Pedro de Villalobos_ a Portingal, and sixe or seuen more fledde vnto _Cortes_, yea and others wrote vnto him, offeryng themselues to his seruice, if by chauce they should encounter. [Sidenote: A good captayne and a vvise.] _Cortes_ receyued the letters, but kept in silence from his company the firmes of those whiche had written to hym. Some doe thinke that _Cortes_ had suborned them with letters, fayre promises, yea and a horse loade of chaynes and planches of golde, which he sente secretely to _Naruaez_ his campe with a seruaunt of his, publishing likewise, that he had an army of twoo hundreth Spaniardes in _Zempoallan_, where he had none at all: these policies mought well be, for he was prudent, carefull and quicke in his businesse, and _Pamfilo de Naruaez_ was slouthfull and carelesse. _Naruaez_ made answere to _Cortes_ his letter by seignior _Bartholome de Olmedo_, the substaunce of his message was, that forthwith he shoulde repayre to the place where he was abiding, and there he should sée the Emperours commission & order, wherein was auctoritie giuen to hym to take and kéepe that countrey for _Iames Velasques_, yea and that already he had made a towne of men onely, with all officers therevnto appertayning. After this letter and message sent, he dispatched likewise one _Barnaldino de Quesada_, and _Alonso de Mata_, to requyre _Cortes_ to depart and leaue the countrey vpon paine of death, and to notifie vnto him these actes by order of law. _Cortes_ layde hande vpon _Alonso de Mata_, bicause he named himselfe the kings Notary, and shewed no title or authoritie for the same. The talke that Cortes had vvith _his owne Souldiers_.