After al his talk & answer of his souldiers, he wët to visite & to comune w^t _Mutezuma_ for to departe on his iourney, w^t somewhat y^e lesser care, & also to proue the minde & wil of _Mutezuma_, vnto whome he vttered his mind as foloweth. Sir, you know y^e loue y^t I haue, & desire to serue you, & chiefly the trust againe, that you will haue to my cöpanions whë I am gone frö this citie. Therfore I pray you, that it may please you to remaine here in this lodgyng, & to haue regard vnto these strangers, which I leaue with you: also I cömend vnto you, the gold & iewels whiche is in their custodie, and gyuen vnto vs of your owne liberalitie. For I doe now goe to signifie vnto those which of late are comen in the new fléete, how your highnesse doth commaunde that I departe from this land, and that they doe not agrauate or molest your subiectes, nor yet presume to enter into your countrey, but that they remayne on your coast, vntill we be ready to departe with them, according to your will and pleasure. And if in the meane season, any of your subiects be so vnaduised, as to molest my men, whiche now remayne in your power and Guarde, that then it may please you to be their shielde, succour, and onely defence. _Mutezuma_ promised to fulfill his request, wishing him moreouer, that if any in his iourney shoulde offende him, then immediatly to aduise him, and that he would sende his men of warre to chasten thë, yea and also (if it pleased him,) he woulde giue vnto hym guydes to salfe conduct him through his owne dominion to the Sea coast, who should prouide him of all necessaries by the way. _Cortes_ kissed his handes for his curtesie, with moste hartie thankes for the same, and gaue vnto him certayne Spanishe apparell, and other glasen Iewels, and also other like treasure to his Noble men, which stoode by at all the talke. But in effect he tolde him not what he pretended to doe, nor yet the newes of _Pamfilo de Naruaez_ his procedings was not come to his eare, or else, it may be that _Mutezuma_ dissumuled the matter with inwarde pleasure, that one Christian should kill the other, thinkyng thereby to haue most sure his libertie, and the Goddes pleased. The imprisonment of Pamfilo _de Naruaez_. _Cortes_ was so wel beloued among hys companie, that they offered willingly to goe with him, by reason whereof he chose .250. men fitte for his iourney, & lefte other .200. in guarde of _Mutezuma_ and the Citie, with _Pedro de Aluarado_ for their Captayne. He lefte also with them the artillerie and foure Foystes readye made, to haue the lake in subiection, beséeching them onely to haue speciall regard that _Mutezuma_ fled not from them to _Naruaez_, and not to permitte him to goe out of their fort or strong house. With those fewe Spanyards _Cortes_ tooke his iourney with no more but eyght or nine Horsemen, and certayne _Indians_ for his seruice, and carriage. [Sidenote: A stoute man.] [Sidenote: An vncertayne reckoning.]