_Cortes_ called _Iohn de Guzman_ hys Chamberlayne, commaunding him to open the hall where the treasure was, and called all the officers and others, to sée the distribution of the same. First the kings portion was deducted, and he gaue a Horse of his owne, and men to carrie it: and for the remainder, he willed euery man to take what he listed, for he gaue it frankely vnto them. The souldiers which had come with _Naruaez_, & now serued _Cortes_, were somewhat hungry of treasure, so that they tooke as much golde and other riches, as they myghte possible carrie, but it cost them déere, for at their going out of the Citie, with the waight of their heauie burthens, they coulde neyther fighte, nor yet make hast on their way, vppon whiche occasion, the _Indians_ caught many of them, and drewe them by the héeles to the slaughterhouse of Sacrifice, where they were slayne and eaten: yet those that escaped, had eache of them some profyte, for that pray was well worth seauen hundred thousand Ducketes: but beeyng things wrought in greate péeces, they were troublesome to carrie, so that he whiche carried least, escaped best. Yet some doe thinke, that there remayned in that house a great parte of the treasure, but it was not so, for after our men had taken what they would, then came in the _Tlaxcaltecas_, and made spoyle of all the rest. _Cortes_ gaue charge to certayne of his menne, to garde with much respecte, a sonne and two daughters of _Mutezuma_, _Cacama_, and his brother, and manye other greate Gentlemen his prisoners. He also appoynted other fortie më to carrie the bridge of timber, and other _Indians_ to carrie the Ordinance, and a little grayne of _Centli_ that remayned. The vantgarde he committed to _Gonsalo de Sandoual_, and _Antonio de Quiniones_: and the reregarde he committed to _Pedro de Aluarado_, and he hymselfe remayned with a hundred men, to vse his discretion. In this order, and with good deliberation, at midnight he departed from _Mexico_ in a darke myst, and so quietely, that none of the _Indians_ knewe thereof, commendyng themselues vnto GOD, beséechyng hym in theyr prayers, to delyuer them from that presente daunger, and tooke the way of _Tlacopan_, béeyng the same way that he came into the Citie. The firste arche whereof the bridge was throwen downe, they passed with the timber bridge whiche they carried with them at ease. In this meane time the watche and espies which warded in the hiest temples, had descried their flight, and began to sounde their instruments of warre with a maruelous crie, saying, they flie, they flie: And sodenly with this noyse, they hauing no armour to put on, nor other impedimët, ioyned an infinite company of them togither, and followed with greate celeritie, yea and with suche a heauy and terrible noyse, that all the lake pronounced the Eccho, saying, let the cursed and wicked be slayne, who hath done vnto vs such great hurte.