The Inhabitants of _Tlacopan_, knewe not how our men came spoyled, hurte, and ouerthrowen, and againe our men stoode in a maze, and knew not what to doe nor whither to goe. _Cortes_ came vnto them, & cöforted them & placed them in order before him, requyring them to make hast, vntill they might come into the broade field, before such tyme as the men of _Tlacopan_ should heare of the newes passed, & so to arme thëselues and to ioyne with fourtie thousande _Mexicans_, who after the mournyng for their friends, came marchyng after them. He placed in the vantgard the _Indians_ his friëds, and passed through certayne tilled grounde, and continually fought as they went, vntill they came to a high hill, where was a tower and a Temple, whiche is called our Lady churche at this day. [Sidenote: A vvery iourney.] The _Indians_ slewe some of the Spaniardes whiche came in the reregard, and many of their _Indian_ friends, before they could get vp to the toppe of the hill. They loste muche of the golde, that had remayned, and with greate hazarde escaped through the multitude of _Indians_ with life, their horses whiche remayned aliue, were foure and twentie, who were tyred both with trauell and hunger, & the Spaniardes their maisters, with the residue coulde scarsely stirre hande or foote with wearinesse of fightyng, and penurie of hunger, for al that day and night they ceassed not from fight, eating nothing at all. [Sidenote: A payneful man.] In this Temple were reasonable lodgings, where they fortified themselues as well as they myght, and dranke one to an other, but theyr supper was very slëder. After their simple feast was ended, they went and beheld an infinite number of _Indians_, whiche had beset them almost round about, makyng a maruellous shoute and crie, knowyng that they were without victuals, whiche onely is a warre worser than to fight with the enimie. They made many fires with the woodde of sacrifice, rounde about the tower and Temple, & with this pollicie, at midnight departed secretely. It happened that they had _Tlaxcalteca_ to be their guide, who knew well the way, assuring to bring them into the iurisdiction of _Tlaxcallan_: with this guide they began to iourney. _Cortes_ placed his wounded men and fardage in the middest of his company, the souldiours that were whole and in health, he deuided into the vantgarde & reregarde: he could not passe so secretly, but y^t they were espied by the _Indian_ scoute, whiche was neare at hand, who gaue aduise therof incötinent. Fiue horsemë which went before to discouer, fell among certayne cöpanies of _Indians_, which attended their cöming to robbe thë, & seing the horsemen, they suspected that the whole army was at hand, whervpon they fled, but yet seing them few in number städe and ioyned with the other _Mexicans_ that followed & pursued our men thrée leagues vntil they came to a hill where was an other temple with a good tower & lodgyng, where they lodged that night without supper.