before the idols, in their filthy sacrifice, for honour of their Diuelishe Goddes, but also to eate their fleshe, a thyng inhumayne, and much abhorred of God, and al good men doth procure, and especially Christians, to defende and punishe suche odious customes. Besides all this, they committe that horrible sinne for the whiche the fiue cities with _Sodom_ were burned by fire from heauen: Why then what greater occasion should any man wishe for in earth, than to abolish such wickednesse, and to plant among these bloudy tirants the fayth of Iesu Christ, publishing his holy gospel? Therfore now, with ioyfull hartes lette vs procéede to serue God, honour our nation, to enlarge our Princes dominions, and to enriche our selues with the goodly pray of _Mexico_, to morrow God willyng we will beginne the same. All his men answeared with chéerefull countenaunce, that they were ready to departe when it pleased him, promising their faithful seruice vnto him. It should séeme the rather with the desire of that pleasure and greate treasure whiche they had eyght moneths enioyed before. _Cortes_ commaunded to proclayme throughout his army, certaine ordinaunces of warre for the good gouernement of his hoste, whiche he had written among others: and were these that followeth: That none should blaspheme the holy name of Iesus. That no Souldier should fight with his fellowe. That none shoulde play at any game, his horse nor armour. That none should force any woman. That none should robbe or take any _Indian_ captiue without his speciall licence and counsellers. That none should wrög or iniurie any _Indian_ their friëds: he also taxed yron worke and apparell, for cause of the excessiue prices that they were there solde for. The exhortation made by Cortez to _the Indians of Tlaxcallan_.