The inhabitaunts of _Chalco_ sent also vnto him for succour, declaring that the _Mexicans_ made greate spoyle among them. But _Cortes_ being ready to send for his Vergantines, could not relieue them all, and especially wyth Spaniardes: wherefore he remitted them to the helpe of the _Tlaxcaltecas_, and vnto thë of _Huexocinco_, _Chololla_, _Huacacholla_ and other friends, promising that shortly he would come himselfe. But this answere pleased him not, yet for the present néede they required his letters to be written vnto those townes. And being in this communication, there came messengers from _Tlaxcallan_, with news, that the Vergantines were ready, and to knowe if he stoode in néede of any succour, for of late, (quoth they) we haue séene many beacons, and fiers, which are greater tokens of warre, than heretofore hath bene séene. There came at that time, a Spaniard also from _Vera Crux_, with certaine newes, that there had arriued a ship, whiche had brought thirtie Souldiers besides the mariners of the shippe, with eight horses, great store of pouder, shotte, crossebowes, and Harquebushes. The plesent newes reioyced much our men, wherevpon _Cortes_ sente forthwith to _Tlaxcallan_ for the Vergantines, _Gonzalo de Sandoual_, with two hundered Spaniards, and fiftéene horsemen, and commaunded that in their way they shold burne and destroy the towne where the fourty fiue Spaniardes, and thrée hundered _Tlaxcaltecas_ were slayn, with fiue horses moe, when _Mexico_ was last besieged: and y^t village is in y^e iurisdiction of _Tezcuco_, and bordereth vpon the territorie of _Tlaxcallan_, yea, and for that purpose hée would gladly haue corrected and punished the dwellers of _Tezcuco_, but time then permitted not y^e same, although they had deserued more punishment than the others. For why? in their town they were sacrifised and eaten, yea & the walles painted with their bloud, shewing moreouer perfit tokens, how it was spaniards bloud. They pluckt off also the horses skinnes & tanned thë in the heare, and afterwards hung them vppe, with the horseshoes in their great temple, & next vnto them, the spaniards garmëtes, for a perpetual memory.