He spake to the Diuell in the image of _Vitzilopuchtli_, who answered him that he shoulde not feare the Spaniardes being but fewe, nor yet those whiche were comen to helpe them, for that they shoulde not long abide in the siege, commaunding him to goe forth and to encounter them without feare, for he would helpe them and kill his enimies. With this answere of the diuel, _Quahutimoc_ commaunded forthwith to breake downe the bridges, watche the Cittie, make bulwarkes, and to arme fiue thousande boates, and sayde vnto the Spaniardes, that the Goddes woulde be pleased with the sacrifice of their bodies, the Snakes filled with their bloud, and the Tigres relieued with their flesh, they sayde also to the _Indians_ of _Tlaxcallan_, ah yée Cuckold knaues, slaues and traytors to your gods and kyng, will you not repent the wickednesse whiche yée haue committed agaynst your maisters, therefore shall you nowe die an euill death, for either you shall die with hunger, or else vpon the knife: and then wil we eate your fleshe, and make thereof solemne a banket as the like hath heretofore neuer bene séene, and in token therof hold take these armes and legges whiche we throwe vnto you of your owne men, which we haue now sacrificed for the obtayning of victory. And after these warres we will goe vnto your countrey and spoyle your Towne, & leaue no memory of your bloud or generation. The _Tlaxcaltecas_ laughed at their madde talke, and sayd, that it should be better for them to yéelde and submitte themselues to _Cortes_ his mercy, and if not, yet it were more honorable to fight than to bragge, willyng them to come out into the field. And bad them assuredly beléeue, that the ende of all their knauery was at hande: it was a world to heare and sée the bragges and crakes on both sides. _Cortes_ hearyng of all these matters, sent _Sandoual_ to take _Iztacpalapan_, and he enbarked himselfe to méete him at that place. _Sandoual_ combated the towne on the one side, and the townes menne and people with feare fledde vnto _Mexico_, on the otherside by water: he burned the towne. _Cortes_ came at y^t time to a strög rocke lyke a tower, situated in the water, where many men of _Culhua_ were, who seyng them approche with their Vergantines, sette theyr beacons on fire, and threwe downe vpon them stones and shotte of theyr arrowes. _Cortes_ wente ashore with a hundreth and fiftie menne, and combatted the forte, till at length he wanne the battlement, whiche was the _Indians_ beste defence, and with muche adoe hée came to the toppe, and there fought vntill he had not lefte one aliue, sauyng women and chyldren. It was a fayre victorie, although fiue and twentie Spanyardes were hurte and wounded, yet the forte was strong, and the ourethrowe a great discouragyng of the enimie.