The seconde streate he commended to _George de Aluarado_ and _Andres de Tapia_, with eightie Spaniardes, tenne thousande _Indians_, two pieces of Ordinaunce, and eight horsemen. _Cortes_ himselfe toke the thirde way, wyth a great number of friendes, and a hundred Spaniardes footemen, of the whiche were twentye fiue with Crossebowes and Harquebushes, and cömaunded his horsemë which were eight in number, to abide there behinde, and not to falow after, vntil he shold sende for them. In thys order, and al at one instaut, they entred the Citie, shewing the harts of valiaunt men, greatly annoying the enemy, and wan many bridges, but when they came neare vnto y^e towne house called _Tianquiztli_, there gathered togither such a number of the _Indian_ friendes, who before theyr eyes scaled, entred, and robbed their houses, that they thought assuredly, that y^e same day the citie had bin wonne. _Cortez_ commaunded that they should procéede no further, saying, that they had done sufficientlye for that day, for also he feared afterclappes. He likewise demanded whether all the broken bridges were made sure, in the whych (quoth he) cösisteth the peril and victorie. But those that went with the Treasurer, following victorie and spoyle, had left a bridge not well dammed vp, but verye hollowe and false, the whiche was of twelue paces broad, and two fadom in depth. When _Cortez_ was aduertised hereof, he went thither to remedy the same, but he was no sooner come, when he sawe his men fléeing, and leaping into the water, with feare of the cruel enimies, which followed, who leapt after them into the water, to kill them. There came also along the calsey manye _Indian_ boates of enimies, who toke many of y^e _Indian_ friends and Spaniards aliue. Then _Cortes_ and other fiftéene persons, which were with him, serued for no other purpose but to helpe out of the water those that were fallen, some came wounded, and others halfe drowned, and without armour: yea and the multitude of enimies so beset _Cortes_, and his fiftéene companions, who wer helping their më, and so occupyed in the same, that they had no regarde to their owne peril. Wherevpon certaine _Mexicans_ layd häd vpö _Cortes_, who truly they had carried away if it had not bin for one _Francisco de Olea_ his seruät, who cut off at one blowe the armes of them that had hold of him, and he by the enemies was immediately slain, so that he died to saue his maisters life. Then came _Antonio de Quinionez_ captaine of the guard, who caught _Cortes_ by the arme, & by force pluckt him out of the throng of enimies, wyth whom valiantly he fought. But thë with the fame that _Cortez_ was prisoner, came many spaniards, among whö was one horseman, who made some roome, but in shorte space they thrust him through the throte with a launce, and made him to retire. The fight ceassed a little, & _Cortes_ had a horse brought vnto him, on the which he lightlye amounted, and gathering his men togither,