The Licenciat comming one day from _Saint Frances_ abbay from seruice, fell into an extréeme burnyng feuer, and lay him downe in his bedde, where he remayned the space of thrée dayes, as a man out of his wittes, and the feuer stil encreasing, so that on the seuenth day he yéelded vp the ghost. In the time of his sickenesse he receyued the communion, and made his laste will & testament. He left for substitute in his office, the bacheler _Marcus de Aguillar_. _Cortes_ made as greate sorrow for his death, as if he had bene his owne father, his funeralles were celebrated with great pompe. [Sidenote: A madde daunce.] The enimies of _Cortes_ published, that he died of poyson. But the Licenciat _Pero Lopez_, and Doctor _Hoieda_, who were his Phisitions, swore that he died of a burnyng feuer, and shewed a further consequence, that the euenyng before he deceased, he desired them to play the measures vpon a lute, and as he lay in his bedde, shewed with stirryng his féete the compasses and pointes of the daunce. It was a thing which diuers persons saw, and forthwith he lost his speach, and that night towarde the dawning of the day he yéelded vp his spirite. I thinke that fewe men do die daüsing, as this Lawier did. The number of a hundred persons came out of Spayne with the Licenciat, whereof the moste parte died by sea and on the lande. It was suspected to be a pestilence, for one of them infected another. There were in his company many Gentlemen & ech of them had an office. There was a Frier who was a very slaunderous fellow, & reported that _Cortes_ had poysoned the Licenciat, and also that the Licenciat had an expresse order from the Emperour to cut of _Cortes_ his head, as sone as he had taken the Vare of Iustice from him. The subtle Frier, had thought to haue gotten money of the one, and thankes of the other, and at the ende had nothyng. Hovv Cortez came into _Spayne_. VVhere one _Alonso de Estrada_ gouerned the state of _Mexico_, as substitute of _Marcus de Aguillar_, accordying to the Emperours commaundement, _Cortes_ considered with himselfe that it was not possible for him to haue agayne his office, except he wente personally to the Emperours court, where he had many aduersaries and fewe friendes, so that he was afflicted on euery side: yet he in fine determined to goe into Spayne, as well for businesse of importaunce of his owne, as also matters touchyng the Emperour and his new kingdoms whereof I will reherse particularly some.