Al y^t nighte _Cortez_ slept not, but rather occupyed himselfe in carrying the wounded men, & other stuffe aboord y^e Shyps, & also to disenbarke thirtéene Horses, & the residue of his më y^t he had left aboord, y^t which he brought to passe before the sunne rising, although the _Tauascans_ had notice thereof. Whë the sunne was risen, he had with his company made vnto God their prayers, and mustered his men, where were at that time in Campe néere fiue hundred Spanyardes, thirtéene Horses, and sixe péeces of ordinance: These Horses were the fyrste that euer came into that Countrey, whych now is called new _Spayne_. He planted his men and munition in good order, and thus marched forwardes toward _Cintla_. The _Indians_ séeyng this preparation, began also to make readie, and to place in good order fortie thousand men in fyue cöpanies: their méeting was in ploughed lande among manye déepe lakes and pondes, very daungerous to passe, so that our men by reason thereof were brought out of order. And _Hernando Cortez_ with his horsemen wente to séeke a better passage, and to enclose himselfe among certayne trées on their left hand, for to set vpon the enimies when time should serue. The footemen procéeded on, and passed many marishe groundes, vntill they came to the tilled land. The _Indians_ were expert in those places wher they beganne the battayle, shooting with their bowes and slings, and throwing of dartes. And although our më did some hurt among them with their Crossebowes, hädgunnes, and Ordinance, whë they were in place to shoote, yet the _Indians_ pursued our men so thicke, that they could not put them off, for by pollicie, the _Indians_ of _Potonchan_ hadde soughte out that place: and it is to bée thoughte that they were not barbarous, nor of small vnderstanding in warres, yet notwithstanding wyth muche payne, oure men gate out of that place, and obtayned another somewhat better, and more playner grounde, whereas they myghte vse their Ordinance, and fyghte with their weapons bodye to body. But the _Indians_ béeyng so greate a number, draue our men to so narrowe a place, that they were fayne to ioyne backe to backe for theyr owne defence, yea & for all that were in maruellous greate daunger, for they hadde no roome to vse their Ordinance, nor yet Horsemen to make them waye. They béeyng in thys perplexitie, and readie to flye, suddaynely appeared a Horseman with a speckled Horse, whome they iudged to be Captayne _Morla_, whych Horsemanne sette vppon the _Indians_, and made them retyre: and hauyng more space than before, they sette afreshe vppon the enimies, and slewe some of them. In thys meane tyme the Horsemanne vaded away, and was not séene, and wyth hys absence the _Indians_ beganne afreshe, and enclosed the Chrystians in the same daunger that they were in before: then the Horsemanne appeared agayne néere oure menne, and made maruellous way among the enimies, wherevpon our menne séeyng this succoure, gaue the