In this meane season certayne _Indians_ were espied, that went lurkyng a farre of among the sandy hilles. And those came not neare the _Indians_, that serued the Spaniarde, _Cortez_ demaunded what people they were, & for what cause they went lurkyng so farre off, and came no néerer vnto them. The twoo Captaynes answered, that they were husbandmen, that went aboute theyr husbandry. _Cortez_ lyked not theyr answere, but suspected that they had tolde hym a lye: for it séemed vnto hym that those people desired to come among the Christians, and that they durste not with feare of the _Indians_ of _Teudilli_, and so it was in very déede. For all that coaste and mayne lande within, as farre as _Mexico_, was full of the newes and straunge things that our men had done in _Potonchan_. Wherefore they all desired to sée them and to talke with them, but they durste not for feare of the _Indians_ of _Culhua_, who are subiectes vnto _Mutezuma_, wherevpon _Cortez_ sente fiue Spaniardes to call them with signes and tokens of peace. This company of _Indians_ were in number twentie, and were gladde to beholde those fiue men commyng towardes them, and were desirous to sée suche straunge people and shippes, wherefore they came willingly altogither vnto _Cortez_ his Tente. [Sidenote: The Indiäs attyre.] These _Indians_ dyd differ muche from all the other _Indians_ yet séene, for they were hygher of person, and had the grystels of theyr noses slitte, hangyng ouer their mouths, and rings of Iette and Amber hanging thereat. They had also theyr neither lippes bored, and in the holes rings of golde and turky stones, whiche wayed so muche, that their lippes hanged downe ouer theyr chinnes, and their téeth remayned bare: The whiche custome although they vsed for a brauery, it séemed a foule and vgly sighte in the Spanyardes eyes, and very lothsome. The other _Indians_ of _Mutezuma_, had theyr lippes and eares bored, with rounde stones hangyng at the iagges thereof, yet they had not suche foule slittes in their noses, but they had suche bored holes that a manne myght put any finger of his hande through them, with rings of golde and stone hanging thereat, the euill fauoured sighte of their faces made our men to muse. _Cortez_ communed with them by hys interpreter _Marina_, to knowe from whence they were, they answered, that they were dwellers in _Zempoallan_, a Cittie distant from thence one dayes iourney, situated vpon a riuer side, and bordered vpon the Countrey of _Mutezumazin_, and that their _Cazique_ or Lorde had sente them, to sée what Goddes were comen in those _Teucallis_, that is to say, Temple, saying, also that they durste not come sooner, not knowyng what people they were.