At the ende of tenne dayes came _Teudilli_ backe againe, and brought certaine cloth of Cotten, and other things made of feathers well wrought for recompence of the thyng sente vnto _Mexico_, and warned _Cortez_ to departe, for at that tyme there was no remedie to sée _Mutezuma_, and to looke what was necessary for his prouision and furniture, and it shoulde be prouided, offeryng the same seruice at any time that hée shoulde happen to come that way. _Cortez_ would not accept the offer, saying: That he would not departe from that countrey, vntill he had bothe séene and talked with _Mutezuma_. The gouernour _Teudilli_ yet agayne replied, that he shoulde not contende therein, and with those wordes departed from hym. The nexte night followyng he with all those _Indians_ as well men as women whiche attended to serue and prouide the Spanishe campe, wente from thence: so that in the mornyng all the cotages were emptie, where those seruitors had bene. _Cortez_ suspecting this alteratiö prouided himselfe with preparation for battayle, & finding the matter contrary to his expectation, he deliberated to séeke a sure roade or harbor for his nauie, & also a good plotte or situation to buylde vpon, for then he fully meant to obtayne perpetuitie & to conquere the lande, considering y^t he had found such great tokens of gold, plate, & other riches, & thereaboute within a whole league cöpasse was no fit place for y^e purpose: for why? all was sandy ground, & such as tossed too & fro with the winde, with other morish groüd not méete for habitation. In consideration wherof he sent _Francisco de Monteio_, with two vergantines, and fiftie men, to runne along the coast, vntill they should finde some reasonable poart and good scituation to build vpon. _Monteio_ procéeded on his voyage, and sayled in sighte of lande, vntill he came to _Panuco_, withoute finding anye port or harbor, sauing the shadowe of a Rocke, whyche stoode somewhat distant from the land a sea boord, so that at thrée wéekes ende he returned backe agayne with the foresayde newes. Hauing runne so little a way, he fell into suche terrible currants, that although he made waye wyth oares and sayles, yet the sayde Currant forced hym backe agayne. Also he broughte newes, that the _Indians_ of that coast did let themselues bloud, offering the same vnto them vpon little strawes, in token of friendship or deitie. The relation of _Monteio_ contented not _Cortez_, yet notwithstandyng he pretended to goe to the shade or succoure of the Rocke, bycause hée was enformed, that néere that place, was two fayre Riuers, wyth store of wooddes, necessarye for tymber and fyre woodde, greate quantitie of stones to builde with, fayre pastures, and ground for tyllage, although the harbour was not sufficiente for hys Nauie and contratation, bycause that roade was without defence, and open vppon the Northe, which is the winde that most ruleth with greatest hurte vpon that coast.