With this aduise and encouragement of _Cortez_, & also they themselues being a people heady and of small consideratiö, they dispatched incötinent their messëgers to all the Townes and Villages of neyghbours and friendes, aduertising them what they hadde determined, exalting the strangers aboue the cloudes. And by this meanes rebelled many _Cazikes_ & townes, and all the whole Mountaynes, so y^t there was not left any collector or other officer of _Mexico_ in al those borders, with open proclamation of warres againste _Mutezuma_, and all his adherentes. _Cortez_ his intët was on the other side, to stirre vp these Indians, to get both their goodes, willes, and landes, for otherwise, he could not well bring his matter to passe: he only caused the officers of _Mutezuma_, to be taken prisoners, and to be loused agayne, he fayned a greate loue to _Mutezuma_, and stirred his subiectes agaynste him, he offered to be their defendor, and lefte them rebelled, to the intent that they should stand in néede of him. The foundation of the riche _Towne called Vera Crux_. At this instant the Fléete was arriued at the port, then wente _Cortez_ to visit them, and carried with him many _Indians_ of the Rebels, both of that Towne, and also of _Zempoallan_, who did good seruice to cutte downe timber, and to carrie stones to the place appoynted, for the building of the Citie, named the riche towne of _Vera Crux_, accordyng to the determination, when the officers were appoynted for the same, and chosen in S. _Iohn de Vlhua_, and in good order made repertition to the inhabitants of the ground, and plottes to builde vpon. [Sidenote: Embassadors.]