also others that said nothing, who woulde gladly haue retourned, séeyng the greatenesse of the Countrey, and the multitude of the people, but yet they were ashamed to shewe cowardise openlye. _Cortez_ knowing his souldyers mindes, commanded the other Ship to be sunke, so that then they were all without hope to goe out of that Countrey at y^t time, exalting and praysing the noble minde of _Cortes_ shewed in that worthy facte. Certaynely it was a déede necessary for the present time, and done by the iudgement of a stout Captayne, although he lost much by his Shyppes, and abode without succour of the sea. There are few of these examples, which are not of valiant personages, as was _Omiez Barbaroza_ with the cut arme, who a few yeares past brake seauen Galleys and Foystes, to winne thereby _Bugia_, as largely I do write thereof in battayles of y^e sea in our dayes. Hovv the inhabitants of Zempoallan _brake downe their Idolles_. [Sidenote: Nevves for Cortez.] Euery day séemed long to _Cortes_, with the desire to sée _Mutezuma_. He nowe began to publishe openly his iourney and departure, and chose out of the body of his host a hüdred and fiftie më, which he thought sufficient to leaue for safegard of the new towne and fort, which was almost finished, and appoynted _Pedro de Hircio_ their Captaine, leauing with them two Horses, and two small péeces of Ordinance, wyth many _Indians_ to serue them, and fiftie Townes round about them in faithfull friendship and league, out of the which Townes they might alwayes haue at their néede fiftie thousande men of warre: and he departed with the residue of his Spanyardes towarde _Zempoallan_, whyche mighte be foure leagues from thence, and was scarcely come to the Towne, when newes was broughte hym that foure Shippes of _Francisco Garray_ sayled along hys coast, and were in sight of _Vera Crux_. With this newes he returned incontinent with a hundred of his men, suspecting euill of those Shippes. At his comming to _Vera Crux_, his Captaine there enformed him how he had gone himselfe to know what they were, and from whence they came, and what they would, but coulde speake with none of them. _Cortes_ beyng informed how they roade at anker, toke Captaine _Hircio_ and certaine of his company to expect their commyng ashore, suspectyng them muche, bicause they roade so farre off, being by signes and tokens willed to come into the Harbor. _Cortes_ hauing wandered neare thrée miles, mette with thrée Spaniardes whiche came from the shippes, the one of them sayde that he was a Notary, and the other twoo were to serue for witnesses in their affayres, which was, to ascite and notifie certaine wrytings, whiche they shewed not: and also to require _Cortes_ by vertue of the same, to come and make repartitiö of that countrey with captayne _Garay_ their generall, for theyr sayd Captaine pretended that conquest (as first discouerer of the same,) certifying moreouer that hée was determined to inhabite twentie