leagues distät from that place Westwarde neare vnto _Nahutlan_, whiche nowe is called _Armeria_. _Cortes_ answered, that they should returne vnto their shippes, and to will theyr Captayne to come to _Vera Crux_ with his nauie, and there they woulde commune togither aboute his comming, and if he stoode in néede of any thing it shoulde be prouided. And if it were (as they reported) that he was comen on the Kings affaires, he woulde gladly fauour his procéedings, considering that he and all his were there in seruice of his highnesse, how muche more beyng all of one nation. They answered, that in no wise their captaine nor none of his army would come ashore, nor yet come where as _Cortes_ was. With this answere _Cortes_ vnderstood the matter, and layde holde of them, and went and placed himself in ambushe behinde a little hill of sande, whiche stoode right ouer agaynst the shippes, beyng neare sunne sette, & slepte there that night till daye approched, and the mornyng farre spent, hopyng that _Garay_ his Pilote or some of his company woulde come ashore, meanyng likewise to apprehende them for to be certified what course they had made, and what hurte they had done, and findyng them guiltie, to sende them prysoners into Spayne, likewise he desired to knowe whether they had spoken with any vassals of _Mutezuma_, and seyng they came not a lande his suspition was the greater. [Sidenote: A vvise practise.] _Cortes_ commaunded thrée of his men to chaunge apparell with the thrée messengers that came from _Garay_, and this done, caused them to goe to the Sea side, wauyng with theyr clokes, and callyng for the shippe boate, nowe those of the shippes thought by theyr apparell that they were their owne menne, and came with a dozen persons in the skiffe with Crossebowes and Handgunnes. Then _Cortes_ his men whiche were clothed in other mens garments hidde themselues among bushes, as who woulde say, they were gone into the shadowe, for to flée from the great heate of the Sunne, being at that time highe noone, and bicause they should not be knowen.