Thys done, the _Indians_ sente vnto _Cortes_ two of the foure messengers whiche hadde bin sente thither before wyth other _Indians_, saying, that the _Tlaxcaltecas_ knewe nothyng of the thynges that were happened, certifying lykewyse that those with whome hée hadde fought were of other comunities, and not of their iurisdiction, béeyng sorowfull for that whyche hadde passed: and for so muche as it happened in theyr Countrey, they woulde willingly pay for the two Horses whyche were slayne, praying them to come in good time to theyr Towne, who woulde gladly receyue them, and enter into theyr league of friendshippe, bycause they séemed to bée valiante menne: but all was a fayned and a false message. Yet _Cortes_ beléeued them, and gaue them thankes for theyr curtesie and good will, and that accordyng to theyr request he woulde goe vnto theyr Towne, and accepte their friendshippe. And touchyng the deathe of his Horses, he required nothyng, for within shorte space he expected many moe: but yet God knoweth how sorowfull he was for the want of them, and not only so much for thë, as that the _Indians_ shoulde thinke that Horses could dye, or be slayne. _Cortez_ procéeded forwardes aboute two leagues where the Horses were kylled, although it was almost Sunnesette, and his men wéeried, hauing trauelled farre that day. His will was, to haue pitched his Camp in a strong place of water: wherefore he planted his army by a Riuer side, whereas they remayned all that night with good watche both of footemen and horsemen, fearing some assault: but there was no attempt giuen that night, whereby they might haue taken better rest, than they were aware of. Hovv there ioyned a hundred and fiftie _thousand men against Cortez_. The next morning at Sunne rising, _Cortez_ departed with his army in good order, and in the middest of them wente the fardage and artillerie, and as soone as they were come to a little Village there néere at hande, they mette with the other two messengers of _Zempoallan_, who departed from them at _Zaclotan_: they came with pitifull chéere, exclayming of the Captaynes of the power of _Tlaxcallan_, who had bounde them, and deteyned them from returning: but with good fortune, that nighte they hadde broken loose, and escaped, for otherwise in the morning following, they had bin sacrificed to the God of Victory, and after the sacrifice, to be eaten, for a good beginning of their warres, protesting the like to be done with the berded men, and with as many as came with them. They had no sooner tolde their tale, when there appeared behinde a little hill about a thousande _Indians_, verye well appoynted after their fashion, and came with suche a maruellous noyse and crye, as though theyr voyces shoulde haue pearced the Heauens, hurling at oure menne stones, dartes, and shotte wyth bowes and arrowes. [Sidenote: First battayle.] [Sidenote: 80000. më.] [Sidenote: Seconde battayle.]