This day was the first of September. The night followyng our men slepte not quietly with feare of inuasion of their enimies, but they came not, for they neuer vse to fighte in the nighte season. And as soone as it was day _Cortes_ sente to the Captaynes of _Tlaxcallan_, to requyre them of peace and friendshippe, willyng them quietly to suffer the passage through their countrey to _Mexico_, for that they meant them no hurte but rather good will. This done, hée lefte twoo hundreth Spanyardes and the Carreirs in the campe. And tooke with him other twoo hundreth, with seuen hundreth _Indians_, and wente with them abrode to skirmishe in the face of their enimies, and at that tyme burned fiue or sixe villages, and returned with foure hundreth prysoners, without receyuyng any hurte, although they followed him to his campe. At his returne he founde the answere of the Captaynes his enimies, whiche was, that the next day they would come and talke with him and declare theyr mindes. [Sidenote: 150000. men.] _Cortes_ was well preuented that night, for the answere liked him not, but rather séemed braue, and a matter determined to be done as they had sayde: lykewise those whiche were taken prysoners, certified that his enimies were ioyned togither to the nüber of a .150000. më to giue him battaile the next day folowing, & to swallow thë aliue whom so mortally they did hate, thinking thë to be friëds to _Mutezuma_, vnto whom they wished all euil & mischief. [Sidenote: Indian armour.] It was moste true that the _Tlaxcaltecas_ had gathered all their whole power to apprehende the bearded menne, and to make of them a more solemne sacrifice vnto their Goddes, than at any time heretofore they had done, with a generall banquet of their flesh, which they called Celestial. The Captaines of _Tlaxcallan_ deuided their souldiers into foure battayles, the one to _Tepeticpac_, another to _Ocotelulco_, the third to _Tizatlan_, and the fourth to _Quiahuiztlan_, that is to say, the men of the Mountaynes, the men of the Lymepittes, the men of the Pinetrées, and the water men, euery of these had their Lardes and Captaynes whome they shoulde repayre vnto and obey, and all these foure sortes of men dothe make the body of the common weale and cittie, and also commaunde both in tyme of warre and peace. So that euery of these Captaynes had his iust portion or number of warriers, but the general of al the whole army was called _Xicotencatl_, who was of the Limepits: and he had the standart of the cittie, which is a Crane of gold with his wings spred, adorned with Emeralds & siluerworke, which standart is according to their vse, either caried before the whole host or else behinde thë all. The second Captaine or Lieuetenant was _Maxixcazin_, & the number of the whole army was .150000. men. Such a great number they had ready against .400. Spaniardes & yet at length ouercome: neuerthelesse after all this broyle, they were most greatest friends.