_Cortez_ had not so soone made an ende of his talke, when _Xicotencatl_ came entryng into the campe, who was chiefe and generall captayne in _Tlaxcallan_, & of all the warres: he brought in his company fiftie persons of auctoritie to kéepe him cöpany. They approched neare where _Cortes_ was, and saluted eche other according to the vse of their countrey. Their salutations ended and the parties setten downe, _Xicotencatl_ began the talke, saying: Sir I am come on mine owne behalf and also of my fellow Captaine, and Lieuetenant _Maxixca_, and in the name of many other noble personages, and finally in the name of the whole state and common weale of _Tlaxcallan_, to beséeche and pray you to admitte vs into your friendshippe, and to yéelde our selues and countrey vnto your King, crauyng also at your hande pardon for our attempt in takyng armes agaynst you, wée not knowyng what you were, nor what you sought for in our countrey. And where we presumed to resiste and defende your entrance, we did it as agaynst straungrrs whome we knewe not, and suche menne as we had neuer here tofore séene: and fearyng also that you had bene friendes to _Mutezuma_, who is and alwayes hath bene our mortall enimy. And these things wée suspected, seyng _Mutezuma_ his seruaunts in your company, or else we imagined that you were comen to vsurpe our libertie, the which of tyme without memory we haue possessed, as our forefathers did with the shedyng of their bloud. And of our owne naturall prouision we wante cotten woolle to clothe vs, wherfore in tyme paste we wente as naked as we were borne, but some of vs vsed other clothe to couer our nakednesse, made of the leaues of the trée called _Metl_: and Salte also wée wanted, of which twoo things so necessarie to humayne lyfe, _Mutezuma_ had greate store, and other our enimies, with whome we are rounde aboute enuironed. And lykewise where wée haue no gold, stones of value, or any riche thyng to barter with them, of very pure necessitie many times we are forced to sell our owne bodies to buy these wantes. And this extremitie (sayde he) wée néeded not, if that we woulde be subiectes and vassalles to _Mutezuma_. But yet had we rather all in generall to end our lyues, than wée woulde putte oure selues in suche subiection, for we thynke our selues as valiaunt menne in courage as our forefathers were, who alwayes haue resisted agaynst him and his grandfather, who was as mightie as nowe is he: wée woulde also haue withstoode you and your force, but wée coulde not, although we proued all our possibilitie by night and day, and found your strength inuincible, and we no lucke agaynst you. Therefore sithence our fate is such, we had rather be subiect vnto you than vnto any others. For wée haue knowen and hearde by the _Zeampoallanezes_, that you doe no euill, nor came not to vere any, but were moste valliaunt and happie, as they had séene in the warres, beyng in your companie. For whiche