_Cortes_ graunted their request, and abode there the time appointed, expectyng the answere. In this meane season came many of _Tlaxcallan_ to the camp, some brought Ginnea cockes, other brought bread and Cherries, and gaue it for nothyng in comparison, with merry countenaunce, desiryng them to goe home with them vnto their houses. [Sidenote: A riche present.] The sixth day the _Mexican_ came, accordyng to promise, and brought vnto _Cortes_ tenne Iewelles of Golde, bothe riche and well wrought, and a fiftene thousand garments of Cotten excéeding gallant, and moste earnestly besought hym on the behalfe of _Mutezuma_, that he shoulde not daunger himselfe in trustyng to the wordes of the _Tlaxcaltecas_, who were so poore y^t with necessitie they would robbe him of the thyngs whiche his mayster had sente him, yea and lykewise murder him, knowyng of the friendshippe betwéene his mayster and him: likewise all the chiefest Lordes of _Tlaxcallan_, came to intreate hym to goe with them to _Tlaxcallan_ where he shoulde be cherished, lodged, and well prouided. For it was a greate dishonour and shame for them to permitte suche personages to abyde in suche vyle cotages as they were in. And if (quoth they) you truste vs not, that then wée are ready to gyue you for your securitie what soeuer gages you shall demaunde: notwithstandyng they dyd bothe sweare and faithfully promise, that they might safely goe with them, saying also that the Othe and fayth of theyr common weale should neuer be broken for all the goodes in the worlde. [Sidenote: Entraunce into Tlaxcallan.] Wherevpon _Cortez_ seyng the good will of so many Gentlemen his newe friendes, and lykewise the _Indians_ of _Zeampoallan_, of whome he had good credite, did so importune him and assure him of his goyng, he commaunded his fardage to be laden and also his ordinaunce, and departed towarde _Tlaxcallan_, whiche was sixe leagues from that place, with as good order as it had bene to a battayle: And at the Tower where he had pitched hys campe, he lefte certayne Crosses for a memorie, with a greate heape of stones, and entred into _Tlaxcallan_ the eightenth of September. There came out such a multitude of people to sée him and to méete him in the way, that it was a wonder to sée.