MILES PHILIPS A.D. 



1568. 



of Indians and Spaniards weaponed to fetch us out of the 



house, and amongst them wee espied one that brought 



a great many of new halters, at the sight whereof we were 



greatly amazed, and made no other account but that we 



should presently have suffered death, and so crying and 



calling to God for mercie and forgivenesse of our sinnes, 



we prepared our selves, making us ready to die : yet in 



the end, as the sequel shewed, their meaning was not so : [III. 477.] 



for when wee were come out of the house, with those 



halters they bound our armes behind us, and so coupling 



us two and two together, they commanded us to march 



on through the towne, and so along the countrey from 



place to place toward the citie of Mexico, which is distant 



from Panuco West and by South the space of ninetie 



leagues, having onely but two Spaniards to conduct us, 



they being accompanied with a great number of Indians 



warding on either side with bowes and arrowes, lest we 



should escape from them. And travelling in this order, 



upon the second day at night we came unto a towne 



which the Indians call Nohele, and the Spaniards call it 



Santa Maria : in which towne there is a house of white 



friers, which did very courteously use us, and gave us 



hote meat, as mutton and broth, and garments also to 



cover our selves withal, made of white bayes : we fed very 



greedily of the meat, and of the Indian fruit, called Noc- 



hole, which fruit is long and small, much like in fashion 



to a little cucumber. Our greedy feeding caused us to 



fall sicke of hote burning agues. And here at this place 



one Thomas Baker one of our men died of a hurt : for he 



had bene before shot with an arrow into the throat at the 



first incounter. 



The next morrow about ten of the clocke, we departed 

 from thence, bound two & two together, and garded as 

 before, and so travailed on our way toward Mexico, till 

 we came to a towne within forty leagues of Mexico, 

 named Mestitlan, where is a house of blacke friers : and 

 in this towne there are about the number of three 

 hundred Spaniards, both men, women, and children. 



IX 417 2D 



