A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1568. 



houses, and Churches. There is a citie 25. leagues from 

 Mexico, called Tlaxcalla, which is inhabited with a 

 hundred thousand Indians, they goe in white shirts, 

 linnen breeches, and long mantles, and the women weare 

 about them a garment much like unto a flannell petticote. 

 The kings pallace was the first place wee were brought 

 unto in Mexico, where without we were willed to sit 

 downe. Much people, men, women, and children came 

 wondring about us, many lamented our misery, & some 

 of their clergy asked us if we were Christians, we said, 

 we praised God, we were as good Christians as they : 

 they asked how they might know that, we said, by our 

 confessions. From thence we were carried in a Canow 

 to a Tanners house, which standeth a little from the 

 citie : the next morning two friers and two priests came 

 thither to us, and willed us to blesse our selves, and 

 say our prayers in the Latin tongue, that they might 

 understand us, many of our company did so, whereupon 

 they returned to the viceroy, and told him that we were 

 good Christians, and that they liked us well, and then 

 they brought us much reliefe, with clothes, our sicke 

 men were sent to their Hospitals, where many were cured, 

 and many died. From the Tanners house we were led 

 to a gentlemans place, where upon paine of death we 

 were charged to abide, and not to come into the citie, 

 thither we had all things necessary brought us : on 

 Sundayes and holy dayes much people came, and brought 

 us great reliefe. 



The viceroy practised to hang us, and caused a paire 

 of new gallowes to be set up, to have executed us, 

 wherunto the noblemen of that countrey would not 

 consent, but prayed him to stay until the ship of advise 

 brought newes from the king of Spaine, what should 

 be done with us, for they said they could not find any 

 thing by us, whereby they might lawfully put us to 

 death. 



The viceroy then commanded us to be sent to an 

 Island there by, and he sent for the Bishop of Mexico, 



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