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that they fhould receive none of them into Mexico, the 

 which made them ofCttjfwm rcfblve wholy to warre: 

 but firft they would provoke them by Come (hamefull 

 fcorne, which was, thathavinginvited them to one of 

 their folemnefeafts, after they had made them a good 

 ly banquet, and feafted them with a great dauncc after 

 their manner, they fent them for their fruite, womens 

 apparell, forcing them to put it on , and fo to returne 

 home like women to their citric, reproching them,that 

 they were co wards and effeminate, and that they durfl 

 not take armes being diffidently provoked . Thofeof 

 Mexico fay >that for revenge they did vnto them a fowk 

 fcorne, laying at the gates of their Cittic ofCuyoacav 

 certaine-things which fmoakcd , by mcancs whereof 

 many women were delivered before their time, and 

 mafty fell (icke . In the end , all came to open warre, 

 and there was a battell fought , wherein they imploy- 

 ed all theirTorces, in the which TUcwlkc , by his cou 

 rage and policiein warre, obtained the victory. For ha 

 ving leh king l^c&dt in fight with them ofCayoaMa, he 

 put himfelfe in arnbufli with fome of the moft valiant 

 fouldiers, and fo turning about, charged them behind, 

 and forced them to retire into their Citty. But feeing 

 their intent was to flieinto a Temple, which was vefie 

 ftrong. He with three other valiant fouldiors, purfued 

 them eagerly , and got before the'm/eifing on the tem- 

 ple.& firing it, fo as he forced them to flie to the fields, 

 where hee made a great (laughter of the vanquilhed, 

 purfuing them two leagues into the Countrey, vnto a . 

 litle hilljWhere the vanquiflied carting away their wea 

 pons and their armes acro(Te,yeelded to the Mexicans, 

 and with many teares craved pardon of their overwee 

 ning follie, in vfing them like women, offering to bee 



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