5 4 8 The y^aturatt andMoraU 



Of the naves Motefttwa received of the SpAniards AT- 

 rrvallin bit C*tMtry t and0fthc Ambaffagehe 

 feat them. CHAP. 



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N the fourteenth yeare of the raigne of Mote f urn*, 

 which was in the yeare df our Lord 1517. There ap 

 peared in the North feas , (hippes , and men landing, 

 whereat the fubie&s ofMotefuma wondred much, and 

 defirous to learne , and to be better fatisfied what they 

 were, they went aboord in their canoes, carrying many 

 refrefhings of meats and ftuffes to makeapparrdl,vpon 

 Colour to fell them. The Spaniards received them into 

 their (hippes , and in exchange of their vi&ualls and 

 ftuffes, which were acceptable vnto them, they gave* 

 them chaines of falfe ftoncs,red,blew,greene, and yel- 

 low,which thc/^^wwimagined to be precious ftones. 

 The Spaniards informing themfelves who was their 

 king,and of his great power , difmifTed them , willing 

 them to carry thofc ftones vnto their lord, faying, that 

 for that time they could not goe to him , but they 

 would prcfently returne and vifithim. Thofeofthc 

 coaft went prefcntly to Mexico with this meflage , car- 

 rying the reprcfcntation of what they had feene, pain 

 ted on a cloth, bothoftfiefliippes, men , and ftones 

 which they had given them. King MoteciWA remained 

 verypenfive with this meflage, commanding them not 

 forevealeittoanyone. The day following, he aflem- 

 bfed hk counfell, and having {hewed them the painted 

 clothes, and the chaines, he cotifultcd what was to be 

 done : wh ere it was refolvird to fet good watches vpon 

 all thefeacoa'ftes, to give prefect adverrtfement to the 

 Icing of what they fliould difcover. The yeare follow 



ing, 



