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he would vnderftand which of them was in the blame, 

 and reconcile them , that heereafter tlicy might no 

 more afflicft and vvarrc one againft another : and in the 

 meanetime, he and his brctheren (which were the 

 Spaniards,) would remaine ftill there without hurting 

 them: but contrariwife, they would helpe them all 

 they could. He laboured to make them all vnderftand 

 this difcourfe,vfing his interpterers & truchmen. The 

 which being vndei/toode by the King and the other 

 Mexicans Lords,they were wonderfully well futisfied, 

 and fliewed great fignes of love to Cones & his compa 

 ny. Many hold opinion,that if they had continued the 

 courfe they began that day, they might eafily have di 

 pofcd of the king & his kingdome,and given them the 

 law of Chrift, without any great effufion of bloud.Buc 

 the iudgements of God arc great , and the fins of both 

 parties were infinite: foas not having followed this 

 courfe.the bufines was deferred : yet in the end, God 

 fhewcd mercy to this nation, imparting vnto them the 

 light of his holy Gofpel,after he had fliewed his iudge- 

 ment>and punifhed them that had deferved it,and odi- 

 oufly offended his divine reverence. ,iSo it is, that by 

 (brne occafions,many complaints, griefs, and iealofies 

 grew on either fide. The which Cones finding, & that 

 the Indians mindes began to be diftra&ed from them, 

 he tho Jght it neceflary to aiTure him{elt,in laying hand 

 vpon VingMrtcfMiMj who was feazed on , and his legs 

 fcttered.Truly this ad was ftrange vnto all men,& like 

 vnto that other of his>tr> have burnt his (hips, andfliut \ 

 hinafelfe in the midft of his enemies, there to vanquifli 

 or to die. The mifchiefc was, that by rcafbn of the vn- 

 expe&ed arrival ofPamphtto Narvaes at the true erode, t l 

 drawing the country into pnutiny 5 C&nes was forced to 



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