Chap. III. %m >rf M E R I C J. 



Then Montezyma, thinking to be more cafily either heard or fcen, went to a, 

 higher Window, where. looking our, he was unfortunately hit with a Stone, 

 of which he died three days after. Befides their Enemies, the Spaniards fuffer'd 

 extremely by Famine • and though they had beaten down a Tower, which 

 .had done the Caftle great mifchief, and fet five hundred Houfes on fire, yec 

 they could difcern no likely ifliie thereof, but judg'd it beft to make their 

 efcape by Night over the neareft Bridge : Corte^ therefore dividing his gotten 

 Treafures, which amounted to above feven hundred thoufand Duckets, 

 amongft his Soldiers, carried Montezuma's Son, and two Daughters, Prrfoners 

 with him, though not without infinite danger and lofs ; for the Tenuftitans af- 

 fail'd him on both fides, and falling in alio upon his Rear, fpar'd not to kill 

 Montezuma's own Children. In this laft Fight the Service was fo hot, that CV- 

 te^ loft forty two Horfe, a hundred and fifty Spaniards, and two thoufand Auxi- 

 liaries • and although gotten over the Lake, they were ftill purhYd by the 

 Mexicans, who. would then undoubtedly have made a general Slaughter, had 

 not Cortex amufed the Enemies, by leaving in the Night great Fires in feveral 

 Places, his fuppos'd Camps, whilft he filently ftole away : Yet the Tenujlitans 

 would have purhYd the Spaniards, had they not wanted Provifions : But Corte^ 

 fending his Treafure before him, through the Counrrey Coha, to Vera Crux, 

 with a Convoy of five Horfe, and forty four Foot, were all cut off by the CoU 

 Vdans, and feafted upon in a Thankfgiving Sacrifice. The fame misfortune be- 

 fel twelve Spaniards in Tepeacu, which great City furrendred it felf up to Cor- 

 te^ being affifted by a mighty Army of Tlaxcallans and others. But after all Cm ' K ' 

 thefe Loffes, he took Guaccachiulla, and Izguca, both fortified with ftrong Walls 

 and Gates ; in which laft he burnt above a hundred Temples, built for Hu- 

 mane Sacrifices. All the Countrey through which he thus ran fack'd, he call'd 

 Ney»Spain. From the City Ta^uco, which he had newly taken, intending to 

 befiege Tenuftitan, he digg'd through the Lakes a broad Trench, of above three 

 Leagues in length, to bring up thirteen new Ships to Tenuftitan ; and the 

 neighboring People envying, that that City mould not be conquered, as well 

 as theirs, rais'd an Army of above a hundred and fifty thoufand Men, making 

 Corte^ their General ; Himfelf incamped on one corner of the City, appoint- 

 ing the other two fides to be invefted by Gonfales SandoValo, and fedro Jlyarado- 

 but the Befieg'd refolutely broke out, and made a fierce Sally with five thou- 

 fand Boats, fetting upon the thirteen Ships • but the great Guns made fuch ex- 

 ecution and havock amongft them, that they retreated with great damage. 

 iWhoever were taken Prifoners in this Fight by the Spaniards, the Tlaxcallans, 

 being Commijlion'd by Cortezj feafted upon. On the feventh day the City 

 was taken, but not without great Slaughter, and the new King imprifon'd. 



After this mighty Conqueft, Corte^ refolv'd to difcover thofe Territories 

 that lay Southward • and whilft he was making all things ready for the Voy- 

 age, he fent two Ships with an invaluable Treafure to Spain, who fearing 

 to be taken by the French Pyrats, ran in at Tercera, where a miferable Accident 

 hapned to the Seamen of the biggeft Ship, wherein were carried two Tygcrs, 

 which though taken young, and bred up amongft men, yet had not fo quite 

 forgotten their natural ferocity, but that one breaking loofe in the Night, tore 

 feven of them in pieefs, hurting a far greater number, of which fome had the 

 Brawns of their Arms, the Calves of their Legs, and flefhy parts of their 

 Thighs bit out. 



Several Places in America breed Tygers, that far exceed Lyons in fiercenefi ; 



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Sfaniards beaten afreflj. 



Remarkable Exploits of 



tenti/litan ", or Mum. 

 taken. 



Sid acci&nt occafion'J 

 by a Tyger, 



