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The other lord, Pitalpitoqiie, eftabhflied his refidence in a temporary 

 building, at a httle diftance from our camp, his people fupplying the 

 table of Cortes with provifions, and the foldiers fubfifting by barter. 

 Thus fix or feven days paffed, at the expiration of which time, we one 

 morning perceived Tendile approaching, followed by upwards of a hun- 

 dred men bearing prefents. With him came alfo a great Mexican lord, 

 who in countenance, feature, and perfon, ftrongly refembled Cortes ; 

 and the reafon of his being joined in the embaffy was, that when the 

 paintings were exhibited at the court, every one was immediately flruck 

 with the refemblance which the portrait of Cortes bore to this lord, 

 who was named Quintalbor. The likenefs was fo ftrong, that whilft 

 he remained among us in camp, we in fpeaking of them ufed tO fay, 

 this, and the other Cortes. 



On the arrival of the ambafTadors in- the prefence of Cortes, they 

 touched the ground with their hands and kilTed them, and with their 

 veffels of incenfe fumigated him and the reft. After fome conver- 

 fation, mats and mantles being fpread out, the prefents were difplayed 

 upon them. The firft was a plate of gold of the fize of the wheel of a 

 carriage, reprelenting the fun, admirably wrought, and faid to be worth 

 upwards of twenty thoufand crowns ; a larger one, equally wrought, of 

 lilver, reprefenting the moon ; the helmet already mentioned filled with 

 gold in its native ftate to the amount of three thoufand crowns, but the 

 information w^e hereby obtained of the value of the mines we eftimated 

 at more than thirty thoufand ; thirty pieces of wrought gold reprefent*" 

 ing ducks, very well executed, others in the forms of deer, dogs, lions, 

 tygers, and apes ; twelve arrows ; a bow with the cord; two rods like 

 thofe borne by officers of juftice, five palms long; ten collars, and many 

 other ornaments, all of fine gold, and caft, or moulded work. After 

 thefe were produced plumes of feathers reprefented in gold, others of 

 filver, together with fans of the fame materials, beautiful penaches of 

 green feathers', thirty loads of the fineft cotton cloth, with many other 

 things which I cannot jiow recoiled:. 



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