THE TRUE HISTORY 



OF 



THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO. 



PART THE FIRST. 



CHAPTER I. 



Expedition of Hernandez de Cordova, A.D. 1517. 



In the year 1514, I left Caftille in company with Pedro Arias de Avila, 

 who was then appointed governor of Tierra Firma, with whom I arrived 

 at the port of Nombre de Dios. A peftilence raged at that time, of 

 which many foldiers died, and moft of the furvivors were invahds. The 

 governor P. A. De Avila hadajealoufy which terminated fatally, with 

 an Hidalgo who had conquered that province, of which he was Captain: 

 his name was Vafco Nunez de Balboa, a rich man, and to whom Avila 

 had married his Daughter; but being afterwards fufpicious that his Son- 

 in-law had an intention of revolting, he caufed him to be beheaded. 



B When 



