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his affociates j that he had before ht^ard of one who had arrived at 

 Champoton, and alfo of another who had come with four (hips in the 

 preceding year ; that he had been anxious to fee them, but had been 

 dil^ippointed : now however that we were arrived, he was happy to 

 offer us all the favor he had in his power to beftow, for we were 

 undoubtedly thofe who had been mentioned by his anceftors, who had 

 predi(5led, that there would come certain men, from that part where 

 the fun rifes, to govern thefe countries; and it could mean no other 

 but us, who had fought fo valiantly fmce our arrival in their country ; 

 a reprefentation of each of our battles having been fent to him. Cortes 

 replied, that he and all of us never could repay the great favors we 

 every day received from his hands : that we certainly were thofe of 

 whom it had been propbecied, and that we were valTals of a potent 

 monarch named Don Carlos, who had many and great princes fubjcd: 

 to him, and had fent us, hearing of the fame and grandeur of king 

 Montezuma, to i queft in his name, that the great Montezuma and his 

 fubje(5ts would embrace the holy chriftian faith, which is the faith pro- 

 fefTed by our monarch, by doing which he would preferve the fouls of 

 him, his family, and fubjedis ; and that he fliould in good time be in- 

 formed of more particulars, fuch as that we worihipped the only true 

 God, with many other things highly edifying to the hearers. This 

 converfation being concluded, Montezuma prefented our general with a 

 quantity of valuable ornaments of wrought gold ; to each of the captains 

 he made a prefent of fome gold and three loads of mantfes, and to each 

 foldier of two loads of richly wrought mantles ; and all this he did in the 

 moft free and gracious manner, or to fpeak more properly, like a great 

 monarch as he was. Montezuma then afked Cortes if his foldiers were 

 all brothers, and vaflals of our emperor. To which Cortes replied, 

 that we were all brothers in love and friendfhip, perfons of confequencc 

 in our own country, and fcrvants of our fovereign lord the king. 

 With mutual compliments Montezuma then departed, having given 

 orders to his officers to provide us amply according to our demands, 

 with corn, ftone mills, and women to make bread, together with fowls, 

 and fruit, and plenty of grafs for the horfes. 



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