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Chap. 
®n their Rear, and at the fame time afTaulting them from 
the Walls with fuch Bravery as much facilitated the 
Viflory i and in half an Hour the Mexicans were intirely 
defeated, there being but few who were not either killed 
or wounded. When Cortes had fettled his newConquefts, 
he returned to Tepeaca which he called Segura de laFrontera^ 
aftd there he received the News, that his firm Friend 
Maxifcatzin was at the point of Death, at Tlafcala^ which 
haftened his Return thither, though not time enough to 
find him alive : Fie died a Chriftian, and as much attached 
to the Spanijh Intereft as ever ; fo that Cortes was much 
conderned for the Lofs of him, but his Grief however 
was foon leffened by the coming of a fredi Reinforcement 
of Spaniards in the following Manner. 
y. A Ship of moderate Burden arrived at Juan de'Ulua 
and brought thirty SpaniJJo Soldiers, two Horfes, and 
fome Provifions and Ammunition, which Velafquez fent 
to Narvaez^ taking it for granted that all the Conquefls in 
that Country were his own, and the Troops of Cortes at 
his Devotion./ Their Commander was Pedro de Earha^ 
the fame who was Governor or the Havanna v/hen Cortes 
failed from the Kle 6f Cuha^ having by his Friendihip 
efcaped the laft Snares that were laid to flop his Voyage. 
Pedro CavallerOy who com.manded on the Coaft, no 
fooner difcovered the Veflel, but he went out in a Boat, 
falutedthe new Comers with great Civility ; and having 
found by the very refpedlful Manner with which Pedro de 
dBarha inquired after Narvaez the Defign of their coming, 
anfwered him, without the leaft Hefitation, that he 
was not only in good Health, but in great Profperity, 
all thofe Countries having fubmitted to him, and that 
Cortes and fome of his People were fled to the Mountains ; 
which induced them to land without the leafl Diftruft, and 
go to Vera Cruz, where they difcovered the Deceit, and 
found themfelves Prifoners to Cortes. Barha commended 
the Stratagem of Cavalier o, for in reality he was not 
forry to find his Friend in fo good a Condition. 
They were carried up to Segura de la Frontera, and 
Cortes fhewed a particular Satisfaftion at the Arrival of 
more Spaniards, with the agreeable Circumftance of re- 
ceiving this Succour from the Hands of his Enemy. 
He treated Barba very kindly, and gave him a Company 
of Crofs-bows, upon the Confidence he had of his Friend- 
Ihi^ He diftributed Gifts among the Soldiers, upon 
which they agreed to ferve under his Command. He 
afterwards read the Letter privately, which Barha brought 
for Narvaez •, in which Velafquez, fuppofing him Matter 
of all thofe Conquetts, gave him Orders to maintain him- 
felf there at all Adventures ; for which End he promifed 
him very powerful Succours i and, lattly, told him, that if 
Cortes was not dead, he fhould immediately fend him 
away with a fufficient Guard, for that he had received ex- 
prefs Orders from the Bifhop of Burgos to fend him 
Prifoner to Court. About eight Days after arrived a 
fecond Veffel with another Reinforcement for Narvaez, 
which Pedro Cavalier o feized after the fame manner. She 
brought eight Soldiers, and a Mare, with a confiderable 
Qiiantity of Arms and Ammunition, under the Com- 
mand of Capt. de Lobera. They all immediately went to 
Segura and lifted themfelves, as the others had done. 
Thefe Succours came by a Vfay fo unlooked for, that 
Cortes Gonfidered them as good Omens, and Forerunners 
of future Succefs. He had already refolved on the Con- 
queft of Mexico, and the great Number of Allies by 
which he found himfelf fupported in his laft Expedition 
confirmed him in his Refolution. But the Paftage on the 
Lake was the grand and unavoidable Difficulty, and 
gave him great Concern •, for, after the Enemy had once 
found out the Secret of freaking the Bridges of the Cauf- 
ways, there was no depending upon portable Bridges, 
which were only to be' ufed when'they were pinched in 
Time 5 wherefore he began to think of building twelve 
or thirteen Brigantines, which ll'iould be able to refift the 
FrJia'n Canoes, and tranfport his Troops to the City ^ and 
thefe he propofed to carry in Pieces on the Shoulders of 
the Lid'uzn Famines for fourteen or fifteen Leagues at leaft 
of very bad -way, over the Mountains of Tlafcala, to a 
River near the Lake. He had a vigorous Imagination, 
vras naturally an Enemy to fuch lazy Spirits as fancy 
difficult Things to be impoffible. Fie communicated lii,^ 
Thoughts roMartin Lopez, on v/hofe Ingenuity and great 
Abilities he depended for the compaffing this important 
hgn ; and found he did not only approve of it, but 
alio undertook to execute it without Difficulty, 
Fie rent Iiirn before to Tlafcala, v/ith all the Spanijh 
Soldiers wdio had any Skill in the . Carpenters Trade, in 
order to begin the W ork, ' v/itli a fufficient Number of 
Indiatis to cut Wood, or do any other Service for which 
there might be Occafion •, at the fame time he ordered 
the Iron-work and Rigging, and wdiatever had been pre- 
f irved out of the Ships that were funk, to be brought up 
from Vera Cruz % and, having obferved that thofe Moim- 
tains produced Trees which alford a kind of Rofin, he 
drew out fuch a Quantity as was necefiary for the careen- 
ing of his Barks. He was in want of Powder, but foon 
found Means to make very good, fending to fearch for 
Sulphur in the Vuicano difcovered by Diego Ordaz for 
he believed they could not fail of finding it there ; And 
fome Spanijh Soldiers belonging to the Artillery offered 
their Service ; and, in fine, returned with as much Sul- 
phur as was wanted. When this Affair was over, he 
began to think of returning to Flafcala, to haften as much 
as ne could the Preparations for his Expedition ; and be- 
fore he went he left his InttrudHons with the new Council 
at Segura, and appointed Capt. Francifeo de Orozco Com- 
mander of the Garrifon, with about twenty Spanijh Sol- 
diers, and the Militia of the Country, at his Difpofai. 
, 8. Cortes complained widi foime Warmth of Francifeo 
Garay, becaufe, knowing the Progrefs he had m,ade in 
the Empire of Mexico, he did not, notwithftanding, en,- 
deavour to make a Settlement in the Province of Panuco ; 
but fuch a happy Attendant had the Fortune of Cortes, 
over that of his Rivals, that as Velafquez furnifhed him 
with Succours, the fame Way by which h.e intended to 
deftroy him, and fupport Narvaez ; fo the Meafures 
which Garay had taken to ufurp fome Part of his Go- 
vernment, turned likewife to his Advantage. We have 
already related how Garay was repiilttd, when Cortes was 
with his Troops at Zempoalla\ notwithftanding which, 
he prepared another Fleet, with a greater Number of 
Soldiers, commanded by his beft Officers. 
But the fecond Expedition was as unfortunate as the 
firft i for the Spaniards were no fooner landed, than ' 
they met with fuch Refiftance from the Indians, that 
they were glad to retreat to their Ships in the utmoft 
Diforder and, being wholly intent how to avoid the pre- 
fent Danger, put to Sea without obferving the fame 
Courtt. They were ttparated for fome Days, and, with- 
out knowing any thing of each others Defign, they ar- 
rived almoft all at the fame time, on the Coaft of Vera 
Cruz, where they agreed to ferve under Cortes, without 
any other Motive than that of his great Reputation. This 
Succour was looked upon as fent from Heaven -, for tho’ 
it be certain that the Confufion of the Soldiers and Sail- 
ors might help to difperfe thefe vttffels, which forced 
them on the Coaft, where they were fo much wanted, 
yet their coming fo opportunely, and after fo many Mif- 
fortunes, to augment the Troops of Cortes, is an Event 
worthy of particular Reflexion. 
The firft Ship that arrived was commanded by Cap- 
tain Carnargo, and had on, board fixty Spanifh Soldiers ; 
a little after came another with fifty choice Soldiers, and 
feven Horfe, commanded by Captain Miguel Diaz, a 
Gentleman of Arragon, who had fignalized himfelf on 
all Occafions ; and laftly, though fomewhat late, arrived 
the Veffel commanded by Captain Ramirez, with forty 
Soldiers, ten Florfes, and great Abundance of Provifions 
and Arms. They all landed, and the firft, without ftay- 
ing for the reft, made the beft of their Way to Flafcala, 
leaving an Example to the Followers to take the fame 
Rout, which they all did v/ith entire Satisfaeffion ; for 
the great Advantages made by Cortes, in Nevo Spain, had 
made fuch a Noife over all the Hands, that the Soldiers 
were eafily _ led whither they thought Profperity invited 
them. ^Fhis ,, Succour augmented the Number of the 
Spaniards, and infpired them with frefn Hopes. The- - 
Soldiers received the new Comers with Joy ; they em- 
braced each other as Friends of a long Acquaintance, 
without 
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