The meals were served in a large hall, in which Moctezuma was accustomed to eat, and the dishes quite filled the room, which was covered with mats and kept very clean.
So loud was the wailing of the women and children that there was not one man among us whose heart did not bleed at the sound. - Hernando Cortes
So loud was the wailing of the women and children that there was not one man among us whose heart did not bleed at the sound.
- Hernando Cortes
What men in all the world have shown such daring? - Hernando Cortes
What men in all the world have shown such daring?
For I assure Your Majesty that if God had not mysteriously assisted us and the victory had gone to Narváez, it would have been the greatest harm that… - Hernando Cortes
For I assure Your Majesty that if God had not mysteriously assisted us and the victory had gone to Narváez, it would have been the greatest harm that…
The meals were served in a large hall, in which Moctezuma was accustomed to eat, and the dishes quite filled the room, which was covered with mats an… - Hernando Cortes
The meals were served in a large hall, in which Moctezuma was accustomed to eat, and the dishes quite filled the room, which was covered with mats an…
He travels safest in the dark night who travels lightest. - Hernando Cortes
He travels safest in the dark night who travels lightest.
The priests are debarred from female society, nor is any woman permitted to enter the religious houses. - Hernando Cortes
The priests are debarred from female society, nor is any woman permitted to enter the religious houses.
Chocolate is the divine drink which builds up resistance and fights fatigue. A cup of this precious drink permits a man to walk for a whole day witho… - Hernando Cortes
Chocolate is the divine drink which builds up resistance and fights fatigue. A cup of this precious drink permits a man to walk for a whole day witho…
Among these temples there is one which far surpasses all the rest, whose grandeur of architectural details no human tongue is able to describe; for w… - Hernando Cortes
Among these temples there is one which far surpasses all the rest, whose grandeur of architectural details no human tongue is able to describe; for w…
There are fully forty towers, which are lofty and well built, the largest of which has fifty steps leading to its main body, and is higher than the t… - Hernando Cortes
There are fully forty towers, which are lofty and well built, the largest of which has fifty steps leading to its main body, and is higher than the t…
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