We Spaniards Know A Sickness Of The

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 Tower Of The Principal Tower Of The Church At Seville.

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.

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 Without Food.

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 Spaniards Had Done To Each Other For A Long Time Past.

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 Within Its Precincts, Surrounded By A Lofty Wall, There Is Room Enough For A Town Of Five Hundred Families.