We Spaniards Know A Sickness Of The

It Was So Wonderful That I Do Not Know How To Describe This First Glimpse Of Things Never Heard Of, Seen Or Dreamed Of Before.

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.

An Abundant Supply Of Excellent Water, Forming A Volume Equal In Bulk To The Human Body, Is Conveyed By One Of These Pipes, And Distributed About The City, Where It Is Used By The Inhabitants For Drink And Other Purposes.

Furthermore, They Had Calculated That If 25,000 Of Them Died For Every One Of Us, They Would Finish With Us First, For They Were Many And We Were But Few.

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.