Every Thing
Being In Readiness, And Cortes Having Taken Leave Of The Natives, We All
Embarked On The Evening Of Palm Sunday, And Set Sail Next Morning For St
Juan De Ulua.
While we proceeded along the coast, such of us as had been
there before along with Grijalva, pointed out
To Cortes the different
places which we recollected; saying here is la Rambla, there Tonala,
or St Antonio, there the river of Coatzacualco, the Sierra Nevada, or
Snowy Mountains, and those of St Martin, the Roca Partida, or Pierced
Rock, the rivers of Alvarado, and the Vanderas, Isla Blanca,
Isla Verda, Isla de los Sacrificios, and early in the evening of Holy
Thursday, 21st April, we arrived at the harbour of St Juan de Ulua. While
we were pointing out these places to the general, Puertocarrero came up to
him, saying: "These gentlemen seem to make an exhibition, as who should
say, here you have the Montesinos of France, here you see the great and
flourishing city of Paris, and so forth: But I say, here you have the land
of riches, and look well to your measures." Cortes perfectly understood
the meaning of his words, to which he answered: "GOD grant us good fortune
in arms like the paladin Orlando; for having such gentlemen as you under
my command, I shall know well how to bring our enterprize to a happy
conclusion."
[1] Diaz minutely enumerates and describes all the horses, mentioning who
they all belonged to. - E.
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