knowne to Cortes, he mustered his men, and found a thousand footemen and two hundred horsemen, with the which he went towards Mexico, where he found Peter de Aluarado, and the rest which he had left there aliue and in safetie, wherewith he was greatly pleased, and Muteçuma made much of him.
Muteçuma slaine. But yet the Mexicans ceased not but made warre against him: and the warre grew so hot that they killed their king Muteçuma with a stone, and then there rose vp another king such an one as pleased them, till such time as they might put the Spanyards out of the citie, being no more than 504 footemen, and fortie horsemen.[1] The Spanyards with great losse being driuen out of Mexico, retired themselues with much adoe to Tlaxcallan, where they were well receiued: and so they gathered together 900. Spanyards, 80. horsemen, and two hundred thousand Indians, their friends, and allies: and so they went backe againe to take Mexico in the moneth of August in the yeere 1521.
Tochtepec. Coazacoalco. Cortes obtaining still more and more victories determined to see further within the countrey:[2] and for this purpose in the yeere 1521. and in October he sent out one Gonsalo de Sandoual with 200. footemen and 35 horsemen, and certaine Indians his friends vnto Tochtepec and Coazacoalco, which had rebelled, but at length yeelded. And they discouered the countrey, and built a towne 120. leagues from Mexico, and named it Medelin, and another towne they made naming it Santo Spirito fower leagues from the sea vpon a riuer; and these two townes kept the whole countrey in obedience.
Emmanuels death. This yeere 1521. in December Emmanuel king of Portugall died, and after him his sonne king Iohn the 3. reigned.[3]
Burro. Timor. Eude. In the yeere 1521 there went from Maluco one of the Magellans ships laden with cloues: they victualed themselues in the Island of Burro,[4] and from thence to Timor which standeth in 11 degrees of southerly latitude. Beyond this Island one hundred leagues they discouered certaine Islands and one named Eude, finding the places from
