Excerpt from The True History of the Conquest of Mexico: Written in the Year 1568 Was utterly unworthy of belief. We never much exceeded four hun dred men, and if we had found fuch numbers bound hand and foot, we could not have put them to death. But the fad]: was, we had enough to do to protect ourfelves, fori vow to God, and fay Amen thereto, that we were every day repeating our prayers, and fupplicating to be delivered from the perils that furrounded us; Alaric a mofl brave king, and Attila a proud warrior, never killed fo many of their foes as we are faid by that hif'torian to have done in New Spain. He alfo fays we burned many cities and temples; and this he does to af'tonifh his reader; not feeming to recollect that any of the true conquerors exil'ted, to contradict him. He alfo enhances the merit of one officer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.