I Have Read

I have read about the destruction of jerusalem But i do not think the mortality was greater than in Mexico When Cortez heard that Monteczuma was approaching Speaking through Malinche he hung round emperor montezuma´s neck a falze necklace And he attempted to embrace him But the scort composed of great princes gasped Cortez arm to prevent him For they considered this an indignity. After eating a sumptuous dinner in a native style Montezuma ordered the lords of Texcoco and Coyoacan to show him his quarters. Large houses capable of accomodating all the soldiers and horseman And artillery in a convenient spot. After the capture of the Emperor When he demanded the emperor the treasure from Guatemoc It rain and thundered that evening And the lighting flashed And up to midnight heavier rain fell than usuall The lake was full of heads and corpses Cortes ordered a banquet to celebrate The capture of the city And plenty of wine from Spain And also some pigs brought from Cuba Unaccustomed terror the voyage of discovery It must seem very strange that after many battles Cruel deaths was inflicted Before the aztec eyes multitude And was torture a prince as Guatemoc for greed of gold all the gold and silver and jewels were collected together. While cortes has taken a king´s lodged in a palace with white washed walls On which it was easy to write with charcoal and ink And everymorning malicious remarks appeared Some in verse Some in prose In the manner of lampoons. One said the sun Moon The stars And earth And sea followed their courses, And if they ever deviated from the plane For which they were created Soon reverted to their original place As a aztec goddess jade skirts swiming in blood. According to Diaz this was Nov 7 ,1519. And after that they went to Florida, What is now call California, Texas, And Peru.