This ambassage pleased well _Cortez_, but _Mutezuma_ feared, when he hearde of the slaughter, and burning of _Chololla_, and sayde to his friends, these are the people that our Gods said should come and inherite this land.
_Mutezuma_ went incontinent to his Oratorie, and shut in himselfe alone, where he abode in fasting and prayer eyght dayes, with sacrifice of many menne, to asllake the fury of his Idolles, who séemed to be offended.
The voyce of the Diuell spake vnto him, bidding him not to feare the Christians, saying they were but fewe, and when they were come, he should doe what he lysted with them, willing him in no wise to ceasse from the bloudy sacrifice, least some mischance might happen vnto him. And assured hym that he should haue the Goddes _Vitzipuchtli_, and _Tescatlipuca_ to preserue and kéepe hym. And bycause _Quezalcouatle_ was agréeued for wante of bloudy sacrifice, he permitted the Straungers to punishe them of _Chololla_. And _Mutezuma_ hearing this dyuelishe Oracle, and likewise _Cortez_ hauing warned him that hée would visite hym as an enimie, he was by this perswasion of Sathan, the better willing to receyue hym into _Mexico_.
Likewise _Cortes_ when he came to _Chololla_, was strong, and hadde at commaundemente a mightie power, and there made hymselfe stronger, the fame whereof, was blowen abroade, throughout all the dominions of _Mutezuma_. And whereas the poore _Indians_ hadde but onely maruelled at their persons and furniture, nowe they began to tremble and to feare at his doings, so that wheresoeuer he came, they opened him the gates with pure feare, more than for any loue.
_Mutezuma_ at the beginning, pretended to feare _Cortes_ with the fearefull passages and other perils and danger, as the fortitude of _Mexico_, with his greate multitude of subiectes, and the great number of Princes that dyd both serue and obey him: and séeyng that all these things profited not, he thoughte to haue ouercome him with gyftes and treasure, knowyng that he hadde required golde: yet he sawe that nothing woulde preuayle, for that _Cortez_ woulde néedes come to sée hym, wherevppon, he tooke counsell of the Diuell what he shoulde doe in that case, vpon which counsell he was satisfyed by hys Priests and Captaynes, that he ought not to warre against so fewe straungers, for if he so did, the dishonor would be his, and chiefly, bycause _Cortez_ certifyed that he was an Ambassador, and vsing hym otherwise, it myghte so fall out, that hys owne subiectes would rebell againste him theyr Lorde and Prince, saying likewise that it was manifest that the _Otomies_ and _Tlaxcaltecas_ woulde fauour his syde, and also manye others, for to destroy and spoyle _Mexico_, vpon which consultation it was openly proclaymed, that his will was that the straungers should enter into _Mexico_ fréely, thinking that if at anye time they shoulde displease hym, to make a breakefast of them the nexte day.