They answered, that in no wise their captaine nor none of his army would come ashore, nor yet come where as _Cortes_ was. With this answere _Cortes_ vnderstood the matter, and layde holde of them, and went and placed himself in ambushe behinde a little hill of sande, whiche stoode right ouer agaynst the shippes, beyng neare sunne sette, & slepte there that night till daye approched, and the mornyng farre spent, hopyng that _Garay_ his Pilote or some of his company woulde come ashore, meanyng likewise to apprehende them for to be certified what course they had made, and what hurte they had done, and findyng them guiltie, to sende them prysoners into Spayne, likewise he desired to knowe whether they had spoken with any vassals of _Mutezuma_, and seyng they came not a lande his suspition was the greater.
_Cortes_ commaunded thrée of his men to chaunge apparell with the thrée messengers that came from _Garay_, and this done, caused them to goe to the Sea side, wauyng with theyr clokes, and callyng for the shippe boate, nowe those of the shippes thought by theyr apparell that they were their owne menne, and came with a dozen persons in the skiffe with Crossebowes and Handgunnes. Then _Cortes_ his men whiche were clothed in other mens garments hidde themselues among bushes, as who woulde say, they were gone into the shadowe, for to flée from the great heate of the Sunne, being at that time highe noone, and bicause they should not be knowen.
The Mariners of the skiffe set a lande twoo men with Hargabushes, and other two më with Crossebowes, and and _Indian_ who went straight way to the bushes, thinkyng to finde their fellowes. Then stept forth _Cortes_ and caught them before they coulde gette aborde the skiffe, although they meant to haue defended themselues, so that one of them who was a Pilote, hauing his Hargabushe ready charged, & would haue shot at captaine _Hircio_, & assuredly if his match and pouder had bene good he had slayne him. When the general aborde the ships perceiued this deceit, would abide no longer, & cömaunded to make saile, not tarying for his skiffe. By these seuen më taken at two times _Cortes_ was satisfied, & also certified how captain _Garay_ had sayled along the coast séeking _Florida_, and arriued in a riuer, the King of that prouince was called _Panuco_, where they founde little golde, barteryng aborde their shippes, all theyr golde passed not thrée thousande Castelins, but in exchaunge of things of small value, nothing contented _Garay_ on that voyage, bycause the quantitie of golde was small and not fine.