Also, the sayd Gouernour sente other secret letters to _Iames de Ordas_ and others, requiring them to apprehende and take prisoner _Cortez_. Nowe _Ordas_ did inuite _Cortez_ to a banket aboorde his Caruel, thinking by that meanes to catche _Cortez_ in a snare, and so to carrie him prisoner to the Citie of _Saint Iames de Barocoa_, but _Cortez_ vnderstood the matter, and fayned hymselfe to be very sicke, and also fearing some vprore, he went aboorde his Shippe Admirall, and shot off a péece of Ordinance, giuing warning to his Nauie to be in a readinesse to make sayle, and to follow him to _Saint Anthonies_ poynte, whiche was done with expedition, and there in the Towne of _Guani Guaniga_ he mustered his men, and found fiue hundred and fiftie Spanyardes, whereof fiftie were Marriners. He deuided them into eleuen companies, and appointed these persons following for Captaynes, that is to say, _Alonso de Auila_, _Alonso Fernandez Porto Carrero_, _Iaimes de Ordas_, _Francisco de Monteio_, _Francisco de Morla_, _Francisco de Salzeda_, _Iohn de Escalante_, _Iohn Velasques de Leon_, _Christopher de Olid_, and one _Escouar_, and he himselfe as Generall tooke one Company. He made these many Captaynes, bycause his whole fléete was eleuen sayle, and that eache of them shoulde seuerally be Captayne, both of Shippe and men. He also appoynted for chiefe Pilote _Antonio de Alamines_, who had taken charge before with _Francisco de Hernandez de Cordoua_, and _Grijalua_, &c. He carried also 200 _Indians_, borne in y^e Ile of _Cuba_, to serue and to carrie baggage, & also certayne _Negros_ with some _Indian_ womë, and sixtéene Horses & Mares, with great prouision of Bacon, corne, bisket, hennes, wine, oyle, pease, and other fruites, w^t great store of Haberdash, as Belles, necklaces, beades of glasse, collers, points, pinnes, purses, nedels, girdels, thredde, kniues, sissers, pinsars, hämers, hatchets, Shirts, Coyfes, headkerchiefes, handkerchiefs, bréeches, coates, clokes, cappes, Marriners bréeches, all y^e which Merchädise be deuided amög his nauie. The Ship Admiral was of the burthen of a hüdred Tunnes. Other thrée Shippes of the burthen of eightie Tunnes the péece. All the residue were small withoute ouerloppe, and vergantines. The deuice of his ensigne or aunciente, was flames of fire in white and blewe, with a redde crosse in the middest, and bordred round with letters, in the Lattine and Spanishe tongs, which signified this in effect: friends, let vs follow the Crosse, and with liuely faith with this standerde we shall obteyne victorie. The premisses (as ye haue hearde) was the furniture that _Cortez_ prouided for his iourney, and with so small a thing he conquered so greate and mightie an Empire, & strange Countreys, vnknowen at that time. There was neuer Captayne that did with like army ouercome so infinite a people, & bring both thë and their coütrey vnder subiectiö. He caried no money to pay his souldiers, but was rather much indebted to others at his departure. And to say the truth, there néeded any money to make pay to those souldiers that went to the Cöquest, for if they shuld haue serued for wages, they would haue gone to other places néere hand. But in _India_, euery one pretëdeth y^e state of a noble man, or else great riches. Now all y^e fléete being in readinesse (as ye haue hearde,) _Cortez_ began an exhortation to his cöpany as followeth.