PREFACE

BOOK I
Instructions to Cortés	314
CHAPTER III
Jealousy of Velasquez—Cortés Embarks—Equipment of his Fleet—His Person and Character—Rendezvous at Havana—Strength of his Armament
Jealousy of Velasquez	317
Intrigues against Cortés	318
His clandestine Embarkation	319
Arrives at Macaca	320
Accession of Volunteers	321
Stores and Ammunition	322
Orders from Velasquez to arrest Cortés	323
He raises the Standard at Havana	324
Person of Cortés	325
His Character	326
Strength of Armament	327
Stirring Address to his Troops	329
Fleet weighs Anchor	330
Remarks on Estrella’s Manuscript	331
CHAPTER IV
Voyage to Cozumel—Conversion of the Natives—Jeronimo de Aguilar—Army arrives at Tabasco—Great Battle with the Indians—Christianity introduced
Disastrous Voyage to Cozumel	332
Humane Policy of Cortés	333