An abundant supply of excellent water, forming a volume equal in bulk to the human body, is conveyed by one of these pipes, and distributed about the city, where it is used by the inhabitants for drink and other purposes.
Hernando CortesI and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with gold.
Hernando CortesFor I assure Your Majesty that if God had not mysteriously assisted us and the victory had gone to Narvรกez, it would have been the greatest harm that Spaniards had done to each other for a long time past.
Hernando Cortes