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Rh contrary those who rebelled would be punished, according to justice.

The next day, almost all of the chiefs of that city came, and told me that, if they had not come before, it was because the people of this province  Embassy from Cho- lula Visits Cortes were their enemies, and that they did not dare to enter their country because they did not consider themselves safe; and that they were sure that they had told me some things respecting them, but I must not give any credence to them, because they spoke as enemies, and not according to facts. They said also that I should go to their city, where I would discover the falsehoods their enemies had been telling, and the truth of what they themselves assured me; and that from thenceforth they gave and acknowledged themselves as vassals of Your Sacred Majesty, and that they would always remain such, serving and contributing in everything as they were commanded on the part of