Cortez the Conqueror a Tragedy in Five Acts Founded On the Conquest of Mexic
Cortez the Conqueror a Tragedy in Five Acts Founded On the Conquest of Mexic
Lewis Foulk Thomas
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Montetuma. Ye Gods 1 this cannot be. Teutile. 'Tii so, my liege, They come in mighty force, but 'stead of threats, Ma-la-che sends thee many Words of grace, And many gifts of Strange and rare conceit. And substance hitherto unknown to us. Monttzuma. Thy tale is marvellous indeed* Go on. Teutile. Great king ! behold this shining, wondrous knife, Of some strange metal, to us all unknown. [Draws the sword. 46 COETEZ, THE CONQUOEEE. Iti blade cuts keener than our sharpest flint. He sends thee this ...one, hilted with a cross. An emblam which they deem a holy sign, And rear it of huge logs set up on high, And kneel to it as we do to our Gods. Moniezuma. Thou dost amaze me. Teutiie. See my limners' work ! [Scrolls are unrolled, and he points with the sword to .. , each, as he describes them. In great canoes like this, with huge white wings, That skim'd the mighty seas from lands remote, Enclosed by hundreds in their pregnant wombs, Those fearful strangers have been borne till spawned Upon our shores, to work us weal or woe.
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