History of the Conquest of Mexico, With a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, And the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortés
History of the Conquest of Mexico, With a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, And the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortés
William Hickling Prescott
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3, cap. 120.) *' Muy hermosas ; " says Oviedo, who saw them in Valladolid, and describes the great wheels more minutely ; ** todo era mucho de verl" (Hist, de las Indias, MS., loc. cit) The inquisitive Martyr, who examined them carefully, remarks, yet more emphatically, ** Si quid unquam honoris humana ingenia in huiuscemodi artibus sunt adepta, principatum lure merito ista consequentur. Aurum, gem- masque non admiror quidem, qn^ Industrie, qu6ve studio superet opus materiam, stupeo. Mille figu...ras et facies mille prospexi qu:c scribere nequeo. Quid oculos hominum suft pulchritudine seque possit allicere meo iudicio vidi nunquam." De Orbe Kovo, dec 4, cap. 9. Digitized by VjOOQ IC EMBASSY AND PRESENTS. 297 arch as the King of Spain, for whom he felt the most pro- found respect, He regretted much that he could not enjoy a personal interview with the Spaniards, but the distance of his capital was too great ; since the journey was beset with difficulties, and with too many dangers from formid- able enemies, to make it possible.
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