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Hakluyt Society. 4 PREFACE . story , and they will presently find out what a wonderful story it is . I will do no more now than give evidence of my nationality and birthplace , and note the year in which I set out from Castille and the ...
Hakluyt Society. 4 PREFACE . story , and they will presently find out what a wonderful story it is . I will do no more now than give evidence of my nationality and birthplace , and note the year in which I set out from Castille and the ...
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... presently an old Indian with a long cloak , who was the priest of the Idols ( and I have already said that the priests in New Spain are called Papas ) went up on the top of the oratory and began to preach to the people . Cortés and all ...
... presently an old Indian with a long cloak , who was the priest of the Idols ( and I have already said that the priests in New Spain are called Papas ) went up on the top of the oratory and began to preach to the people . Cortés and all ...
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... presently to speak to them . Meanwhile he ordered an altar to be made as well as it could be done in the time , and Fray Bartolomé de Olmedo , who was a fine singer , chanted Mass , and Padre Juan Diaz3 assisted , and the two governors ...
... presently to speak to them . Meanwhile he ordered an altar to be made as well as it could be done in the time , and Fray Bartolomé de Olmedo , who was a fine singer , chanted Mass , and Padre Juan Diaz3 assisted , and the two governors ...
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