Note 244 — Chapter X · MULTIPLICATION OF PLOTS. June-July, 1519.
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‘En una nao que ... despaché á 16 de julio del año de 1519, envié a V. A. muy larga y particular relacion.’ Cortés, Cartas, 51; Oviedo, iii. 261. ‘En veinte y seis dias del mes de Julio ... partieron de San Juan de Ulua.’ Bernal Diaz, Hist. Verdad., 37. On the next page he says July 6th. The naming of Ulua as the port of departure shows also a carelessness of facts; yet Gomara says:‘Partieron ... de Aquiahuiztlã ... a veinte y seis.’ Hist. Mex., 6. Still Cortés’ letter, written so soon after, ought to be correct. Prescott accepts the 26th.