Note 686 — Chapter XXI · THE COUP DE MAÎTRE OF CORTÉS. May, 1520.
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He also stated that offers had been made favorable to him alone, not to them, hence he had declined them. ‘Muera el asno ó quien lo aguija.’ Any other course will disgrace us, was the concluding remark, whereupon we lifted him upon our shoulders and carried him round. Tapia, Rel., in Icazbalceta, Col. Doc., ii. 588-9. ‘Hizo muchas ofertas, y prometimiẽtos, que seriamos todos muy ricos.’ Bernal Diaz, Hist. Verdad., 98. It would be his fault, not theirs, if success failed. Herrera, dec. ii. lib. x. cap. ii.