Note 744 — Chapter XXIII · UPRISING OF THE AZTECS. May-June, 1520.

Which speaks little to the credit of either Mary or Santiago. Bernal Diaz, Hist. Verdad., 102. ‘Otro miraglo ... é fué muy notorio.’ ‘Ya sé que los incrédulos ... dirán que mi ocupaçion en esto de miraglos, pues no los ví, es supérflua ... é yo hablo que esto é más se puede é debe creer;’ for did the Indians have mysteries and miracles, surely God, the virgin, and the saints could effect greater deeds. Oviedo, iii. 511. He quotes from Livy and others concerning the reliable miracles of Roman times. Prescott and others transfer the miracles to the siege under Cortés for greater effect. Bustamante, the modern champion of the shrines of Mexico, who is ready to uphold any deed attributed to these images, is rather incredulous about miracles recorded in favor of Spanish cutthroats. See Chimalpain, Hist. Conq., i. 283 et seq. ‘Si no oviéssemos miedo de esse del caballo blanco, ya vosotros estaríedes coçidos,’ cried some, Oviedo, iii. 511, while the more valiant added that ‘con todo esto si no soltays a Motecçumacin, y os vays luego, presto sereys muertos.’ Gomara, Hist. Mex., 152.