Note 59 — Chapter IV · THE HERO OF THE CONQUEST.
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Verses which were tolerably good, and even procured him some fame. Anales, 220. ‘Quando hablaua con Letrados, y hombres Latinos, respondia á lo que le dezian en Latin.’ Bernal Diaz, Hist. Verdad., 238. The combined qualities of scholar and general have called up a not inappropriate comparison between Cortés and Cæsar. See Helps’ Span. Conq., and other authorities.