Note 86 — Chapter V · SAILING OF THE EXPEDITION. 1518-1519.
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Cortés himself was very liberal in advancing money or necessaries. Puertocarrero, loc. cit. This cavalier received a horse which Cortés bought at Trinidad with gold fringes taken from his mantle. Bernal Diaz, Hist. Verdad., 14. ‘Dio a muchos soldados ... dineros con obligaciõ de man comun.’ Gomara, Hist. Mex., 12.