Note 183 — Chapter IX · THE MIGHTY PROJECT IS CONCEIVED. May, 1519.
Reading edition
‘Se puso vna picota en la plaça, y fuera de la Uilla vna horca.’ Bernal Diaz, Hist. Verdad., 29; Vetancvrt, Teatro Mex., pt. iii. 116. This signifies that justice was installed, its officers being next appointed.