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History of the Conquest of Mexico; vol. 3/4

Note 196 — Chapter IV

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The epithet by which, according to Diaz, the Castilians were constantly addressed by the natives, and which—whether correctly or not—he interprets into gods, or divine beings. (See Hist. de la Conquista, cap. 48, et alibi.) One of the stanzas of Ercilla intimates the existence of a similar delusion among the South American Indians,—and a similar cure of it:

“Por dioses, como dixe, eran tenidos de los Indios los nuestros; pero oliéron que de muger y hombre eran nacidos, y todas sus flaquezas entendiéron: viéndolos á miserias sometidos, el error ignorante conociéron, ardiendo en viva rabia avergonzados por verse de mortales conquistados.” La Araucana, Parte 1, Canto 2.

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