The sweetness of death by the obsidian knife @ 14:23
Garastāvoklis:: medieval battle cries
''...Rebuffed by the Tlaxcalans, Cuitlahuac made a serious effort to find another ally. He sent ten messengers to see Zuangua, the cazonci (monarch). The messengers said:''Our Lord of Mexico sends us to report to our brother, the cazonci, about the strange people who have taken us by surprise. We have met them in battle and killed some 200 of those who came riding deer, and 200 of those who were not mounted. Those deer wore coats of mail. They carried something which sounded like clouds, which, making a great thundering, kills all those whom it meets...''...the cazonci considered, and consulted. They asked some more questions, and said:''Never have we heard from our ancestors of the coming of other peoples. If they knew of it, they did not make it known to us. Where would they come from but from heavens?...And the deer...what are they?''.''
no Hugh Thomas graamatas ''The conquest of Mexico''
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