Therefore you may feel certain that we shall obey you, and shall respect you as holding the place of that great lord; and in all the land I rule you may give what orders you wish, and they shall be obeyed, and everything we have shall be put at your service.

And since you are thus in your own heritage and your own house, take your ease and rest from the fatigue of the journey and the wars you have had on the way.'"[1] [Footnote 1: Cortes, _Carta Segunda_, October 30th, 1520.

According to Bernal Diaz Montezuma referred to the prediction several times.

_Historia Verdadera de la Conquista de la Nueva Espana_, cap.

lxxxix, xc.