But two men are still left in the land, Cuitlahua, my uncle, and myself.

Now I go to summon our armies.' And he went.
All that night the city murmured like a swarm of wasps, and next day at dawn, so far as the eye could reach, the streets and market place were filled with tens of thousands of armed warriors.

They threw themselves like a wave upon the walls of the palace of Axa, and like a wave from a rock they were driven back again by the fire of the guns.

Thrice they attacked, and thrice they were repulsed.

Then Montezuma, the woman king, appeared upon the walls, praying them to desist because, forsooth, did they succeed, he himself might perish.