When he left he had promised that he or his descendants would again visit them, and resume his empire.

The wonderful deeds of the Spaniards, their complexion, the fact that they came from the east--all showed that they were the descendants of this god.
"Your sovereign beyond the waters is, I know, the rightful lord of all.

I rule in his name.

You, Malinzin, are his ambassador, and you and your brethren shall share what I have." He then dismissed his visitors with fresh presents.
Malinzin was the name by which Cortez was universally known by the natives.

Malinche was ever with him, and they connected him with her, and called him by the masculine form of her name.
But gratified as the Spaniards were at the kindness of their reception, and within the munificent gifts showered upon them, they could not but feel that their position was a precarious one.