OF THE

CONQUEST OF MEXICO,

WITH A PRELIMINARY VIEW

OF THE

ANCIENT MEXICAN CIVILIZATION,

AND THE

LIFE OF THE CONQUEROR,

HERNANDO CORTES.

BY

WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT,

AUTHOR OF THE "HISTORY OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA."

"Victrices aquilas alium laturus in orbem."

LUCAN, Pharsalia, lib. v., v. 238.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOLUME II.

NEW YORK:

HARPER AND BROTHERS, 82, CLIFF STREET.

M DCCC XLIV.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1843, by

WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT,

in the Clerk's office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts