_Cortes_ gaue great thankes to the Lorde for his curtesie and good entertaynement, muche estéeming the good will of his Lorde _Mutezuma_, and so departed from thence, and wente to passe ouer a mountayne very high, the passage whereof he named _Nombre de dios_, bycause it was the first that he had passed, beyng so asperous and highe, that there is none suche in all Spayne, for it conteyned directly vpright thrée leagues, and hath in many places grapes and trées with hony. And discendyng downe on the other side of that hill, they came to a towne called _Theuhixuacan_, whiche is a forte and friende to _Mutezuma_, where our army was receyued and entertayned as in the other towne behinde.
And from thence he traueled thrée dayes in a countrey inhabitable, and passed some necessitie of hunger, & much more of thirst, bicause all the water that they founde was saltishe, and many of his men for wante of other dranke thereof, whereof they fell into sickenesse: and sodainely fel a meruaylous Hayle with great colde, whiche increased their griefe, yea and the _Indians_ of their company thought there to ende theyr liues, & some of the _Indians_ of _Cuba_ died there through nakednesse, not being accustomed to so cold a countrey. After the fourth iourney of euill way they ascended vp an other hil, and vpon the toppe therof, (to their iudgement) they founde a thousande carte loade of wood ready cut, neare to a little tower of idolles: they named that place the porte of wood: & hauing passed twoo leagues from the porte of wood, they founde the countrey barren and poore, but soone after the army came to a place whiche they named white Castell, bicause the Lordes house was of stone very white and newe, and the beste that they had séene in all that countrey, and so curiously wrought, that they meruayled thereat: that towne in their language is called _Zaclotan_, and the valley neare vnto it is name _Zacatami_, and the Lordes name is _Olintlec_, who receyued _Cortes_ honorably, and prouided for him and his company abundantly, being so commaunded by _Mutezuma_, as hée reported afterwarde.