Moctezuma delivered them up, and Cortez at once had them burned in public.
On the Indian frontier, yes; but in the valley of Mexico—tranquil since the time of Moctezuma—there had been no fighting.
Another authority says: "Montezuma, or more correctly, Moctezuma."
Land of the nopal and maguey—home of Moctezuma and Malinché!
In the crisis when it became necessary to seize the treacherous Moctezuma, Alvarado was active and prominent.
