Bernal Díaz del Castillo Quotes

As for us, we were scarcely four hundred strong, and we well remembered the word and warning...we had received to beware of entering the city of Mexico, since they would kill us as soon as they had us inside.

Bernal Díaz del Castillo

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• As for us, we were scarcely four hundred strong, and we well remembered the word and warning...we had received to beware of entering the city of Mexico, since they would kill us as soon as they had us inside.

  

  Bernal Díaz del Castillo
  • Kill
  • Remembered
  • Mexico