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Cortes had the officers responsible for turning on his men burned alive before Montezuma and the Aztec court, using a form of punishment the speaker says was unknown to the Aztecs.
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“he has them in front of the emperor and the entire court burned alive,”
“which is a form of punishment totally unknown to the Aztecs. And they watch this in grim silence.”Play from 12:55Report a misattribution
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