The logo for Lesson 6 is Hernán Cortés


Returning to our subject, Doña Marina knew the language of Guacacualco, which is the tongue of Mexico, and also knew the language of Tabasco, and Jerónimo de Aguilar knew the language of Yucatán and Tabasco, which is one and the same. They (Marina and Aguilar) understood each other well, and Aguilar would pass the information on in Castillian to Cortés. It was a great beginning to our conquest, and things went our way, glory be to God, in a very prosperous way. I wanted to state all this because without Doña Marina, we would not have been able to understand the tongue of New Spain and Mexico.