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At first, Cortés treated his foe chivalrously.

" A Spaniard knows how to respect valor, even in an enemy ," he declared.

However, he allowed Aldrete, the royal treasurer, to have Cuauhtémoc tortured to make him reveal the whereabouts of hidden treasure.

Cuauhtémoc, insisting that there was no hidden treasure, withstood the ordeal.