JOHN CHILTON a.d. 



1568. 



upwards, pay unto the king for their yerely tribute one 

 ounce of silver, and an hannege of maiz, which is valued 

 among them commonly at twelve reals of plate. The 

 widowes among them pay halfe of this. The Indians 

 both of this city, and of the rest, lying about Mexico, 

 goe clothed with mantles of linnen cloth made of cotton 

 wooll, painted thorowout with works of divers and fine 

 colours. It is distant from the city of the Angels foure Tiaxcdla 

 leagues to the Northward, & foureteene from Mexico, fi^^^ leagues 

 There is another city a league from it, called Chetula, r^^ ^^^ 

 consisting of more then sixty thousand Indians, tributaries, Angeles. 

 and there dwell not above twelve Spanyards there. 

 From it, about two leagues, there is another, called 

 Acassingo, of above fifty thousand Indians, and about 

 eight or twelve Spanyards, which standeth at the foot 

 of the Vulcan of Mexico, on the East side. There are Vulcan is a 

 besides these, three other g^reat cities, the one named h\ll ih^i <:^^- 



i-r • r -^ Txr • j '-r- -l tinualh burn- 



lepiaca, a very ramous city, Waxazmgo, and iicnama- ^^^^//^;f^^ 

 chalcho : all these in times past belonged to the kingdome 

 of Tlaxcalla : and from these cities they bring most of 

 their Cochinilla into Spaine. The distance from the Cochimlla. 

 city of the Angels, to the city of Mexico is twenty Pueblo de los 

 leagues. This city of Mexico is the city of greatest ^wl^^ 20 

 fame in all the Indies, having goodly and costly houses f^ft^iJ^°^ 

 in it, builded all of lime and stone, and seven streets 

 in length, and seven in breadth, with rivers running 

 thorow every second street, by which they bring their 

 provision in canoas. It is situated at the foot of cer- 

 taine hilles, which conteine in compasse by estimation 

 above twenty leagues, compassing the sayd city on the 

 one side, and a lake which is foureteene leagues about 

 on the other side. Upon which lake there are built 

 many notable and sumptuous cities, as the city of 

 Tescuco, where the Spanyards built sixe frigats, at that 

 time when they conquered Mexico, and where also 

 Fernando Cortes made his abode five or six moneths in 

 curing of the sicknesse of his people, which they had 

 taken at their comming into the countrey. There dwell 



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