458 ABANDONMENT OF A WITCH. 



LIB. vn. bruite, the which was effected, and the rest which dreamt 

 not of this deceit (for the pleasure they tooke in bathing), 

 comming forth and finding themselves spoiled of their gar 

 ments, and thus mocked and left by their companions, they 

 remained discontented and vexed therewith : so as, to make 

 shew of the hatred they had conceived against them, they 

 say that they changed their maner of life and their language. 

 At the least, it is most certaine that the Mechoacans have 

 been alwaies enemies to the Mexicaines, and therefore they 

 came to congratulate the Marquis Del Valle, 1 after his 

 victory obtained when he had conquered Mexico. 



CHAP. v. Of that which happened in Malinaho, Tula, and 

 in Chapultepec. 



From Mechoacan to Mexico are above fifty leagues, and 

 vpon the way is Malinalco, where it happened that com 

 plaining to their idoll of a woman that was a notable 

 witch, which came in their company carrying the name of a 

 sister to their god, for that with her wicked artes she did 

 them much harme, pretending by certaine meanes to be 

 worshipped of them as their goddesse : the idoll spake in a 

 dreame to one of those old men that carried the arke, com- 

 maunding him to comfort the people, making them new and 

 great promises, and that they should leave this his sister 

 with her family, being cruell and bad, raising their campe 

 at mid-night in great silence, leaving no shew what way 

 they passed. So they did, and the witch remaining alone 

 with her family, in this sort peopled a towne which they 

 call Malinalco, the inhabitants whereof are held for great 

 sorcerers, being issued from such a mother. The Mexi 

 caines, for that they were greatly diminished by these divi 

 sions, and by the number of sicke and wearied persons 

 which they had left behind, meant to repaire themselves, 

 1 Jlornan Cortes. 



