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to speake truly, to Tlacaellel his Generall, for the good LlB 

 order and policy sctled in the realme of Mexico, as also for 

 the counsells and goodly enterprises which they did execute; 

 and likewise for the numbers of Judges and Magistrates, 

 being as well ordered there as in any common-weale; yea, 

 were it in the most nourishing of Europe. This King did 

 also greatly increase the King s house, giving it great 

 authoritie, and appointing many and sundry officers, which 

 served him with great pompo and ceremony, lice was no 

 lesse remarkable touching the devotion and service of his 

 idolls, increasing the number of his Ministers and instituting 

 new ceremonies, where vnto hee carried a great respect. 



llee built that great temple dedicated to their god Vitzil- 

 ipuztli, whereof is spoken in the other Booke. He did 

 sacrifice at the dedication of this temple, a great number of 

 men, taken in sundry victories: finally inioying his Empire 

 in great prosperitie ; hee fell sicke, and died, having 

 raigned twenty-eight yeares, vnlike to his successor Ticocic, 

 who did not resemble him, neither in valour, nor in good 

 fortune. 



CHAT. xvn. How Tlacaclhl /r/Wo/ to be King, and of 

 the election and dccdcs of Ticocic. 



The fouro Deputies assembled in counsell, with the lords 

 of Tezcuco and Tacuba, where Tlacaellel was President 

 in the election, where by all their voices Tlacaellel was 

 chosen, as deserving this charge better than any other. Yet 

 lie refused it, perswading them by pertinent reasons that 

 they should choose another, saying, that it w r as better and 

 more expedient to have another king, and he to be his 

 instrument and assistant, as hee had beene till then, and 

 not to lay the whole burthen vpon him, for that he held 

 himselfe no lesse bound for the Common-weale, then it hee 



