496 WAR WITH TLA.TELLULCO. 



LIB. vii. by an ynfrequented way, went and incamped before 

 Tlatellulco. Presently hee called him who had defied him to 

 performe his promise, and as the two Lordes of Mexico and 

 Tlatellulco advaunced, they commaunded their subiects not 

 to moove, vntill they had seene who should be conquerour, 

 which was done, and presently the two Lordes in countered 

 valiantly, where having fought long, in the end the Lorde 

 of Tlatellulco was forced to turne his backe, being vnable to 

 indure the furious charge of the king of Mexico. Those of 

 Tlatellulco seeing their captaine flie, fainted, and fled like 

 wise, but the Mexicans following them at the heeles, charged 

 them furiously : yet the Lord of Tlatellulco escaped not the 

 hands of Axayaca ; for thinking to save himselfe, he fled to 

 the toppe of the temple, but Axayaca folowed him so neere, 

 as he seised on him with great force, and threw him from 

 the toppe to the bottome, and after set fire on the temple 

 and the cittie. Whilest this passed at Tlatellulco, the Mex- 

 icane generall was very hote in the revenge of those that 

 pretended to defeate him by pollicie, and after he had 

 forced them to yeelde, and to cry for mercy, the general 

 sayed he would not pardon them vntil they had first 

 performed the offices of those figures they represented, 

 and therefore he would have them crie like frogges and 

 ravens, every one according to the figure which he had 

 vndertaken, else they had no composition : which thing he 

 did to inocke them with their own policie. Feare and 

 necessitie be perfect teachers ; so as they did sing and crie 

 with all the differences of voyces that were commaunded 

 them, to save their lives, although they were mnch grieved 

 at the sport their enimies made at them. They say that 

 vnto this day, the Mexicans vse to least at the Tlatellulcans, 

 which they beare impatiently, when they putte them in 

 minde of this singing and crying of beasts. King Axayaca 

 tooke pleasure at this scorne and disgrace, and presently 

 after they returned to Mexico with great ioy. This king 



