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was higher, and did rife like a poynt . The king of Tef> 

 cuco had the privilege to crown the king of AfottVf.fi'he 

 Mexicaines havebeerae very duetifull and loyall vnto 

 their kings : and, it hath not beeneknowne that they 

 have pradifed any treafonagainftthern; onely their 

 Hiftories report, that they fought to* poifbn their king 

 called Ticocic, being a coward, andoffmall account; 

 but it is not found that there hath beencany diffcnti- 

 ons or partialities amongeft them for ambition, thogh 

 it be an ordinary thing in Comminalties : but contra- 

 riwifetheyreporte, as you (hall fee heercafter, that a 

 man, thcbeftoftheMexicaines, refufedthisrealme, 

 feeming vrito him to be very expedient for the Com- 

 mon-wealc to have an other king .jln the beginning 

 when the Mexicaines were but poore and wcake , the 

 kings were very moderate ia their expcnfes and in their 

 Court, but as they increafed in power, they incrcafed 

 likewifeinpompeandftate, vntill they came to the 

 greatncfle of Motepm^^^LJf. hee had had no other 

 thing but his houfe of beafts and birds . ithadbeenea 

 prowdc thing, the like whereof hath not becnefeenc: 

 for there was in this houie all fortes of fifh, birds of Xa- 

 camamM&n d beafts, as in an other Noahs Arke, for fea 

 fi(h, there were pooles of fait water, and for river fifli, 

 lakes of frefll- water, birds that do prey.werefcdde,and 

 likewife wilde beafts in great aboundaunce.-there.wcre 

 very many Indians imployed for the keeping of thcfe 

 beafts: and when hcfound an impoffibilitic to nourifh 

 any fort of fi(h,fowlc, or wilde beaft , hee caufed the i- 

 mageorlikenefTctobemade, richly cutte in pretious 

 ftones, filver, or goldc, in marble, or in ftone : and for 

 all fortes of entertrinements, hee had hisfeverallhou- 

 fesandpallacesp fome ofpleafure, others of forrowc 



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