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what he was , for that there was never feene nor heard 

 fpeake of cuftomes more fuperftitious, nor facrifices 

 more cruel and inhumane, then thofe which he taught 

 them. To conclude , they were invented by the ene 

 my of mankinde. The chiefe and Captaine whome 

 "*~~- *******- t h e y follow cd,was called Mexi> whence came the name 

 of U exico& ofthcMtxicaiffe Nation.This people mar 

 ching thus at leifure,as the other fix Nations had done, 

 peopling and tilling the land in divers panes, whereof 

 there is yet feme fliewes & ruines:& after they had en 

 dured many travells and dangers,in the end they came 

 to the Province of Mechovacan> which is as much to fay, 

 M as a land of fifli, for there is great abundance in goodly 

 great lakes, where contenting themfelvcs with the fci- 

 tuationand temperature of the ground, they refblved 

 to flay there. Yet having confulted with their idoll 

 vpon this point, and finding him vnwilling, they de 

 manded licenfe to leave fbme of their men to people 

 fb good a land, the which he granted, teaching them 

 thcmeaneshowtodoit, which was, that when the 

 men and women fliould beentred into a goodly lake 

 called PaCcuarOy to bathe thcmfelvcs, thofe which re- 

 mainca on land^ fhould fteale away all their clothes, 

 and then fecretly raife their campc , and depart with 

 out any bruite , the which was effected, and the reft 

 which dreamt not of this deceit, (for the pleafure they 

 tookein bathing, ) comming forth and finding them- 

 felves fpoiled of their garments, and thus mocked and 

 left by their companions , they remained difcontented 

 and vexed therewith : fo as to make fh ew of the hatred 

 they had conceived againft them, they fay that they 

 changed their maner of life and their language. At the 

 kaft ids moft certaine,that \hcMe;hovacans have been 



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