of the Indies lib. 7. 509 



raentofhis mother, awhile after followed the-fl/ttr/'- 

 cAtnes courfe, labouring toincenfe the TapwecM , and 

 other neighbours againft them, even vn to the Chalet: 

 fo as they came with a ftrong army to deftroy the Mex~ 

 icMn$s. Copilim themcane (pace ftoodevpon a little 

 hillinthemiddeftofa lake called Acopilco, attending 

 the deftruftion of his enemies, and they by the advife 

 of their idoll, went againft him, tooke him fuddenly, 

 and flew him , carrying his heart to their god , who 

 commanded them to caft it into the lake , faining that 

 thereof did grow a plant called Tumi, where fincc 

 Mexico was built.They came to fight with thcCbalcas, 

 and other Nations, having chofen for their Captaine, 

 a valiantraan called Vit&ilomlti , who in an incounteiy 

 was taken and flaincby the enemies. But for all this, 

 chey were not difcouraged,but fought valiantly^and in 

 difpight of their enemies they brake the fquadrons, 

 and carry ing their aged, their women/and yong chil 

 dren in the midft of their battaile: they paffed onto 

 AtlacuyavAja,* towneofthe C/^/^^,whom they found 

 folemnifing of a feaft , in which place they fortified. 

 The Chalcas nor the other Nations did not follow 

 them, but grieved to be defeated by fo fmall a number 

 of men ; they being in ib great multitudes, retyredto 

 their townes. 



OftheWarresthc MexicAtnts had again/I them of 

 Culhuacan. CHAP. <5. 



*p He Mexicaines by the advife ^>f their idoll, fcnt 



their meflengers to the Lord ofCulhttacAn , to de- 



mand a place to dwell in, who after he had imparted it 



to his people, granted them the place QfTicMfaa, 



which 



