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fion.they had not refpe&ed them as they deferred: for 

 thiscaufe, they and their kinsfolke, did rnutine, and 

 went to feeke another refidence:and as they went tho 

 rough the lake, they found a (mall pcece of ground or 

 terraffe, which they call ftoteloli, where they inhabited, 

 calling it TlAtellulco , which fignifies place of a terrafle. 

 This was the third divifion of the Mexicaines, fincc 

 they left their Country. That otMeckcvacan being the 

 firft , and that ofMalivalco the fecond . Thofc which 

 feperated themfelves and went tsTlatellttlco, were fa 

 mous men, but of bad difpofition : and" therefore they 

 pra&ifedagainfttheMexicaines their neighbours, all 

 the ill neighbourhood they could. They had ahvaies 

 "quarrellsagainftthem, and to this day continues then- 

 hatred and olde leagues. They of T^^/'//^ feeing 

 them oiTlatellulco thus oppofite vnto them, and that 

 they multiplied 5 "feared that in time they might fur- 

 mountthem: heerevpon they affembledin counfell, 

 where they thought it good to choofc a King , whome 

 they (hould obey, and ftrike terror in to their enemies, 

 that by this meanes they fhould bee more vnited and 

 flronger among themfelves,and their enemies not pi e- 

 fume too much againft them. Being thus reiblved to 

 choofe a King, they tooke another aavife very profita 

 ble and affured , to choofe none among themfelves, 

 fortheavoydingofdiffentions, andtogaine (by their 

 new King) fbmc other neighbour nations, by whom 

 they were invironed, being deftitute of all (uccours. 

 All well confidered,both to pacific the King of Ctdhua- 

 c*n, whom they had greatly offended, having flaine 

 andflead the daughter of his predeceflbr, and done 

 him fo great a fcome,asal(b to have a King of the Mex^ 

 icaine blood, of which generation there were many 



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