in Culhuacan , which continued there fince the time 

 they lived in peace amongft them $ they refblved to 

 choofe for their King, a yong man called Acamapixtli, 

 fonneto a great Mexicaine Prince, and of a Ladie, 

 daughter to the King of CW/;/^i# .Prefently they fent 

 Ambafladors with a great prefent to demand this man, 

 who delivered their Ambaffage in thefe teamies, Great 

 Lord, weyourvajfillsandjervewts , placed and flwtvp in 

 theweedcs andreedesofthe Lake, alone and abandoned of all 

 the Nations of the world , led onely and guided by our god to 

 the place where we are, which falles in the iurifdicJion of 

 your limits of Afcapufalco 3 <W ^Tefcuco. Althoughy&H 

 havefujferedvs to live and remaine there , yet will we not> 

 neither is it reafon to live without a head and lord to com- 

 mandycorreff, andgoverne vs, injJ ruffing vs in the courfi 

 of our life.) and defending vsfrom cur enemies : Therefore 

 we come to you, knowwg that in your Cfartandhoufe, therz 

 are children of our generation, Imckt and alied with yours, 

 ifficdjrom our enirailes, and yours , of oitr blood and yours, 

 amonviht which we have kr.o\vhd?e of a wand- child of 



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yours and ours^ called Acam apixtli. We befiechyou there 

 fore, to give him vsfor Lord^ we wiHefteeme him as hee dt- 

 fervzs , faittg heeti of the linage &fthe Lords 0/ Mexico, 

 And the Kings ^Culhuacan. 



The king having confultedvpponthispoynt, and 

 finding it nothing inconvenient to bealied to the Mex- 

 icaines,who were valiant men, made tl^em anf\vcr,that 

 they fiiould take his grandchilde jn good time, adding 

 thcrevnto , that if he had beene a \voman>hee woulde 

 not have given her, noting the foule fad: before fpo- 

 ken of, ending his difcourfe with thefe xvordes , Letmy 

 grand-childe go toferveyour God, and be his lievctenant, to 

 ruk and govtrne his creatures, by whom we live, who is the 



Lord 



