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the children did vfe to learne by hart, and fb they were 

 kept by tradition , fome of them deferve well to be re 

 ported in their proper termes. The king aunfwering, 

 thanked them, and offered them his care and diligence 

 in their defence & aide in all he could. After they gave 

 him the othe, and after their maner fet the royall crown 

 vpon his head , the which is like to the Crowne of the 

 dukes ofVfltf rc.-the name o4camapixtli their firft king 

 fignifics a handfull of reeds, and therfore they carry in 

 their armories a hand holding many arrows ofreedes. 



Oftbeftrange tribute the Mexicaincspaiedto them 

 0/Azcapuzalco. CHAP. 9. 



THe Mexicaines happened fo well in the eledion of 

 their new king, that in fhort time they grew to 

 have fbme form of a common- weale,and to be famous 

 among ftrangers ; whcrevpon their neighbours moved 

 \\ ith feare, pradifed to fubdue them, efpecially ther*. 

 fawans, who had Azctyumlco for their metropolitane 

 citty, to whome the Mexicaines payed tribute,as ftran 

 gers dwelling in their land. For the king of A^CApuzalco 

 fearing their power which increafcd, foght to opprefle 

 .the Mexicanes ? and having confulted with his fubieds, 

 hefentto talking Acamapixtli, that the ordinary tribut 

 they payed was too little , and that from thencefoorth 

 they iliould bring firre trees, fapines, and willowes for 

 the building of the citty , and moreover they fhoulde 

 make him a garden in the water planted with diverfe 

 kindes of hearbes and pulfes, which they fhould bring 

 vnto him yearely by water,cJrelTed in this maner,with- 

 out failing- which if they did not, he declared them his 

 enemies, and would roote them out . The Mexicaines 



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