Htitorieoftke Inditt. lib.j. 



much cafcd and content , but it laftcd little. For the 

 Queene their Protc&rixdicd (bone after : and thcyere 

 following like wife Ptizilovftti the king ofMexiw died, 

 leaving his fonnc Ckimtlpopna tennc yearcs olde , hee 

 raigned thirtecnc yccres, and died thirty yeeres old,or 

 little more. Hec was held for a good king, andcarefull 

 in the fcrvice of his gods, whole Images hee held kings 

 to be$ and that the honour done to their god, was done 

 to the king who was his image.For this caufe the kings 

 havebeenefo affectionate to the fervicc of their gods. 

 This king was carefull to winne the love of his neigh- 

 bours, and to trafficke with them , whereby hee aug 

 mented his citty , exercifing his men in warrelike a<5H- 

 ons in the Lake, difppfing them to that which he pre 

 tended, as you (hall fee prefently. 



Oj Chimalpopoca the third king , and hi* cruel! death, 

 d the weapon of war re which the Mexicaincs 

 CHAP. n. 



THe Mexicainesfor fiicceflbr to their dcceafed king 

 did choofe his fonne Chimalpepoca , by common 

 confcnt, although he were a child of tenne'yeeres old, 

 being of opinion that it was alway es neccflary to keepe 

 the favor of the king QfA^cafu^Alco^ making his grand- 

 childe king. They then fet him in his throanc , giving 

 him the cnfignes of warre, with a bo we and arrowes in 

 one hand, and a fword with raiburs (which they com 

 monly vfe) in the right, fignifying thereby (as they da 

 fay) that they pretended by armes to fct themfelves at 

 liberty. The Mcxicaincs had great want of water, that 

 of the Lake being very thicke and muddy, and there- 

 fore ill to drincke,fo as they caufed their infant king to 



defire 



