5Z4- Tbe^(atur4ll and Moral! 



defireofhis grandfather the king of Azj4f&alw, the 



water of thcmountaineofC^^//^r, which is from 



Mexico a league , as is faide before, which they eafely 



obtained, and by their induftry made an aqueduft of 



faggots 3 weeds and flagges, by the which they brought 



water to their citty . But becaufe the Cittiewas built 



within the Lake, and the aqueduddid crofTeit , it did 



breake forth in many places, fo as they could not inioy 



the water,as they defired, and had great fcardtie: wher- 



vpon, whether they did exprefly feckeit, to quarrell 



with the TapAnecans^ or that they were mooved vppon 



frnall occafion,in the end they fenta refolute ambaffagc 



to the king of d^capu^lco, faying, they could not vfc 



the water which he had gratioufly granted them , and 



therefore they required him to provide them wood, 



lime,and ftone, and to fend his vvorkmen,that by their 



meancs they might make a pipe of flone and lime that 



fiiould not breake . This meflage nothing pleafed the 



king,and much lefle his fubie<5h,feeming to be too pre. 



fumptuous a meflage, and purpofely infolent , for vaC 



fals to their Lord . The chiefcof the Counfell difdain- 



ing thereat, faid it was too bold, that not content with 



pcrmiflion to live in an others land, and to have water 



given them , but they would have them goc to ferve 



them: what a matter was that:' And whereon prefumed 



this fugitive nation, fliut vp in the mud ? They would 



let them know, how fit they were to worke , and to a- 



bate their pride, in taking from them their land and 



their lives. 



In thefe termes and choller they left theking,whom 

 they did fbmwhat fufpec^by reafbn of his grandchild, 

 and confulted againe anew, what they were to doe, 

 where they refolved to make a generall proclamation, 



that 



