HiHorieofthefndies. lib. 7. 



tliey raifed a gener 

 charged the Tapanecans 5 and although they were farrc 

 more in number, yet did they defeate theii),and force 

 them to retire in to their Cittie 3 then advaunced they 

 which remained behinde , crying, Tjacacllec, vidloric, 

 vi<Sorie,all fodainely entred the Cifty, where (by the 

 Kings commandement) they pardoned not any man, 

 no notoldemcn, women, nor children, for they flew 

 them all, and fpoy led the Citty being very rich . And 

 not con tent heerewith , they tollowed them that fled, 

 and were retired into the craggy rocks of the Sierres or 

 neere mountaines , ftriking and making a great daugh 

 ter of them. The Tapanecans being retired to a moun- 

 taine caft downe their armcs, demaunding their lives, 

 and offering to ferve the Mexicans, to give them lands 

 and gardins, ftonc, lime and timber, and to hold them 

 ahvaycs for their Lordes . Vpon this condition Tlaca- 

 cHec retired his men and ceafed the battell , graunting 

 them their lives vpon the former conditions, which 

 they <3id folemnely (weare. Then th^y returned to A^- 

 eAptfylco, and fb with their rich and vi&orious fpoiles 

 to the cittie of Mexico . The day following the king ad 

 fembled the nobilitie and the people,to whom he laid 

 open the accord the Commons had made, demaund 

 ing of them, if they were content to perfift thcrin:thc 

 Commons made anfwer, that they had-promifed, and 

 they had well deferved it, and therfore they were con- 

 tent to ferve them perpetually .Wherevpon they tooke 

 an orhe , which fince they have kept without contra 

 diction. 



This done I^co/tU returned to Azcapuzako , (by the 

 advife of his counfell) he divided all the lands & goods 

 of the conquered among the conqtierourS; the cnicfeft 



Mm 4 parte 



