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king Tzc9att went vnto the Citty ^SucUmko, cauftng 

 himfelfetobcfwornekingof fatSuchmilcos : andfor 

 their comfort he promifed to doe them good . In to 

 ken whereof hee commaunded them to make a great 

 cawfey ftretching from Mexico, to Suchimilc^ which is 

 foure leagues , to the end there might bee more com 

 merce and trafficke amongeft them. Which tiizSuchi- 

 wilcos performed ,and in fhortc time the Mcxicaine go- 

 vernementfeerned fo good vn to them, as they helde 

 themfelves happy to have changed their king and com- 

 monweale, Some neighbors pricked forward by envy, 

 or fenre , to their ruines were not yet made wife by o- 

 thers miferies. 



&itifl#&&& was a citty within the lake, which though 

 the name and dwelling be chaunged, continucth yet. 

 They were adlive to fwimme in the lake, and therefore 

 they thought they might much indomage and annoy 

 the Mexicaines by water, which the King vnderftand- 

 ing, hee refolvcd to fend his army prefently to fight a- 

 gainftthem . But Tlacaellec little eftecming this wane, 

 holding it difhonorable to lead an army againft them, 

 made offer to conquer them with the children onely : 

 which he performed in this maner : he went vnto the 

 Temple & drew out of the Govern ftich children as he 

 thought fitteft for this adion, from tenne to eighteenc 

 yeeres ofage, who knew how to guide their boates, or 

 canoes, teaching them certaine pollicies . The order 

 they held in this warre, was, that he went to Cuttlava- 

 M with his children , where by his pollicy hee preffed 

 theennemy in fuch forte, that hee madethem toflie- 

 and as he followed them, the lord ofCuitlavaca metre 

 him arid yeelded vnto him 5 himfelfe,his Gitty, and his 

 people, and by this meancs he ftay ed the purfuite.The 



children 



