554 S^fe 3\atttrall and Moral! 



Gofpel, and the kingdomc of lefus C hrift , I will re- 

 bee, more at large the ades Qf\Miiep&& , then of the 

 reil ' 



Before he came to be king, he was by difpofition,ve. 

 ry grave and flayed , and fpake little , fb as when hee 

 gave his opinion in the privy counfell, whereas he affi- 

 fted, his fpeeches and difcouries made every one to ad 

 mire him , fo as even then he was feared and refpeded. 

 He retired himfelfe vfually into a Chappell, appointed 

 for him in the Temple of Vitziliputzli, wh ere they faid 

 their Idoll (pake vntohim^ and for this caufehee was 

 helde very religious and devout. For thefe perfections 

 then, being moft noble and of great courage, bisele- 

 ilion was fliort and eafie,as a man vpon whom al mens 

 eyes were fixed ? as woorthy of fuch a charge. Having 

 intelligence of this eledion, hee hidde himfelfe in this 

 chappell of the Temple, whether it were by Judge 

 ment, (apprehending fo heavy and hard a burthen) as 

 to governe fuch a people)or rather as I beleeve throgh 

 hypocrifie,to {hew that hedefired notEmpery: In the 

 end they found him,leading him to the place of coun- 

 cell , whither they accompanied him with all pofliblc 

 loy : hee marched with fuch a gravitie , as they all ftyd 

 the name Q?Mote$uma agreed very \vel with his nature, 

 which is as much to {ay ,as an angry Lord.The ele&ors 

 did him great reverence /giving him notice, that hee 

 was chofen king : from thence he was ledde before the 

 harth of their gods, to give incenfc, where he offered 

 focrificcs in drawing hloud from his eares, & the calves 

 of his lcgges,according to their cuftome. They attired 

 Kim with the royall ornaments, and pierced the griftlc 

 of his nofthri!s,hanging thereata rich emcrald,a barba* 

 rous & troublous cuflomc^but thedcfire of rule^iade 



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