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all painc light and cafie. Being featcd in his throne, he 

 gavcandicncc to the Orations and Speeches thit were 

 made vnto him > which according vnto their cuftome 

 wcrecloquentandartifickll. The firftwas pronoun 

 ced by the king tfTefcuco, which being prcfervcd, for 

 that it was lately delivered, & very worthy to be heard, 

 I will fct it downc word by word, and thus hee fayde: 

 The concordance and vnitic ofvoyces vpon thy election, is a 

 fttffieiefltteslimonie (wojl noble yong man) of the happincs 

 the realmefoall receive^ mtldefcrving to he comm&unded 

 by thee^ AS alfofor thcgwerallappUufe which all doe flew by 

 meanes thereof. Wherein they have great reafon , for the 

 Empire of Mexico doth alreadiefofarre extevditfelfejhat 

 togovzrne a worlds it is > and to bearefo hcavie a burthen, 

 it requires no leffe dcxteritie andcQHYAge^ thiin that which U 

 reftdentin thy firm and vdunt heart, nor oflcjje wifidomt 

 wd lodgement than thine. 1 fee and know plainely^ that the 

 wivhtic Godloveth this Cittie^ firing he hath given vndtr- 

 jlandingto choofe what watfit. For who will not beleeve that 

 * Prince, who before his raigne had pierced the nine vaultes 

 $f heaven, foouldnot likewife nowe obtaine thofe things that 

 tre earthlie to rekcve his people , tiding himfelfe with hit 

 bejl iudgewenty being therevnto bound by theduetieand 

 charge of a king.Who will likewise beleeve that the great cou 

 rage which thott haft alwaies valiantly foewed in matters of 

 import axce, flwldmwfaile thte in matters ofgreateft need? 

 Who will not per fwadehim(elfe but the Mexicane Empire is 

 tome to the height of their fiver aignetie , feeing the Lorde of 

 things created hath imparted fi great graces vnto thee y that 

 with thy looks onelic thou breedejl admirationinthemthat 

 beholde ihet? Rcioyce then> O happy land, to whom the Crea 

 tor hath given a Prince, as a firm 'pillar tofupportthee,which 

 JhaS be thy father and thy defenctjby whom thoujbalt be fic- 



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