Hiftorie of the Indies, lib. 7. 



tinned little: for having afterwards reconquered Mex 

 ico, all the Spaniards went to inhabite there. To coa- 

 clude,thofe ofTapeaca,7/afea//a^nd Mecb0v4ca&, have 

 beene alwaies enemies to the Mexicans, although M0- 

 tc$uma (aid vnto Cortes , that he did purpofefy forbeare 

 to fubdue them , to have occafion tp exercife his men 

 of warre,and to take numbers of captives. 



Of the behaviour Andgreatnes fffMoiecumt. 



CHAP. 22. 



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y His King laboured to be refpe&ed, yea,to be wor- 

 fliiped as a god. No Plebeian might looke him in 

 the face^if he did,he was puniftied with death : hee did 

 neverfethis foote on the ground, but was alwaies car 

 ried on the (boulders of Noblemen; and if he lighted, 

 they laid rich tapeftry whereon he did go. When hee 

 made any voyage , hee and the Noblemen went as it 

 were in a parke compared in for the nonce, and the 

 reft of the people went without the parke , invironing 

 it in on every fide ; hee never put on a garment twice, 

 nor did eate or drinke in one veflell or difh above 

 once ; all muft be new , giving to his attendants that 

 which had once ferved him : fo as commonly they 

 were rich and fumptuous.He was very carefull to have 

 his lawes obferved.And when he returned vidor from 

 any warre,he fained fometinies to go and take his plea- 

 fure,then would he difguife himfelfe, to fee if his peo 

 ple (fuppofingif he weareabfent, ) would omitteany 

 thing of the feaft or reception : Ifthere^were any ex- 

 ceffeor defed, he then did punifh it rigoroufly. And 

 al(b to difcerne how his minifters did execute their 

 offices,he often difguifed himfelfe,ofFering guiftes and 



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