Chap. III. 



AMERICA. 



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with fo much ftrength, that by the greateft Wind it deviates not one jot front 

 mounting upwards in a direft Line, to whofe forked Head ten Spaniards re- 

 folv'd to climb ; but having got fcarce half way up, they were forc'd to re- 

 turn, the Aflies lying knee-deep 5 yet at lafttwo more refolute conquer'd all .^foiution ©f two s?* 

 thofc Difficulties, and got to the top, where the mouth of the Cave, as they 

 gueffed, meafur'd four Miles in Circumference : The fhaking of the Moun- 

 tain, and roaring of the Flames, frequently burning forth, fo much terrified 

 them, that they ftaid not long there > for, as we faid, the Ground not oneiy 

 trembled under them, but the Fiery Gulpheje&ed great Stones, which falling 

 down on all fides of the Mountain, rolled to the bottom ; and without doubt 

 they had there perifli'd, had they not fpecdily run to a hollow neighboring 

 Hill, from whence they came at length to the reft of their Company, where 

 they were admir'd by the Indians for their undaunted Refolution, and prefent- 

 ed with feveral rich Gifts. Thefe Indians had a Tradition, That for wicked 

 Princes, and fuch as had not govern'd the People well, this was the Topbet ap- 

 pointed for their Torments. > 



Corte^ being got through the poor Territory of the Guazaztngcrs, and having Str ckiczinAmm- 

 fufFer'd gteat Cold upon the Mountains, difcover'd Jmaquameca, the chief City ca - 

 of the Province Cbialco, feated in a great Lake, to which he rdw'd in a kind of 

 Boats, by the Inhabitants call'd Jcales. Paffing from thence, he was courte- 

 oufly receiv'd in I^tapalapa, another City, which boafts above eight thoufand 

 Stone Buildings, befides admirable Palaces, with fpacious Rooms, delightful 

 Gardens, and Ponds full of Fifh,and almoft cover'd with Fowl • from whenec 

 a Wall or Cawfe-way of a great breadth, that crolVd over both Land and Wa- 

 ter, led from I^tapalapa to Tennftitan. This Cawfe*way hath many Bridges, 

 which are drawn up in time of War, under which the Water runs out of a 

 Salt Lake into a Frefh, that ebbs and flows, although lying between high 

 Mountains, and feventy Leagues from the Sea. 



On both fidrs this Wall, being ten Leagues in length, appears three great 



M Towns, 



A very flnngc Cawf,* 

 way. 



