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Chap. V. 



A»tzol\ Gt- 

 ncrolny and 

 Mrgnificcnce. 



The Lord of 



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Speech to 



Boating Ifle of Planks, by which he got over his whole Army ; upon which the 

 zmzzd Quaxututlans immediately fubmitted themfelves to the Mexicans, who pur- 

 ging their Victory, extended their Dominions to Ouatimala, over a Traft of three 



hundred Leagues. 



The new King havingnow fubdu'd all his Enemies, and made himiclr glorious 

 by his Victories, was aifo ambitious to be as much extoll'd for his Generofity 

 and Magnificence 5 to which purpofe he diftributed all the Wealth which was 

 brought unto him from the neighboring Countreys, amongft the Poor and the No- 

 bilky*- to the firft he gave Clothes and Provifions . to the laft, Plumes of Feathers 

 and Arms. Moreover he caus'd all mean Houfes to te pull'd down and new ones 

 to be built in their places. Laftly, he confultcd how to # bring frefh Water into 

 Mexico, which was plac'd in a brackifli Soil : Upon this Defign he was fo bent, 

 that when one of his Sages dilTwaded him from it, alledging, That the Water vould 

 drown the City, he, in (lead of following his Advice, banifh'd him his Prefence, and 

 upon his flying to Quyaocm, caus'd him to be fetch 'd from thence and Executed. 

 Then profecuting his Defign, he cut the Ditch before Quyaocun, by which means 

 great (tore of frefli Water came flowing into the Lake Laguna, which the Priefts 

 welcom'd with ftrange Ceremonies ; for fomeperfum'd the Water, others Offer'd 

 Quails Blood, whilft others play'd on feveral Mufical Inftruments, with many 

 other Ceremonies, which are at large defcrib'd in the ancient Mexican Chronicles, 

 kept in the Vatican Library at %ome. But the Prophecy of the Executed Sorcerer 

 was in a manner fulfill'd j for the Water overwhelm'd a great part of Mexico, and 

 divided the City into lfles : But to prevent farther Mifchief , Aut^oll caus'd Banks 

 to be rais'd, and Channels digg'd ; and not iong after, in the eleventh Year of his 

 Reign, he deceas'd : After which the Mexican Kingdom tended towards its period, 

 as the enfuing Story will declare. 



Amongft the Mexican Nobility, Mutexuma, a melancholy Man, yet very prudent, 

 who refided in a ftately Apartment near the great Temple Qu, that there he might 

 the better converfe with Vt^tlipu^tli, was elected King • which he no fooner heard, 

 but fled from hence : but being found out, he wasagainft his will led to the Grand 

 Alterably, and from thence to the holy Hearth,where for an Offering he drew Blood 

 out of his Cheeks, Ears, and Legs . and, according to an ancient Cuftom, the Qowu 

 til of State boring a Hole in his Nofe, hung an Emerauld in the fame . after which 

 the Lord of Tefcuco faluted him with a Speech - which (fince it is mention'd by 

 Jofephf Acofta, together with feveral other Speeches of Congratulation to their 

 Kings, which were taught to Schollars, to make them expert in their Language) 

 it will not be amifs to be annexed here, that of many this one may ferve for a pat- 

 tern of the Mexicans Eloquence, which is as folio weth : 



THe great happinefs, mod noble Mutec^uma, which is bcfalln this Realm by 

 your Election, may eafily be conje&ur'd from the general joy, none be- 

 fides your felf being able to undergo an Office, in the management whereof fo 

 « much Prudence is requir'd : It is a moft certain teftimony that God loves Mexico, 

 « that he hath given its Inhabitants underftanding to make fuch a Choice. Who 

 « can doubt, but that you who have expatiated through the Heavens, and con- 

 " vers'd with Viztlipuztli, may eafily Govern us Mortals on Earth ? Who can de- 

 " fpair, but that the Vertue inclos'd within your Breaft, will extend to the Widows 

 "and Orphans? Therefore rejoyce , O Mexico j the Heavens have granted us a 

 "Prince without Vice . Merciful, and not a Violator of the Laws ; Affable, 

 " not defpifing common Converfation. And you, O King, let not this great Pre* 



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