52 SIX MONTHS IN MEXICO. 



"Not only the palaces, but all the other 

 places of pleasure, were kept in exquisite 

 order and neatness, even those which were 

 seldom or never visited ; as there was nothing 

 in which he took more pride than the clean- 

 liness of his own person, and of every thing 

 else which was his. He bathed regularly 

 every day, and had baths, therefore, in all his 

 palaces. Every day he wore four dresses ; 

 and that which he once put off he never after 

 used again : these were reserved as largesses 

 for the nobles who served him and the soldiers 

 who behaved gallantly in war. Every morn- 

 ing, according to the accounts given by some 

 historians, upwards of a thousand men were 

 employed by him in sweeping and watering 

 the streets of the city. 



"In one of the royal buildings was an 

 armoury filled with all kinds of offensive and 

 defensive arms which were made use of by 

 those nations, with military ornaments and 



