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CONTENTS 



OF VOLUME III. 



BOOK X. 



Review and march of the Spanifh army to Tezcuco . i 



Entry of the Spaniards into that court . . .7 



Revolutions there ..... 8 



Dangerous expedition againft Iztapalapan . .11 

 Confederacy of Otompan, and other cities with the Spaniards 12 



Tranfporting of the materials of the brigantines . 15 



Expeditions againft Xaltocan and Tlacopan . • 1 7 

 Expeditions againft Huaxtepec, Jauhtepec, and Jacapichtla 20 



Fruitiefs negociation with the court of Mexico . . 2 3 



March of the Spaniards through the fouthern mountains 24 



Conqueft of Quauhnahuac . . . .26 



Conqueft of Xochimilco . . . . 27 



March of the Spaniards round the lakes to Tezcuco . 31 



Confpiracy againft Cortes ... , . 32 



Laft preparations for the fiege of Mexico . . • 33 



Difpofition of the army in the fiege of the capital . 34 



Punifliment of Xicotencatl . . . . 36 



Firft Hoftilities and beginning of the fiege . . 38 



Firft entry of the befiegers into the capital . . 42 



Increafe of the auxiliary troops of the Spaniards . 44 



New entries into the city . . . .46 

 Confederacy of feveral cities of the lake againft the Spaniards 47 



Operations of Alvarado, and bravery of Tzilac atzin 49 



Treachery of the Xochimilcas, and other people . 51 



Victory of the Mexicans . . . . . 52 

 Engagement of the brigantines and ftratagems of the Mexicans 57 



Fruitiefs embafly to -the king of Mexico . . . 58 



Expeditions againft the Malinalchefe and Matlatzincas 60 



Memorable actions of the general Chichimicatl, . 6$ 



Slaughter made in Mexico, and bravery of fome women 65 



Deplorable ftate of the Mexicans . . .69 



Fruitiefs attempts to make them furrender . . 71 



New conflict and horrid (laughter of the Mexicans . 72 



Laft aflault, and taking of the city and kings . 73 



