HISTORY OF MEXICO. 



Acofta. 





The Interpreter. 



Acamapitzin 





_ m 



1375 



Huitzilihuitl 



1424 





1396 



Chimalpopoca 



1427 





1417 



Itzcoatl - - 



H37 





1427 



Montezuma I. 



1449 





I44C 



Axajacatl - 



148 1 



— m 



I469 



Tizoc - - 



1487 





1482 



Ahuitzotl - 



1492 





i486 



Montezuma II. 



1503 





1502 



Siguenza. 





3 May 



1361 



19 April 



1403 



24 February 



1414 





1427 



13 Auguft 



1440 



21 November 



1468 



30 October 



1 48 1 



13 April 



i486 



15 September 



1502 



Acofta, and after him Arrigo Martinez, and Herrera, 

 not only difagree with other authors in chronology, but 

 alfo in the order of the kings, placing Tizoc on the 

 throne before Axajacatl ; whereas the contrary is evi- 

 dent, not lefs from the teftimony of the Mexicans than 

 that of other Spanifti authors. Gomara perplexes the 

 reigns of the lords of Tula with thofe of the kings of 

 Colhuacan and the Mexican kings. Torquemada points 

 out the years of both, and his chronology difagrees with 

 that of other authors. SoJis makes Montezuma II. the 

 eleventh of the Mexican kings; but we know not how 

 he fupported fo ftrange a paradox, De Paw, in order 

 to fliew his extravagance of genius even in this does not 

 enumerate more than eight kings of Mexico, but it is 

 certain and indubitable that the Mexicans had the nine 

 kings above mentioned, and after them Cuitlahuatzin 

 and Quauhtemotzin. Some authors do not reckon the 

 two laft among their kings, becaufe they reigned for fo 

 fliort a time; but having been lawfully elected and 

 peaceably accepted by the nation, they have as much 

 right to be counted among the kings of Mexico as any 

 of their anceftors. Acofta fays, he does not make men- 

 tion of them becaufe they had nothing but the name of 

 king, as in their time the whole of the kingdom almoft 

 was fubjecl: to the Spaniards; but this is abfolutely 



falfe, 



