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fame as that above mentioned, that is, Itzcoatl not hav- 

 ing completed the thirteen years on the throne, Acofta 

 and Martinez paid no attention to the odd months over 

 the twelve years, whereas the others made a complete 

 year of theirf^ He began to reign in 1323 ; he could 

 not begin either fooner or later, for he afcended the 

 throne a year after Maxtlaton ufurped the throne of 

 Acolhuacan. Maxtlaton reigned three years, and with 

 him the Tepanecas finiflied. The following year, that 

 is, three years after Itzcoatl had begun to reign, Neza- 

 hualcojotl was eftabliftied on the throne of Acolhuacan, 

 which had been ufurped by the Tepanecas. It is known 

 befides, that Nezahualcojotl reigned forty-three years 

 and fome months ; he having finifhed therefore in 1470, 

 it appears that the commencement of his reign ought to 

 be fixed in 1426, the ruin of the Tepanecas in 1425, 

 the beginning of the reign of Itzcoatl in 1423, and that 

 of the tyranny of Maxtlaton in 1422. 



Chimalpopoca. This unhappy king was confound- 

 ed by Acofta, Martinez, and Herrera, with his -nephew 

 Acolnahuacatl, fon of Huitzilihuitl ; from whence thefe 

 authors allow Chimalpopoca only ten years of reign, and 

 make him die by the hands of the Tepanecas ; but the 

 contrary appears from the paintings and relations of the 

 Indians, cited by Torquemada, and partly feen by our- 

 felves. Siguenza, by inattention falls into a contradic* 

 tion ; for he fays that Chimalpopoca was the younger 

 brother of Huitzilihuitl : of this king he affirms, that 

 he began to reign at eighteen years of age, and that he 

 reigned lefs than eleven, fo that he mud have died be- 

 fore he was twenty-nine years of age; and Chimalpo- 

 poca, who immediately fucceeded him, muft have been 

 at leaft twenty-eight when he began to reign 5 notwith- 



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