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the year one thoufand five hundred and nineteen, when we went Willi 

 him from Cuba to New Spain, he ufed to tell iis that he was thirty 

 four years of age; from one thoufand five hundred and nineteen, to one 

 thoufand five hundred and forty feven, is a period of twenty eight years, 

 which makes him at the time of his death exactly fixty two years old. 



The legitimate children of the Marquis del Valle were, Don Mar- 

 tin the prefent Marquis, Donna Maria before mentioned who married 

 the Count de Luna de Leon. Donna Juana, w^ho married Don Hernan- 

 do Enriquez heir to the Marquis of Tariffa, and Donna Catalina de 

 Arrellano, who died in Seville. Thefe ladies came with the Marchi- 

 onefs from Mexico ; her brother Fray Anthonio de Zuniga being fent 

 for them. One daughter named Donna Leonora, was married in Mex- 

 ico, to a rich Bifcayan nam^ed Juanes de Tolofa, which alliance gave 

 great offence to the young Marquis. He alfo left two natural fons, one 

 by Donna Marina, named Don Martin, who v/as commander of the or- 

 der of St. Jago. The other, Don Luis, who w^as a commander of the 

 fame order, was the fon of a lady, by name, De Hermofilla. He had 

 alfo three natural daughters, one by an Indian woman of Cuba, was 



named Donna Pizarro ; the others were by a Mexican woma^i. Thefe 



ladies were all left great fortunes. The Marquis alfo having due time, 

 took care of his foul, by difcharging his fins; endowing an hofpital 

 irv Mexico, and a monaftery of nuns in his own town of Cuyoacan. 



The motto and arms which were granted to him were well adapted 

 to a valiant warrior. The former being in Latin I will fay nothing 

 about, becaufe I do not underftand that language. His arms were the 

 heads of feven kings in a chain, reprefenting Montezuma, Cacamatzin, 

 Guatimotzin, Tulapa, Coadlavaca, and the princes of Tacuba and 

 Cuyoacan. 



I will now proceed to defcribe the perfon and difpofition of the 

 M.arq^uis, He was of a good ftature and jftrong built, of a rather pale 



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