ANCIENT HISTORY OF MEXICO. Xxi 



The Hiftory of New Spain ; 2. The Hiftory of the Che- 

 chemecan Lords ; 3. An Epitome of the Hiflory of the 

 Kingdom of Tezcuco ; 4. Hiftorical Memoirs of the 

 Toltecas, and other nations of Anahuac. All thefe 

 works, written in Spanifh, were preferved in the library 

 of St. Peter and St. Paul of the Jefuits of Mexico, and 

 from them we have extra^led fome materials for this 

 hiftory. The* author was fo cautious in writing, that, in 

 order to remove any grounds for fufpicion of fi6lion, he 

 made his accounts conform exaftly with the hiftorical 

 paintings, which he inherited from his illuftrious ancef- 

 tors. 



Juan Batifta Pomar, of Tezcuco, or Cholula, a de- 

 fcendant from a baftard of the royal houfe of Tezcuco. 

 He wrote Hiftorical Memoirs of that Kingdom, which 

 Torquemada has made ufe of. 



Domingo de San Anton Munon Chimalpain, a noble 

 Indian of Mexico. He wrote in the Mexican language 

 four works, much efteemed by thejntelligent : i. Ameri- 

 can Chronicle, containing all the Events of that Nation, 

 from the Year 1068, to the Year 1597 of the vulgar 

 era. 2. The Hiftory of the Conqueft of Mexico by the 

 Spaniards. 3. Original Accounts of the Kingdoms of 

 Acolhuacan, of Mexico, and of other provinces. 4. Hif- 

 torical Commentaries from the year 1064 to 1521. 

 Thefe works, which I moft ardently v/ifhed for, were 

 preferved in the library of the college of St. Peter and 

 St. Paul of Mexico. Boturini had copies of them, as 

 well as of almoft all the works of the Indians, which I 

 have mentioned ; there was a copy of the Chronicle alfo 

 in the library of the college of St. Gregory of the Jefu- 

 its of Mexico. 



Fernando 



