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addrefs, and offered to comply with their defires ; but 

 while he was deliberating in what manner he fhould do 

 it, he ordered his fon to lodge them, and take care of 

 their entertainment. 



The king had two daughters who were marriageable, 

 w^hom, from the firll, he had thought of marrying with 

 the two eldefl princes ; but he was unwilling to difcovcr 

 this intention, until he fhould be acquainted with their 

 difpofirion, and fhould be fure of the confent of his fub- 

 je6i:s. When he was fatisfied in mind of both thefe 

 points, he called the princes to him, who remained anx- 

 ious about their fate, and opened his refolution to them, 

 not only to grant them eflablifhments in his kingdom, 

 but alfo to marry two of them with his daughters, la- 

 menting that he had no other, to avoid leaving any one 

 excluded from the new alliance. The princes thanked 

 him with v/arm exprefFions of gratitude, and proifered 

 to ferve him with the utmofl fidelity. 



When the day appointed for the nuptials arrived, 

 fuch a concourfe of people flocked to Tenayuca, the 

 place deftined for the lolemnization, that, the city being 

 unable to receive them, many remained in the country. 

 Acolhuatzin married the eldefl of the princeffes, named 

 Cuetlaxochitl, and Chiconquauhtli the other. The 

 third prince had Coatetl^ a virgin born in Chalco of 

 mofl noble parents, in whom the Toltecan and Chcche- 

 mecan blood were both mixed. The public rejoicings 

 lafled fixty days, and the entertainments confiftcd of 

 wreftling, running, and combats with wild beafts, ex- 

 crcifes which were agreeable to the genius of the Che- 

 chemecas, and in all of them the prince Nopaltzin 

 diflinguifhed himfelf. After the example of thefe roy- 

 al perfonages, the two nations continued to increafe 



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