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colle&d a fmall army of his fubje<n:s, which was joined 

 by Tochinteu6lIi, who had been lord of Quahuacan, but 

 was difpoffelTed on account of his mifdeeds, and banifli- 

 ed to Tcpetlaoztoc. Huetzin, apprized of this intent, 

 went to meet him with a greater number of troops, and 

 gave him battle in the neighbourhood of Tezcuco, in 

 which fome of JacazozoIotPs people were flain along 

 with himfelf, and the reft of the army routed. Tochin- 

 teuOiVi faved himfelf by flight, flieltering himfelf in the 

 city of Huexotzinco, on the other fide of the mountains. 

 Huetzin, having got rid of his rival, with the confent of 

 the king took poflefTion of the maid and the ftate of Te- 

 petlaoztoc. 



After thefe fmall wars of the feudatory princes, one 

 more confiderable arofe between the crown and the pro- 

 vince of Tollantzinco, which was in rebellion. The 

 king himfelf took the field in perfon with a large army ; 

 but as the rebels were numerous in force and well dif- 

 cipiined, the royal army was worfted during nineteen 

 days which the war lafted, until being reinforced by 

 new troops, under the command of Tlotzin, he defeated 

 the rebels, and puniflied the heads of the rebellion in 

 the mod rigorous manner. Their evil example, when 

 imitated by other lords, met with the fame fate. 



Nopaltzin had jufl reftored tranquillity to his king- 

 dom, when the famous prince Acolhuatzin, firfl lord of 

 Azcapozalco, died, leaving the ftate to his fon Tezozo- 

 moc. His funeral was celebrated with great magnifi- 

 cence, the king and the nobility of both the nations of 

 Acolhua and Chechemeca attending. 



The king himfelf did not long furvivc, having reign- 

 ed thirty-two years, and declared Tlotzin, his firft-born, 

 fuccelTor to his crown. The funeral rites were perform- 

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