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cd at the fame court, and with the fame form and cere- 

 monies as that of Xolotl, to whom he was fimilar not 

 lefs in difpofition than in robuftnefs and courage. 



Among the lords who were prefent at the acceffion of 

 the new king to the throne, were his two brothers 

 Quauhtiquehua and Apopozoc, whom he entertained for 

 one year in his palace. Tlotzin was of fo benevolent 

 and affe^ionate a difpofition, he was the whole delight 

 of his vaffals. All the nobles fought pretences to vifit 

 him, and enjoy the pleafure and charms of his converfa- 

 tion. Notwithftanding his natural difpofition to peace, 

 he took great care of the affairs of war, making his fub- 

 jefts frequently exercife in arms, and he himfelf was 

 fond of the chace j but we know no particular a6i:s or 

 events of his reign, during thirty-fix years which he oc- 

 cupied the throne of Acolhuacan. He died afflicted v^ith 

 the moft fevere pains in Tenayuca. His aflies were de- 

 pofited in an urn of coflly ft one, which was for forty 

 days expofed to the fight of the people under a pavilion. 



Tlotzin was fucceeded in the kingdom by his fon Qui- 

 natzin, had by Quauhcihuatzin, daughter of the lord of 

 Huexotla. His exaltation to the throne was celebrated 

 with greater folemnity than that of his predecefi^brs ; not 

 at Tenayuca, but at Tezcuco, where he eftabliflied his 

 court, and from that time until the conqueft: of the Spa- 

 niards, that city continued the capital of the kingdom 

 of Acolhuacan. In his paffage from the new to the old 

 court, he made himfelf be tranfported in a portable chair 

 or open litter, borne on the iLoulders of four principal 

 lords, and under an umbrella which was carried by four 

 others. Until that time all the fovereigns had ufed to 

 walk on foot. This king was the firft: to whom vanity 

 fuggefted fuch a kind of pomp, and his example was 



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