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the other fix cities as many detachments under command 

 of brave and faithful generals ; his fuccefs was fuch, that 

 in a very fhort fpace of time, and without any conlider- 

 able lofs, he brought all the feven cities again under his 

 obedience. Thefe victories were celebrated with great 

 rejoicings during eight days in the court, and rewards 

 given to the officers and foldiers who had diftinguiflied 

 themfelves. As the evil example of fome ftates had 

 excited others to rebellion, fo did the unfuccefsful iffue 

 ferve in future as a caution not to form new confpira- 

 cies againfl the loyalty due to their fovereign ; from 

 whence, during the reft of his government, which, ac- 

 cording to hiftorians, lafted fixty years, Quinatzin en- 

 joyed the utmoft tranquillity. 



When he died they obferved ceremonies to him 

 which had never been praftifed with his anceftors ; they 

 opened his body, took out his bowels, and prepared it 

 with different aromatic fubftances, to keep it fome time 

 free from corruption. They afterwards placed it in a 

 great chair, clothed in royal habits, and armed with a 

 bow and arrow, and put at his feet a wooden eagle, and 

 behind him a tyger, to lignify his bravery and intrepi- 

 dity. In this ftate it was expofed for forty days ; and 

 after the ufual mourning, burnt, and the afties buried 

 in a cave of the mountains neighbouring to Tezcuco. 



Quinatzin was fucceeded on the throne by hi» fon Te- 

 chotlalla ; but the events of this and the following Che- 

 chemecan kings reigns being connected with thofe of the 

 Mexicans, who had at this period (in the fourteenth 

 century of the vulgar era), founded their famous capi- 

 tal, we referve the relation of them to another place, 

 judging it fufficient at prefent to lay before the reader 

 the feries of all the kings, annexing, as far as is known, 



the 



