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^' befecch you, with the mofl profound refpe^l, to take 

 " compaflion upon our mafter and your fervant Huitzili- 

 ^' huitl, confined among the thick rufties of the lake. 

 " He is without a wife, and we without a queen. Vouch- 

 fafe, fir, to part with one of your jewels, or moll 

 precious feathers. Give us one of your daughters, 

 who may come to reign over us in a country which 

 belongs to you." 



Thefe expreffions, which are peculiarly elegant in the 

 Mexican language, fo foftened the mind of Tezozomoc 

 (for that was the king's name), that he inftantly granted 

 his daughter Ajauhcihuatl^ to the great joy of the Mexi- 

 cans, who conduced her in triumph to Mexico, where 

 the much wiflied-for marriage was celebrated, with the 

 ufual ceremony of tying together the ikirts of the gar- 

 ments of the hufband and wife. By this princefs the 

 king had a fon the firft year, who was named Acolnahua- 

 catl'j but being defirous to ftrengthen his kingdom by 

 new alliances, he fought and obtained from the prince of 

 Quauhnahuac, one of his daughters called Miahuaxo- 

 chitl^ by whom he had Montezuma llhuicamina^ the mofl: 

 celebrated of the Mexican kings. 



At that time, in Acolhuacan, reigned Techotlala^ fon 

 of king Quimatzin. The firfl: thirty years of his reign 

 were peaceful ; but afterwards T%o?npan^ prince of Xal- 

 tocan, revolted, and finding his own force infufficient to 

 oppofe his fovereign, he called to his alTiftance the ftates 

 of Otompan, Meztitlan, Quahuacan, Tecomic, Quauh- 

 titlan, and Tepozotlan. The king promifed him pardon, 

 provided he would lay down his arms and fubmit ; which 

 clemency probably proceeded from refpe^i: to the noble 

 extra£tion of the rebel, v^^ho was the lafl: defcendant of 

 Chiconquauhtli, one of the three Acolhuan princes. 



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