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HISTORY OF MEXICO. 



women, and mothers with infants in their arms, who, in 

 the midft of tears and other tokens of diftrefs, thus ad- 

 dreffed him : " Have pity, O moft merciful prince, on 



thefe your afHi£i:ed fervants, who tremble for their fate. 

 *^ In what have they offended, who are feeble with age, 



or thefe poor women and thefe helplefs children ? Do 



not mix in ruin with the guilty thofe who had no part 

 " in the oiFences which you would revenge/' The prince, 

 who was moved at the fight of fo many objects of compaf- 

 fion, immediately granted a pardon to the city ; but at 

 the fame time detached a party of troops,, and command- 

 ed their officers to enter it and put the governor and 

 other fervants who had been eftablifhed there by the 

 tyrant, and every Tepaneca they fliould meet with, to 

 death. Whilft this fevere punifliment was paffing at 

 Tezcuco, the troops of the Tlafcalans and Huexotzincas, 

 which had been detached from the main army, made a 

 furious attack on the city of Acolman ; they made a gene- 

 ral flaughter of all whom they met, until they advanced 

 to the houfe of the lord of that city, who was a brother 

 of the tyrant ; he having no forces fufficient to defend 

 himfelf, was flain among the reft of their enemies. On 

 the fame day the Chalchefe, who were alfo auxiliaries of 

 the prince, fell upon the city of Coatlichan, took it with- 

 out oppofition, and put its governor to death, who had 

 taken refuge in the greater temple ; thus, in one fingle 

 day, the capital, and two other confiderable cities of the 

 kingdom of Acolhuacan, were reduced under obedience 

 to the prince. 



The king of Mexico being acquainted with the fucceffes 

 of his coufin, fent another embaify to congratulate him 

 and confirm their alliance. He entrufted this embaify 

 to one of his grandfons, a fon of king Huitzilihuitl, called 



Monteuczoma^ 



