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Monteitczoma^ or Montezuma^ a youth of great flrength 

 of body and invincible courage, whofe immortal a£lions 

 obtained him the name of Tlacaele^ or Man of great 

 Heart, and that of llhuicamina^ or Archer of Heaven ; 

 and to diftinguifh him in the ancient paintings, they re- 

 prefented over his head, the heavens pierced with an ar- 

 row, as appears in the feventh and eighth pictures of 

 Mendoza's Collection, and as we fliall fliew among the 

 figures of the kings of Mexico. This is the fame hero 

 of Mexico, whom Acofta has fo much celebrated under 

 the name of Tlacaellel^ or rather Tobar, from whom the 

 other took his chara6i:er, although miflaken in many ac« 

 tions which he attributes to him (%). The king as well 

 as his grandfon, faw the danger of the enterprize ; as 

 the tyrant, to obftruft the progrefs of his rival, and his 

 communication with the Mexicans, had made himfelf 

 mafter of the roads ; but the king for this neither delayed 

 to fend the embalTy, nor did Montezuma difcover the 

 leafl: cowardly apprehenlions ; on the contrary, that he 

 might execute the orders of his fovereign more fpeedily, 

 when he left the king he avoided returning to his houfe 

 to equip himfelf with necelTaries for his journey, but fet 

 out immediately on his way, giving in charge to another 

 noble, who was to accompany him, the carrying of fuch 

 clothes as were neceflary to prefent himfelf before the 

 prince. 



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(z) Acofta, or Tobar rather, is not only miftaken in many anions which he 

 attributes to this hero, but alfo in regard to his identity ; as he confiders Tla- 

 caellel to be a different perfon from Montezuma, who was called by two and 

 even three different names. He alfo makes Tlacaellel grandfon of Itzcoatl, 

 and at the fame time uncle of Montezuma ; which is evidently abfurd ; as it is 

 known that Montezuma was fon of Huitzilihuitl, brother of Itzcoatl ; of courfe 

 he could not be the grandfon of the grandfon of Itzcoatl. 



