HISTORY OF MEXICO. , 225 



BOOK IV. 



Re-estahlijhment of the Royal Family of the Chechemecas 

 upon the Throne of Acolhuacan. Foundation of the 

 Monarchy of Tacuba, The Triple Alliance of the 

 Kings of Mexico^ Acolhuacan^ and Tacuba, Conquests 

 and Death of King ItzcoatL Conquests and Events of 

 the Mexicans under their Ki?2gs Montezuma L and 

 AxajacatL War between the Mexicans and TlateloU 

 cas. Conquest of Tlatelolco^ and Death of the Ki?2g 

 Moquihuix. Government^ Deaths and Eulogium of Ne- 

 zahualcojotl, and Accejfion of his Son Nezahualpilli. 



AS foon as Itzcoatl found himfelf firm upon his 

 throne, and in quiet pofleffion of Azcapozalco, 

 that he might make a return to the prince Nezahualco- 

 jotl for the alTiftance he gave in the defence of Mexico, 

 and the conqueft of the Tepanecas, he determined to aid 

 him in pcrfon in the recovery of the kingdom of Acol- 

 huacan. If the king of Mexico had been willing to 

 liften to ambition rather than the calls of honour and 

 juflice, he would not have failed to find pretences to make 

 himfelf mafter of that kingdom alfo. Chimalpopoca had. 

 been put in pofTeiTion of Tezcuco, by the tyrant Tezo- 

 zomoc, and had commanded as lord of that court. Itz- 

 coatl, who had entered into ail the rights of his prede- 

 ceiTor, might well have conCdered that (late to have been 

 incorporated for fome years pad with the crown of Mexi- 

 co. On the other hand he had lawfully acquired Azca- 

 pozalco, and fubjecled the Tepanecas, and appeared to 

 have a title to all the rights of the conquered j which 

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