266 HISTORY OF MEXICO. 



Xbe king of Tezcuco had already feveral wives, Vfho 

 were defcended of noble houfes ; but he had not declared 

 any of them his queen, having referved that honour for 

 one whom he was to take of the royal family of Mexico. 

 He demanded her of king Tizoc, who gave him one of 

 his grand-daughters, and daughter of Tzotzocatzin. The 

 nuptials were folemnized in Tezcuco, a great concourfe 

 of the nobility of both courts being prefent. This lady 

 had a fifter poffeffed of fmgular beauty, who was named 

 Xocotzin, They loved each other fo much, that not being 

 able to endure a feparation, the new queen obtained per- 

 miffion from her father, to take her fifter along with her 

 to Tezcuco. By frequently viewing and converfmg with 

 his beautiful coufm, the king became fo enamoured, that 

 he refolved to wed her alfo, and raife her to the dignity 

 of queen. Thefe fecond nuptials, according to the ac- 

 count given by hiftorians, were the moft folemn and mag- 

 nificent which were ever celebrated in that country. A 

 ftiort time after, the king had by his firft queen, a fon 

 named Cacamatzin^ who fucceeded him in the crown, 

 and being afterwards made prifoner by the Spaniards, 

 died unhappily. By the fecond he had Huexotzincat- 

 zin of whom we ftiall fpeak prefently, Coanacotziuy 

 who was alfo king of Acolhuacan, and, fome time after 

 the conqueft by the Spaniards, ordered to be hanged by 

 the conqueror Cortes, and Ixtlilxochitl^ who became a 

 confederate of the Spaniards againft the Mexicans, and 

 was converted to chriftianity, and baptized by the name 

 and furname of that conqueror. 



Whilfl 



(o) The name Huexotzincatl given to that prince, was certainly on account 

 of his vidory over the Haexotziiicas. 



