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APPENiDIX* 



V. Of the figures af the Mexican kings, 



Thefe figures are not portraits of the kings, but fym- 

 bols of their names. In all of them appears a head, 

 crowned in the Mexican ftyle, and each has its mark to 

 fliew the name of the king reprefented by it. 



Acama-pitzin^ the name of the firft king of Mexico, 

 fignifies, he who has reeds in his fift, which alfo appears 

 in the figure. 



Huitzilihuitl^ the name of the fccondking, fignifies, 

 feather of the little flower-fucking bird ; and therefore 

 the head of that little bird is reprefented, though imper- 

 fe^lly, with a feather in its mouth. 



Chimalpopoca^ name of the third king, means, fmok- 

 ing fhield, which is reprefented in his figure. 



Itzcoatl^ name of the fourth king, means, ferpent 

 of itzli, or armed with lancets, or razors of the flone 

 itzli, which is reprefented by the fourth figure. 



llhuicamina^ the furname of Montezuma 1. the fifth 

 king of Mexico, means, he who (hoots into the iky, and 

 therefore an arrow is reprefented fhot at that figure, by 

 which the Mexicans ufed to fignify the fky. 



Axajacatl^ the name of the fixth king, means alfo a 

 marfh-fly, and fignifies the face or afpe£i: of water, and 

 therefore a face is reprefented, above which is the figure 

 of water. 



T/zor, the name of the feventh king, fignifies, pierced, 

 and therefore he is reprefented by a perforated leg. 



. Ahuitzotl^ the name of the eighth king, is alfo that of 

 an amphibious quadruped, mentioned in our firft book, 

 and is therefore reprefented by the figure of that qua- 

 druped ; and to fliew that this animal lives in the wa- 

 ter, the figure of that element appears on its back and 

 tail. 



Moteuc^ 



