IV 



CONTENTS. 



Divination . . . . , .66 



Figures of the century, the year and month . m 66 



Years and months of ihe Chiapanefe . . .68 



Feftivals of the four firft months ... 69 



Grand feftival of the god Tezcatlipoca . . . . 71 



Grand feftival of Huitzilopochtli 75 



Feftivals of the fixth, feventh, eighth, and ninth months . 78 

 Feftivals of the tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth months 82 



Feftivals of the five laft months . . . .86 



Secular Feftival . . . . .92 



Rites obferved at the birth of children . . • 94 



Nuptial rites . . . . .98 



Funeral rites . . . . '. . 103 



Their fepulchres . . . . .108 



BOOK VII. 



Education of the Mexican youth 



I it 



Explanation of the feven Mexican paintings on Education 



"3 



The exhortations of a Mexican to his fon 



116 



Exhortations of a Mexican mother to her daughter 



119 



Public fchools and feminaries . . ✓ 



122 



Laws in the election of a king .... 



125 



The pomp and ceremonies at the proclamation and unction 





of the king ..... 



127 



The coronation, crown, drefs, and other infignia of royalty 



129 ^ 



Prerogatives of the crown .... 



130 



The royal council and officers of the court 



132 



AmbafTadors . . . . . 





Couriers, or pofts ..... 



134 



The nobility and rights of fucceflion 



136 



Divifion of the lands, and titles of poffeffion and property 





The tributes and taxes laid on the fubje&s of the crown 



141 



Magiftrates of Mexico and Acolhuacan 





Penal laws ..... 



148 



Laws concerning {laves .... 



x 54 



Laws of other countries of Anahuac 



157 



Punifhments and prifons .... 



158 



Officers of war and military orders . 



159 





The 



