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HISTORY OF MEXICO. 



Two wheels, ten hands in diameter, one of gold with 

 the image of the fun, and the other of filver with the 

 image of the moon upon it ; both formed of plates of 

 thofe metals, with different figures of animals and other 

 things in baffo relievo, finifhed with great ingenuity and 

 art (a). 



A gold necklace, compofed of feven pieces, with a 

 hundred and eighty-three fmall emeralds fet in it, and 

 two hundred and thirty-two gems fimilar to fmall 

 rubies, from which hung twenty-feven little bells of gold, 

 and fome pearls. 



Another necklace of four pieces of gold, with one 

 hundred and two red gems like fmall rubies, one hundred 

 and feventy-two emeralds, and ten fine pearls fet in it, 

 with twenty-fix little bells of gold. 



A headpiece of wood covered with gold, and adorned 

 with gems, from which hung twenty-five little bells of 

 gold ; inftead of a plume it had a green bird with eyes, 

 beak, and feet of gold. 



A bracelet of gold. A little rod like a fceptre, with 

 two rings of gold at its extremities, fet with pearls. 



Four tridents, adorned with feathers of various co- 

 lours, with pearl points tied with gold thread. 



Several (hoes of the ikin of the deer, fewed with gold 

 thread, the foles of which were made of blue and white 

 ftone of Itztli extremely thin (b). 



A fhield of wood and leather, with little bells hanging 

 to it, and covered with plates of gold in the middle, on 

 which was cut the image of the god of war between 



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(a) The wheel of gold was unqueftionably the figure of their century, and 

 that of filver the figure of their year, according to what Gomara fays, but he did 

 not know it with certainty. 



(£) Gomara does not exprefs that the foles were made of the ftone Itztli, but 

 it is to be underftood from his account. 



