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Under the reign of Axajacatl, died Nezahualcojotl, 
king of AcolHuacan, or Tezcuco, equally memorable 
ft)r the improvement of his mind, and the wisdom of 
his legislation. The king of Tezcuco had composed, 
in the Aztech language, sixty hymns in honor of the 
Supreme Being, an elegy on the destruction of the 
city of Azcapozalco, and another on the instability of 
human greatness, as proved by the fate of the tyrant 
Tezozomoc. The great nephew of Nezahualcojotl, 
baptized under the name of Ferdinand Alba Ixtilxo- 
chitl, has translated a part of these verses into Spa- 
nish ; and the Chevalier Boturini possessed the ori- 
ginal of two of his hymns, composed fifty years before 
the conquest, . and written in the time of Cortez, in 
Roman characters, on paper of metl, I have sought 
these hymns in vain among the remains of the Botu- 
rini collection, preserved in the palace of the viceroy 
of Mexico. It is well worthy of remark, that the ce- 
lebrated botanist Hernandez has made use of several 
of the drawings of plants and animals, with which 
king Nezahualcojotl had ornamented his palace at 
Tezcuco, and which had been made by Azteck 
painters. 
Arrival of Cortez on the shore of Chalchicuecan in 
1519. 
Taking of the city of Tenochtitlan, in 1521. 
The Counts of M otezuma and of Tula, residing in 
Spain, trace their descent from Ihuitemotzin, grandson 
of the king Motezuma-Xocojotzin, who had married 
Donna Francisca de la Cueva. The illustrious houses 
of Cano- M otezuma, Andrade Motezuma, and the 
Count of Miravalle (at Mexico), derive their origin 
from Tecuichpotzin, daughter of the king Motezuma- 
Xocojotzin. This princess, baptized under the name 
