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Show 234 DISSF.RT. II. "---.___.) H I S T 0 R y 0 F M 'E X I C 0. cefb• ry to u111 orten very mu ch the reign of tl\e Mexi.c an. 'monaNrc hsl, . ·in contradittion to the chronology of the ancient pamtmgs. . ot lmg remam. s to b e of fie 1.e d therefore but tllat th.a t celebrRted c.a p1. tal whaes !£" d d . f the 1 ~Jlgar era: and thiS was m0Jl dettamly t roun e m I 3 2 5 ° . · · · 1 '· .o pm. 1.0 n o fs·1 guen za; for Gemelli' who h d 'no other mfhuchon on t us 1 ' • J !i b' a but that which was given him by that learned Mexican, p ac~s ·t~e~~~undation of this city in. 1325, which he fays was t~e year II Callt. If at fi r ft h e w~ of a different opihron, he changed 1t afterwa. rds• on p· ercei· vi•n g th at · ~· t wOt\ld not have agreed with that fixed pnnc1p1 e , njameJv, that the year I Acatl was certainly the year 15 I 9 · ,,( 1 l S E C T. · III. ,On· the Chronology of the Mexican Kings. t ' 1~\s ditE~·~lt to 1 illuO:rate ~ntirel~' the chronology of the Mexic~u kings, on account of' the difagreement between ·authors. W,e w11l avail our!elves ,of fome certain poi1~ts, .to ~lear up thofe which are ollilcertain.. JJ) order t-o 1give Ollr reaqers fame idea of the divcrfity of cflpinions, ·it1 will be fufficient to prefent the •following table, w~ere we mark the y~a.r in ,which, according tQ AtoO:a,• the Interpreter .of Mendoza's colle~ion,.. and Siguenza each of the. kings began to re1gn. . ··Acofta. .T he Interpreter. Siguenza • IJ6I I ~ ~. \J • • .Acatnap'itzm I3S4 . ' . i 37 5 3 May - Iluitiilihuitl" 1424 - 1396 r9 April 1403 ' Chimalpopaca· : I427 -•• -' 14f7 24 February I4I4 ltzc0atl - ' 'I 4'37' t - 1 Jw - - 1427 ... - I J 4·27 ·Montezuma l. 1'449 -. 1440 I 3 Auguft , - 1440 Axaj~catl. ,. 1·481' - - 1469 21 Nov,e mber. 1.468 Tizoc 1477 - 1482 30 October 1481 Alluitzotl 1492 - 14gb. I3 April - 14~6 'Montezuma II. I so 3 - • -I ') r -· '• 1.5d2 I 5 St•ptember t'5o2 II• Jr • ' . I Acoil;a, and after him Arrigo Martinez, an'd fier11era, not only dit1gr.ee with other authors in chronology, but alfo in the etder of t·he kings, plac:ng 'tizoc on the throne before Axajac'ntl ;' wh~trcas the contr.ttjy is evidc::nt, not lefs from the eftimony-of· the Mexicans than tha-e of other .... Spaniil1 .H I S T 0 R Y. 0 F· M E X l. C 0. .Spanilh · authors.~ Gomara perplexes the ·.reigns of .the lords of Tqla DISPR'l~. w~th thofe of the kings of Colhuacaq. and the Mexi~ap k!ngs. Tor- . ~ quernada points out the ~ear& of both, and his ch~·onol9gy difagrees · with that of other authors. Solis ma~es Montezuma II. the el~venth of the· Maxican ki~,gs; .l:mt we, ~now not how he 1fupported {..o il:range 'a par;1dox. _, pe , Paw,, in 9rder to .Jhe\¥ 1 h.is ext.ra,vagance of genius .. even! ~C;l . thi~ does ~ot ennumera~e !Jlore than eight kings pf Mexico, · but •it is certain and indubitable that the Mex_icans had the nine kings above mentioned,. and after them Cuitlahuatzin and ~auh- .temotzia. · Sot:ne au.t hors do, not. reckon the two b(t among tqeir ki.mgs, becaufe,,thpy ~·eignrafpr fofhpr.t.a ti111e; but·having bee~ l~w-full~ eletl:ed alil'd p,eaceably.l:lc~eiHe,<l P,y tpc nation, they· have as much .right to· be counted among the kings Qf Mexico as any of their anr ceftors. Acofl:a fays, he dbes not make men~ipn of them becaufe they tba~ ·not.hiog b.u~ J the name o~ king, g§ in their time fhc -:wholc of the lk!ingdom almoft \fas .fubjea tQr tb.e Spaniarqs; but . \his is aq[qlutely falfe,, becau[e when Cuitlahuatzirt wa~ eletl:ed, the Spaniards had only the pruvince of the . Totonacas under them, and they even were rather allies than fubj ects. When ~auhtcmqtzin was elcCl:ed, they had added tQ that province .five oth~r fi:ates~ · an~ f9,me {rnall pla<;es in that ·nejghb rhood; 1·buJ1 all thq.(e fiates; 9ompared wit~1 tbe ·reft of . the ].\lle;xican empire,, .were lefs . to it than B9logna is to the whole papal terri tory.. , To imreftigate the chronology af. thefe eleven kings, it js necelrary to apopt,· ~nqth~r me~hod, beginni 1g wJt~ , tJle, lafi:, and continuing i~1 a retrogade courfe to the . con;_l.m~-9C~m~I\J1 .0~ th(f ,monarchy. , ~ · Q.£AUHTEMOTZI~. Th~S ~fing..fin.l{pC~·)]iS reign on the .thlrteenth o( f\uguft, 1521.~; having been made pr.ifoner by ,the Spaniards juft a~ M.exico was taken. The day of his election is not Jmown, but from ,t~~ accounts . of\)C9f:t~s ~t is (t~ be ;inf,e.rr,ecjl, J~hat he was elected ir1 .0¢-tqb~r or Noven~ber of fhe preceding year; wherefore h~ eould not have reigne.d more thf9i 1f1~P~ or ten mont!~~ · .. , ,. , , CuiTLAHUATZlN. ':!:hi~ J~~g".fucct;ffor ofqis ,brothe~r Mbntczu .. ma, afcended the hrone ori tl1~ beginning of ]4ly, 1..520, as appears by the acco.u~t given by Cor1tes. Som~ Spania1 authors fay t~at he di~ no\ n;ig.Q ~~qve fprty days; aq1ers ·fay, that he reigned fixty 1 ~ut from that kf h 2 which |