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Show BOOK III. '-v---..1 SJi:CT. XIX. \Var between the Tczcu· eons nnd the Hucxotzincos, I H 1 S T 0 R Y 0 F M E X I C 0. try of the Mixtecas, Ma:zatlan, Tlapan, and T~mapachco. Torquemada makes mention of a vicrory which he obtamed over Tlac~tepec. It was in the time of this king, that the war between tl~c 1 ~z~.;ucan nation and the Huexotzincas happened. This war took 1ts. n.fe from the ambition of the princes the brothers of ki_ng _Nezahualptll1. ~~though they {hewed no difcontent, in the begmmn~, ~t th.e cx~lta tton of their younger brother, yet as the memory of theu late father began to die away, they felt themfelvcs unable to endure the controul of one whom, in point of age, they had a right to ~omm~nd ~ and formed a fectet confpiracy againtt him. To help them m the1rW1cked dcfigns they applied fi.rft to the Chalchcfe, who were always the fi.ue.(l: and readieft for fuch undertakings; but failing in all the means employed by them, they made iolicitations to the H~exotzi~cas for ~he fame ~urpofe. Nezahualpi~li being apprifed of the1r con~p1racy, ra1fed fpeed1ly a :{hong army, and marc.hed ~gain!t the Huexotzmcas. T~~ ~e~~.eral of that ftatc had procured mtelbgence of the marks of N ezahu,t. pill! s }~erfon. that he might direct all his blows againil: him, and haJ prmmfeLl rewards to any perfon who ihould produce the king to him alive, or dead. There were not wanting others, who intimated all this to the king; upon which, before he entered into battle he changed garments w.ith one of his captains. This unfortunate officer, being taken for the l<ing, was quickly fet upon by the mt'lltitude, and killed. As the enemy were giving. to vent their fury on him, Nezahualpilli made his at tack on the Huexotzincan gener.1l, and killed him, though not without the greatefr rifk of being cut to pieces by the foldi~;rs who flew to the defence of their general. The Tezcucan people, who fell into the fame mifrake with thofe of Huexotzinco, by not knowing the exchange of drefs which had been made, began to be difpi11ited ; but fuddenly again recognizing the king, they ran up eagerly to refcue him; and after defeating the enemy, they fa eked the city of Huexot2Jinco~ and returned triumphant with fpoils to T-ezcuco. Hiftorlans are filent re(pecting the fate of the princes who were the authors of this confpit·acy. It is pro ... bable they were either flain in the battle, or efcaped by flight from the chafi:ifement they deferved. Nezahualpilli, who, a little before had built himfelf a new palace, defirous of leaving a perpetual mon).lment of this vietory,ordered likewife the confi:ructionof a wall, which fhould I i~lok • H I S T 0 R Y 0 F M E X I C 0. inclofe exaCtly fo much fpace of ground as was occupied by the Huex.~ otzincas when they came up to the defence of their general, and gave the pla~e the na,me of that day on which he had obtained the v~ctory. Thus dtd tho[e, wlw are thought by many to have no views of futurity, feek to immortalize their name and the glory of their actions. 199 BOOK IV. .. • The king of Tezcuco had already feveral wives, who were defcended SMc,.. xx. of noble houfes; but he had not declared any of ~hem his queen, having ~.~;r~~~-~f referv. ed that honour for one whom he was to take of the royal family of hualpilli with two noble Ia- · Mextco. He demanded her of king Tizoc, who gave him one of his dies ofMcxi-grand- daughtcrs, and daughter of Tzotzocatzin. The nuptials were fo- co. lemnized in Tezcuco, a great concourfe of the nobility of both courts being prefent. This lady had a fiil:er po!fcfi'ed of fin gular beauty, who was named Xocotzin. . They loved each other fo much, that not being abl~ to endure a feparat10n, the new queen obtained permiffion from her fa-ther, to take her fifter along with her to Tezcuco. By frequently view-ing and converfing with his beautiful coufin, the king became fo en-amoured, that he refolved to wed her alfo, and raife her to the dignity 0~ qu~e n. Thefe fecond nuptials, according to the account given by htftonans~ were the moft folemn and magnificent which were ever ce- ·lebr<:~.te d in that country. · A 1hort time after, the king had by his firfl: qqeen, a fon named Cacamatzin, who fueceeded him in the crown, and being afte1;wards made prifoner by the Spaniards, died unhappily. By the fecond hc~ad Huexotz.i'ncatzin (o), of whom we a1all fpeak pre-fently, Coanacotzm, who was alfo king of .Acolhuacan, and, fome time after the conquefl: by the Spaniards, ordered to be hanged by the con-queror Cortes, and Ixtli'/xochit/, who became a confederate of the Spa-niards againft the Mexicans, and was converted to chriftianity, and bap-tized by the na1ne and furname of that conqueror. . Whilfl: Nezahualpilli continued to multiply his defc endants, enjoy-mg great peace and tranquillity in his kingdom, the death of the king of Mexico was plotted by fome of his feudato ry fubjects . Techotlalla, lord of Iztapalapan, either in refentment of fame affi·ont he had received, or grown impatient of fubordin arion to Tizoc, conceived the guilty purpofe of attempting the king's life, but difcovcred it to thofe only whom ' (o) The nnme Huexotzincatl given to that princ~, was ccrtninly on account of his viClory ovet· the Hucxotzincas,. he SBcT. XXI. Tragic dt:ath of king Tizoc, |