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Show H l S T 0 R Y 0 F M E X I C 0. to ferve as fnpporters of the pine torches whi ·h were burned to give light in the evening. . . The report of fo horrid :m atl: fpread unmedl<ltely ove~ all the. cou~~ try. The king of Tezcuco, whofe heart was pierced w1th the mtelllgence, demanded the aid of the allied kings to revenge the death of his fons. Montezuma determined that the .Tc2cucan army lhould ~ttack the city of Chalco by land, whiHl: he and the k~ng of Tac\fba With their troops made an attack on it by water ; for wl:llch purpofe he colletl: ed an inf1nite number of veffels to tranfport lus people, and commanded the armament in perfon. The Chalchcfc notw.ithftanding the number of the enemy, made a vigorous refi{bnce; for befides being themfelves warriors, on this occafion defperation heightened their courage. The lord of that ftate himfelf, although fo ~ld that. he c?uld not walk, caufed himfelf to be carried in a litter to ammate hts fubjt:Cts with his prefence and voice. They were however totally defeated, the city was facked, and the lord of it puni{hed i:n a m.ofl: exemplary manner for his many atrocious crimes. The fpoils, according to the agreement made in the time of king Itzcoatl, were divided among the three kings, but the city and the whole of the fiate remained from that . time fubjetl: to the king of Mexico. This viCtory,. as hiftorians relate, was owing chiefly to the bravery of the youth Axoqucntzin, a fon of N ezahualcojotl. This famous king, although he had in early life feveral wives and many children by them, had not yet conferred on any of them the dignity of queen, as they had been all flaves or daughters of his fub ·jetts (c). Judging it now neceffary to take a wife worthy of being raifed s~cT. VJIJ. Maniage of N ezah ualcojotl with a princcfs of '.J. aC11ba, to this high rank, and who might bear a fucceffor to him. in the crown of Acolhuacan, he married Matlalcihuatzin daughter of the king of Tacuba, a be:mtiful and modeft virgin, who was conduCted to Tezcuco by her father and the king of Mexico. On QCcafion of the nup-tials there were rejoicings for eighty days, and a year after a fon was born of this marriage, who was named Nezahualpilli, and fucceeded, as will appear hereafter, to that crown. A little time after, equally great (c) Nezahualcojotl married in his youth Nc7.ahualxochitl, as we hnve already mentioned, who, being of the royal f.unily of Mexico, was entitled to the hnn0\11' of being queen; but {he -clied before the prince recoyercd his crown from the llfu rper. ,:ejpicings H I S T 0 R Y 0 F M E X I C 0. rejoicings took place, on occafion of the building of the J-Iueitecpan or BOOK I v. great palace being completed, of whofe magnificence the Spaniards were -· '" J witne~es. Thefe feftivals, at which the two allied kings were prcfent, were concluded with a moft fumptuous entertainment to which the no-bility of · the three courts were invited. At thi.s entertainment Neza-hualcojotl made his muficians fing to the accompaniment of inftr.u-ments, aq ode which he had compofed himfclf, which began thus; " Xocbitl ma~~rmi in ahuehuetitltm," the fubjeet of which was a com-parifon of the D1ortnefs of life and of its pleafures, with the fleeting bloom of a flower. The pathetic touches of the fang drew tears from t~1e audience; in whom, according to their love of life, the anticipa-tiOn of death made proportionate ideas of melancholy fpring in the 1pind. Montezuma having returned to his court, found himfelf obliged to trufl1 an enemy, whofe neighbourhood and almoft domeftic fituation might make him prove the more dangerous to the .ftate. f<.._uauhtlatoa, the third king of Tlatelolco, infiigated by ambition to extend his dominions, or from envy of the happinefs of his neighbour and rival, had formerly been defirous of ~aking away the life of king Itzcoatl, and that he might pt;~;¥~ fuccefsful, having no fufficient force.s of his own, had entered io~o a confederacy with other neigh-bo. unng lo~ds.; bu~ all his attempts were vain, as ltzcoatl was ap-pnfed of hts Jntent~ons, prepared in time for defence, and damped his courage. Fr,om. that time, fuch a diftruft and enmity fprung up be. tween the Mexicans and Tlatelolcos, that they continued for years without any intercourfe, e. ccpt among fome of the common people, who ftole off occafionally to tl1c markets. Under the reign of Mon-tezuma, ~auhtlatoa refumed his hoftile intentions; but they were not again left unpunifl1cd; Montezmi1a having got advice of them, pn:- v~nted the ?low by a vigorons attack on Tlatclolco, in .which the petty kmg was k11led, although the city was not then made fubjeB: to the go~ern.ment of Mexico. The Tlatelolcos elct!:ed the brave Moqui-iJZux kmg, in the choice of whom the king of Mexico himfelf muil: have had confiderable .influence. .. SecT. IX. Death of Q!! au ht lato:t kingof na~ tclolco. Montezuma having rid himfelf of this dangerous neighbour, [et out S" c !f, X. for the province of the Cohuixcas, which lies to the fouthward of Mexi- ~o~~~:~:~n~,: Aa2 co, |