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Show BOOK VII. '---v----" l) F C: To LXX. J'lants uicd infh·ad ot foap. H I S T 0 R Y 0 F . M E X I C 0. other more valuable fub!hnce. They received the fmoke by fuckin.g the pipe and {hutting the noll:rils with their fingers, fo that it might pafs by the brenth more eafily towards the lungs. Who would have 'believl:d that the ufe of tobacco, which neceffity made thofe phlegmatic nations invent, wonld have become the vice or cufl:om of almo!l all the nations of the world; and that fo humble a plant, of which the · Europc:.ms wrote and· fpok~ fo unfavourably, would have made one of the greatefl: revenues of the· kingdoms of Europe ? But what ought tC? excite fl:ill greater wonder, is, that although the ufe of tobacco is now fo common among thofe nations who formerly defpifed it, it is now fo rare among its inventors, that there are extremely few of the Indians of New Sp.1in who take it in fmoke, and none at a11 who ufe it in fnuff. As the Mexicans wanted candles to make light, they alfo were with' out foap to wail1 with, although there were animals from which they might have obtained it (t); but they fupplied that deficiency by a fruit and a root. The fruit was that of the copalxocotl, a tree of moderate fize, which is found in Michuacan~ Yucatan, Mizteca, and elfewhere (u). The pulp, that is unde1· the rind of the fruit, which is white, vifcous, and very bitter, makes water white, raifes a froth, 2nd ferves like foap to wail1 and clean line.n. The root is that of the amolli, a fmall plant, but very common in th:1t country, for which Saponaria Americana feems to be a more proper name, as it is not very diHlmilar to the Saponaria of the old continent; but the amolli is more ufed to wail1 the body now, and mor~ particula.rly th~ head~ thap fqr clo<tths ( x). We have now given all that we think worthy of credit and public rel.ltion concerning the political <:economy of the JVIexic:ms. Such was their government, their laws, their cuftoms, and their arts, when the Spaniards arrived in the country of Anahuac, the war and memorable events of which make the fubjed of the following books. (t) V.'c have beard that an excellent foap is obtained from the tj>ntl, or Zllt·riglio. (u) HcrnanJe11 makes mention of it under the name of C ·pt~l.rucotl, but ii1ys nothing of its detergent quality; ~etancourt fpeaks of it under the name of the .fon}·lrw, by which it is known among the Spamards; and Valmont defcribes it under the name of Savonicr, and S.aponm ·ia AnuricntJa. The root of this tree alfo is ufcd inflead of foap but it is not fo "OOU as f . • 0 the rust. . C "'') There is a fpcciea of amolli, the root of which dyes hair the colour of gold. We f11w tAL$ fmgular ctfct'l produced upon the hair of an old man. APPEN- • POSTERITY OF KING MOTEZUMA. MOT~ZUMA IX. king of Mexico, married with Miabuaxochitl • his niece. Don Pedro Jobua/icabuatzz'n Motezuma, married Donna Caterina ff<..yauxochitl his niece. D D. L · z·z. · · 1 · • 1ego UlS r.~ZtJtemotzm Motezurna, married in Spain Donna .. Francifca de Cueva. I D. Pedro Tefifon Motezuma de Cueva I. Count of Motezuma and , Tula, and vifcount · lluca, £narried Donna Jeroma Porras: ~ D. Diego Luis Motezuma and Donna Terefa Fran~ifca Mote.zu- Porras II. Count of Mote- rna and Porras, married to D.D.ie-zuma, &c. married Donna Luifa go Cifneros de Guzman. Jofre LoaiC1 and Carilla, daugh- I ter of the count of Arco. Donna Jeroma de Cifneros Mo-l tezuma, married to D. Felix Donna Maria Jeroma Motezuma Nieto de Silva, I. marquis of Jofre de Loaifa III. coun- Tenebron. t~fs of Motezuma, &c. ~ar- I ned to D. J ofeph Sarm1ento Donna "ferefa Nieto de Sylva and de Valladares, who was viceroy Motezuma, II. marchionefs of of Mexico, and I. duke of A- Tenebron, and VI. countefs of trifco. Motezuma, married to D. Gaf. Donna Fauft:J3onna Melchi- par d'Oca Sarmiento and Zunig:I. Dominica Sar- orra Sarmiento D. Jerom d'Oca IMotezllma, &c. mien to, Mo- Motezuma, V · lii. marquis of Tenebron, and r · tezuma · IV. countefs of Mo- VII. count of Motezuma, mar-countefs of tezuma, died ried Donna Maria Jofcpha de Motezuina, without ifTue, in Mendoza. died a child in 1717, by which Mexico 111 the efl:ates of 1697· Mote~uma reverted to Donna Terefa Nieto de Sylva,daughter of the I. marquis of Tenebron . D. Jerom d'Oca Motczuma and Mendoza, VIII. count of Motezuma, IV. marqnis of Tenebron, and grandee of Sp..tin, now living. There are other branches of this mofl: noble line in Spain as well as Mexico. VoL. I. (K k k) DE S11 |