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This king was the Sovereign of Mexico, of whole power and magnificence you will soon hear more

And in Mexico, at the Death of their King, they were wont to slaughter two hundred persons that might attend ‘em to the other World.

The Indians who were already on board the Admiral, it seems, did not perfectly understand the Language of those of the Continent, that were taken in the Canoe; but learn´d, however, thus much from them, that North-west of the Province of Honduras, on…

They had also a Goddess called Tozi, or Our Great Grandmother; a Deity of their own framing; for it is reported their God Vitziliputzlu directed them to demand of the King of Culiacan his Daughter, for their Queen; which being complied with, they put…

But there is no part of it more celebrated in history than New Spain, or Old Mexico, which was a great and flourishing monarchy for several ages, governed by its own kings, chosen out of their chief captains, without regard to hereditary succession,…

The Spanish Monarchs have become, in effect, the heads of the Roman Catholic American church. In them the administration of its revenues is vested.

He gave likewise another street to Don Pedro Montezuma who was son to Montezuma the King. All this was done to win the favour of the people. He made other Gentlemen Seniors of little islands, and streets…build upon, and to inhabit, and in this order…

This was the empire of Mexico; rich, powerful, and inhabited by millions of Indians, passionately fond of war, and then headed by Montezuma, whose fame in arms struck terror in the neighbouring nations…Its inhabitant were not a rude and barbarous,…

Far, far unequal were our power to that/ Of mighty MONTEZUMA, did not faction/ Divide these savages agains themselves:/ The spacious empire of the late Traxalla,/ Groaning beneath the yoke of Mexico,/ Crowds our thin ranks, and sues to us for…

When Cortez landed at Vera Cruz, the Mexicans could not write; for the dispatches sent to Montezuma were painted on cloth, &c. resembling every circumstance in the business of which he was to be informed. This emperor was the eleventh Monarch who…

Joseph Acosta tells us, that when the Inhabitants of the Sea Coasts sent Expresses to Montezuma with News of the first Appearance of the Spanish Navy, their Advices were delineated in Large Paintings upon Cloth.

Juan de Grijalva prosecutes his Voyage, and enters the River of Flags, where he has the first Account of the Mexican King Motezuma..

Motezuma. A Serious Opera. To be presented at the King´s Theatre, in the Hay-Market. The Music, entirely new, By Signor Sacchini. The Translation by Bottarelli, Jun. Teacher of Languages.

It terminates the third act with the death of Motezuma, and not with the Conquest of Mexico, like the opera that was performed in 1767:

I do not see what objections can arise against Motezuma’s dying on the Opera-Stage, breathing the language of harmony, when actors die on other stages in tragedy, speaking the language of the muses.

A small Temple illuminated in the Imperial Palace, wherein Motezuma has consulted the Oracles.

Weakness and dread of mind were sensations felt in Motezuma’s breast.

Fernando, my royal master Motezuma sends me as a messenger to you. I bring you both treasures and slaves. Accept his presents, so freely as he proffers them. Your friendship would be all his utmost wishes; and be assured of what he swears by himself.

Oh vain pretence! I ought, nay I will treat with none but himself. Thou mayst return to Motezuma, and tell him to expect me soon in his imperial abode; and to give me such a reception as may be worthy of himself, and of the majesty of him whose…

You are free; for, Fernando does not imitate the barbaroous customs of the worthless Motezuma. O my love, let’s give thanks to the power divine, for having preserved you unmolested, from that villain, and restor’d you to your faithful adorer!

But where is an emperor to be met with equal to the mighty Motezuma

Motezuma is avowedly a monster of cruelty. Gua. Show more respect for Motezuma, who is an hero enow’d with every royal virtue.

An apartment in the Imperial Palace, which is used as a prison for Motezuma. A Seat. During a gloomy and very short symphony Motezuma in chains is seated in the utmost affliction, surrounded by the Grandees of his Court, who pity and comfort him.

From the first appearance of the Europeans on the coasts of Mexico, Montezuma had experienced the utmost inquietude, chiefly on account of an ancient tradition, which prevailed in that country, intimating that toward the east lived a formidable…

Cortez, in this interview with the Cacique, gave him to understand that he had been sent by the great Emperor of the East to destroy oppression, and put an end to tyranny in that part of the world. This explanation encouraged the Cacique to break…

‘As soon as they had gained the front of the Spanish army they halted, and arranged themselves on each side of the wall of the causeway, to admit the view of a band still more magnificent of the Emperor’s officers, in the midst of which appeared…

Dryden has put these words into the mouth of Montezuma contrary to the testimony of the Historians.

But there was a building in the most solitary part of the gardens, which surprised the Spaniards more than any thing they met with, and it was called the House of Sorrow, because the emperor used to retire thither on the death of his relations, or on…

Monarch of Empires , and hither led by Fame, Not by Constraint but by my Choice I came: Ambassador of Peace, if Peace you choose Or Herald of a War, ir you refuse.

Under your Patronage Montesuma hopes he is more safe than in his native Indies

Moreover, it appears from the Evidence of the Spanish Chronicles *, that the Speech made by Motezuma, that great Emperor of Mexico, in the Presence of Hernando Cortez, about the Year 1520, is a further Confirmation of what is related of that Welsh…

It is now well known through most of Christendom, that Mexico is a city large as Venice, and built in the fame manner upon the water, also that the numerous and extensive provinces of that empire were ruled by a great monarch named Montezuma, whose…

Montezuma therefore on our arrival coming to his knowledge, issued orders to his officers to procure from us in exchange for gold, our green glass beads, on which they set great value, not knowing them to be artificial, and he had also given them…

this was the Oratory where Montezuma prayed in the night season, and in that chapel the Devil did appear unto him, and gave him answer according to his prayers, which as they were uttered among so many ugly and deformed beasts, and with the noise…

Dryden has put these words into the mouth of Montezuma contrary to the testimony of the Historians.

…Teutile, General of the Great Emperor Montezuma, had commissioned these Indians to inquire with what intention he was come thither, and to offer him the succours he had occasion for to proceed on his voyage.

Montezuma returned this compliment by kissing his hand after having touched the ground with it; a salute which in that country is considered as a mark of the highest respect.

The tell us indeed, that Monteguma the Emperor, when he met Cortez at his entrance into Mexico, had on a Robe of fine painted Cotton Linen, that trail’d upon the Ground, and was cover’d in a manner with glittering Jewels and precious Stones; that he…

When we came near certain towers which are almost close to the city, Montezuma who was then there quitted his litter, and was borne in the arms of the princes of Tezcuco, Iztapalapa, Tacuba, and Cuyoacan, under a canopy of the richest materials,…

Montézuma lui en avoit donné cinq, ornées d’or, et peontes avec des couleurs parfaites: mais ces sarbacanes étoient destinées à chasse fes oisseaux.

“Then appeared at a considerable distance a larger company more richly adorned, in the midst of whom was Motezuma in a chariot of burnished gold, surrounded with beautiful feathers, and carried on the shoulder of his favourites, while four persons of…

“He [Motezuma] was about forty years of age, of a middle stature and had a good presence; but his constitution seemed rather delicate than robust. He had a aquiline nose, and a fairer complexion than the rest of the Mexicans: his eyes were lively”

“After their having passed three squares, they reached Motezuma’s apartments, which they admired for their largeness and furniture. The walls were covered with cotton hangings, interwoven with the furs of rabbits, and the innermost rooms were adorned…

The word Montezuma, or Motezume, the usual title of the emperors of Mexico, is plainly of Japanese extraction, Motazaiuma, according to Hornius, being the common appellation of the Japanese monarchs.

Our gods, our emperors, and our government are no more. Where now are the servants of Visiliputsli? where are the worshippers of the sun? The first perished with Montezuma, and the brave Guatimozin. The last are lost with Athabalipa.

Discoursing, some time since, of kings and great men, I was surprised to find the great Montezuma, and Guatimozin, and Quezalcoal, greater than both, to be very little known here.

From some recent publications on this subject, and particularly from the authentic letters of Cortez published by Flavigny it appears, that the disgusting narratives of cruelties exercised against Montezuma, Atapaliba, Guatimosin, &c. are forged…

Montezuma was the 11th Emperor of Mexico of that line, when Cortez landed in the country,

The mask of Moctezuma’s armour, (the last king of Mexico,) preserved at Brussels, and on which there are very long whiskers, seems to confirm the observations of captains Cook and Carver: it is evident that the Americans would not have imitated this…

In Mexico and Peru, red was held in the highest estimation. The most magnificent present which the emperor Montezeuma could devise for Cortez was a necklace of lobsters, which, of course, had that rich colour.
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