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le chef indien Montezuma, dernier roi du Mexique. Découverte du Nouveau Monde.

Again indulge thy Soul, and o'er a VastOf varying Prospects, see the pompous riseOf Mexico's proud tow'rs, where haughty Kings,For ages, held their wide controul, and reign'dSupreamly Great: see there dread Cortez holdsA Monarch pris'ner, tho'…

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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.

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Forgive me when I say that if the great Guatimozen and his still greater ancestor the ever revered Quezalcoal had been there, I think their hearts must have sunk at the sight of so much distress.

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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.

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Dost thou not remember that most infernal scene, when the noble Emperor Guatimozin was stretched out by thy soldiers upon hot burning coals, to make him discover into what part of the lake of Mexico he had thrown the royal treasures?

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See now at Guatimozino ’s command,/ To tuneful measures move the warlike band!

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Ah, Guatimozino what voice can tell/ The various ills that darken this farewell!

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The realm!-To Guatimozino decreed!/Whom for his valour tried and virtue known/His country’s voice invited to the throne.

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The second command was also condemn’d to the same torture, and amidst his sufferings called upon his royal master to be released from the vow of secrecy, which drew from Guatimozino these memorable words: Am I on a Bed of Roses?

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Guatimozino, the last emperour of Mexico, having opposed the Spaniards with great bravery, in various engagements was at length defeated and taken prisoner.

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His Succesor Guatimozin, who was elected by the Voice of the People, according to their Customs, made War upon the Spaniards, and obliged them to quit the City of Mexico.

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See now at Guatimozino ’s command,/ To tuneful measures move the warlike band!

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Ah, Guatimozino what voice can tell/ The various ills that darken this farewell!

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The realm!-To Guatimozino decreed!/Whom for his valour tried and virtue known/His country’s voice invited to the throne.

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The second command was also condemn’d to the same torture, and amidst his sufferings called upon his royal master to be released from the vow of secrecy, which drew from Guatimozino these memorable words: Am I on a Bed of Roses?

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Guatimozino, the last emperour of Mexico, having opposed the Spaniards with great bravery, in various engagements was at length defeated and taken prisoner.

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Guatimozino, the last emperour of Mexico, having oposed the Spaniards with great bravery, in various engagements, was at length defeated and taken prisoner.

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Quetlavaca sunk under it, and a near relative of Montezuma named Guatimozin was elected Emperor in his stead […] He was a man of distinguished bravery; had besides an excellent understanding, and great generosity.

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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…

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Act I.Scene I.A small Temple illuminated in the Imperial Palace, wherein Motezuma has consulted the Oracles. Statues of fantastical Divinieties. An Altar still Smoaking. Night. A two headed Dragon on high, which, in passing, brandishes several fiery…

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The first adventurer to America found absolute monarchy established there also: the whole power being lodged in the Emperor of Mexico, and the Ynca’s of Peru.

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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…

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Guatimozino, the last emperour of Mexico, having opposed the Spaniards with great bravery, in various engagements, was at length defeated and taken prisoner.

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Motezuma, the eleventh king of Montezuma, the eleventh king of Mexico, was of the blood royal, and in his youth signalized himself in the war, so as to acquire the reputation of a valiant captain, which inspired himself in the war, so as to acquire…

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When he [Moctezuma II] went abroad, he was always carry’d on the Shoulders of his Grandees, never wore one Garment twice, nor eat or drank out of any Vessel but once. Gemelli makes him another Sardanapalus

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If the Mexicans had any God which they imagined presided over the rest, it was the Sun. It is evident. They had a great Veneration for this Planet, from the Speeches of Montezuma, and their ascribing whatever was great and wonderful to this Direction…

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They lived at this time in a state of the most gross and cruel idolatry; and were under the dominion of Montezuma, one of the most absolute and cruel tyrants that ever disgraced the human species. One of the principal tributes which he imposed upon…

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There are many local laws in various Religions; and when Montezuma with so much obstinacy insisted, that the Religión of the Spaniards was good for their country, and his for Mexico, he did not assert an absurdity; because, in fact, legislators could…

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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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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…

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

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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…

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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.

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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.

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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.

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“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…

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“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”

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“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…

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

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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,…

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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…

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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.

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…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.

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

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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

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