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Old Prophecies foretell our Fall at hand, When bearded Men in floating Castles land. I fear it is dire Portent.

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Their Provisions were Maize or Indian Corn, several Sorts of Roots, and Cocoa Nuts, of which Chocolate is made.

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Their Provisions were Maize or Indian Corn, several Sorts of Roots, and Cocoa Nuts, of which Chocolate is made.

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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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Tendile who was the most acute of the tow in appearance, remarked at this time a partly gilt helmet with one of our soldiers, and observed that it resembled one which had belonged to their ancestors, and which was placed on the head of their god…

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[...] to convince you of your errors in point of Religion, which are altogether dismal and deplorable, inasmuch as you have departed from the worship of the true God, to pay your adoration to insensible pieces of wood, the work of your own hands,…

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The indians perceiving no signs of hostility among the Spaniards, approached by little and little, and the boldest of them entering the camp, were so favourably received, that they called to their countrymen, who followed their example, and mingled…

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I must not forget, that the Indians smoak as well as drink, since it was from them we first learnt to Use Tobacco about two hundred Years ago; but what the Natives plant is not so good as the English plant and cure in Virginia: They neither…

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When we approached Iztapalapa, we were received by several great lords of that country, relations of Montezuma, who conducted us to our lodgings there, in palaces magnificently built of stone, and the timber which was cedar, with spacious courts, and…

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who, in a long Conference which he had with them, showed him their Records, Histories, and Calendars; things very worthy Notice, as containing their Figures and Hieroglyphics, by which they painted their Conceptions in the following manner:

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Then the Indians retired, and the senate began to discuss the demand of Cortes, which produced very obstinate debates: some proposing to comply with his request, and others insisting upon repelling him by force of arms. The chief of those who…

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Here cortes stopped, and Montezuma seemed to show an inclination to reply, but Cortes observing that this was enough for the first time, proposed to us to retire, and we were preparing to do so, when we were prevented by Montezuma who spoke to him as…

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Cortez expected to hear their propositions from his interpreter Aquilar; but was much disappointed to find that he understood not one word of the Mexican, which was spoken by these Indians.

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One of our Company of Jesus (says he) a Man of much Experience and Discernment, assembled in the province of Mexico the Ancients of Tuscoco, Tulla, and Mexico; who, in a long Conference which he had with them, showed him their Records, Histories, and…

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Quelle différence entre les habitants du Mexique , du Pérou, des côtes de la mer du sud, & ceux des régions septentrionales de l´ Amérique ! Ici, la liberté, le commerce, l´activité, la tolérance; là, un leuxe pauvre, la gêne, la supersticion,…

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Mexico was discover’d, according to Ursino and others in Harris’s Collections, Vol. I. by the Spaniards in 1517: When the Natives saw the Ships approach, they took them to be Sea-Monsters, and were mightily surpriz’d when they saw the Spaniards land…

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What divine Monsters , O ye Gods, were these That float in Air, and fly upon the Seas!

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I am likewise informed by my ambassadors and servants, that you are courteous and religious, and your resentments are founded on reason; that you are valiant and inured to hardships, and among other virtues, display liberality, which never exists in…

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Upon this Montezuma order’d Watches to be kept on all the Sea-Coasts, to give Notice when any Ships appear’d again. The Indian Priests, to encourage the Emperor, assured him that this Phaenomenon was their great Lord Queztzalcoalt come again, who had…

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who, in a long Conference which he had with them, showed him their Records, Histories, and Calendars; things very worthy Notice, as containing their Figures and Hieroglyphics, by which they painted their Conceptions in the following manner:

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I must not forget, that the Indians smoak as well as drink, since it was from them we first learnt to Use Tobacco about two hundred Years ago; but what the Natives plant is not so good as the English plant and cure in Virginia: They neither…

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Next day, the Spanish general demanded audience, which being immediately granted, he put on his gayest apparel, without quitting his arms, and set out for the palace with Pedro de Alvaredo, Gonzalo de Sandoval, Juan Velasquez de Leon, Diego de Ordaz,…

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One of our Company of Jesus (says he) a Man of much Experience and Discernment, assembled in the province of Mexico the Ancients of Tuscoco, Tulla, and Mexico; who, in a long Conference which he had with them, showed him their Records, Histories, and…

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One of our Company of Jesus (says he) a Man of much Experience and Discernment, assembled in the province of Mexico the Ancients of Tuscoco, Tulla, and Mexico; who, in a long Conference which he had with them, showed him their Records, Histories, and…

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The speech of Magiscatzen was received with acclamation and applause; when the favourable intention of the senate was wholly altered by the interposition of Zicotencal their general, a young man of great ferocity and ambition, who ridiculed the…

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