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It was not usual, he said with affected dignity, for a Sovereign of the Mexican Empire to resign himself voluntarily into a prison;

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The Indians began the engagement by a shower of arrows and stones which extremely annoyed the Spaniards…

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SATYR TO HIS MUSE, &c.                          ...The peoples voice, of old the voice of God, Thou call'st the voice of an unruly Crowd; Crowds are the Fools,——— That Flock to thine, and D'Urfey's Loyal Plays, And give Implicit Claps on your…

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Pis. Our Men, tho’ valiant, we should find too few. But Indians join the Indians to subdue; Taxallan, shook by Montezuma’s Powers, Has resist his Forces call’d our own.

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I do believe that the Spaniards do not care to have this Lake discovered, for fear lest other European Nations should get knowledge of it, and by that means visit the Mines of New Mexico made an Insurrection, and destroyed most of the Spaniards…

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two Indian youth prisoners, who were afterwards baptised by the names of Julian and Melchor, and proved important acquisitions, as the Spaniards made use of them as interpreters and mediators between them and the Mexicans

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As they see the blaze / Beaming on Iztapalapan’s near towers

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named Queltavaka, then Cacique of Estapalapa, a city of which you are not ignorant.

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Oh, youth of Mexico, once valiant train,/ Raze from your radiant life this dark’ning stain

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Oh, youth of Mexico, once valiant train,/ Raze from your radiant life this dark’ning stain

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This signal defeat is particularly denominated by the name of The Night of Desolation, which is given in New Spain to the anniversary on which it happened.

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Or on Tezcuco’s calmly lake flash’d far, / Songs of thanksgiving and the shout of joy / Wake the loud echo”

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Wet as they were, they arranged themselves in order of battle, and marched towards Cempoalla in profound silence, each armed with a sword, a poniard, and a long Indian pike.

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*The Fire-fly, or Fulcra Candelaria, are very numerous in the West Indies and other hot climates.

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[…] they were constrained to take their route through pathless deserts, which afforded for their nourishment only wild seeds, roots, and the green stems of Indian corn.

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Marian addressed the Mexicans in their own tongue, and communicated the substance of their propositions in the Yucatan language to Aquilar, who thus informed, conveyed it to the General in Spanish.

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The men of Orleans, Long by their foemen bayed, a victim band,To war, and woe, and want, such transport feltAs when the Mexicans with eager eyeGazing to Huixachtla's distant top,On that last night, doubtful if ever mornAgain shall cheer them, mark…

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They called him [Moctezuma] in the Mexican language, their Sovereign Lord, their Master, and their absolute King; but the Spaniards, as he was so great and powerful a prince, gave him the title of Emperor.

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*The Mexican Historian takes notice of the Sacred Trumpet . It was not permitted to any but he priests to found it; and that only when they animated the people on the part of their Gods.

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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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Audacious Mexican behold how vain/ To war against th’ uplifted arm of Spain!…

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During a gloomy and very short symphony, Montezuma in chains is seated in the utmost affliction, surrounded by the Grandees of his Court, who poty and comfort him. Afterwards Pilpatoe in arms with some Mexicans.

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Cort. Know, great Sir, /A new and powerful motive binds me, now,/ To court your friendship; and, howe’er compell’d,/ By the stern duties of my high commission,/ To stand in arms against your Mexicans,/ I cannot be the foe of MONTEZUMA.

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For had the Mexicans been poor, /No Spaniard twice had landed on their Shore./ ’Twas Gold the Catholick Religión planted,/ Which had they wanted Gold, they still had wanted.

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Mr. Bill. Not by a great deal. They lived in houses properly built; as did also the Mexicans (here in North America); they had built magnificent temples, and were governed by kings.

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The origin of the Mexicans is represented by men coming out of caves, and their different journies and encampments are portrayed in their picture-histories; one of which was sent to Charles V. And is said to be still extant in the Escurial.

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For where there is no store of wealth,/ Souls are not worth the charge of health;/ Spain in America had two designs,/ To sell their gospel for their mines,/ For had the Mexicans been poor,/ No Spaniard had landed on the shore.

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Rich. Then the people of Peru were not so savage as the other Americans. Mr. Bill. No; they lived in houses properly built; as did also the Mexicans; they had built magnificent temples, and were governed by kings.

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In his account of the Mexicans, Abbé Raynal says-"They had a piece of superstition, of which no traces can be found in any other country. On certain days, the Priests made a statue of paste, which they sent to the oven to be baked: they then placed…

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All that the hapless Mexicans endured/ When Cortez by the thirst of gold allured/ Spared neither state, nor rank, nor sex, nor age,/ When even their Sovereign, oh, remorseless rage!

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The Mexicans were, in many instances, far advanced in the arts when their empire was overthrown by Cortez. Several of their public buildings were executed with taste and magnificence, the ornaments of their temples were splendid, and their gold…

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See to the same Hispania’s troops repair,/ Whose high ascending tow’rs are lost in air:/ From whence the Mexicans with speedy art/ Show’r on the foe the death-inflicting dart:/ Yet then by Cortez led, still undismay’d,/ The Spaniard host the lofty…

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the Religion of the Mexicans being so abominable as to require the sacrifice of men, it is probable that God was pleased to abolish it, and for that reason permitted the whole Empire to be subdued by the Spaniards.

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Audacious Mexican behold how vain/ To war against th’ uplifted arm of Spain!…

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From when the Mexicans with speedy art/ Show’r on the foe the death-inflicting dart:/ Yet then by Cortez led, still undismayed,/ The Spaniard host the lofty sane invade.

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From when the Mexicans with speedy art/ Show’r on the foe the death-inflicting dart:/ Yet then by Cortez led, still undismayed,/ The spaniard host the lofty sane invade.

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And mantled Mexico’s imperial head:/Tall columns of dun smoke encircling join’d, / Which wreaths of flame like angry snakes entwin’d

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Rule as thou wilt the Realm of Mexico, / And under Iron Yokes make Indians bow; / But with old England what hast thou do?

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we have not been in this rat hole for thirteen hours, by any measurer of time in Castile, I’ll be content to be carried from hence to Mexico, stowed in a beer barrel.

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True. The Lady mayn’t be so near as you imagine, Madam. Aur. Do not mistake me, Sir: I did not care if the Lady were in Mexico.

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Oons, if this be the case, I’ll never trust the stars again, and every man that speaks a hard word in my mind shall be a cheat—where is Mexico—where is Peru?

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Coutier. I fancy you have been lately reading the history of the conquest of Mexico ; and that you are now got there in imagination.

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I declare I had almost forgot it, tho’ I have heard all about him—Sir John Contrast—Knight and Baronet—and as rich as Mexico—an ox is to be roasted whole—the whole country will be assembled—such feasting—dancing—

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Space was obedient to the countless piece, / That op’d in Mexico, and closed in Greece.

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—Besides, though my daughter shall never go a beggar to the arms of her husband, I wou’d rather see her happy than rich; and if she has enough to provide handsomely for a young family, and something to spare for the exigencies of a worthy friend. I…

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When Mexico her patriot thousands pour’d, / Fierce in vain valor on their ruffian foes.

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Nous, capitaine de vaisseau du roi, commandant la frégate la Courageuse, attestons que le sieur Alexandre Sabin Pignol a embarqué sur ladite frégate la Courageuse en qualité de volontaire; et l´ayant trouvé capable par sa capacité, sa bravoure et sa…

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Le second est un Journal du Voyage des Mexicains, depuis leur départ du Nord de l´Amérique, jusqu´à leur établissement sur les bords du Lac, au milieu duquel ils bâtirent la ville du Tenoxtitlan , ou Mexique .

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Le prémier & le plus considerable est en original à la Bibliotheque du Roi, & a été imprimé avec une traduction par feu M. Thevenot, Garde de la même Bibliotheque. Il contient une espece d´histoire de la Ville de Mexique , avec une…

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Placeroit-il par hazard ces Astres vers le 19. degré de Latitude Septentrionale où Cortès aborda au Mexique ; ou vers le 30. en deça duquel, si je m´en souviens bien ses conquêtes ont trouvé leur terme.

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