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Ce principe, de ne pas combattre pendant la nuit, est encore en usage chez plusiers peuples, & étoit observé par les anciens habitans du Mexique ; c´étoit une des maximes fondamentales du droit du gens, maxime qui, suivant le scholiaste de…

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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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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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Me thinks I hear thee cry: "Oh! Heavens! Is this Amexis, the great descendant of the Zempoalan chief that glories in being treated as the equal of a Spanish captain?" Yes, Zamor, it is the same Amexis: he forgets not his high descent; but is mindful…

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Thou hast much to say for thyself. Thou gloriest in being a Tlascalan; thou art proud of the privileges of thy nation. Art thou not ashamed to boast of privileges which thy ancestors gained by treason; and treasures ill-kept, at the expense of thy…

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A kinsman of his, however, descended from Quezalcoal, journeyed through many and various countries, and, returning, settled at last at Tlascala, where he assisted in establishing that government, which the great destroyer Cortez found flourishing…

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A kinsman of his, however, descended from Quezalcoal, journeyed through many and various countries, and, returning, settled at last at Tlascala, where he assisted in establishing that government, which the great destroyer Cortez found flourishing…

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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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It was a saying of the great Quezalcoal, the undoubted founder of those Eastern empires where they are nourished:— "That as rivers are sweeter at their fountain-head than where they empty themselves into the sea, so also the heart of man is better in…

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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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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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Ever since the discovery of the magnet, and the consequent improvement of navigation, wild war has spread wide its dominion in the world. The Spaniards carried our kingdom over to America, and waded through an ocean of blood, to come at the treasure…

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Hast thou not heard, my friend, how one of our emperors, many hundred moons before the Spaniards had resolved to take a journey through the vast regions of Mexico

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What a strange scheme is thine! Mexico is lost, Peru is ruined. Our gods, our emperors, and our government are no more.

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Thinkest thou, Zamor, that they are confined to Mexico alone, or to the vast continent of our western world? The all-controuling power of Heaven dispenses equally its blessings, and equally exerts its cares over every land throughout the climates of…

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Can I be ignorant how many noble families are ruined in Mexico, and reduced to a station not superior to slaves? Or, if I should, can I forget how miserable I was till this christian whom you hate, became my friend, my protector, and almost my…

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Had the first Spaniards possessed a temper like his, Mexico had never been deluged with the blood of its inhabitants, but a friendly intercourse had been established between the nations, which might have lasted unbroken for the duration of ages.

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Suffice it to say, that there is some difference in the manners of the people here from those which I beheld in Mexico.

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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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[...] 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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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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Conspicuous in the front of danger stood the brave Alonzo. Terrible as a flame of fire, and steady as a rock in the ocean. Thou wouldst have thought it had been Visiliputsli, the great god of battles, dispensing death.

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I ought to be a judge of this matter, since I have seen the worship of the Spaniards, and taken notice of the manner in which they address their God; by which even strangers may be moved, and which has so often shaken the constancy of the worshipers…

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I accept (said he) with all due acknowledgment, the confederacy and friendship you propose from the great descendant of Quezalcoal: but all gods are good, and yours may be what you say, without offence to mine

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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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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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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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A kinsman of his, however, descended from Quezalcoal, journeyed through many and various countries, and, returning, settled at last at Tlascala, where he assisted in establishing that government, which the great destroyer Cortez found flourishing…

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Hast thou not heard my friend, how one of our emperors, many hundred moons before the arrival of the Spaniards, had resolved to take a journey to the vast regions of Mexico, amongst all his tributary caciques, to learn what was useful among the…

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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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Motezuma, Lisinga, Pilpatoe, Priests, Grandees of the Empire, and Guards with lighted Flambeaux; they all stand near the Altar in the utmost Consternation, looking at the human Victims that have been offered up.

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Statues of fantastical Divinities. An altar still smoaking. Night. A two headed Dragon on high, which, in passing, brandishes several fiery Tongues.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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A principal street in the city of Mexico, that leads to the imperial palace, which is seen in the bottom. A triumphal arch and divers military trophies.

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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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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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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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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…

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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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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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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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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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…the Cacique of Cempoalla, their master, having learnt the great actions the Spaniards had performed at Tobasco, admired their valour, and in consequence was desirous of forming an alliance with them.

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Hernandez sailed to that part of Terra Firma which is called Yucatan , and when he had reached the coast continued the same course till he arrived at Campechy Bay

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and he soon found that this young woman, being born in a province of the Mexican Empire, and after her captivity having been carried to Yucatan, spoke with equal facility the language of both countries.

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He contented himself, therefore, with substituting in the place of one idol, which he had thrown from its niche, an image of the Virgin Mary […]

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