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Know then, that your are deluded; that you follow a false worship; that you pay adoration to inanimate blocks, the inventions of your priests, and the work of your own hands.

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Two young Americans, of noble birth, distinguished themselves in this engagement by an action which deserves a place among the most heroic exploits.

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Amicable salutes having passed on both sides, the Cacique drew from a basket which had been brought different sorts of superb armour of gold, ornamented with precious feathers, and told Grijalva, that as proof he loved peace, he requested his…

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The Spanish General returned the Cacique’s civilities by different presents, consisting of apparel and other articles..

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but seven had died of hunger and fatigue, the rest fell into the hands of the Cacique of the country, who immediately sacrificed five to his idols

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The Cacique himself sent ambassadors with presents to demand peace, which was readily granted

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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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Of MEXICO the Genius now descends,And near the angry waters as he bends,The crystal goblet that his hand sustain,He plunges thrice into the tinctur'd main!Then soars, and on the neighb'ring mountain's height, The radiant pow'r arrests his rapid…

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

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Having passed the mountains of Chalco, the landscape which opened before them inspired all with transport and admiration.

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…the Cholulans that remained, soon brought back those who had fled

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…Tlaxcalans and Cholulans were obliged henceforth to cease all hostilities, and to swear, with the ceremonies that are with them held most sacred, a friendship, which on one side put an end to all affusion of blood, and on the other procured the…

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Your eyes can scarce so far a Prospect make; As to discern the City on the Lake

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[…]he [Moctezuma] put on his imperial mantle and crown, and decorated himself with precious stones, which he never made use of but on solemn occasion, and thus, attired went out accompanied by the principal Mexicans, who were about his person.

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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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Mont. kneels to Cort. Mont. Patron of Mexico and God of Wars, Son of the Sun, and Brother of the Stars-

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Not far from the Eastern coast of Yucatan he discovered the Isle of Cozumel , which is still subject to Spain.

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[…]and to his last moment testified the utmost contempt for the exhortations of the Spaniards to embrace the Christian Religion.

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

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

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

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

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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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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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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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During this speech Montezuma was visibly agitated; he could not, without indignation, hear his gods spoken of contemptuously, and with difficulty contained himself till Cortez ceased speaking.

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Cortez now proceeded to a distribution of the treasures that had been amassed: he caused all the gold dust and ornaments to be melted into ingots…

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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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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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Nor are they Foes my Clemency defends, Until they hace refus’d the Name of Friends: Draw up our Spaniards by themselves, then fire Our Guns on all who do not straight retire.

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You Choler, General, does unjustly rise, To see your Friends pursue your Enemies; The greatest and most cruel Foes we have Are these, whom you would ignorantly save. By ambush’d Men, behind their Temple laid, We have the King of Mexico betray’d.

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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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He wished on the contrary to gain as speedily as possible the coasts that lay nearest the centre of the Great Empire of, intending there to commence the projected attack.

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A Chamber-Royal, and Indian Hammock discover’d in it.

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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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…the largest of [the idols] which he called Vizlipuzli, and described the manner of worship that was peculiar to each.

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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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Crowds of Minor Gods in Heavenly State, I leave for Minor Poets to Create. If Future Ages shall more Monsters yeild,We've Stars enough in the Celestial Field;Immortal Legends that may now revise,Turn Saints to Gods, Transpose them to the Skies,And…

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Remember your Concession, for by and by we shall discard all the idolatrous Worships of the Old World, together with those of the New; The Roman, Grecian, and old Assyrian Polytheim, will no more pass Muster, than that of Mexico or Peru

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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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