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Acatl Acolhuacan Acolhuas afterwards Ahuitzotl amongst Anahuac ancient animals appears arms army authors Axayacatl Azcapozalco beautiful birds body BOOK VII Boturini Cacamatzin called Calli celebrated century Chechemecas Chimalpopoca Cholula Cipactli Colhuas colour common conqueror conquest Cortes court crown dance death dressed enemy Europe feathers feet festival figure flowers four fruit gods gold Hernandez historians history of Mexico honour houses Huexotzincas Huitzilihuitl Huitzilopochtli hundred idol Itzcoatl king of Acolhuacan king of Mexico lake likewise lord maize Maxtlaton mentioned Mexi Mexican empire Mexicans Michuacan miles Mixtecas Montezuma month Moquihuix mountains nations Nezahualcojotl Nezahualpilli nobles occasion Otomies Ozomatli paintings palace particular person plants priests prince prisoners province punishment quadrupeds Quetzalcoatl reign represented respect royal sacrificed sacrifices says SECT sent signifies Spain Spaniards Spanish species stone Tecpatl temple Tepanecas Tezcuco Tezozomoc thou Tizoc Tlascalans Tlatelolco Tochtli Toltecas Torquemada tree tyrant wood Xolotl
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Page 332 - To the poor and the distressed be not dumb, but rather use words of comfort. Honour all persons, particularly thy parents, to whom thou owest obedience, respect, service.
Page 430 - He then causes a fire to be made in the furnace, which is kept burning until the stones which join the Temazcalli and furnace are quite hot. The person who is to use the bath enters, commonly naked, and generally accompanied for the sake of convenience or on account of infirmity by one of his domestics.
Page 254 - Coatcpec, a place near to the ancient city of Tula, a woman called Coatlicue, mother of the Ceutzonhuiznahuis, who was extremely devoted to the worship of the gods. One day as she was employed, according to her usual custom, in walking in the temple, she beheld descending in the air a ball made of various feathers. She seized it and kept it in her bosom, intending afterwards to employ the feathers in...
Page 281 - Gomara, affirm that the number of the sacrificed amounted to fifty thousand. Acosta writes that there was a certain day of the year on which five thousand were sacrificed in different places of the empire; and another day on which they sacrificed twenty thousand. Some authors believe that on the mountain Tepeyacac alone twenty thousand were sacrificed to the goddess Trmaiitzin.
Page 375 - Mexico; there they first cultivated the maize, great pepper, and other plants, accessary for their support. In progress of time as those fields grew numerous from the industry of -those people, there were among them gardens of flowers and odoriferous plants, which were employed in the worship of their gods, and served for the recreation of the nobles.
Page 376 - Aztecs] made use of the coatl, which is an instrument made of copper, with a wooden handle, but different from a spade or mattock. They made use of an axe to cut trees, which was also made of copper, and was of the same form as those of modern times, except that we put the handle in the eye of the axe, whereas they put the axe into an eye of the handle.
Page 213 - Mexico, besides the seraglio for his wives, there was lodging for all his ministers and counsellors, and all the officers of his household and court; and also accommodation for foreign lords who arrived there, and particularly for the two allied kings.
Page 212 - ... presented water to him to wash his hands, and continued standing all the time of his dinner, together with six of his principal ministers, and his carver. " As soon as the king sat down to table, the carver shut the door of the hall, that none of the other nobles might see him eat. The ministers stood at a distance, and kept a profound silence, unless when they made answer to what the king said. The carver and the four women served the dishes to him, besides two others who brought him bread made...
Page 334 - I wish to fortify thy mind. Refuse them not, nor act in ** contradiction to them; for on them thy life, and all thy happiness,