tocrpiehisflrengthjandpartjyinabraucry,  left  their  glory  fhculcibeobfcured  in  the
conquert  of  men  already  flerucn  .  But  when  in  many  skirmifhes  and  fights  they  could
not  prcuaile  againft  that  handfull  of  Spaniards,  they  thought  they  were  prcfcrued  from
iianne  by  inch  jntmencs :  and  fent  bim  tlirec  prefents  with  this  melfagc ;  That  it'hc  were
that  rigorous  god  which  eateth  mans  flcfh ,  hce  (hould  eat  thofc  fiuc  flaucs  which  they
brought  him,  and  they  would  bring  him  more  :  if  he  were  the  mccke  and  gentle  God,
behold  frankinfcnce,  and  feathers :  ifhe  wcrea  mortal!  man,  takcheercfowlc,  bread,
and  cherries.  At  laft  they  made  peace  witli  him,  and  fubmitted  their  Citie  to  him.  Thcic
Citie  TIaxcailan  was  great,  planted  by  a  Riuers  fide,  which  iflued  into  the  South-fea.  Ic
had  foure  Hreets,  each  of  which  had  their  Captaine  in  the  time  of  war.Thcgouernment
wasan  Ariflocraty ,  hating  Monarchic  no  leffe  then  tyranny.  Ic  had  eight  and  twenty
Villages,  and  in  ihem  an  hundcred  and  fifty  thoufand  houftiolds,  very  poore,  bat  good
warricurs.They  had  one  market-place  lb  fpacious,  that  thirty  thoufand  pcrfons  in  a  day
came  ihicher  to  buy  and  fell  by  exchange :  for  money  they  had  none.
