The World Displayed: Or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 2J. Williams, 1779 |
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The World Displayed: Or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 2 Volledige weergave - 1788 |
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Pagina 74 - This capital ftood in a fpacious plain, encompafled by high rocks and mountains; from which many rivulets falling down into the valley, formed feveral lakes: among which there were two that extended about 30 leagues in circumference, and were furrounded by fifty towns. Thefe lakes had a communication with each other through openings left in a...
Pagina 72 - ... that opened to as many different ftreets. The principal front took up one fide of a fpacious fquare, and was of red, white and black jafper, beautifully polifhed, and in a large fhield ; over the gate was reprefented Montezuma's arms, a griffin with its wings extended, holding a tyger in its talons.
Pagina 148 - Iztapalapa, whom they raifed to the throne. The Mexicans, inftead of liftening to the propofal made by Motezuma's fervants, renewed the war with greater vigour than ever ; and on the morning that fucceeded the late emperor's funeral, all the ftreets were, by break of day, filled with armed men. They had alfo put a ftrong garrifon in the towers of the temple which commanded part of the Spanim quarters.
Pagina 117 - Narvaez, that he did not ufe arguments for want of ftrength, and that lie knew how to maintain his own rights. Narvaez had fixed his quarters at Zempoalla, where he was received with great hofpitality by the fat cacique, who at firft imagined, that he was come in order to affift his friend Cortes ; but he was foon undeceived ; for though Narvaez had no interpreters, his actions fpoke but too plainly.
Pagina 92 - Motezuma, with a ferene countenance commanded filence, and allured the populace that he was going of his own, accord to fpend a few days with his friends the Spaniards. On his reaching their quarters he ordered his guards to difperfe the populace, and his minifters to make it known, that the leaft tumult or difturbance, fhould be punifhed with death.
Pagina 84 - ... hunger and thirft, and the inclemencies of the weather. Having acquired thefe qualifications, the young noblemen who were defigned for war were fent as...
Pagina 94 - Spanifh general refolvcd rcfolved to take away their lives, they laid the whole blame upon the emperor, whofe orders they had obeyed. Cortes, however, treated this as a malicious afperfion, brought them to a formal trial, in which the Spaniards were both the judges and accufers, and cruelly fentenced them to be burned alive.
Pagina 68 - The nobles had no fooner pafied on the other fide of the bridge, than they fell back on each fide, and made a lane for the army to pafs through, when there appeared a fpacious ftreet, the houfes of which were uniformly built, and the windows and battlements filled with...
Pagina 70 - We have therefore already determined, that every thing mail be done for the honour of a prince who is the offspring of fuch an illuftrious progenitor." To this fpeech Cortes replied to the following purpofe : " We have, it " is true, Sir, heard very oppofite accounts of your character, which...
Pagina 85 - In the centre«of a circle, divided into fifty two degrees, allowing a year for each, they painted the fun ; from whofe rays proceeded four lines of different colours, which equally divided the circumference, leaving thirteen degrees to each quarter: and here the fun had his profperous or adverfe afpects, according to the colour of the line.