The pleasant historie of the conquest of the VVeast India, now called new Spayne: atchieued by the vvorthy Prince Hernando Cortes, marques of the Valley of Huaxacac, most delectable to readeLópez de Gómara, Francisco
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The pleasant historie of the conquest of the VVeast India, now called new Spayne: atchieued by the vvorthy Prince Hernando Cortes, marques of the Valley of Huaxacac, most delectable to reade
López de Gómara, Francisco
Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547; Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540; Nahuatl language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
The nexte day followyng, all the ashes were gathered togither, and
the téeth with the Emerald that was in his mouth, the whiche things
were put into a chest, paynted on the inside with horrible figures of
diuels, and the locke of heare whiche was cut from his crowne, and
another locke of heare which was preserued from the tyme of his birth.
Then the chest was lockte, and an image of wood made and clothed like
vnto the Kings person, which was set on the toppe of the chest. The
obsequies endured foure dayes, in the whiche the wiues and daughters
of the king offered great offerings at the place where his body was
buried, and before the chest and his image.
On the fourth day after the buriall, fiftene slaues were sacrificed
for his soule, and on the twentith day other fiue persons were also
sacrificed, likewise on the sixtie thrée, and fourescore, whiche was
lyke vnto the yéeres minde.
The order of buriall of the Kings
_of Michuacan_.
The kingdome of _Michuacan_ is almoste as great as the Empire of
_Mexico_, and when any king of that countrey happened to be visited
with sicknesse, and brought to suche extremitie, that hope of life were
past, according to the opinion of Phisitions, then would he name and
appoint whiche of his Sonnes shoulde inherite the estate, and beyng
knowen, the new king or heyre, incontinent sent for all the gouernours,
Captaines, and valiant souldiers, who had any office or charge to come
vnto the buriall of his Father, and he that came not, from thencefoorth
was helde for a Traytour and so punished. When the death of the olde
King was certayne, then came al degrées of Estates and brought presents
to the newe king, for the approbation of his kyngdome, but if the King
were not throughly dead, but at the poynt of death, then the gates were
shut in, and none permitted to enter, and when hys lyfe was departed,
then beganne a generall crie and mournyng, and they were permitted to
come where their dead kyng lay, and to touche him with their handes:
this beyng done the carkasse was washed with swéete waters, and then a
fine shyrte put vpon him, and a payre of shoes made of a Déere skinne
put on his féete, and aboute his ancles were tied certayne belles of
golde, about his wrestes of his handes were put Manyllias of Turkies,
and other bracelets of golde, lykewise aboute his necke they hong
other collers of precious stones and golde, and rings in his eares,
with greate Turkise in his neather lippe. Then his body was layde vpon
a large beare, whereon was placed a good bedde vnder him: on his one
side lay a bowe with a quyuer of arrowes, and on his other side lay
an image made of fine mantels of his owne stature or bignesse with a
greate tuffe of fine feathers, shoes vpon his féete, with bracelets and
a coller of gold. Whyle this worke was a doyng, others were busied in
washyng the men and women whiche shoulde be slayne for to accöpany him
into Hell: these wretched folke that should be slaine were banqueted
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