Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Notes |
CHAPTER XVI: OF THE CITIES OF THIS LAND AND DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF THEM [p.55]
THERE are great cities here, especially Tascala [Tlaxcala], which in some things resembles Granada, but in others Segovia, although its population is greater than that of either. This Seignory [republic] is governed by various Lords [four], although under certain circumstances they recognize one as the principal, and he was captain-general of the wars. It is a goodly land of plain and mountain, very populous, and produces much grain. Six leagues distant from Tascala on a plain is another city resembling Valladolid, in which I counted one hundred and ninety towers of mosques and houses of Lords.38 This Seignory is governed by twenty-six chiefs; all respect and do reverence to an old man more than one hundred and twenty years of age, and [56] carry him in a litter. The district is most beautiful, and abounds with fruit trees, principally cherries [wild] and apples,39 and produces much maize. Six leagues from that city is another called Huexotcingo, which is situated at the foot of a mountain, and resembles Burgos. This Seignory is governed by consuls; the district is fair to the eye with most fertile plains and low hills agreeable and productive. |
