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510  of her days in acts of devotion; and what is very surprizing, Louis XIV. made no certain provision for her, but only recommended her to the duke of Orleans. She would accept of no more than a pension of 80,000 livres, which was punctually paid till her death. She struggled for a long time to be publickly acknowledged queen, which Lewis was incllned to grant, but in the end persuaded from doing by his counsellors. Her letters have been printed in nine volumes, in 12mo. Female Worthies.

for her genius, memory, learning, and knowledge of music. She died in the 545th year of the Hegira. Bibliotheca Arabico-Hispanæ Escurialiensis.

to Antonio de Solis, Marina was the daughter of the cazique of Guazwalca, a province of the kingdom of Mexico, bordering on that of Tabasco. By an accident, which is variously related, she was carried away in her youth to Xicatongo, a strong place on the frontiers of Yucatan, kept by a Mexican garrison. There she was brought up in a manner ill suited to her birth, until, by a fresh accident, sale or captivity, she became the property of the cazique of Tabasco, who presented her amongst some other Indian women to Cortez. She was superior both in beauty and intelligence to her companions, and understood not only the Mexican but the Yucatan