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 * 4.
 * See Vol. I. p. 98.
 * 5.
 * See the Codex Vaticanus A, p. 82 (Kingsborough).
 * 6.
 * See the Codex Tepetlaoztoc, the vase in the Bristol Museum, a small recently found quauhxicalli, a snake-|headed censer and a stone monkey's head in the Mexico Museum, a bowl with a head between the jaws of the earth-monster in the British Museum, and bowls figured in Seler's Gesammelte Abhandlungen, pp. 290, 328, as well as Diaz, Maudslay, Vol. I. p. 144.
 * 12.
 * (Asia accipitrinus), an evil omen as being the bird of the god of death, Mictlantecutli. See Vol. I. p. 213.
 * 46.
 * See the Codex Zouche, p. 78.
 * 55.
 * The brow of Cortés darkened as he said to Alvarado, "Your conduct has been that of a madman."
 * 57.
 * The Prince Cuitlahua, Montezuma's brother, accepted the post of honour and danger.
 * 70.
 * On the left is a priest of Huitzilopotchli, with an effigy of Painal on his back. On the right a priest of Mixcoatl. The central figure may, perhaps, be a priest of Tezcatlipoca. See Sahagun and Mexican archæology, Joyce, Ch. II.
 * 73.
 * The Anonymous Conqueror on p. 23 tells of horses being killed by maquahuitl blows on the head and breast. Such statements, supported by the Codices Telleriano-Remensis, Vaticanus A, Baranda, and the Lienzo di Tlaxcala, prove that horses were by no means always armour-plated.
 * 75.
 * The Aztecs nearly succeeded in scaling the walls.
 * 76.
 * The Emperor has donned the tlacaeuatl, the tragic sacrificial vesture of the god Xipe. He is crowned with the turquoise xiuitzontli. See the Codex Cozcatzin, p. 14, and Seler, Gesammelte Abhandlungen, p. 401.
 * 78.
 * The swollen tide of their passions swept away all the barriers of ancient reverence.
 * 87.
 * Fighting for possession of the temple.
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 * 70.
 * On the left is a priest of Huitzilopotchli, with an effigy of Painal on his back. On the right a priest of Mixcoatl. The central figure may, perhaps, be a priest of Tezcatlipoca. See Sahagun and Mexican archæology, Joyce, Ch. II.
 * 73.
 * The Anonymous Conqueror on p. 23 tells of horses being killed by maquahuitl blows on the head and breast. Such statements, supported by the Codices Telleriano-Remensis, Vaticanus A, Baranda, and the Lienzo di Tlaxcala, prove that horses were by no means always armour-plated.
 * 75.
 * The Aztecs nearly succeeded in scaling the walls.
 * 76.
 * The Emperor has donned the tlacaeuatl, the tragic sacrificial vesture of the god Xipe. He is crowned with the turquoise xiuitzontli. See the Codex Cozcatzin, p. 14, and Seler, Gesammelte Abhandlungen, p. 401.
 * 78.
 * The swollen tide of their passions swept away all the barriers of ancient reverence.
 * 87.
 * Fighting for possession of the temple.
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 * 87.
 * Fighting for possession of the temple.
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