. History of the conquest of Mexico : with a preliminary view of the ancient Mexican civilization, and the life of the conqueror, Hernando Cortés. a much earlierperiod of life than the portrait in the Hospital of Jesus, in which both thehair and beard are somewhat grizzled with years. The expression of thecountenance, of a higher and more intellectual cast than the preceding, hasa quiet, contemplative air, not to have been expected in one of the stirringcharacter of Cortes. ARMS OF CORTES. ... The stamp on the back of the work represents tlie arms granted by letterspatent to Cortes by the Empe
. History of the conquest of Mexico : with a preliminary view of the ancient Mexican civilization, and the life of the conqueror, Hernando Cortés. a much earlierperiod of life than the portrait in the Hospital of Jesus, in which both thehair and beard are somewhat grizzled with years. The expression of thecountenance, of a higher and more intellectual cast than the preceding, hasa quiet, contemplative air, not to have been expected in one of the stirringcharacter of Cortes. ARMS OF CORTES. ... The stamp on the back of the work represents tlie arms granted by letterspatent to Cortes by the Emperor Charles V., March 7,1525. In the instru-ment, it is stated, that the double-headed eagle is given as the arms of theempire; the golden lion, in memory of the courage and constancy siiownby Cortes in the conquest of Mexico; the three gold crowns indicate thethree monarchs whom he successively opposed in the capital of Mexico;the city represents that capital; and tlie seven heads held together by aciiain, on the border of the shield, denote so many Indian princes whomhe subdued in the Valley. yiAV oy TllFl rr)Tr^T:RT ^ TirillK. / Vol. .„. . 1 \ ;lt,|..-ll
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