Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time.

CHAPTER III.--Velasco endeavors to ameliorate the condition of

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the Indians--University of Mexico established--Inundation-- Military colonization--Philip II.--Florida--Intrigues against Velasco--Philipine Isles--Death of Velasco--Marques de Falces--Baptism of the grand-children of Cortéz--Conspiracy against the Marques del Valle--his arrest--execution of his friends--Marques de Falces--charges against him--his fall-- Errors of Philip II.--Fall of Muñoz and his return--Vindication of the Viceroy, 148