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corded the same preëminence in New Spain as that enjoyed by Búrgos in old Spain,[1] and in 1548, the title of "very noble, great, and very loyal city."[2]

    innumerable, and this accounts for the cut in Gonzalez Dávila, Teatro Ecles., i. 1, which accords with none of the above descriptions. In view of these changes the crown issued a decree in 1596, ordering preference to be given to arms granted by the sovereigns. Recop. de Indians, ii. 25.

  1. The first vote in national council, 'y el primer lugar, despues de la Justicia, en los Congresos.' Id. This decree was dated June 25, 1530. The regidores by this time numbered 12, in accordance with a decree of October 22, 1523, granting this number to 'Ciudades principales' in the Indies, other towns to have only six. Id., 33. By decree of 1539 the municipality was granted jurisdiction within a circuit of 15 leagues. Recop. de Indias, ii. 25.
  2. On July 4. Calle, Mem. y Not., 43; Beaumont, Crón. Mich., iii. 544. A much esteemed distinction. The city was fortunate enough to obtain a big bone of Saint Hippolytus, which enjoyed great veneration, adds Calle. In addition to the standard authorities quoted, the following works bear more or less fully upon the subject of the chapter: Icazbalceta, Col. Doc., i. 17, 358-67, 389^97, 506-8; Siguenza y Góngora, Anotaciones Crit., MS., 1 et seq.; Sahagun, Hist. Conq., 233-47; Monumentos Domin. Esp., MS., 58-61, 73-5, 83-5; Chimalpain, Hist. Conq., ii. 76 et seq.; Cortés, Hist. N. España, 374-8; Archivo Mex., Doc.,i. 61 et seq.; ii. 218-21, 257-79, 303-4; Ternaux-Compans, Voy., série i. tom. x. 49 et seq.; Pacheco and Cárdenas, Col. Doc., xiii. 76-80, 293-5; Kingsborough's Mex. Antiq., ix. 391, 429; Motolinia, Hist. Ind., 17; Concilios Prov., 1555-65, p. vi.; Beaumont, Crón. Mich., ii. 375-81; iii. 166-7, 544; Id., MS., 86, 263; Gonzalez Dávila, Teatro, i. 1, 7; Cavo, Tres Siglos, i. 15, 16, 23-6, 60, 65, 73; Aa, Naaukeurige Versameling, x. 155 et seq.; Nueva España, Respuesta, MS.; Recop. de Indias, ii. 25; Órdenes de la Corona, MS., ii. 4, 67; Monumentos Hist, y Pol., MS., 1 et seq.; Mex., Estractoa de Cédulas, MS., 3, 13, 14; Leyes, Varias Anot., MS., 111-12; Salazar y Olarte, Conq. Mex., 6-9; Calle, Mem. y Not., 43; Fonseca, Hist. Hacienda, i. 5; Robertson's Hist. Am., ii. 125-7; Ramirez, Proceso contra Alvarado, 5, 6, 40, 71-2; Prescott's Mex., iii. 208-59; Id. (Mex. ed.), notes, passim; Helps' Cortés, ii. 118-22, 132-5; Bustamante, Necesidad, 41-4; Alaman, Disert., i. 149-98, ii. 197-322; Cepeda, Relacion, i. 3-6; Sammlung aller Reisebesch., xiii. 453 et seq.; Lacunza, Discursos, 453-4; Humboldt, Essai Pol., i. 193 et seq.; Holmes' Annals, i. 53; Armin, Alte Mex., 339-56; Liceo Mex., i. 68-72; Alm. Calend., 1839, 26; Zamacois, Hist. Méj., iv. 51-65, 93-101, 137-50, 472; Pimentel, Mem. Lit., 94-6; Solis, Hist. Mex. (Mad. 1843), 457-60, 492, 509-12; Soc. Mex. Geog., Boletín, ii. 121-2; Poinsett's Notes, i. 65; Pap. Var., v. no. ii. 8; xlvi. no. viii. 31-44; Mayer's Mex. Aztec, i. 80-5; Dicc. Univ., i. 300-5; Conder'a Mex. and Guat., 80; Album Mex., ii. 466; Abispa de Chil., 59-60; Zerecero, Rev, Mex., 4-8; Domenech, Hist. Mex., i. 241-2.