CHAPTER VI. 1607–1621.
1
Velasco had been sent to Peru eleven years before, and after governing it seven, had returned to reside in Mexico, when he was unexpectedly reappointed viceroy.
2
The level of Tezcoco is now, according to Mühlenpfordt, five feet seven inches (Spanish) below that of the city of Mexico.
3
Ward's Mexico in 1827, vol. 2, p. 282 et seq.
4
The metre is equal to thirty-nine thousand three hundred and seventy-one English inches.
5
The Calzada of San Cristoval was originally erected, according to good authority, in the year 1605. See Liceo Mexicano, vol. 2, p. 6.
6
Ward, vol. 2, p. 283, et seq.
CHAPTER VII. 1621–1624.
1
"Como Rey y Señor de las Españas," says the authority.