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De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2)

Editorial note — BOOK II

Francis Augustus MacNutt translation

[Note 4: Torvo molossorum adspectu. Referring to the dogs of Epirus, called by the Romans, Molossi.]

[Note 5: The maquahuitle of the Mexicans; a flat wooden club, in which blades of iztli, or flint, were set on the opposite edges; it was their most formidable weapon in hand-to-hand encounters.]

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