 Amidst a crowd of Indian nobles, preceded by three officers of state, bearing golden wands, they saw the royal palanquin blazing with burnished gold. It was borne on the shoulders of nobles, and over it a canopy of gaudy featherwork, powdered with jewels...  Columbian Historical Novels - Page 161by John Roy Musick - 1895Full view - About this book
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...that when MONTEZUMA alighted from his regal palanquin "blazing with burnished gold and overshadowed by a canopy of gaudy featherwork powdered with jewels and fringed with silver, " to grant audience to CORTEZ, his cloak and golden-soled sandals were sprinkled with pearls and other... | |
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