puentes hechas, con que se pasaban las acequias. Cuando esto aconteció, lluvía mansamente. Pasaron cuatro acequias; y antes que pasasen las demás, salió una mujer a tomar agua, y violos cómo se iban, y dio voces, diciendo: "¡Ah, mexicanos! Ya vuestros enemigos se van." Esto dixo tres o cuatro veces. Luego, uno de los que velaban comenzó a dar voces desdel cu de Huitzilopuchtli, en manera que todos le oyeron. Dixo: "¡Ah, valientes hombres! Ya han salido vuestros enemigos. Comenzad a pelear, que se van." Como oyeron todos esta voz, comenzaron a dar alaridos, y luego comenzaron arremeter, ansí por tierra como por agua. Acudieron a un lugar que se llamaba Mictlantonco Macuilcuitlapilco. Allí atajaron a los españoles, los mexicanos de una parte, los tlatilulcanos de otra. Allí comenzaron a pelear contra los españoles, y los españoles contra ellos. Ansí fueron muertos y heridos de ambas partes muchos. Y llegando los españoles a una
\n","citation_key":"citation_lopez_spanish_transcription","citation":{"en":["Spanish by López Austin & García Quintana 2000"],"es":["Español por López Austin & García Quintana 2000"]}},{"id":"28cef554-1276-4c23-bab0-356c62bdcbde","choice":{"en":["Spanish by Lockhart 1993"],"es":["Español por Lockhart 1993"]},"type":"transcription","type_label":{"en":["spanish transcription"],"es":["transcripción en español"]},"column":"spanish","language":{"en":["Spanish"],"es":["Español"]},"language_code":"spa","subtitle":"(Lockhart 1993)","markdown":"puentes, hechas con que se pasauā las acequias, \n\nquando esto acontecio lluuia mansamente, pasaron q̄tro acequias: y antes que pasasen las demas salio vna muger a tomar agua, y violos como se yuan: y dio vozes diziendo a mexicanos, ya v̄r̄os enemigos se van: esto dixo tres o quatro vezes. Luego vno de los que velavan, començo a dar vozes desdel cu de Vitzilobuchtli, en manera que todos le oyeron dixo. A valientes hombres, ya an salido v̄r̄os enemigos, començad a pelear que se van. \n\nComo oyeron todos esta voz, començaron a dar alaridos: y luego començarō arremeter ansi por tierra como por agua acudieron a vn lugar que se llamaua Mictlantonco, macuilcuitlapilco: alli atajaron a los españoles, los mexicanos de vna parte, los tlatilulcanos de otra alli, començaron a pelear contra los españoles: y los españoles contra ellos ansi fueron muertos y heridos de ambas partes muchos. \n\nY llegando los españoles a vna","html":"puentes, hechas con que se pasauā las acequias,
\nquando esto acontecio lluuia mansamente, pasaron q̄tro acequias: y antes que pasasen las demas salio vna muger a tomar agua, y violos como se yuan: y dio vozes diziendo a mexicanos, ya v̄r̄os enemigos se van: esto dixo tres o quatro vezes. Luego vno de los que velavan, començo a dar vozes desdel cu de Vitzilobuchtli, en manera que todos le oyeron dixo. A valientes hombres, ya an salido v̄r̄os enemigos, començad a pelear que se van.
\nComo oyeron todos esta voz, començaron a dar alaridos: y luego començarō arremeter ansi por tierra como por agua acudieron a vn lugar que se llamaua Mictlantonco, macuilcuitlapilco: alli atajaron a los españoles, los mexicanos de vna parte, los tlatilulcanos de otra alli, començaron a pelear contra los españoles: y los españoles contra ellos ansi fueron muertos y heridos de ambas partes muchos.
\nY llegando los españoles a vna
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\nWhen this happened, it was raining gently. They crossed four canals, but before they could cross the rest a woman went out to fetch water and saw that they were going; she shouted, saying, "O Mexica, your enemies are leaving!" She said this three or four times. Then one of those who were standing watch started shouting from the cu of Huitzilopochtli, so that everyone heard him, saying, "O brave men, your enemies have come out; begin the fight, for they are leaving."
\nWhen they all heard this shout, they began to give war cries, and then they started attacking, both by land and by water. They ran to a place called Mictlantonco Macuilcuitlapilco; there they headed off the Spaniards, the Mexica from one direction, the Tlatelolca from the other, and there they began to fight against the Spaniards and the Spaniards against them. Thus many were killed and wounded on both sides.
\nWhen the Spaniards reached a
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\nAt this time it was drizzling and sprinkling, the rain was gently dripping down. They were able to cross some other canals, at Tecpantzinco, Tzapotla, and Atenchicalco. But when they got to Mixcoatechialtitlan,1 at the fourth canal, there they were seen coming out. It was a woman fetching water who saw them; then she shouted, saying, “O Mexica, come running, your enemies have come out, they have emerged secretly!” Then another person shouted, on top of [the temple of] Huitzilopochtli; his crying spread everywhere, everyone heard it. He said, “O warriors, o Mexica, your enemies are coming out, let everyone hasten with the war boats and on the roads!”
\nWhen it was heard, there was a clamor
\nMIXCOATECHIALTITLĀ. The first part of the word, “mixcoa-,” is inadvertently repeated in the manuscript.↩
van volviéndose en algo así como sus paredes, sus murallas. Fueron llevando plataformas de madera, las fueron tendiendo sobre los canales, fueron pasando por sobre de ellas. En aquel momento estaba lloviznando, estaba chispeando, estaba briznando, aun así algunos pudieron pasar por los canales de Tecpantzinco, Tzaputla [y] Atenchicalco. Pero cuando fueron a llegar a Mixcoatechiyaltitlán,1 el cuarto canal, allí fueron vistos, ya [iban de] salida. Una mujer que recogía agua los vio y de inmediato gritó, dijo: “¡Mexicas, muévanse para acá! ¡Ya salen, ya salen a escondidas sus enemigos!”. Enseguida una persona gritó [en la cima del templo] de Huitzilopochtli, su grito bien se extendió sobre toda la gente, todas las personas lo escucharon, [éste] dijo: “¡Tiahcahuan [guerreros], mexicas, ya van de salida sus enemigos, vengan a perseguirlos en canoas guarnecidas con escudos y también por los caminos!”. Una vez que esto fue escuchado, enseguida
\nEn el texto original aparece repetido el inicio de esta palabra, “Mixcoa”.↩
[iuh]quin ma intenanoan, intzacuilhoan muchiuhtivi, quivicatiaque quauhtlapechtli contecatiaque in acaloco in ipan ompanotiaque:
\nin iquac in aoachquiauhtimani, aoachtzetzeliuhtimani, aoachpixauhtimani, oc cequi in vel companavique acalotli Tecpantzinco, Tzaputla Atenchicalco. Auh in oacito mixcoatechialtitlā1 inic nauhcan acaloco: ie vncan ittoque, in ie quiça: ce atlacuic civatl, in quimittac: niman ie ic tzatzi: quito. Mexica, xioalnenemican, ie quiça, ie navalquiça in amoiaovan: nimā no ce tlacatl tzatzic in icpac vitzilobuchtli vel tepan motecac in itzatziliz, ixquich tlacatl quicac: quito. Tiacavane, mexicae, ie onquiça in amoiauoan, vallatotoca in acalchimalli, yoan in vtli ipan.
\nAuh in ocacoc: nimā ie ic tla[caoaca:]
\nMIXCOATECHIALTITLĀ. The first part of the word, “mixcoa-,” is inadvertently repeated in the manuscript.↩
[iuh]qujnma intenanoan, intzacujlhoan muchiuhtivi, qujvicatiaque quauhtlapechtli contecatiaque in acaloco in jpan ompanotiaque:
\nin jquac in aoachqujauhtimanj, aoachtzetzeliuhtimanj, aoachpixauhtimanj, oc cequj in vel companavique acalotli Tecpantzinco, Tzaputla Atenchicalco. Auh in oacito mjxcoa mjxcoatechialtitlā injc nauhcan acaloco: ie vncan ittoque, in ie qujça: ce atlacujc civatl, in qujmjttac: njman ie ic tzatzi: qujto. Mexica, xioalnenemjcan, ie qujça, ie navalqujça in amoiaovan: njmā no ce tlacatl tzatzic in jcpac vitzilobuchtli vel tepan motecac in jtzatziliz, ixqujch tlacatl qujcac: qujto. Tiacavane, mexicae, ie onqujça in amoiauoan, vallatotoca in acalchimalli, yoan in vtli ipan.
\nAuh in ocacoc: njmā ie ic tla[caoaca:]
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\nAt the time there was a drizzle, there was fine sprinkle, there was a gentle shower of rain. They were yet able to cross the canals of Tecpantzinco, of Tzapotlan, of Atenchicalco. But as they went to arrive at Mixcoatechialtitlan,2 at the fourth canal, there they were seen; already they were going forth. It was a woman fetching water who saw them. She thereupon shouted; she said: “Mexicans! Come, all of you! Already they go forth! Your foes already go forth secretly!” Then also a man on top of the [pyramid] temple of Uitzilopochtli also shouted. His cries well overspread the people; everyone heard him. He said: “O brave warriors, O Mexicans! Your foes already go forth! Let there be hastening of the shield-boats and on the road!”
\nAnd when it was heard, thereupon
\nThese places were all at canals near the main temple square, on the road to Tlacopan. Caso (“Barrios antiguos,” pp. 16–17) says of Tecpantzinco that it may have been the canal of S. Juan de Letrán. Of Tzapotlan, Atenchicalco, and Mixcoatechialtitlan he states that they were probably included between S. Juan de Letrán and Zarco. As for Tzapotlan, “indudablemente estaba en el barrio de Tzapotlan … . Seguramente en 1519 pertenecía a este barrio una buena parte de lo que hoy es la Alameda.”
\nThe Aztec would permit reading “bridges” and “canals.” According to all other sources, they carried only one wooden bridge, which was mired in the first canal (that is, at Tecpantzinco, before the present site of the Post Office) and could not be used for the rest of the canals (personal communication, Rafael García Granados).↩
Mixcoa is repeated in the Nahuatl text.↩