Quiero probaros si esto es verdad, si sois tan fuertes como me han dicho." Luego les mandó dar espada y rodelas para que peleasen con otros tantos españoles, para ver quién vencería a los otros. Y los mexicanos dixeron luego al capitán don Hernando Cortés: "Óyanos vuestra merced nuestra escusa, porque no podemos hacer lo que nos mandáis, y es porque Motecuzoma, nuestro señor, no nos envió a otra cosa sino a saludaros y daros este presente. No podemos hacer otra cosa ni podemos hacer lo que nos mandáis, y si lo hiciéremos, enojarse ha mucho nuestro señor Motecuzoma, y mandarnos ha matar." Y el capitán res[pondióles:]
\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":"727e3670-54a5-4849-bae8-28974b6c1ee2","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":"Quiero prouaros, si es esto verdad si soys tan fuertes como me an dicho: luego les mādo dar espadas y rodelas para que peleasen con otros tantos españoles para ver quien venceria a los otros. \n\nY los mexicanos dixeron luego al capitā don hernādo cortes, oyanos v̄r̄a merced n̄r̄a escusa porque no podemos hazer lo que nos mandays: y es porque Motecuçoma n̄r̄o señor no nos embio a otra cosa sino a saludaros y a daros este presente, no podemo hazer otra cosa, ni podemos hazer lo que nos mandays: y si lo hizieremos enojarse a mucho n̄r̄o señor Motecuçoma, y mandarnos a matar: \n\ny el capitan res[pondioles]","html":"Quiero prouaros, si es esto verdad si soys tan fuertes como me an dicho: luego les mādo dar espadas y rodelas para que peleasen con otros tantos españoles para ver quien venceria a los otros.
\nY los mexicanos dixeron luego al capitā don hernādo cortes, oyanos v̄r̄a merced n̄r̄a escusa porque no podemos hazer lo que nos mandays: y es porque Motecuçoma n̄r̄o señor no nos embio a otra cosa sino a saludaros y a daros este presente, no podemo hazer otra cosa, ni podemos hazer lo que nos mandays: y si lo hizieremos enojarse a mucho n̄r̄o señor Motecuçoma, y mandarnos a matar:
\ny el capitan res[pondioles]
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\nThe captain replied
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\nWhen this had been done the Captain said to them, “Do listen, I have found out and heard that by what they say these Mexica are very strong, great warriors, able to throw others down. Where there is one of them he can chase, push aside, overcome, and turn back his enemies, even though there should be ten or twenty. Now I wish to be satisfied, I want to see you, I want to try out how strong and manly you are.” Then he gave them leather shields, iron swords, and iron lances. [He said,]
\n“Well now, very early in the morning, as dawn is about to come, we will struggle against each other, we will challenge each other, we will find out by comparison who will fall down first.”
\nThey answered the Captain, saying, “May the lord pay heed, this is not at all what his agent Moteucçoma ordered us. All we came to do was to greet
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\nMotechiuhcauh, “el que obra por alguien” o “a nombre de alguien más”. Título de un alto funcionario. Suele traducirse como “gobernador”, “diputado” o “delegado”. En este caso, la palabra se refiere a Moctezuma, quien se da a sí mismo este apelativo, en el entendido de que él, como todos los gobernantes de México, estaba sólo resguardando el gobierno que en realidad le correspondía a Quetzalcóatl, con el que al parecer se identifica en este texto a Cortés.↩
[quintla]maca, quintlaqualtique, ic imihio quicuique, ic oalihiocuique:
\nauh in ie iuhqui in, niman quimilhui in capitan. Tla xiccaquican, onicma, oniccac, quilmach in iehoantin mexica cenca chicaoaque, cenca tiacaoan, cenca maiavini, intla ce mexicatl vel quintocaz, vel quintopeoaz, vel quinpanaviz, vel quinteputztiz in manel matlactin, in manel noço centecpantin in iiaovan. Auh in axcan noiollo pachiviznequi, namechittaznequi, namechieiecoznequi, in quenin anchicaoaque, in quenin antlapalivi; nimā ic quinoalmacac eoachimalli, yoan tepuzmacquavitl, yoā tepuztopilli:
\nauh inin vel oc iovatzinco, tlavizcalpan in muchioaz, in titomaiztlacozque, titoneneuhcavizque, tinevivicantlamatizque, ac ie tlani vetziz:
\nquinanquilique in Capitan: quilhuique. Tla quimocaquitin tlacatl, achcamo ic technaoati in itechiuhcauh in Motecuçoma; ca çan tiquixcavico in tictociauhquechi[lico,]
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\nauh in ie iuhquj in, njman qujmjlhuj in capitan. Tla xiccaqujcan, onjcma, onjccac, qujlmach in iehoantin mexica cenca chicaoaque, cenca tiacaoan, cenca maiavinj, intla ce mexicatl vel qujntocaz, vel qujntopeoaz, vel qujnpanaviz, vel qujnteputztiz in manel matlactin, in manel noço centecpantin in jiaovan. Auh in axcan noiollo pachiviznequj, namechittaznequj, namechieiecoznequj, in quenjn anchicaoaque, in quenjn antlapalivi:
\nnjmā ic qujnoalmacac eoachimalli, yoan tepuzmacquavitl, yoā tepuztopilli:
\nauh inin vel oc iovatzinco, tlavizcalpan in muchioaz, in titomaiztlacozque, titoneneuhcavizque, tinevivican tlamatizque, ac ie tlanj vetziz:
\nqujnanqujlique in Capitan: qujlhujque. Tla qujmocaqujtin tlacatl, achcamo ic technaoati in jtechiuhcauh in Motecuçoma; ca çan tiqujxcavico in tictociauhquechi[lico,]
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\nAnd when this had come to pass, then the Captain said to them: “Hear! I have known, I have heard that it is said that these Mexicans are very strong, very brave, great overthrowers. If there is one Mexican, he can pursue, drive on, overcome, turn back even ten or even twenty of his foes. And now I wish to be satisfied; I wish to see you; I wish to test you—how strong you are, how powerful you are.”
\nThen he gave them leather shields, and iron swords, and iron lances.
\n“And very early in the morning, when the dawn is about to form, we shall contend against one another, we shall fight one another as equals. By comparing we shall know who will already fall down.”
\nThey replied to the Captain; they said to him: “May the lord hear: his governor Moctezuma hath by no means commanded us to do this. We have come only to greet,
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