Totec, itoca iooallaoan, qujntoca qujntlaiehecalhujtiuh, in muchintin tototecti: ic njman intech ietiqujça, qujntlalochtoca, qujniaochiuhtiuj, qujmaacitiuj, qujnmamacujtiuj iuhq͗n incotztitech ietiuj, in teçaloanj:
\nauh oalmocueptiuj, oalmomalacachotiuj, ocoquauhtica quinoallaheecalhujtiuj.\nAuh intla ceme anoia, in teçaloanj, qujnujujtequj in xipeme, in chicaoaztica, qujxixilia, vel qujncocoltia.
\nAuh iopico conujcaia, amo çan nen oalqujçaia, amo çan nen caoaloia, itla ic moqujxtiaia, itla ic onanoia, aço totoli, aço quachtli qujtemacaia. Et.a
\nYn o iuh mito ipan itlatollo xippe, çan ie no iuh mochioaia: çatepan, in ontetotocaque, yn onteaujeltique, yn ontlapactique tototecti, xipeme:\nnjman ic peoa in tlaoaoano, tecpantimanj in mamalti, qujnnanamjctimani, qujujujcatimanj in tlamanj: njman no oalqujça in tlaoaoanque, yiacatiujtz, qujiacatitiujtz, in teiacantiujtz ocelutl ipan quiztiujtz, conjttitia, conjaujlia yn ichimal, yn imaqua[uh,]
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"167a928e-35aa-4f47-98b9-52654a7d4be7","choice":{"en":["Nahuatl-to-English by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl-al-inglés por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]},"type":"translation","type_label":{"en":["nahuatl translation"],"es":["traducción al náhuatl"]},"column":"nahuatl","language":{"en":["English"],"es":["Inglés"]},"language_code":"eng","subtitle":"(Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982)","markdown":"Totec, named the Youallauan; he followed them; he went menacing them. All the *tototecti* then set upon [the warriors]; they took after them; they went fighting them; they went capturing them; they went taking them in their hands. It was as if they were on the heels of their interceptors.\n\nAnd [the others] went turning back, went circling back; with pine staves they went threatening them. \n\nAnd if some of the interceptors were taken, the *xipeme* beat them repeatedly with the rattle sticks. They trampled them; they made them angry. \n\nAnd they took one to Yopico. Not for nothing did he come out; not for nothing was he let free. Something was exacted for it, something was taken for it, perhaps a turkey hen, mayhap a great cotton mantle he offered one, etc. \n\nAs was said in the description of Xipe, just so was it done. Afterwards they visited, they entertained, they amused the *tototecti*, the *xipeme*. \n\nThen began the gladiatorial sacrifice.[^15] The captives were placed in order; the captors remained accompanying each one, remained bringing each one. Then also the striped ones came forth. An ocelot warrior swiftly led; he swiftly led them; he swiftly guided them. He swiftly encountered them. He displayed his shield, \n\n\n\n\n[^15]: A less detailed description of this same ceremony appears in the *Real Academia MS* as the latter part of its Chap. 17 (the *Florentine Codex, Book VIII*, Chap. 20). The similarity of the two accounts may explain why the *Real Academia MS* version was deleted when *Book VIII* of the *Florentine Codex* was prepared. See Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble, *Florentine Codex, Book VIII, Kings and Lords* (Santa Fe: School of American Research and University of Utah, 1954), pp. 83–86.","html":"Totec, named the Youallauan; he followed them; he went menacing them. All the tototecti then set upon [the warriors]; they took after them; they went fighting them; they went capturing them; they went taking them in their hands. It was as if they were on the heels of their interceptors.
\nAnd [the others] went turning back, went circling back; with pine staves they went threatening them.
\nAnd if some of the interceptors were taken, the xipeme beat them repeatedly with the rattle sticks. They trampled them; they made them angry.
\nAnd they took one to Yopico. Not for nothing did he come out; not for nothing was he let free. Something was exacted for it, something was taken for it, perhaps a turkey hen, mayhap a great cotton mantle he offered one, etc.
\nAs was said in the description of Xipe, just so was it done. Afterwards they visited, they entertained, they amused the tototecti, the xipeme.
\nThen began the gladiatorial sacrifice.1 The captives were placed in order; the captors remained accompanying each one, remained bringing each one. Then also the striped ones came forth. An ocelot warrior swiftly led; he swiftly led them; he swiftly guided them. He swiftly encountered them. He displayed his shield,
\nA less detailed description of this same ceremony appears in the Real Academia MS as the latter part of its Chap. 17 (the Florentine Codex, Book VIII, Chap. 20). The similarity of the two accounts may explain why the Real Academia MS version was deleted when Book VIII of the Florentine Codex was prepared. See Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble, Florentine Codex, Book VIII, Kings and Lords (Santa Fe: School of American Research and University of Utah, 1954), pp. 83–86.↩