[de]cían que los que nacían en este signo, si eran hombres, serían valientes y honrados y ricos. Y si fuese mujer, sería muy hábil y muy para mucha, y sería abundosa de todas las cosas de comer, y muy varonil, y sería bien hablada y discreta, etcétera.
\nLa segunda casa deste signo se llamaba ume quiáhuitl; la tercera, ei xúchitl; la cuarta, nahui cipactli; la quinta, macuilli écatl; la sexta, chicuacen calli; la séptima, chicome cuetzpalin; la octava, chicuei cóatl; la nona, chicunahui miquiztli; la décima, matlactli mázatl; la undécima, matlactlioce tochtli; la duodécima, matlactliomome atl; la terciadécima, matlactliomei itzcuintli. Todas estas casas son prósperas, como ya está dicho de la primera.
\nsaid that if those born under this sign were men, they would be courageous and honorable and wealthy. And if [the one born under this sign] was a woman, she would be very skillful, very deserving, abundant in all types of food, very manly, well-spoken, and discreet, et cetera.
\nThe second house of this sign was called Ome Quiahuitl; the third, Yei Xochitl; the fourth, Nahui Cipactli; the fifth, Macuilli Ehecatl; the sixth, Chicuace Calli; the seventh, Chicome Cuetzpalin; the eighth, Chicuei Coatl; the ninth, Chiucnahui Miquiztli; the tenth, Mahtlactli Mazatl; the eleventh, Matlactlionce Tochtli; the twelfth, Mahtlactli omome Atl; the thirteenth, Matlactliomei Itzcuintli. All of these houses are prosperous, as has already been mentioned about the first [house].
\niuhquj intla çioatl, maçeoale iez, nemaque, ilhujle, vel itla mailiz, oniez in qujquaz, in qujz, vnca qujquanj iez, mocujltonoz, motlacamatiz, ioan oqujchnacaio, chicaoac, oquichtlamatiz, moqujchpoaz, oqujcheoaz, teoqujchtlamachti iez: ioan much inemac vellatoz, motlatoljmatiz, vel tenonotzaz, vellatoltecpanaz, yieieian, icacatian, in qujtlaliz, tlatolli, vel ixe, iollo, mozcalianj iez. Etª.
\nAuh in vme qujavitl, ioan ei xochitl, nauj cipactli, macujlli êcatl, chiquacen calli, chicome cuetzpalin, chicuei coatl, chicunavi mjqujztli, matlactli maçatl, matlactloce tochtli, matlactli omome atl, matlactlomej itzcujntli: in jxqujch in çan moch iuhquj in jtlatollo omjto: çã much umpa itztiuh, çan much vmpa tlachia, çan much vmpa tlaujca, cã ie centetl, çan centettitiuh in jtlatlatollo, in jtoloca, in iuh tecpantiuh, in vncan tlacecemjlhujtiltitiuj, cecenteme tonaltin, in jnieieian ic tecpantiuj in ce, in vme, in ei: ixqujchica, injc onacitiuh, injc ontlatlantiuh tonaltzontli matlatlactlomeei.
\nif it were a woman, she would be of merit, gifted, and deserving. Her labors would be good; there would be wherewith to eat and drink; there would be sustenance. She would become rich and wealthy; courageous, strong, reckoned as a man, and hardy. She would give honor as a man. And, [among] all her gifts, she would speak well, be eloquent, give good counsel, and arrange her conversation and manner of speaking well in her home. She would be observant, of good memory, discreet, etc.
\nAnd Two Rain, and Three Flower, Four Crocodile, Five Wind, Six House, Seven Lizard, Eight Serpent, Nine Death, Ten Deer, Eleven Rabbit, Twelve Water, Thirteen Dog—all, in truth all, were as hath been told in their account. All went to be considered and were observed as of, and they followed, the same pattern. They were only one, regarded as only one in their relation and account, as they went in order there day by day, each one of the days in its proper place, so proceeding in order, one, two, three, henceforth1 until they reached and completed the end of the day count, thirteen.
\nBernardino Biondelli: Glossarium Azteco-Latinum et Latino-Aztecum (Mediolani: Valentiner et Mues, 1869), has usquedum and hinc (henceforth, from here on), for ixquichica.↩