estáis aquí presentes, señores, los que sois padres de la república y nuestros señores, que tenéis las veces de Dios sobre la república por ordenación del mismo Dios. Y tenéis las personas y oficio de Xúmotl1 y de Cipactli, teniendo cargo y ciencia de declarar las venturas de los que nacen. He oído y entendido vuestras palabras y vuestro lloro y vuestra angustia, con que estáis fatigados y llorosos y angustiados por causa de vuestra piedra preciosa y de vuestra pluma rica, que es esta moza o mujer, que es pedazo de vuestro cuerpo, que es vuestra primogénita, o por ventura la postrera que habéis engentrado, por cuya causa agora llamáis y dais voces a la madre de los dioses, que es la diosa de las medicinas y médicos, y es madre de todos nosotros, la cual se llama Yoaltícitl, la cual tiene poder y autoridad sobre los temazcales, que se llama xuchicalli, en el cual lugar esta diosa ve las cosas secretas y adereza las cosas desconcertadas en los cuerpos de los hombres, y fortifica las cosas tiernas y blandas, en cuyas manos y en cuyo regazo y en cuyas espaldas ponéis y echáis esta vuestra piedra preciosa y ésta vuestra
\nDebe decir "Oxomoco".↩
present here, lords, you who are the fathers of the republic and our lords, and you who hold the place of god over the republic by the command of god himself. And you assume the identities and office of Xumotl1 and of Cipactli, as you have the responsibility and knowledge to reveal the fate of those who are born. I have listened to and understood your words, your weeping, and your anguish, with which you have been worn out, tearful, and anguished on behalf of your precious stone and your valuable feather, this maiden or woman who is a piece of your own body and your firstborn daughter—or perhaps she is the last one you conceived. And on her behalf, you now cry and call out to the mother of the gods, who is the goddess of medicine and healers, and is the mother of us all, the one called Yohualticitl, who has power and authority over the temazcales2 that are called xochicalli, which is the place where this goddess sees secret things, fixes whatever is unsettled inside people’s bodies, and strengthens whatever is tender and soft. And you will now place and put this precious stone of yours and this
\nin oamechmoteutlalili totecujo, in ie amoxomoconti, in ie ancipactonalti: ca noconana, ca noconcuj in amjhijotzin, in amotlatoltzin: auh in amochoqujz, in amotlaocul, injc ica anchoca, antlaocoia, injc ica annentlamati in amocozquj, in amoquetzal in cioatzintli, in at amotlacoieoauh, in at amotiacapan, in at noço amoxocoiouh.
\nA ca nelle axcan, anqujmonochilia, anqujmotzatzililia, anqujticinotza in teteu innan: in tonan in iooalticitl, in qujtqujtica, in jmac ca, in jpial in xochicalli, in tlalticpac mjtoa temazcalli: in vncan teimati, techichioa, tetetzaoa, in iehoatl in tecitzin, in iooalticitl: ca imac ca, icuexanco, icujtlapan, ancontlalia in amocozquj, in amoquetzal: auh iehoatl in quenamj ic mapantica, in quenamj ic qujmapanjlia in totecujo, in tloque, naoaque, in quenamj ijtic qujmaqujlia.
\nAuh ca ixqujchtzin noconjtoa: omu[chiuh,]
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\n“For verily now ye cry out, ye call to summon Ticitl, the mother of the gods, Tonan, Yoalticitl, who governeth—in whose hands, in whose charge is—the xochicalli, which on earth is called ‘sweatbath.’ Here Teci, Yoalticitl, provideth for one, adorneth one, fortifieth one. For in her hands, in her lap, upon her back ye have placed your precious necklace, your precious feather, as well as that wherewithsoever she is arrayed, that wherewithsoever our lord of the near, of the nigh, hath arrayed her, whatsoever he hath placed within her.
\n“And this is all that I say.
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