tenéis que no se pueden contar vuestros amigos. Y este rústico y persona baxa ¿cómo habéis puesto los ojos en él? ¿Es por ventura por yerro o por no le conocer, o es por ventura que le habéis puesto prestado entre tanto que buscáis otro que lo haga mejor que este rústico y indiscreto y desatentado y hombre sin provecho y hombre que vive en este mundo por demás? Finalmente hacemos gracias a vuestra majestad por la merced que nos habéis hecho, y lo que en esto pretendéis vos solo lo sabéis. Por ventura ya está proveído deste oficio. Hágase vuestra voluntad según la determinación de vuestro corazón. Por ventura por algunos días y tiempos os servirá, aunque defectuosamente, en este oficio, o por ventura dará desasosiego y pondrá espanto, o por ventura hará las cosas sin consejo y sin consideración, o por ventura, teniéndose por digno de aquella dignidad, pensará que mucho tiempo permanecerá en ella, o por ventura se le volverá ensueño, o por ventura le será ocasión de soberbia y de presumpción esta dignidad que vuestra majestad le ha dado y menospreciará a todos, o por ventura andará con pompa y con fausto.
\nVuestra majestad sabe a qué se ha de inclinar desde aquí a pocos días, porque nosotros
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\nYour Majesty already knows what his leanings will be in just a few days, because we
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\nOieh tlacauhquj in moiollotzin, ca ie tehoatzin tocommomachitia, anca ie ticmjmachilia, anca ie qujnequj in moiollotzin, in quecin ticmonequjltia: aço achica, aço cemjlvitl, aço achica cavitl mjtzmotlaamanjliliz aço onjxtotomaoaz, aço ontlacujcujtiuetziz, aço monelchioaz, aço itic tlatoz, aço itic motlaxqujz: aço ixco, icpac queoaz, qujmanaz in tecuiotl, in tlatocaiotl, aço onmâmaçovaz, aço teixco, teicpac onnemjz, aço onjcicatinemjz, aço mjtonjz: anca ie tehoatzin, toconmomachitia, in quen toconmonequjliliz, anca quen macujl, matlac: ca nel çan taujltilo, çan titlavevetzqujtilo in tlalticpac:
\nanca ijcic conpoloz, anca icochiz concaviliz, ca quavitl, ca tetl, itic timotlamachiltia timotlacaqujtia, ca
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\n“Thou hast already inclined thy heart, for already thou knowest the inner nature of things, so that thou hast already disposed accordingly. May thy will be done according as thy heart desireth. Perhaps for a little while, perhaps for a day, perhaps for a little time, he will assume thy troubles for thee. Perhaps he will be stupid; perhaps he will constantly steal; perhaps he will pilfer; perhaps he will keep his own counsel; perhaps in secret he will cook things up for himself; perhaps he will be rude, will seize the government;2 perhaps he will be quarrelsome; perhaps he will belittle others, will be precipitate, perverse. Accordingly, already thou knowest within thyself how thou wilt determine for him how [he will be] in a few days. For verily on earth thou art merely amused, thou art only made to laugh.3
\n“Accordingly his debility will destroy [his office]; he will lose it [by] his sleep, for thou knowest, thou understandest, the things within the wood, the rocks;
\nCorresponding Spanish text: ”es por uẽtura que le aueys puesto prestado, entre tanto que buscays otro, que lo haga mejor, que este rustico, y indiscreto, y desatentado, y hombre sin prouecho, y hombre que biue en este mundo por demas.”↩
in tecuiotl, in tlatocaiotl: see Chap. 43.↩
Corresponding Spanish text: ”vuestra magestad sabe, a que se a de inclinar desde aquj a pocos dias: porque nosotros los hombres, somos vuestro expectaculo, o vuestro theatro, de qujen vos os reys, y os regozijays… .”↩