y el cansancio. Venido habéis, hijo mío muy amado —o hija mía muy amada—. Descansad, reposad en este suelo. Remédieos y provéaos nuestro señor que está en todo lugar." Cuando la partera decía estas cosas no hablaba recio, sino hablaba como rezando baxo. Y luego, hablando alto, llamaba a la parida y decíala:
\n[and suffer] sadness and fatigue. You have arrived, my very beloved son—or my very beloved daughter. Rest now, relax on this ground. May our lord, who is everywhere, heal you and provide for you.” While saying these words, the midwife would not speak loudly but would instead speak as if she were softly praying. And later on, speaking loudly, she would summon the woman who had just given birth and say [the following] to her.
\n[choco]aian, ca tlaocoialoian, teellelaxitican. Yzca in ticmotequjpanjlviz: choqujztli, ixaiotl, tlaoculli, ciaviztli: otimaxitico noxocoiouh, notelpuchtzin: anoço, nochpuchtzin: ma ximocevi, ma tlaltech ximaxiti: ma mjtzmoiocolili, ma mjtzmjtzmjmachili, in tloque, naoaque, in totecujo.
\nIn jxqujch qujtoa in ticitl, amo tzatzi: çan popolocatinemj, çan motenpepeionjtinemj: auh njman naoati, tlaquauhtlatoa: qujnotza, qujtzatzilia in mjxiuhquj: qujlvia.
\na place of weeping, a place of sorrow, a place where one suffereth. Here thou wilt be burdened with weeping, tears, sorrow, weariness. My youngest one, my beloved youth, or my beloved maiden, thou hast come to arrive! Rest, settle on the ground. May our lord, the lord of the near, of the nigh, provide for thee, advise thee.”1
\nAll that which the midwife said she did not shout; she only continued mumbling, only continued speaking under her breath. But then she spoke aloud, she spoke vigorously; she addressed, she shouted to the woman lately delivered. She said to her:2
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