a las casas reales. Y también los cuatro senadores de allí se iban a sus casas. Luego el señor consultaba a los adivinos o astrólogos para que le señalasen un día bien afortunado en que hiciese la fiesta de su electión, que llaman motlatocapaca. Y luego mandaba a sus mayordomos o calpisques que se aparejasen todos los plumajes y aderezos del areito que para entonce era menester.
\nDespués de señalado el día donde habían de hacer la fiesta de la electión, si el electo era el señor de México, enviaba sus embaxadores a todos los reinos circunstantes, desde Cuauhtimallan hasta Michoacan, y desde mar a mar, y venían los mismos señores, o enviaban sus presidentes para asis[tir]
\n","citation_key":"citation_lopez_spanish_transcription","citation":{"en":["Spanish by López Austin & García Quintana 2000"],"es":["Español por López Austin & García Quintana 2000"]}},{"id":"6b4dcf2d-0fad-4480-924e-21a731b52825","choice":{"en":["Spanish-to-English by García Garagarza 2023"],"es":["Español-al-inglés por García Garagarza 2023"]},"type":"translation","type_label":{"en":["spanish translation"],"es":["traducción al español"]},"column":"spanish","language":{"en":["English"],"es":["Inglés"]},"language_code":"eng","subtitle":"(García Garagarza 2023)","markdown":"go from there to their own houses. The lord would then consult the diviners or astrologers so that they could appoint a lucky day for him on which to hold the election feast, which they call _motlahtocapaca_. He would then order his stewards or _calpixques_ to prepare all the feather ornaments and _areito_ adornments that would be needed for the event.\n\n##### Fourth paragraph: On how the lord celebrates a most solemn banquet[^87]\n\nOnce the day for celebrating the election feast was appointed, and if the elected official was the lord of Mexico, he would send his ambassadors to all the surrounding kingdoms—from Cuauhtemala to Michhuahcan and from sea to sea. And the lords themselves would either come or send their presidents to attend \n\n\n[^87]: The title is in the present tense.","html":"go from there to their own houses. The lord would then consult the diviners or astrologers so that they could appoint a lucky day for him on which to hold the election feast, which they call motlahtocapaca. He would then order his stewards or calpixques to prepare all the feather ornaments and areito adornments that would be needed for the event.
\nOnce the day for celebrating the election feast was appointed, and if the elected official was the lord of Mexico, he would send his ambassadors to all the surrounding kingdoms—from Cuauhtemala to Michhuahcan and from sea to sea. And the lords themselves would either come or send their presidents to attend
\nThe title is in the present tense.↩
[tlato]anj, ioan tecutlatoque, qujnjcoac qujça in tlatoanj, injc concaoa in vmpa vei tecpan tlatocan. Auh in tecutlatoque, qujn no icoac calaquj in jnchan.
\nAuh in ie iuhquj: njman ic qujpepena in tlatoanj, in qualli tonalli, in jpan motlatocapacaz, qujnnaoatia, in jxqujchtin calpixque, in jxqujch tilmatli, ioan tlaçotlanquj tlaujztli, ioan chimalli, in qujtetlauhtiz, in qujtemacaz.
\nNiman ic tecoanotza, in noujian altepetl ipan, qujcoanotza in mjchoacan tlatoanj, ioan cuextlan tlatoanj, ioan metztitlan tlatoanj, ioan totonacapan tlatoque, ioan tlaxcallan tlatoque, ioan cholollan tlatoanj, ioan uexotzinco tlatoque, ioan tenjtla tlatoque, ioan tzapotlan tlatoque, ioan anaoac tlatoque, ioan tequan[tepec]
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"dd4efffe-f485-4a1a-ba5a-72d6dd98143e","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":"the ruler and lords had fasted and done penance—at that time the ruler came forth, that they might escort him there to the great palace, the ruler’s residence. And also at that time the lords entered their homes. \n\nAnd when this had come to pass, then the ruler chose a propitious day on which the ruler’s feast might be observed. He commanded all the majordomos to accord others and give them all capes, and costly devices, and shields. \n\n##### Fourth paragraph, in which it is told how the ruler made summons to a feast. \n\nThen he bade to a feast those from every city. He asked to the banquet the ruler of Michoacan, and the ruler of Cuextlan, and the ruler of Metztitlan, and the lords of the Totonac country, and the lords of Tlaxcala, ancl the ruler of Cholula, and the lords of Uexotzinco,[^8] and the lords of foreign lands, and the lords of Tzapotlan, and the lords of Anauac, and \n\n\n\n\n[^8]: In *ibid., uexotzinco tlatoque* is followed by *yoan mixtecapan tlatoque*, and rulers of the Mixteca country.","html":"the ruler and lords had fasted and done penance—at that time the ruler came forth, that they might escort him there to the great palace, the ruler’s residence. And also at that time the lords entered their homes.
\nAnd when this had come to pass, then the ruler chose a propitious day on which the ruler’s feast might be observed. He commanded all the majordomos to accord others and give them all capes, and costly devices, and shields.
\nThen he bade to a feast those from every city. He asked to the banquet the ruler of Michoacan, and the ruler of Cuextlan, and the ruler of Metztitlan, and the lords of the Totonac country, and the lords of Tlaxcala, ancl the ruler of Cholula, and the lords of Uexotzinco,1 and the lords of foreign lands, and the lords of Tzapotlan, and the lords of Anauac, and
\nIn ibid., uexotzinco tlatoque is followed by yoan mixtecapan tlatoque, and rulers of the Mixteca country.↩