banquete para convidar a sus convidados, primero iba al pueblo de Tochtépec. Llevaba consigo tamemes que llevaban las cargas a cuestas, donde iba lo que había de dar a los que había de convidar, que eran los mercaderes tlatilulcanos que allí vivían. Entrando en el pueblo, primeramente iba a visitar al dios de los mercaderes, que se llamaba Yacatecuhtli, y luego barría su templo y echaba petates delante de la imagen. Luego desenvolvía la carga en que llevaba nuevos ornamentos para Yacatecuhtli. Y luego desataba el manojo de báculos de mercaderes que llevaba, y ponía delante de aquel dios tantos báculos cuantos esclavos había de matar. Si ponía dos báculos, que llaman utlatopilli, era señal que había de matar dos personas, un hombre y una mujer; y si ponía tres, era señal que había de matar tres esclavos; y si ponía cuatro, era señal que había de matar cuatro esclavos. Ponía los báculos más escogidos que llevaba, y éstos atados, todos juntos, los ponía\njunto a la imagen de Yacatecuhtli. Y luego los componía con papeles que
\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":"c708d975-c58d-444a-b3c2-5f837d221da6","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":"would first go to the town of Tochtepec in order to invite his guests, bringing along with him _tamemes_[^75] who carried loads on their backs with the things that he would be giving to his intended guests—that is, the Tlatelolca merchants who lived there. Upon entering the town, he would first go visit the god of merchants, who was called Yacateuctli, and then he would sweep [this god’s] temple and spread out _petates_ in front of his image. Then he would unpack the load that contained new ornaments for Yacateuctli. And then he would untie the bundle of merchants’ staffs that he had brought, and he would place in front of that god as many staffs as [the number of] slaves he would kill: if he placed two staffs, which they call _otlatopilli_, it was a sign that he would kill two people, one man and one woman; if he placed three, it was a sign that he would kill three slaves; and if he placed four, it was a sign that he would kill four slaves. He would set up the most select staffs that he was bringing and would place them all tied together next to the image of Yacateuctli. He would then arrange them with papers that he \n\n\n[^75]: _tamemes_: plural Hispanicized form of the Nahuatl word _tlameme_ (porter).","html":"would first go to the town of Tochtepec in order to invite his guests, bringing along with him tamemes1 who carried loads on their backs with the things that he would be giving to his intended guests—that is, the Tlatelolca merchants who lived there. Upon entering the town, he would first go visit the god of merchants, who was called Yacateuctli, and then he would sweep [this god’s] temple and spread out petates in front of his image. Then he would unpack the load that contained new ornaments for Yacateuctli. And then he would untie the bundle of merchants’ staffs that he had brought, and he would place in front of that god as many staffs as [the number of] slaves he would kill: if he placed two staffs, which they call otlatopilli, it was a sign that he would kill two people, one man and one woman; if he placed three, it was a sign that he would kill three slaves; and if he placed four, it was a sign that he would kill four slaves. He would set up the most select staffs that he was bringing and would place them all tied together next to the image of Yacateuctli. He would then arrange them with papers that he
\ntamemes: plural Hispanicized form of the Nahuatl word tlameme (porter).↩
in iehoatl tealtiz: niman ie ic calacqui in ichan tlatilulca, quimamalia in quitetlauhtiz, ioan acaquauitl, niman ie ispan tlamelaoa in uncan ca inteuuh in oztomeca: itoca iiacatecutli. Ihciuhca tlachpana ispan conteca petlatl. Jn ocontecac, niman ie ic quixitinia in itlaquen ieticac in iiacatecutli: niman ic quitotoma in otlatopilli, intla ce, intla ome, intla ei, intla naui caltiz, izqui conana: iehoatl in uel qualli in uel xocpale. Auh in ocona, niman ie ic quilpia: conquetza in oncan icaia, conquentia in itlatqui ieticac, in amatl ispan contema petlapan in otlatopilli. Auh inic tealtiz, oncan quitemachitia: intla ome caltiz, ce oquichtli, ce cihoatl: [auh yntla yehy caltiz. ome oquichtli: ce ciuatl] auh intla naui caltiz, ome oquichtli, ome cihoatl. Auh in itech quitlalizque in tilmatli: iehoatl in coioichcatl, tetecomaio, ihuitica tenchilnaoaio: ioan mastlatl iacauiiac, ioan cueitl, tetenacazço, chicocueitl, ioan vipilli suchimoiaoac, anoço xôxôloio: mochi on oncan contlalia in ispan iiacatecutli
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"83036f7e-5169-40c4-868d-cd637b941215","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":"he who was to bathe slaves came to reach Tochtepec, he thereupon entered the house of those of Tlatilulco. What he was to give as gifts, and the chocolate beaters, he caused to be carried on the backs [of carriers].[^1] Then he went directly to where the god of the vanguard merchants, named Yacatecutli was. Quickly he swept the place before [the god]; he spread out a reed mat. When he had spread it out, he thereupon swiftly unpacked what were the vestments of Yacatecutli; then he unwrapped the stout traveling canes. If he were to bathe one, [or] two, [or] three, [or] four slaves, he took that many [staves]—very good ones which had good bases. And when he had taken them, he bound them together; he set them up where [the god] stood. He covered them with their corresponding array, [and] laid down paper on the reed mat before the staves. And thus did he who would bathe slaves make it known whether he would bathe two—a man [and] a woman, [or three—two men and a woman],[^2] [or] four—two men [and] two women. And on [the staves] he would place capes; these were the coyote fur ones with a cup design worked with feathers, [and] with the red eye border; and the breech clout with long ends; and the skirt with the squared corner stone design, [or] of irregular design; and the shift with the design of radiating flowers, or the one with yellow parrot feathers. He placed all there before [the image of] Yacatecutli, \n\n\n\n\n[^1]: Referring to *quimamalia*, the corresponding Spanish text reads: *”lleuaua consigo tamemes, que lleuauã las cargas a cuestas.”*\n\n\n[^2]: The phrase in brackets appears in the *Acad. Hist. MS*.","html":"he who was to bathe slaves came to reach Tochtepec, he thereupon entered the house of those of Tlatilulco. What he was to give as gifts, and the chocolate beaters, he caused to be carried on the backs [of carriers].1 Then he went directly to where the god of the vanguard merchants, named Yacatecutli was. Quickly he swept the place before [the god]; he spread out a reed mat. When he had spread it out, he thereupon swiftly unpacked what were the vestments of Yacatecutli; then he unwrapped the stout traveling canes. If he were to bathe one, [or] two, [or] three, [or] four slaves, he took that many [staves]—very good ones which had good bases. And when he had taken them, he bound them together; he set them up where [the god] stood. He covered them with their corresponding array, [and] laid down paper on the reed mat before the staves. And thus did he who would bathe slaves make it known whether he would bathe two—a man [and] a woman, [or three—two men and a woman],2 [or] four—two men [and] two women. And on [the staves] he would place capes; these were the coyote fur ones with a cup design worked with feathers, [and] with the red eye border; and the breech clout with long ends; and the skirt with the squared corner stone design, [or] of irregular design; and the shift with the design of radiating flowers, or the one with yellow parrot feathers. He placed all there before [the image of] Yacatecutli,
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