[entrepues]tas, colorado y negro, revuelto con marcaxita, y de los codos arriba llevaban unas ajorcas de una parte, en el uno de los brazos, que se llamaban matacaxtli. En la otra mano, que es la izquierda, poníanle en la muñeca uno como manípulo, y dábanles unas cotaras teñidas de negro, revuelto con marcaxita, que llaman itzcactli. Y también les daban entonce compañía que los guardasen de noche y de día, hasta que los mataban. A estas guardas los llamaban inteancahuan o inpahuácauh. Otras dos mujeres les daban para que les lavasen las caras, que nunca los dexaban hasta que murían. Daban precio a estos sobredichos, porque los guardaban. Su precio era mantas que se llamaba nochpallaxochyo, y también mastles, que se llamaba yacahuíac, y también sus cotaras. Y a las mujeres que les lamaban1 las caras dábanlas naoas y huipiles. Y componíanlas con plumas coloradas los pies y los brazos y la cara.
\nLa cuarta vez que llamaban a sus convidados el que hacía el banquete o fiesta, era cuando habían de matar a los esclavos. Entonce un rato antes que se posiese el
\nDebe decir "lavaban".↩
red and black mixed with marcasite. And on one side, on one of the arms above the elbow, they would wear some bracelets called matacaxtli. On the other hand, that is, the left, they would put a sort of maniple on their wrist and give them some sandals dyed in black mixed with marcasite, which they call itzcactli. And they would also then assign the people who would guard them day and night, up until the moment that they would kill them. They called these guards inteancahuan or inpahuacauh. They would assign them two other women to wash their faces, who never left their side until they died. The people mentioned above were given a stipend because they guarded them. Their stipend consisted of capes called nochpallaxochyo, mastles called yacahuiyac, and also their sandals. And they would give skirts1 and huipiles to the women who washed their faces. And they would adorn their feet, arms, and faces with red feathers.
\nThe fourth time that the one who was holding the banquet or feast summoned his guests was when they were to kill the slaves. Then, just a short while before sunset,
\n“Skirts”: naguas.↩
Auh no icoac quinnotzaia in iteancahoan: ioan ipaoacauh, in quimocuitlauitinemizque in tlatlaaltilti, in icoac miquizque, isquich cauitl quīpistinemizque: ioan omentin quinnotzaia iteixamicahoa in quinmocuitlauiaia tlatlaaltilti cihoa uel imispan in miquia. Auh in iehoantin, in ietlamanistin in teananime, in paoaque, in teixamique, mochinti motlauhtiaia: iehoatl in quimomacaia in nochpallaxochio, ioan iacauiac mastlatl ioan cactli. Auh in cihoa, incue, inuipil, in quintlauhtiaia tealtianime: ioan quixaoa, quipotonia, tlapalihuitica.
\nAuh inic nappa tenotzaia: icoac in ie iuh moztla miquizque tlatlaaltilti, oc achi uei in tonatiuh, in quinhuica ispan Vitzilobuchtli, in ompa quimoxalaquiaia, ompa quioalitia in itzpatlac[tli:]
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\nAnd the fourth time that he invited guests was at the time when, on the morrow, the bathed ones were to die. While the sun was still a little strong they took them before [the temple of] Uitzilopochtli. There they caused them to perform the xalaquia [ceremony].2 There he made them drink
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