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Folio 58 recto

Folio 58 recto

Translations and Transcriptions

Spanish Translation

[Translation of the Nahuatl into Spanish by Fr. Bernardino de Sahagún; transcription of the Spanish (left-hand column) by James Lockhart:] [f. 58r.] el monte que se llama Tepetzinco, donde estan los baños.

English Translation

[Translation of the Nahuatl (right-hand column) by James Lockhart:] open. And the Spaniards did not move at all; when they fired the cannon, it grew very dark, and smoke spread. Those who had been taking shelter behind the stone pillars fled; all who had been lying on the roof jumped down and ran far away. Then they brought the cannon up and set it down at the round stone [of gladiatorial sacrifice]. On top of [the temple of] Huitzilopochtli they were still trying to keep watch, beating the log drums, as though the air were full of them. Then two Spaniards climbed up and struck [the drummers]; after they had struck them they cast them aside, threw them down. And those with scraped heads, all the warriors who were fighting in boats, came onto dry land, and only the youths who poled the others conducted the [Translation of the Spanish (left-hand column) by James Lockhart:] the mountain called Tepetzinco, where the baths are.

Analytic Transcription

[Transcription of the Nahuatl (right-hand column) by James Lockhart:] [f. 58r.] cavan. Auh in Españoles çā niman amo mamana: auh in oquitlazque tlequiquiztli cenca tlaiovac, poctli motecac. Auh in quimotoctitimanca in tetlaquetzalli, netlaloloc yoan in ixquichtin tlapanco onoca valmotepeuhque veca netlaloloc, nec quivallecavia in tlequiquiztli contecaco temalacatitlan: auh in icpac vitzilobuchtli, oc nē tlapiaia, quivitequia in teponaztli, iuhquin ontetemi quivitequi teponaztli: auh nimā ic ontlecoque vmentin Españoles, vmpa quimonvivitequito: auh in oquimonvivitequito inca valmaiauhque, quinvalchicanauhque: auh in quaquachictin in ixquichtin in tiacavan in acaltica tlaiecoaia, muchintin valquizque, vallalvacaquizque: auh in tetlanelhuia in telpopotzitzinti, çan iehoātin in quivalhuivicaque in

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Spanish Translation

[Translation of the Nahuatl into Spanish by Fr. Bernardino de Sahagún; transcription of the Spanish (left-hand column) by James Lockhart:] [f. 58r.] el monte que se llama Tepetzinco, donde estan los baños.

English Translation

[Translation of the Nahuatl (right-hand column) by James Lockhart:] open. And the Spaniards did not move at all; when they fired the cannon, it grew very dark, and smoke spread. Those who had been taking shelter behind the stone pillars fled; all who had been lying on the roof jumped down and ran far away. Then they brought the cannon up and set it down at the round stone [of gladiatorial sacrifice]. On top of [the temple of] Huitzilopochtli they were still trying to keep watch, beating the log drums, as though the air were full of them. Then two Spaniards climbed up and struck [the drummers]; after they had struck them they cast them aside, threw them down. And those with scraped heads, all the warriors who were fighting in boats, came onto dry land, and only the youths who poled the others conducted the [Translation of the Spanish (left-hand column) by James Lockhart:] the mountain called Tepetzinco, where the baths are.

Analytic Transcription

[Transcription of the Nahuatl (right-hand column) by James Lockhart:] [f. 58r.] cavan. Auh in Españoles çā niman amo mamana: auh in oquitlazque tlequiquiztli cenca tlaiovac, poctli motecac. Auh in quimotoctitimanca in tetlaquetzalli, netlaloloc yoan in ixquichtin tlapanco onoca valmotepeuhque veca netlaloloc, nec quivallecavia in tlequiquiztli contecaco temalacatitlan: auh in icpac vitzilobuchtli, oc nē tlapiaia, quivitequia in teponaztli, iuhquin ontetemi quivitequi teponaztli: auh nimā ic ontlecoque vmentin Españoles, vmpa quimonvivitequito: auh in oquimonvivitequito inca valmaiauhque, quinvalchicanauhque: auh in quaquachictin in ixquichtin in tiacavan in acaltica tlaiecoaia, muchintin valquizque, vallalvacaquizque: auh in tetlanelhuia in telpopotzitzinti, çan iehoātin in quivalhuivicaque in

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