Tealtilaya impochteca. The merchants washed them.

Auh inic mochichiuaya: And thus he was arrayed:

Xiuhtotonacoche catca With head-dress of green feathers,

Xiuhcoanauale Holding his serpent torch,

Xiuhtlalpile Girded with a belt,

Matacaxe Bracelets upon his arms,

Tzitzile Wearing turquoises,

Oyuvale. As a master of messengers.

When in Florence, in 1889, I had an accurate copy made of the Nahuatl
text and all the figures of the first book of Sahagun's History. The
colored figure of Huitzilopochtli is in accordance with the above
description.




II. _Uitznaoac yautl icuic._


1. Ahuia tlacochcalco notequioa ayayui nocaquia tlacatl, ya
nechyapinauia, ayaca nomati, nitetzauiztli, auia, ayaca nomati niya,
yautla, aquitoloc tlacochcalco notequioa, iuexcatlatoa ay nopilchan.