f. 3v., full page of text

In this portion of the text it is possibly meant to be the town founder speaking in the first person, saying that he came here to lead the people. He came to name the towns and develop the people of the great venerable father (i.e. St. Michael), who looked upon him with compassionate eyes, and who would remain here. The town founder says that he was baptized, and came here to name towns and animate the people of these towns. He adds that “now everything is registered here in black ink on these pieces of paper, and truly for always they will be for the (town’s) benefit, so that in (this town or on these lands) we will work and pay our tributes to our great governor.” This multiple page text all appears to be in the same hand, and the ink is a brown color. [SW]

Translations and Transcriptions

Spanish Translation

[f. 3v., Nahuatl-to-Spanish translation by Florencio Barrera:] vine aquí para liderar a las personas, vine para nombrar pueblos y a desarrollar a las personas de nuestro gran venerable padre, se quedó viéndome con ojos compasivos y como él permanecerá allí, yo fui bautizado y vine aquí a nombrar pueblos para animar a las personas en estos pueblos y ahora todo aquí se registra en tinta negra en estas hojas de papel y realmente por siempre será para su beneficio [...] para que en ella trabajemos y pagaremos los tributos de nuestro gran gobernante

English Translation

[f. 3v., Nahuatl-to-English translation by Stephanie Wood:] I arrived here to lead the people, I arrived to name towns and to develop the people of our great venerable father; he remained looking at me with compassionate eyes and as he will remain there, I was baptized and I arrived here to name towns to encourage the people in these towns; and now everything here is registered in black ink on these pieces of paper and will actually be that way forever for your benefit […] so that we will work on [the land] and we will pay tributes to our great ruler.

Analytic Transcription

[f. 3v., Transcription of the Nahuatl by Florencio Barrera:] onihualteyacan niz onialtepem…naco onitlacaxinahoco ca onehmocnoytili yn tohueytlatocatzin totemahticatzin yhuica moetzinoticac ca onicoatequi… nitlaneltoca auh ca niz onialte…manaco onitlacapixoco ynipa… ynintin altepeme auh yn axca… mohnizmotlilmahiotia ypan y… xamatl canel altepetl ypalehyloca zemicac mohiuhtoz auh … yoqui yn quihihuazque yn quiteq…panozque tequitl yteh quitazque tleyn ymaxca yntlatqui yn m… caltitlacalaqui yn quitequipano…ue yniteh mopalehuy… yn …xtlahuazque yn itlacalaqu … tohueytlatocatzin yaxca

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Spanish Translation

[f. 3v., Nahuatl-to-Spanish translation by Florencio Barrera:] vine aquí para liderar a las personas, vine para nombrar pueblos y a desarrollar a las personas de nuestro gran venerable padre, se quedó viéndome con ojos compasivos y como él permanecerá allí, yo fui bautizado y vine aquí a nombrar pueblos para animar a las personas en estos pueblos y ahora todo aquí se registra en tinta negra en estas hojas de papel y realmente por siempre será para su beneficio [...] para que en ella trabajemos y pagaremos los tributos de nuestro gran gobernante

English Translation

[f. 3v., Nahuatl-to-English translation by Stephanie Wood:] I arrived here to lead the people, I arrived to name towns and to develop the people of our great venerable father; he remained looking at me with compassionate eyes and as he will remain there, I was baptized and I arrived here to name towns to encourage the people in these towns; and now everything here is registered in black ink on these pieces of paper and will actually be that way forever for your benefit […] so that we will work on [the land] and we will pay tributes to our great ruler.

Analytic Transcription

[f. 3v., Transcription of the Nahuatl by Florencio Barrera:] onihualteyacan niz onialtepem…naco onitlacaxinahoco ca onehmocnoytili yn tohueytlatocatzin totemahticatzin yhuica moetzinoticac ca onicoatequi… nitlaneltoca auh ca niz onialte…manaco onitlacapixoco ynipa… ynintin altepeme auh yn axca… mohnizmotlilmahiotia ypan y… xamatl canel altepetl ypalehyloca zemicac mohiuhtoz auh … yoqui yn quihihuazque yn quiteq…panozque tequitl yteh quitazque tleyn ymaxca yntlatqui yn m… caltitlacalaqui yn quitequipano…ue yniteh mopalehuy… yn …xtlahuazque yn itlacalaqu … tohueytlatocatzin yaxca