2. Cane cana ichan, _q.n._, in oncan ichan ayopechcatl oncan quitlacatilia in cozcatl quetzalli oncan yoliua, tlacatiua. 3. _Q.n._, ximeua, ximeua, in tipiltzintli xiualmeua in quinotitlacat tipiltzintli. 4. _Q.n._, xiualmeua, xiualmeua, in tipiltzintli in ti cuzcatl, in ti quetzalli. _Hymn to Ayopechcatl._ 1. Truly in whatever house there is a lying-in, Ayopechcatl takes charge of the child. 2. Truly in whatever house there is a lying-in, Ayopechcatl takes charge of the child, there where it is weeping in the house. 3. Come along and cry out, cry out, cry out, you new comer, come along and cry out. 4. Come along and cry out, cry out, cry out, you little jewel, cry out. _Notes._ The name of Ayopechcatl does not appear among the divinities named by Sahagun, Duran or the other authorities at my command. Her name indicates her function as the goddess of the child-bed and the neonatus, and the above hymn establishes her claim to a place in the Aztec pantheon. XIII. _Ciuacoatl icuic._ 1. Quaui, quaui, quilaztla, coaeztica xayaualoc uiuiya quauiuitl uitzalochpa chalima aueuetl ye colhoa. 2. Huiya tonaca, acxolma centla teumilco chicauaztica, motlaquechizca. 3. Uitztla, uitztla, nomactemi, uitztla, uitztla nomactemi, acan teumilco chicauaztica motlaquechizca. 4. Malinalla nomactemi, acan teumilco chicauaztica motlaquechizca. 5. A omei quauhtli, ye tonanaya chalmecatecutli ay tziuac y mauiztla nechyatetemilli, yeua nopiltzinaya mixcoatla. 6. Ya tonani, yauciuatzin, aya tonan yauciuatzi aya y maca coliuacan y yuitla y potocaya. 7. Ahuiya ye tonaquetli, yautlatocaya, ahuiya ye tonaquetli yautlatocaya moneuila no tlaca cenpoliuiz aya y maca coliuaca y yuitla y potocaya. 8. Ahuia quauiuitl amo xayaualli onauiya yecoyametl amo xayaualli. _Var._ 1. Cohoaeztica. 2. Acxoima. 7. Maneuila, cenpoalihuiz, inmaca. _Gloss._ 1. _Q.n._, in quauhcihuatl, ic oxaualoc in coaetztli, ioan in quauhtli yhuitli in moteneua iquauhtzon, ipan iualuicoc yn umpa colhuacan. 2. _Q.n._, inic motocaya centli, in mochiuaya teumilpa, ichicauaztica inic tlatatacaya, inic tocaya. 3. Uitztla, _q.n._, nomactemi nochicauaztica inic nitocaya, inic nitlatatacaya. 4. Malinalla, uictli, _q.n._, uictica in tlachpanaya, _id est_, iceliniquia, yn uncan teumilpan auh ychicauaztica inic nitlatatacaya, inic tocaya. 5. _Q.n._, matlactli omei quauhtli yn notonal innamona auh ynan nopilhoan in chalmeca xicuiti in tziuactli xinechtemilica. 6. _Q.n._, in iyauciuatzin yn amona umpa nochan in coluaca auh in quauiuitl nictemaca ynic oquauhtiuac. 7. _Q.n._, ca otonac ca otlatuic momochiua yauyutl ma tlamalo tlalpiliuiz nic temaca in quauiuitl. 8. _Q.n._, aahuia yn otlamaloc in quauiuitl yc moxaua. _Hymn to Cihuacoatl._ 1. Quilaztli, plumed with eagle feathers, with the crest of eagles, painted with serpents' blood, comes with her hoe, beating her drum, from Colhuacan.