The pleasant historie of the conquest of the VVeast India, now called new Spayne: atchieued by the vvorthy Prince Hernando Cortes, marques of the Valley of Huaxacac, most delectable to readeLópez de Gómara, Francisco
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The pleasant historie of the conquest of the VVeast India, now called new Spayne: atchieued by the vvorthy Prince Hernando Cortes, marques of the Valley of Huaxacac, most delectable to reade
López de Gómara, Francisco
Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547; Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540; Nahuatl language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
_Cecipactli._
_Omehecatl._
_Ei Calli._
_Naui Cuezpali._
_Macuilcouatl._
_Chicoacen Mizquinth._
_Chicome Macatl._
_Chicuei Tochtli._
_Chiconauiatl._
_Matlaciz Cuintli._
_Mailactlioce Ocumatli._
_Matlactliome Malinalli._
_Matlactlomei Acatlh._
The next wéeke following doth begin his dayes from one. And that one is
the fouretéenth name of the moneth and of the dayes, and saith.
_Ceocelotl._
_Omecoautli._
_Eicozcaquahutli._
_Naui Olui._
_Macuil Tecpatl._
_Chicoacen Quiauitl._
_Chicome Xuchitl._
_Chicoei Cipactli._
In this second wéeke, _Cipactli_ came to fal on the eighte day, being
in the first wéeke the first day.
_Cemacatl._
_Ometochtli._
_Eiatl._
_Nauizi cunitli._
_Macuil Ocumatli._
And so proceede on to the thirde wéeke, in the which this name
_Cipactli_ entreth not, but _Macatl_, which was the seuenth day in
the first wéeke, & had no place in y^e second, and is the first in
the third. This reconing is no darker, than ours, which we haue in
a.b.c.d.e.f.g. For they also change with time, and runne in such sort,
that .a. whiche was the firste letter of this moneth, commeth to be the
fift daye of the nexte moneth, and the thirde moneth he counteth to be
the third day, and so orderly doth the other sixe letters.
The accounting of yeares.
These _Mexicans_ had another order to recken theyr yeares, which
exceded not aboue foure in number, as one, two, thrée, foure, wherewith
they accounte a hundred, fiue hundred, a thousand, and as many moe
as they lust. Those foure figures or names are, _Tochtli_, _Acatlh_,
_Tecpatlh_, _Calli_, and do signifye, a Conny, a Caue, a Knife, and a
House, saying.
_Ce Totchtli_ One yeare
_Ome Acatlh_ Two yeares
_Ei Tecpatlh_ Thrée yeares
_Naui Calli_ Foure yeares
_Macuil Tochtli_ Fiue yeares
_Cicoacen Acatlh_ Sixe yeares
_Cicome Tecpatlh_ Seauen yeares
_Chicuei Calh_ Eight yeares
_Chiconaui Tochtli_ Nine yeares
_Matlactli Acatlh_ Tenne yeares
_Matlactlioce Tecpatlh_ Eleuen yeares
_Matlactliome Calli_ Twelue yeares
_Matlactliomei Tochtli_ Thirtéene yeares
So that the reconing passeth not aboue thirtéene, whiche is one wéeke of
the yeare, and endeth where he began.
Another Weeke.
_Ce Acatlh_ One yeare
_Ome Tlepatlh_ Two yeares
_Ei Calli_ Thrée yeares
_Naui Tochtli_ Foure yeares
_Macuil Acatlh_ Fiue yeares
_Chicoacen Tecpatlh_ Sixe yeares
_Chicome Calli_ Seuen yeares
_Cichuei Tochtli_ Eight yeares
_Chiconaui Acatlh_ Nine yeares
_Matlactli Tecpatlh_ Tenne yeares
_Matlactlioce Calli_ Eleuen yeares
_Matlactliome Tochtli_ Twelue yeares
_Matlactliomei Acatlh_ Thirtéene yeares
The third vveeke of yeares.
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