1 - Histomesoamericana
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136 THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY<br />
It was clear weather but<br />
windy as the sky was searched<br />
for the approach of the mid katun.<br />
(3746)<br />
The lord was overthrowxin<br />
office. Cut was the throat of the<br />
ruler by the peasants and the<br />
East priest Bol Ay of the northeast<br />
lineages, causing mourning<br />
for the poor lords because of the<br />
northeast demons, scouts, and<br />
peasants. (3768)<br />
And God in heaven knew<br />
that Merida and all the world<br />
were puffed up with pride. The<br />
land was flattened and broken<br />
Sac<br />
Patai habil<br />
Chen ik<br />
Bin ma nanac i<br />
Pacatnom<br />
T u canil<br />
T u tzicil<br />
T u tepal Buluc Ch'ab Tan<br />
Paaxlahom<br />
Y ahaulil cab<br />
T u pop<br />
T u tz'am<br />
Xotom<br />
Ucai<br />
Ah tern pop<br />
Ah tern tz'am<br />
U balmil cab*<br />
Chac Bol Ai<br />
Chac bob<br />
Sac bob<br />
Num y ol ualac<br />
Yacan<br />
T u pach y ahaulil cab<br />
Otzilhom ob<br />
Chac uen co<br />
Sac uen co<br />
Ah chin coot*<br />
Ah chin pacat*<br />
Ah mab /urn<br />
Ah mab na<br />
Uchom u tz'oc sitz'il<br />
Uchom mac tzil<br />
Ti caan<br />
Hunab Ku y ohel uchom<br />
Ich Can Si Ho<br />
Yuklah bal cah<br />
Bin uchbal<br />
Ppuluxhal<br />
Uesahom cab<br />
Uecsahom peten<br />
Chochpahom u u ich<br />
Chochpahom u kab<br />
Chochpahom y oc<br />
Ua Pa Cabal<br />
Bright<br />
3740 Clear years;<br />
Only the wind<br />
Will be unusual.<br />
They searched<br />
In the sky<br />
3745 For the glory<br />
For the rule of the 11 priest Ch'ab<br />
Tan.<br />
Destroyed<br />
Was the lordship of the land.<br />
On the mat<br />
3750 On the throne.<br />
Cut<br />
Was the throat<br />
Of the step mat lord,<br />
The step throne lord<br />
3755 By the Honeybees<br />
And the East priest Bol Ay<br />
The red stalks<br />
And white stalks.<br />
Sadness will arise<br />
3760 And be covered up<br />
After the lords of the land<br />
Are impoverished.<br />
Red nightmare,<br />
White nightmare<br />
3765 Eagle porters<br />
And lookout porters<br />
The fatherless<br />
And motherless.<br />
Ended is envy;<br />
3770 Come are the brave.<br />
In heaven<br />
The Sole God knew.<br />
Merida<br />
And the whole world<br />
3775 Underwent<br />
Puffing up.<br />
Spread over the land,<br />
Spread over the jungle<br />
Flattened was the face,<br />
3780 Flattened was the hand,<br />
Flattened was the foot<br />
Whether of the Fort of the Lands,<br />
3755. See note 2999.<br />
3765. Ah chin coot 'bearer eagles': the porters of the Eagles, a military order.<br />
3766. Ah chin pacat 'bearer lookout', a military scout, presumably also a<br />
porter of the Eagles,- these were peasants or "orphans," as the following lines state.<br />
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