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ter as the local books said. For
the merchants, God is coming:
accept and welcome Him. He is
coming immediately. (4184)
And Hun Pic took power as
one of the three lords of the katun,
to demand a parent for the
snarled katun, a new one. God
was installed in the lordship of
the rich katun 12 Ahau. This
ended the fighting around the
country, and the warriors fled
to the forest and the lordship
was established. The merchants
were beaten. (4208)
New lords were nominated
for the end of the katun, to do
away with the irresponsible nobles.
The sun priest was executed,
the son of a street
mother. Tribute was imposed
TWELVE AHAU 149
Ti u katal
U libro'ii cah i*
Ti y ah belnalil cabob i
U than ku lie u talel 4180
Kam
A u ula ex
Hun lub
Hun auat u tal
Hum Pic ti Ax* 4185
U cuch katun
Ox kasap y ol
Ox kasap u than
Bin u tza u yum
Y etel u na t u saual katun 4190
Kekex yum
Kekex na
Hunab ku
C u tza i
Okol kan che u cah 4195
T u pop
(I7v) Lah cabil Ahau
Ayikal katun
Bay hol i
Xan punob cal 4200
Punob peten
Punob tan chumuc cab :f:
Which is the desire
Of the books of the place.
That is the travelers of the earth;
The word of God as it is coming.
Receive
And welcome it.
In one rest,
One shout it is coming.
Hun Pic from Ax
Was the bearer of the katun.
Thrice blocked its heart;
Thrice blocked its word.
He will demand a father
And a mother for the envy katun:
A substitute father,
A substitute mother.
The Sole God
Is installed
On the throne of his place,
On the mat
Of 12 Ahau,
The rich katun.
Thus it is finished,
As well as ending the Flags:
The Flags of the country,
The Flags in the middle of the land.
Sutnom halal
Returned are the arrows
Tan chumuc peten
In the middle of the country.
Ti tali u y anhal 4205 Then came the realization
Y ahauil bal cah i
Of the lordship of the world.
Ti y uchul ban meyah i
Then were occurring piles of work.
Ti u baxtabal y ah belnalil
Then was the beating down of the
cahob i
travelers of the towns.
Ti culh i
Then was seated
Al cab katun 4210 The dawn of the katun,
Hul katun
The pierced katun,
Tz'on katun
The shot katun.
Bin y anac
It is going
U tz'on
To be the end
Co co al 4215 Of the insane born
Co co mehen
And insane engendered children.
T u tza katun
The katun was removed.
Satnom y al
Destroyed were the born children
lx ti ti be*
Of the street mother.
Ti tali patanhal i 4220 Then came the tribute system.
4178. Libroil 'books': the locally written prophecies.
4185. Hum: I read hun. Hun Pic ruled from about 1664 to 1670. See also note 3903.
4202. Panob 'flags' from Náhuatl pantli: a military company.
4219. Sec line 3838. I surmise that it was Hun Pic whose parentage was ques-
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