1 - Histomesoamericana

6o THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
and the beginning of the cathedral
in Merida. (1318)
It was a time of labor and
punishment by hanging, and
there was plague in the villages,
devastating the peasants with
lash and tribute. There was
great theft by the Christians,
but also the establishment of
the sacraments. Welcome it by
coming to the Spaniards' city.
(1340)
T ¡x u hoppol
1315 And there was the beginning
U pakal ku na
And the construction of the god
house
Y an chumuc can
That is in the middle of the city
TiHo
Of Merida.
Ban meyah
Piling on work
U cuch katun
1320 Was the burden of the katun.
T ix u hoppol
And there was the beginning
Hich' cal i
Of the noose.
Hopan ix kak tun i
And started was the fever of the nose
Ukabob
And limbs
U sac ib
1325 Of the white lima bean
Teil cabob
Grove lands,
Y et ulic u sabanob
Bringing with it their poison
U taabob y okol bal cah
Ti tal i alam
And their ropes over the world—
Affecting children
Ytz'inil
1330
And younger brothers
Ychil u cal tza
With the harsh lash,
U cal patán
With the harsh tribute.
T ix u non ocol patán i
And there was great theft of tribute:
T ix u noh ocol xptianoU e
There was the great theft of
Christendom.
T ix u uatal uuc ppel sacramento i 1335 There was the establishment of the
seven sacraments:
U than Dios noh
The word of God is great.
Kam ex
A ula ex
Talel u cah
Take it
And welcome it,
Coming to the city
Ca sucunob e.
1340 Of our older brothers.