1 - Histomesoamericana

8o THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
exiled from them and came to
the wilderness, and that was
the outcome. (1802)
6 IX (1599)
In 1599 5 Ahau began. There
was a Mayan revival on the
feast of the 4 Gods. After a year
of the East priest Bol Ay, Tzay
Can came and was established
as the legitimate ruler in prosperity.
(1818)
But it didn't last, being betrayed
by the son of the late
Max Can in fulfillment of what
had happened in 12 Ahau (1421).
Ich lumil che
Ich lumil tunich
Yal
U than
U xotemal kin
U xotemal katun ual e.
6lx(l599)
Uac Hix*
U kinil
U lubul
U tzol ch'ich' katun*
Ti ual u colal ex
U colal nok*
Ch'ab t u kin
T u kin Uh Ahau Can
T u pachil tun
Ti Chac Bol Ai*
Lai ul
T u kin Tzai Can
U pacte Ah Tern Pop
Ah Ten Tz'am ti tal I*
U xeic t u chi
U lukah e
Lai het man t u cal
Ti ma t u pan i
T u men u tzotz
T u men u conic
U mehen
Ah Max Can bin i*
Ua u haulic u choch
U y ex
U max kin
(3v) U max katun e*
1800
In the lands of wood,
In the lands of stone.
So says
The word
Of the judgment of the time,
The judgment of the katun's return.
6 Ix (1599)
6 Ix
Is the time
1805 Of the posting
Of the order of the bird katun.
It is the return of loose pants,
Of loose clothes,
Created on the day,
1810 Created on the day of the Lords
Four,
After the tun
Which belonged to the East priest
Bol Ay.
That was the arrival
At the day of Tzay Can,
1815 The sight of the lord step mat,
The lord step throne who has come
Vomiting from his mouth
And flowing forth.
That splits and passes to the throat
1820 Without quenching
Because it was wasted,
Because it was sold
By the son
Of Max Can who is gone.
1825 Then he finishes the guts,
The pants
Of the monkey time,
The monkey katun.
1803. 6 Ix 1 Pop (July 18, 1547, or July 5, 1599).
1806. Posting the katun means initiating it and ending its predecessor. This is
an explicit adoption of the classical katun ideology. Katun 5 Ahau is nicknamed
the bird katun, for reasons unknown. It is likely that all thirteen of the katuns
had nicknames, though only a few can be securely identified: 13 Ahau, deer (line
5272); 11 Ahau, flower (line 1024); 9 Ahau, wax? tobacco? (lines 1274, 1913);
7 Ahau, deer? (line 2123, but see line 5272); 5 Ahau, bird (lines 1843, 2124);
3 Ahau, black? (line 2776); 1 Ahau, flint? (line 2386, but see line 4348); 12 Ahau,
monkey (line 4094); 8 Ahau, flint? (line 4348); and 4 Ahau, turtle (line 4720).
1808. Loose or red clothes are Mayan; white clothes are Spanish.
1812. Bol Ay 'roll grease' seems always to be involved in war.
1816. The mat and the throne are symbols of legitimate authority.
1824. Max Can 'monkey snake' is a personal name.
1828. The passage refers to events in the monkey katun, 12 Ahau 114211.