name, _Mimixcoatl_, is not found elsewhere,
and appears to be a poetic license.

VIII. _Xochipilli icuic._

1. Ye cuicaya tocniuaya ouaya yeo, ye cuicaya ye quetzalcoxcuxa
yoaltica tlao cinteutla, oay.

2. Can quicaquiz nocuic ocoyoalle teumechaue, oquicaquiz nocuica in
cipactonalla atilili, ouayya.

3. Ayao, ayao, ayao, ayao, nitlanauati ay tlalocan tlamacazque, ayao,
ayao, ayao.

4. Ayao, ayao, ayao, tlalocan tlamacazque nitlanauati, aya, ayao,
ayyao.

5. Ao cani uallacic, otli nepaniuia, cani cinteutla campa ye noyaz,
campa otli nicyatoca ca oay.

6. Ayao, aya, ayao, tlalocan tlamacazque, quiauiteteu, ayyao, aya,
ayao.

_Gloss._

1. _Q.n._, ca otonac, ca otlatuic ca ye cuico ca ye cuica centeotl in
quetzalcocox.

2. _Q.n._, macaco in tocuic ynican maquicaquican yn nican tlaca.

3. _Q.n._, in tlaloque tlamacazque niquinnauatia ye niauh in nochan.

4. _Q.n._, yn tlaloque tlamacazque niquinnauatia ye niauh in nochan.

5. _Q.n._, ca onitlanauati ni tlaloca catli ye nictocaz utli.

6. _Q.n._, yn antlaloque yn antlamacazque catli nictocaz yn anteteuh.

_Hymn to Xochipilli._

1. O friends, the quetzal bird sings, it sings its song at midnight to
Cinteotl.

2. The god will surely hear my song by night, he will hear my song as
the day begins to break.

3. I send forth the priests to the house of Tlaloc.

4. The priests to the house of Tlaloc do I send forth.

5. I shall go forth, I shall join myself unto them, I shall go where
is Cinteotl, I shall follow the path to him.

6. The priests go forth to the house of Tlaloc, to the home of the
gods of the plain.

_Notes._

_Xochipilli_, "lord of flowers," otherwise named _Macuilxochitl_, "five
flowers" (the name of a small odorous plant), was the deity who gave and
protected all flowering plants. As one of the gods of fertility and
production, he was associated with Tlaloc, god of rains, and Cinteotl,
god of maize. His festival is described in Sahagun (_Historia_, Lib. I.,
cap. 14).

2. _Cipactonalla_, from _cipactli_, and _tonalli_, may refer to
_Cipactonal_, the reputed discoverer of the Aztec calendar. See
_Sahagun_, _Historia_, Lib. IV., cap. I.

IX. _Xochiquetzal icuic._

1. Atlayauican ni xochiquetzalli tlacya niuitza ya motencaliuan
tamoanchan oay.

2. Ye quitichocaya tlamacazecatla piltzintecutlo quiyatemoaya ye
xochinquetzalla xoyauia ay topa niaz, oay.

_Var._ 2. Icoto