ztli_, which is given her in
v. 1. (Comp. Sahagun, _Historia_, Lib. VI., cap. 27.) She was
essentially a goddess of fertility and reproduction. The name
_cihuacoatl_ was also applied to one of the higher magistrates and war
chiefs in the Aztec army (Sahagun). Reference is made to this in v. 6.
As a goddess of venerable antiquity, she is spoken of as coming from
Colhuacan, "the place of the old men," or of the ancestors of the tribe.
This name is derived from _coloa_, to bend down, as an aged person,
_colli_, an old man. (See my _Ancient Nahuatl Poetry_, pp. 172-3).

XIV. _Izcatqui yn cuicatl chicuexiuhtica meuaya iniquac atamalqualoya._

1. Xochitl noyollo cuepontimania ye tlacoyoalle, oaya, oouayaye.

2. Yecoc ye tonan, yecoc ye teutl tlacolteutla, oaya, ooayaya.

3. Otlacatqui centeutl tamiyoanichan ni xochitlicacani. Cey xochitli
yantala, yantata, ayyao, ayyaue, tilili yao, ayaue, oayyaue.

4. Otlacatqui centeutl, atl, yayaui cani tlaca pillachiualoya
chalchimichuacan, yyao, yantala, yatanta, a yyao, ayyaue tilili yao,
ayyaue, oayyaue.

5. Oya tlatonazqui tlauizcalleuaya inan tlachinaya nepapan quechol,
xochitlacacan y yantala, yantata, ayyao, ayyaue, tilili yao, ayyaue,
oayyayaue.

6. Tlalpa timoquetzca, tianquiz nauaquia nitlacatla, ni quetzalcoatla,
yyao, yantala, yantata, ayyao, ayyaue, tilili yao ayyaue, oayyayue.

7. Ma ya auiallo xochinquauitl itlani nepapan quecholli ma ya in
quecholli xicaquiya tlatoaya y toteuh, xicaquiya tlatoaya y quechol
amach yeua tonicauh tlapitza amach ychan tlacaluaz, ouao.

8. Aye oho, yyayya, ca miquiyecauiz ca noxocha tonaca xochitli ye
izqui xochitla, xochitlicacan, yyaa.

9. Ollama, ollama uiue xolutl nauallachic, ollama ya xolutl
chalchiuecatl xiquitta mach, oya moteca piltzintecutli yoanchan,
yoanchan.

10. Piltzintle, piltzintle tocuitica timopotonia tlachco, timotlalli
yoanchan, yoanchan.

11. Oztomecatla yyaue, oztomecatla xochiquetzal quimama, ontlatca
cholola, ayye, ayyo, oye maui noyol, oye maui noyol, aoya yecoc
centeutl, matiuia obispo, oztomecatl chacalhoa, xiuhnacochtla, yteamic
ximaquiztla yteamico, ayye, ayye.

12. Cochina, cochina, cocochi ye nicmaololo, ni cani ye ciuatl ni
cochina yyeo, ouayeo, yho, yya, yya.

_Var._ 3. Centeuteutl. 4. Uillachiualoia. 5. Oya tonazqui. 6. Tlapan.
10. Timotlalia. 11. Suchiquetzal. Ontlatoa cholollan.

_This is the Hymn which they sang every eight years when they fasted on
bread