CONTENTS.

[PREFACE]
[INTRODUCTION]
[§ 1. THE NATIONAL LOVE OF POETRY]
[§ 2. THE POET AND HIS WORK]
[§ 3. THE THEMES AND CLASSES OF THE SONGS]
[§ 4. PROSODY OF THE SONGS]
[§ 5. THE VOCAL DELIVERY OF THE SONGS]
[§ 6. THE INSTRUMENTAL ACCOMPANIMENT]
[§ 7. THE POETIC DIALECT]
[§ 8. THE PRESERVATION OF THE ANCIENT SONGS]
[§ 9. THE LX SONGS OF THE KING NEZAHUALCOYOTL]
[§ 10. THE HISTORY OF THE PRESENT COLLECTION]
[ANCIENT NAHUATL POEMS:]
[I. SONG AT THE BEGINNING]
[II. A SPRING SONG, AN OTOMI SONG, A PLAIN SONG]
[III. ANOTHER PLAIN SONG]
[IV. AN OTOMI SONG OF THE MEXICANS]
[V. ANOTHER PLAIN SONG OF THE MEXICANS]
[VI. ANOTHER CHALCO-SONG, A POEM OF TETLAPAN QUETZANITZIN]
[VII. ANOTHER]
[VIII. COMPOSED BY A CERTAIN RULER IN MEMORY OF FORMER RULERS]
[IX. AN OTOMI SONG OF SADNESS]
[X. A SPRING SONG OF THE MEXICANS]
[XI. ANOTHER]
[XII. A SPRING SONG, A SONG OF EXHORTATION, BECAUSE CERTAIN ONES DID NOT GO TO WAR]
[XIII. A SONG OF HUEXOTZINCO]
[XIV. A CHRISTIAN SONG]
[XV. THE REIGN OF TEZOZOMOCTLI]
[XVI. A SONG URGING TO WAR]
[XVII. A FLOWER SONG]
[XVIII. A SONG OF TOLLAN]
[XIX. A CHRISTIAN SONG]
[XX. A SONG LAMENTING THE TOLTECS]
[XXI. A SONG OF THE HUEXOTZINCOS, COMING TO ASK AID OF MONTEZUMA AGAINST TLAXCALLA]
[XXII. A FLOWER SONG]
[XXIII. A SONG OF THE PRINCE NEZAHUALCOYOTL]
[XXIV. ANOTHER]
[XXV. A SONG OF LAMENTATION]
[XXVI. A SONG RELATING TO THE LORD NEZAHUALPILLI]
[XXVII. A CHRISTIAN SONG]
[NOTES]
[VOCABULARY]
[INDEX OF NAHUATL PROPER NAMES, WITH EXPLANATIONS]
[FOOTNOTES]