These Mexicans had another order to recken theyr yeares, which exceded not aboue foure in number, as one, two, thrée, foure, wherewith they accounte a hundred, fiue hundred, a thousand, and as many moe as they lust. Those foure figures or names are, Tochtli, Acatlh, Tecpatlh, Calli, and do signifye, a Conny, a Caue, a Knife, and a House, saying.

Ce TotchtliOne yeare
Ome AcatlhTwo yeares
Ei TecpatlhThrée yeares
Naui CalliFoure yeares
Macuil TochtliFiue yeares
Cicoacen AcatlhSixe yeares
Cicome TecpatlhSeauen yeares
Chicuei CalhEight yeares
Chiconaui TochtliNine yeares
Matlactli AcatlhTenne yeares
Matlactlioce TecpatlhEleuen yeares
Matlactliome CalliTwelue yeares
Matlactliomei TochtliThirtéene yeares

So that the reconing passeth not aboue thirtéene, whiche is one wéeke of the yeare, and endeth where he began.

Another Weeke.

Ce AcatlhOne yeare
Ome TlepatlhTwo yeares
Ei CalliThrée yeares
Naui TochtliFoure yeares
Macuil AcatlhFiue yeares
Chicoacen TecpatlhSixe yeares
Chicome CalliSeuen yeares
Cichuei TochtliEight yeares
Chiconaui AcatlhNine yeares
Matlactli TecpatlhTenne yeares
Matlactlioce CalliEleuen yeares
Matlactliome TochtliTwelue yeares
Matlactliomei AcatlhThirtéene yeares

The third vveeke of yeares.

Ce TecpatlhOne yeare
Ome CalliTwo yeres
Ei TochtliThrée yeres
Naui AcatlhFoure yeres
Macuil TecpatlhFiue yeres
Chicoacan CalliSixe yeares
Chicome TochthiSeauen yeares
Chicuei AcatlhEight yeares
Chiconaui TecpatlhNine yeares
Matlactli CalliTenne yeares
Matlactliome TochtliEleuen yeares
Matlactliome AcatlhTwelue yeares
Matlactliomei TecpatlhThirtéene yeares

The fourth Weeke.

Ce CalliOne yeare
Ome TochtiiTwo yeares
Ei AcatlhThrée yeares
Naui TecpatlhFoure yeares
Macuil CalliFiue yeares
Chicoacen TochtliSixe yeares
Chicome AcatlhSeauen yeares
Chicuei TecpatlhEight yeares
Chiconaui CalliNine yeares
Matlactli TochtliTenne yeares
Matlactlioce AcatlhEleuen yeares
Matlactliome TecpatlhTwelue yeares
Matlactliomei CalliThirtéene yeares

Ech of these wéekes, which our men cal Indition, doth conteyne thirtéene yeares, so that all the foure wéekes make two and fiftie yeares, which is a perfit number in the reconing, and is called the yeare of grace, for from fiftie two yeres, to fiftie two yeares, they vsed to make solemne feastes, with strange Ceremonies, as hereafter shall be declared. And when fiftie two yeares are ended, then they beginne againe, by the same order before declared, vntil they come to as many moe, beginning at Ce Tochtli, and so forwarde. But alwayes they begin at the Conny figure. So that in the forme of reconing they kepe & haue in mēmorye, things of 850. yeares, and by this Cronicle they know in what yere euerye thing hapned, and how long euery king raygned: howe many children they had, and all things else that importeth to the estate of the gouernement of the lande.