[4] The historical reader will find that the worthy Bernal has incorporated many of these judicious sentiments in the work he was then composing, and some almost word for word.
[5] Fusta—a sort of galley, very small and open, with lateen sails.
[6] Itzli, the obsidian or volcanic glass.
[7] Windows of this rich material were discovered in a Roman villa at Pompeii. The effect of a lamp in an alabaster vase will be familiar to the reader.
[8] Techichi—a native animal of the dog kind, which does not bark. It was domesticated.
[9] Xiquipil—a military division of natives, consisting of eight thousand men.
[10] Tzatzitepec, a mountain near Tula.
[11] Catcitepetl, a volcano.
[12] The name is corrupted, as are all those handed down by the early historians. The suffixes, pilli and teuctli, indicate the title, and are therefore not a part of the name. We translate both lord; though it would be more germain to the matter, however ludicrous it might seem, to say at once Duke Death and Earl Olin.
[13] One of the titles of the Supreme God, (Teotl,) who was not worshipped directly, but through the medium of his agents, the inferior divinities.