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"english": "When he had gone there, he thereupon said to [the retainers]: “I wish to see the lord Quetzalcoatl.” Then they said to him: “Go hence, little old man. The lord is sick. Thou wilt vex him.”",
"ref": "1889, Bernardino de Sahagún, translated by Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, Florentine Codex, volume 3, folio 11r:",
"text": "in oonia, njman ie ic quiteilhuja, nicnottiliznequi in tlacatl Quetzalcoatl: njman quilhuique, nepa xiauh veventone, mococoialtia in tlacatl, ticamanaz",
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"text": "ca huel yuh onicnolhuilito in tlacatl in noTecuiyo in ilhuicac Çihuapilli Santa Maria in Teotl Dios itlaçònantzin.",
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"text": "CAPITÁN REYES: ¡Ma ximopaquiltihtiye, tlacatle, tlahtoanie!",
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"text": "in oonia, njman ie ic quiteilhuja, nicnottiliznequi in tlacatl Quetzalcoatl: njman quilhuique, nepa xiauh veventone, mococoialtia in tlacatl, ticamanaz",
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"text": "ca huel yuh onicnolhuilito in tlacatl in noTecuiyo in ilhuicac Çihuapilli Santa Maria in Teotl Dios itlaçònantzin.",
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"text": "CAPITÁN REYES: ¡Ma ximopaquiltihtiye, tlacatle, tlahtoanie!",
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