NOTES FOR SONG XIX.

In this song we have avowedly a specimen of an early chant prepared

probably by Bishop Zummarraga for the native converts. The

accompaniment on the teponaztli is marked at the beginning. The

language is noticeably different from the hymn to Quetzalcoatl just

given (XVIII).

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