The Annals of the Cakchiquels, page 139 by Daniel G. Brinton

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tit; nabey rixhayil ahauh Huny[t], Chuvy[c,]ut ru bi xo[t]ohauh, he oxi xerelah, ha ri ka tata, he[c]a ri ru tata Don Pedro Solis, mani [c]a ru [c]ahol rij Tohin: xcam [c]ari xo[t]ohauh Chuvy [c,]ut, xoc chipe xo[t]ohauh X[t]eka[c]uch A[c,]iquinahay, ha quite rahpop achi [c,]ian Balam, xa e cay ral.

135. Ahtzalam Hunahpu was the sixth son. He was saved from the plague with our three other ancestors. As for us, we were then little children, and we all escaped, and we saw all the pestilence, O my children. These are the names of our female ancestors: the first wife of king Hunyg was the queen Chuvytzut; she had three sons, our father, the father of Don Pedro Solis, and Tohin, who left no children. The queen Chuvytzut being dead, the queen Xgekaqueh, the female Ahtziquinahay, took her place. She was the mother of the Counselor Tzian Balam, and these were her two children.

136. [c]a vo vinak ok [c]a quecam ahaua Huny[t] Lahuhnoh, ok xechap chic ahaua Cahi Ymox Belehe[c]at, chi hun Can; xa[c]a hun chioc ri Belehe[c]at xcolotah, xa[c]a kayon chicoc a[c]uala mani hunchic ka tata xcolotah, [c]a e ok [c]hutik ri [c,]ian Balam, ri ki ok retal ahauh Huny[t]. Quere[c]a xahauar vi Belehe[c]at rij, xa huna [t]alel [c]amahay; chioc x[c]hao rahauarem maqui [c]a xrah raho ahauh atzih vinak Ba[c]ahol: vo quic chi ahauarem ri Belehe[c]at; hatah xoc chi ahauarem ri ka tata rahpop achi [c,]ian xraho ahauh atzih vinak Ba[c]ahol, quere[c]a roquic chi ahauarem ri.

136. A hundred days after the death of the kings Hunyg and Lahuh Noh, there were elected as kings Cahi Ymox and Belehe Qat, on the day 1 Can. For Belehe Qat alone remained. As for us we were little boys and our elders did not choose any of us. Tzian and Balam, the only other descendants of Hunyg, were also young. Belehe Qat was therefore chosen to rule but only as heir apparent, the orator Baqahol declaring that it was not proper that he should take the supreme rule. The honor of the royalty was decreed to Belehe Qat; but the orator Baqahol desired that th

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