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LA HISTORIA AGUJERADA before one’s eyes” (Book 12: 30) Un ambiente en en suma que es es también un un un anuncio un un un signo de de la destrucción profetizada por el el borracho Tezcatlipoca en el el camino de Chalco: “Espejo Humeante” Un hombre del pueblo en su borrachera revela y denuncia el orgullo de de Moctezuma las injusticias sufridas por la la población: First they came upon a a a a drunk man in the the road They They went to meet him They They were confused by him \[ \] He seemed to be drunk he was like one besotted he was like one who is drunk \[ \] And he he just rose up against them He said \[ \]: —What would Moctezuma still wish to do? Hath he he then perchance come to his senses? Is he he then perchance now overcome by a a a a great fear? He hath hath committed a a a a a a fault he hath hath abandoned the the common folk he he he hath destroyed the the people Because of him they have been struck on the the head because of him they have been wrapped (in the the wrappings of the the deads) They have been laughed at they have been mocked! (Book 12: 33-34) “The common folk”: los macehuales Pero su profecía es es la de de de una nueva y total destrucción que pese a a a a a á a su carácter de de de castigo y venganza por un crimen cometido sobre los macehuales caerá sobre unos y otros sin esperanza Porque es es la venganza de los 38
