Tzacoalco (Jalisco), 1629: concerns about a marriage

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Tzacoalco (Jalisco), 1629: concerns about a marriage

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Tzacoalco (Jalisco), 1629: concerns about a marriage

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Principal editor: 

James Lockhart

Transcriptions and Translations

	Analytic Transcription	English Translation	Spanish Translation
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May our lord God and our lady Saint Mary be with you, precious rulers, citizens of the altepetl named San Felipe [Xoquiyotl?], who preside at your home. You tarry for [only] a day here on earth, for we always await the celestial justice of God; from here we cannot see, we speak as the blind, and may you thus know it, lord rulers. And here is what we say about our child [native here] who came here to our home called San Francisco Tzaqualco. We have read the letter; we were glad, for it is true and certain that two and a half years ago he brought a woman and was going to marry her here, but this lady does not wish it; they would like to be married at [your] home there. For the sake of God, help our child named Juan Diego, do not disdain him somewhere far from our home, for we serve only one God, and secondly, [the marriage they plan] is [by] sacrament; they voluntarily want to perform it there through sacrament. We do not wish to go against his intention, for [marriage] by sacrament is very precious, and thus the holy church and the friars and priests instruct us; may you thus know it, dear lords. We your servants here who govern the altepetl called San Francisco Tzaqualco, all we alcaldes and regidores, all here in session issue our statement; you are not to go against what we say. May our lord God and our dear honored mother lady Saint Mary be with you. Today on Saturday, 20th day of the month of October and the year 1629, we place here our rubrics and signatures. Juan Fabián, notary. Pedro de León, alcalde. Juan Ciprián, alcalde. Diego Felipe, regidor. Juan Agustín, regidor. Juan Miguel, regidor. Juan Baltasar, regidor. Pedro Juan, regidor. And our father guardian, whose revered name is fray Melchor, rules us here [in matters of] the holy church, along with fray Andrés [Meriena?], president. And we found it to be true that his former wife died; she died seven years ago now. And we were not yet satisfied, and [in addition] once he took a letter to Çacatlan and brought back [one in reply], wherefore now we have all recognized it as true, and his mother and father and older sister and relatives all recognized it; it is not a lie or falsehood, before God. Here we sign. Magdalena Bárbola. Baltasar Lorenzo. Pedro de Mendoza. Mariana. These are all of our humble words. May God and our dear honored mother lady Saint Mary be with you. The precious rulers, the alcaldes and regidores in the altepetl of San Felipe, presiding at your home, are to read the letter. [Translation by James Lockhart]
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