First Chapter,which telleth of the first sign,which was named One Crocodile,and of the good fortune which they merited who were born then 1
Second Chapter,which telleth of the second [day] sign,which was named One Ocelot,and was not a good day sign for those who were born on it 5
Third Chapter,which telleth of the third sign,named One Deer;and the good fortune which those then born merited 9
Fourth Chapter,which telleth of the second house,when it was the time of this sign,named Two Rabbit;and those then born in it did nothing but drink wine 11
Fifth Chapter,which telleth how many kinds of drunkards there were 15
Sixth Chapter,which telleth of still another house on the sign [One Deer],called Three Water 19
Seventh Chapter,which telleth of the fourth sign,named One Flower 23
Eighth Chapter,which telleth of the fifth sign,named One Reed.And it was not a good day,[nor] those with it 29
Ninth Chapter,which telleth of the sixth sign,called One Death,and of the good fortune belonging to it 33
Tenth Chapter,which telleth of still other houses,which were called in part good,and in part evil and miserable 37
Eleventh Chapter,which telleth of the seventh sign,named One Rain,and of the evil day signs which belonged with it 41
Twelfth Chapter,which telleth of still other houses.Some were only indifferent and some were in no way good 45
Thirteenth Chapter.Here is told and mentioned what was an evil manifestation for him who stumbled or fell at this time 49
Fourteenth Chapter,which telleth of the good day signs which correspond to the four houses in this sign 53
Fifteenth Chapter,which telleth of the eighth sign,called One Grass,and the evil day signs with it 55
Sixteenth Chapter,which telleth of the ninth sign,called One Serpent 59
The Seventh Chapter telleth of the admonitions of the old merchants when they counseled their sons as they were about to depart 61
Eighteenth Chapter.Here are told [what] the talk and discourse were of these same old merchants which they repeated to their sons who already knew distant lands 65
Nineteenth Chapter.Here are told the offerings which they made for the sake of those who traveled to far places,and how respect was paid for the sake of those who died 69
Twentieth Chapter,which telleth of the remaining houses belonging to the sign mentioned 73
Twenty-first Chapter,which telleth of the tenth sign,called One Flint Knife 77
Twenty-second Chapter,which telleth of the eleventh sign,called One Monkey and of its fortune 81
Twenty-third Chapter,which telleth of the twelfth sign,called One Lizard 83
Twenty-fourth Chapter,which telleth of the thirteenth sign,named One Motion 85
Twenty-fifth Chapter,which telleth of the fourteenth sign,called One Dog 87
Twenty-sixth Chapter,in which it is told how these rulers (upon the day sign mentioned) proclaimed war 91
Twenty-seventh Chapter,in which is mentioned the fifteenth sign,named One House 93
Twenty-eighth Chapter,which telleth still more of the nature and condition of women born in this sign 95
Twenty-ninth Chapter,which telleth of the sixteenth sign 97
Thirtieth Chapter,which telleth of the seventeenth sign,called One Water 99
Thirty-first Chapter,which telleth of the eighteenth sign,named One Wind,and the evil,the bad,which was with it 101
Thirty-second Chapter,which telleth of the tears,the lamentations,and the misery of those who had been robbed,whom those who had danced with the dead forearm had plundered 105
Thirty-third Chapter,in which is mentioned the nineteenth sign,named One Eagle 107
Thirty-fourth Chapter,in which are told and mentioned what they did when they visited women recently delivered 111
Thirty-fifth Chapter.Here is told what was done when they bathed their children,and how food was eaten when they gave them their names 113
Thirty-sixth Chapter,which telleth how a feast was held,and what the order of service was,and how there was drinking of wine 117
Thirty-seventh Chapter,in which is mentioned how the festivity was performed 121
Thirty-eighth Chapter,which telleth of the twentieth and closing sing,called One Rabbit 127
Thirty-ninth Chapter,which speaketh of all the day sign 131
Fortieth Chapter,which telleth of the rest [of the day signs] which formed a part of the day count;those still remaining,belonging to the day sign [One Rabbit] 133
Appendix of the Fourth Book,in the Spanish vernacular,which is justification in defense of the truth contained herein 137
Introduction and explanation,newly made,of the calendar of the Indians of Anauac,that is,of New Spain 139
Refutation of the above 140
The treatise by that member of a religious Order proceedeth 141
Refutation of the above 141
To the reader 142
Here followeth the reckoning of all the time-counts which these natives had 143
First Chapter.Here are related the omens in which they believed when,at night,someone heard some wild animal cry out,or when it seemed as if some old woman wept 151
Second Chapter,in which is related the evil omen which they regarded in two ways:so it was when they heard that the white hooded hawk cried out;and what the merchants did when somewhere on the road such befell them 153
Third Chapter,in which is told the omen taken as a portent when at night they heard as if someone shot iron arrows into something or as if he chopped wood;this they called the night axe 157
Fourth Chapter,in which is told the omen taken as a portent when the horned owl hooted 161
Fifth Chapter,in which is told what was the omen of the screech owl 163
Sixth Chapter,in which is told what the omen was,so that they took it as a portent,when someone saw a weasel which crossed in front of him 165
Seventh Chapter,in which is told the omen so taken as a portent concerning the rabbit when they saw that now it entered one's house 167
Eighth Chapter,in which is told the omen which all took as a portent when they saw the chafer 169
Ninth Chapter,in which is related the omen which they regarded as a portent when an animal of strong stench,called a skunk,now entered one's home or else sprayed and loosed an odor 171
Tenth Chapter,in which is related the omen,by which a portent was drawn,of ants or frogs,and mice 173
Eleventh Chapter,in which is told the omen from which a portent was drawn when,at night,they saw the towering men,the giants 175
Twelfth Chapter,in which is related what was another omen,whose name was"bundle of ashes" 177
Thirteenth Chapter,in which are told the rest of the omens which showed themselves at night 179
Appendix to the Fifth Book 181
First Chapter,which telleth of the white amaryllis 183
Second Chapter,which telleth of the poinsettia 183
Third Chapter,which telleth of flowers artificially arranged 184
Fourth Chapter,which telleth of dried grains of maize 184
Fifth Chapter,which telleth of stepping over one 184
Sixth Chapter,which telleth of drinking 185
Seventh Chapter,which telleth of him who dipped into the cooking pot 185
Eighth Chapter,which telleth of tamales stuck [to the cooking pot] 185
Ninth Chapter,which telleth of the umbilical cord 186
Tenth Chapter,which telleth of the pregnant woman 186
Eleventh Chapter,which telleth of the woman lately delivered 186
Twelfth Chapter,which telleth of earthquakes 187
Thirteenth Chapter,which telleth of the [three] hearth stones 187
Fourteenth Chapter,which telleth of the tortilla doubled over on the griddle 187
Fifteenth Chapter,which telleth of small children who likced the surface of the grinding stone 188
Sixteenth Chapter,which telleth of him who leaned against a square pillar 188
Seventeenth Chapter,which telleth of the maidens who ate standing 188
Eighteenth Chapter,which telleth how maize cobs were burned 188
Nineteenth Chapter,which telleth of the woman with child 189
Twentieth Chapter,which telleth of the monkey's hand 190
Twenty-first Chapter,which telleth of the pestle and the griddle 190
Twenty-second Chapter,which telleth of mice 191
Twenty-third Chapter,which telleth of turkey hens 191
Twenty-fourth Chapter,which telleth of turkey chicks 191
Twenty-fifth Chapter,which telleth of her who wove with yarn 192
Twenty-sixth Chapter,which telleth of hail 192
Twenty-seventh Chapter,which telleth of sorcerers 192
Twenty-eighth Chapter,which telleth of the gnawed leavings of a mouse 193
Twenty-ninth Chpater,which telleth of nails 193
Thirtieth Chapter,which telleth of sneezing 193
Thirty-first Chapter,which telleth of small children 193
Thirty-second Chapter,which telleth of green stalks of maize 194
Thirty-third Chapter,which telleth of creaking roof beams 194
Thirty-fourth Chapter,which telleth of grinding stones 194
Thirty-fifth Chapter,which telleth of drilling a new fire in the house 194
Thirty-sixth Chapter,which telleth of the sweat house 195
Thirty-seventh Chapter,which telleth of the time when the teeth of small children dropped 195
[Conclusion] 195