Ixtilxochitl

Ixtilxochitl (c. 1550) was an Aztec king. He was also spokesman for Texcoco. He authored two of the famous books on Aztec history and customs - Relaciones and Historia Chichimeca.

Wisdom & Quotes

• The time of life is borrowed, in an instant it must be left behind.

- Obras Historicas (History of the Chichimec Nation)

• I chisel the jade, I pour gold in the crucible;

Here is my song!
I inlay the emeralds;
Here is my song.

Edmund Spenser