a large body of water; seen to refer to the lake around Mexico City
(central Mexico, 1614)
licenciado Don Pedro de Otalora Presidente ỹ nican Mexico audiencia real, yn oquimottilito. yn oquimoyahualhuito nohuiyampa in techyahualotoc huey atl. ompa hualmopehualtito yn xuchimilco oquimottilito atl, yn quenin mani yc niman ompa moquixtito yn Tulyahualco, niman moquixtito cuitlatetelco, niman yc ompa moquixtito yn ayotzinco, niman moquixtito chalco atenco, niman moquixtito chimalhuacan atẽco, niman moquixtito yn ipan huey altepetl Tetzcuco = licenciado don Pedro de Otalora, president of the Royal Audiencia here in Mexico, left Mexico to go to inspect and to go all around the great lake that surrounds us. He began in Xochimilco, inspecting the level of the water; then he passed through Tolyahualco; then he passed Cuitlatetelco; then he passed through Ayotzinco; then he passed through Chalco Atenco; then he passed through Chimalhuacan Atenco; then he passed through the great altepetl of Tetzcoco (central Mexico, 1614)