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xii.] [Footnote 2: Nieremberg, "De septuaginta et octo partibus maximi templi Mexicani," in his _Historia Naturae_, Lib.

viii, cap.

xxii (Antwerpt, 1635).

One of these was called "The Ball Court of the Mirror," perhaps with special reference to this legend.

"Trigesima secunda Tezcatlacho, locus erat ubi ludebatur pila ex gumi olli, inter templa." The name is from _tezcatl_, mirror, _tlachtli_, the game of ball, and locative ending _co_.] From the earth the game was transferred to the heavens.


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