It was written by an unknown Aztec, most likely a male as mostly the males learned to write, during a smallpox epidemic and it has been translated into English by a historian.
‘No longer could they walk; they only lay in their abodes, in their beds. No longer could they move, no longer could they bestir themselves, no longer could they raise themselves, no longer could they stretch themselves out face down, no longer could they stretch themselves out on their backs. And when they bestirred themselves, much did they cry out. There was much perishing.’ (Source 2)
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