Note 543 — Chapter XIV · NAHUA LAWS AND LAW COURTS.
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Ortega says that the privilege was also extended to private soldiers. Veytia, Hist. Ant. Mej., tom. iii., p. 227. Zurita, however, writes 'les guerriers regardaient comme un déshonneur d'en boire.' Rapport, in Ternaux-Compans, Voy., série ii., tom. i., p. 111.