The Mexica noble speaking to his son said: "Take heed, oh my son: such is the condition in the peopling, the replenishing of the world. For the lord of the near and the close has said you are ordained one woman, one man." "Especially you are to become courageous, to become strong, to reach maturity. Even as the maguey, you are to form a stalk, you are to ripen. Then you will become strong in the union, in the marriage. Your children will be rugged, agile, and they will be polished, beautiful, clean."