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He is credited with one of the most important compilations of Nahuatl Poetry , "Romances de los señores de la Nueva España". Speaking Nahuatl As Well As Spanish, he was raised as a Christian but learn tradition form his mother, and his writing was made up of a combination of Nahuatl and Spanish. His major work includes an account of the Aztecs and Tlatelolcas "Relación de Juan Bautista Pomar" completed in 1582. He found very old Native Americans , who recounted memory of the older and lost customs of their people. His account complements with the work of Bernardino De Sahagun and Alva Ixtlixochitl . He wrote his works by suggestions of the Protomedic of Felipe II . There is also another account he wrote with the intention of claiming his rights to the legacy of Netzahualcoyolt. |