Nezahualpilli

En lo que más les persuadían era en lo de las armas, inclinándolos á ellas y dándoles á entender que por ellas y no por otro respeto habían de valer y tener, y que ellas les habían de dar el ser y valor, y no la grandeza de sus padres los reyes; á lo menos Nezahualcoyotzin y Nezahualpitzintli nunca jamás tuvieron consigo á sus hijos, sino muy niños, y cuando los venían á conocer era ya por valor de sus personas, y que por esto lo mereciesen conocer por padre.

What they urged on them most was the use of arms. They turned them toward it and taught them that by arms, and nothing else, they would win worth and wealth, and that arms, not the greatness of their fathers the kings, would give them rank and merit. At least Nezahualcoyotzin and Nezahualpitzintli never kept their sons with them except when they were very small. When the fathers came to know them, it was already for their own worth, so that they would deserve to know him as their father.