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 Besides hieroglyphic texts, several manuscripts written in Yucatec Maya using the Latin alphabet 
 have been written  during 16th, 17th and 18th century.
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-\textcquote[p.68]{brinton1882}{The[se] ``old writings'' [\ldots] were composed by natives 
+\textcquote[p.68]{brinton1882}{The[se] ``old writings'' \elide were composed by natives 
 who had learned to write the Maya in the alphabet adopted by the early missionaries and 
-conquerors\ldots There were at one time a large number of these records.}
+conquerors\elide There were at one time a large number of these records.}
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 Many Maya villages had such a book.
 All books claim to be written by \emph{Chilam Balam} --- a great prophet from the 16th century
 who predicted the arrival of the Spaniards in Yucat\'{a}n
-(\textcquote[\ppno~186--187]{roys1933}{[\ldots] bearded man would come from the east and 
+(\textcquote[\ppno~186--187]{roys1933}{\elide bearded man would come from the east and 
 introduce a new religion}).
 Every book is named after the town the manuscript was located in, e.g. 
 \emph{The Book of Chilam Balam of Tizimin} originated from \emph{Tizimin} --- a town