item()

This is element x. It has a B and an I and a span as its children.
Its second attribute is align="left"

var x;
function init () {
	x = document.getElementById('test');
}

Test alert(document.getElementsByTagName('P').item(1).nodeName)
Test alert(x.attributes.item(1).nodeName)
Test alert(x.childNodes.item(1).nodeName)