DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
| Ataliba, King of Quito. | ||
| The High-Priest of the Sun. | ||
| Xaira, another Priest of the Sun. | ||
| Telasco, an Old Man of the Family of the Incas. | ||
| Zorai, his Son. | ||
| Cora, his Daughter, the Virgin of the Sun. | ||
| Rolla, formerly General of the Peruvian Army. | ||
| The High-Priestess of the Sun. | ||
| Idali, | } | Virgins of the Sun. |
| Amazili, | } | |
| Don Alonzo Molina, a Spaniard. | ||
| Don Juan Velasquez, his Friend. | ||
| Diego, an Attendant on Don Alonzo. | ||
| A Chamberlain to the King. | ||
| Priests of the Sun, Virgins of the Sun, Courtiers, Soldiers, Populace. | ||
THE
VIRGIN OF THE SUN.
ACT I.
SCENE I.—A wild and woody Country, where the Bushes and Underwood are so closely entwined as to be almost impenetrable. In the Back-ground, a Wall, in which a large Breach has been made, is just discernible through the Trees; and farther back, rises the Cupola of the Temple of the Sun. Nearer the Front, on the right Hand, appears a Cave; on the left, a Hill, the Top of which is seen above the Trees.
Rolla comes down a winding Path among the Bushes, followed by the High-Priest.
High-Priest.
And this is the way to Rolla’s dwelling?—Ah, equally wild and inaccessible as the way to Rolla’s heart!
Rolla. Spare me, uncle, I entreat you?—spare me, and leave me!—If you could understand me——