WOMEN.
CYDARIA, MONTEZUMA'S daughter.
ALMERIA, } Sisters; and daughters to the late
ALIBECH, } Indian Queen.
SPANIARDS.
CORTEZ, the Spanish General.
VASQUEZ, } Commanders under him.
PIZARRO, }
SCENE—Mexico, and two leagues about it.
THE INDIAN EMPEROR.
ACT I.
SCENE I.—A pleasant Indian country.
Enter CORTEZ, VASQUEZ, PIZARRO, with Spaniards and Indians of their party.
Cort. On what new happy climate are we thrown,
So long kept secret, and so lately known;
As if our old world modestly withdrew,
And here in private had brought forth a new?