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344 :Pigui Chaqui. Lo! some person hither comes, Perhaps an old crone seeking alms; Yes! Look! he quite resembles one. Let him the dangerous message take. Send it by him, O noble Chief! From me they would not hear the tale; Thy page is but a humble lad.


 * (Enter the, or High Priest of the Sun, at the back, arms raised to the Sun. In a grey tunic and black mantle from the shoulders to the ground, a long knife in his belt, the undress chucu on his head.)

Sun! I fall and worship thee. For thee the victims are prepared, A thousand llamas and their lambs Are ready for thy festal day. The sacred fire 'll lap their blood, In thy dread presence, mighty one, After long fast thy victims fall.
 * Ollantay. Who comes hither, Piqui Chaqui?

Yes, 'tis the holy Uillac Uma; He brings his tools of augury. No puma more astute and wise— I hate that ancient conjurer Who prophesies of evil things, I feel the evils he foretells; 'Tis he who ever brings ill-luck.