Ollantay, still trusting, was ta’en, The same Urco Huaranca befell; Hanco Huayllu is captive as well, We thy rebels in fetters detain.
The Antis by thousands are slain, A fearful example is made, They are beaten, crushed, and betrayed, Their women in sorrow and pain.
TUPAC YUPANQUI. As witness of what has occurred, On Vilcamayu’s storied banks, No doubt thou hast told me the truth. It was a well designed attack.
(Enter RUMI-ÑAUI followed by several chiefs.)
RUMI-ÑAUI. Great Inca, I kneel at thy feet, This time You will hear my report, I beseech thee to deign to restore The trust that I forfeited once.
TUPAC YUPANQUI. Rise, great Chief, receive my regard, I accept thy great service with joy; Thou didst cast o’er the waters thy net, And hast captured a marvellous fish.
RUMI-ÑAUI. Our enemies perished in crowds, Their chiefs were captured and bound, Overwhelmed by my terrible force, Like a rook detached from the heights.
TUPAC YUPANQUI. Was much blood shed in the assault?
RUMI-ÑAUI. No, Lord, not a drop has been shed, To thine orders I strictly adhered. Those Antis were strangled in sleep, But the fort is entirely razed.
RUMI-ÑAUI. They are waiting with agonised fear, For their fate, to perish by cords. The people are sending up cries, Demanding their deaths without fail. Their women are now in their midst, The children raise hideous cries; It is well that thine order should pass To finish their traitorous lives.
TUPAC YUPANQUI. It must be so without any doubt, That the orphans may not be alone, Let all perish, not sparing one, Thus Cuzco recovers her peace, Let the traitors be brought before me. In my presence the sentence they’ll hear.
(Exit Rumi-ñaui, and re-enter followed by guards in charge of OLLANTAY, URCO HUARANCA, and HANCO HAUYLLU, bound and blindfold, followed by guards with PIQUI CHAQUI bound.)
TUPAC YUPANQUI. Take the bands off the eyes of those men. And now, Ollantay, where art thou? And where art thou, O Mountain Chief? Soon thou wilt roll down from the heights.
(To the soldiers who bring in Piqui Chaqui.)
PIQUI CHAQUI. Many fleas in the Yuncas abound, And torment the people full sore, With boiling water they are killed, And I, poor flea,[73] must also die.
TUPAC YUPANQUI. Tell me, Hanco Huayllu, tell me, Why art thou Ollantay’s man? Did not my father honour thee? Did he not grant thy requests? Did he ever have a secret from thee? Speak also, you, the other rebels, Ollantay and the Mountain Chief.