Ollantay Monologue from Apu Ollantay: A Drama of the Time of the Incas

From Apu Ollantay: A Drama of the Time of the Incas by Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir Markham

male · defiant · 54 sec

Gallant friends! Ye hear those words, Ye listen to the mountain chief. Filled with compassion for my men, I thus, with sore and heavy heart, Have spoken to the cruel king: ‘The Anti-suyu must have rest; All her best men shan’t die for thee, By battle, fire, and disease— They die in numbers terrible. How many men have ne’er returned, How many chiefs have met their death For enterprises far away?’ For this I left the Inca’s court, (37) Saying that we must rest in peace; Lot none of us forsake our hearths, And if the Inca still persists, Proclaim with him a mortal feud. (Enter HANCO HUAYLLU, several chiefs, and a great crowd of soldiers and people.)

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