last, and the second with the third. Garcilasso de la Vega and others
testify to the proficiency of the Incas in this form of composition.


[FN#27] Ollantay was Viceroy of Anti-suyu.


[FN#28] Chahuar, a rope of aloe fibre. A curb or restraint.


[FN#29] Raprancutan cuchurcani: literally, 'I have clipped their wings.'
Rapra, a wing.


[FN#30] The powerful nation of Chancas, with their chief, Huancavilca,
inhabited the great valley of Andahuaylas and were formidable rivals of
the Incas. But they were subdued by Pachacuti long before Ollantay can
have been born. An allowable dramatic anachronism.



'Twas I who struck the fatal blow,
When warlike Huancavilca[FN#31] rose,
Disturbing thy august repose,
And laid the mighty traitor low.



[FN#31] Huancavilca was chief of the powerful nation of Chancas.