The virgin of the sun

SCENE V.—_A large hall in the king’s palace, with guards ranged on each

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side. Enter the KING’S CHAMBERLAIN._

_Chamberlain._ (_To the Guards_) Throw open the doors!—Let all enter, who are come hither on this solemn day of festival to salute their sovereign the first-born of the sun, and conduct him to the temple. As soon as the king shall be arrayed in his Inca’s robes, he will appear himself.