_Character of_ Zamor, _a Bard--his passion for_ Aciloe, _daughter of the
Cazique who rules the valley--the Peruvian tribe prepare to defend
themselves--a battle--the Peruvians are vanquished_--Aciloe's _father is
made a prisoner, and_ Zamor _is supposed to have fallen in the
engagement_--Alphonso _becomes enamoured of_ Aciloe--_offers to marry
her; she rejects him--in revenge he puts her father to the torture--she
appears to consent, in order to save him--meets_ Zamor _in a wood_--Las
Casas _joins them--leads the two lovers to_ Alphonso, _and obtains their
freedom_--Zamor _conducts_ Aciloe _and her father to Chili--a reflection
on the influence of Poetry over the human mind._