Read Tradiciones peruanas in Spanish, with English beside it

A pesar de la semiobscuridad del templo, llamó la atención del último un bulto que se recataba tras las columnas de la vasta nave.

Despite the semidarkness of the church, the latter's attention was drawn to a shape that lurked behind the columns of the vast nave.

De pronto, la misteriosa sombra se dirigió con pisada cautelosa hacia el escabel del virrey; y acogotando a éste con la mano izquierda, lo arrojó al suelo, a la vez que en su derecha relucía un puñal.

Suddenly, the mysterious shadow moved with a cautious step toward the viceroy's footstool; and seizing him by the neck with his left hand, he threw him to the ground, while in his right hand a dagger gleamed.

Por dicha para el virrey, el capitán era un mancebo ágil y forzudo, que con la mayor presteza se lanzó sobre el asesino y le sujetó por la muñeca.

Fortunately for the viceroy, the captain was an agile and strong young man, who with the greatest swiftness threw himself upon the assassin and seized him by the wrist.

El sacrílego bregaba desesperadamente con el puño de hierro del joven, hasta que, agolpándose los frailes y devotos que se encontraban en la iglesia, lograron quitarle el arma.

The sacrilegious man struggled desperately against the young man's iron grip, until the friars and devotees who were in the church crowded around and managed to take the weapon from him.