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Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Works of Frederich Schiller in English.by Frederich Schiller.PREFACE TO THE SIXTH ED
The Works of Frederich Schiller in English.by Frederich Schiller.PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION.The present is the best collected edition of the important works of Schiller which is accessible to readers in the English language.Detached poems or dramas have
- 101 BOURGOGNINO. The count is long in coming.VERRINA. And yet too quick to gain his wishes. Bourgognino! There is a thought that freezes me.BOURGOGNINO. Father, be not too hasty.VERRINA. It is impossible to be too hasty where delay is fatal. I must commit a s
- 102 VERRINA. Well, if you can laugh I'll believe you--or never more think you man.FIESCO. Shame on you, men! to fail in such a boyish trial! Resume your arms--you must fight like lions to atone for this disgrace. (Aside to CALCAGNO.) Were you there yours
- 103 SCENE XI.LEONORA, ARABELLA, and ROSA.LEONORA. Fiesco promised to meet me here, and comes not. 'Tis past eleven. The sound of arms and men rings frightfully through the palace, and no Fiesco comes.ROSA. You are to conceal yourself behind the tapestry-
- 104 SCENE XIV.LEONORA and FIESCO.LEONORA (approaching with anxiety). Fiesco! Fiesco! I understand but half your meaning; yet I begin to tremble.FIESCO (significantly). Leonora! I once saw you yield the place of honor to another. I saw you, in the presence of
- 105 ANDREAS (in an elevated manner). Vain scoffer! Knowest thou not that Andreas has seen his eightieth year, and that Genoa beneath his rule is happy? (Leaves the balcony.) FIESCO (looks after him with astonishment). Must I then destroy this man before I hav
- 106 LEONORA. This way the tumult rages--hark! was not that a dying groan?Ah, they surround him! At Fiesco's breast they point their fatal muskets--at my breast they point them. Hold! hold! It is my husband!(Throws her arms up in agony.) ARABELLA. For hea
- 107 BOURGOGNINO (struck with astonishment). By my sword! I know that voice.BERTHA (falling upon his neck). By my heart! I am well known here.BOURGOGNINO. Bertha! (Alarm-bells sound in the suburbs--a tumult-- BOURGOGNINO and BERTHA embrace, and are lost in the
- 108 FIESCO. No.MOOR. Send me awhile to the galleys---- FIESCO (beckoning to the attendants). To the gallows.MOOR (impudently). Then I'll turn Christian.FIESCO. The church refuses the dregs of infidelity.MOOR (in an insinuating manner). At least send me d
- 109 SOME OF THE CONSPIRATORS (talking apart). 'Twas here that Gianettino was killed.FIESCO (ready to faint, to ARABELLA). Thy mistress is found--(ARABELLA advances anxiously--FIESCO casts his eyes round the whole circle--then, with a faltering voice)--&#
- 110 FIESCO. But do you see none?VERRINA (without looking at him). I should hope not!FIESCO. I ask, do you perceive none?VERRINA (after a slight glance). None!FIESCO. See, then, how idle is the observation that power makes a tyrant. Since we parted I am become
- 111 WORM, Private Secretary to the President.MILLER, the Town Musician, and Teacher of Music.MRS. MILLER, his wife.LOUISA, the daughter of Miller, in love with Ferdinand.LADY MILFORD, the Prince's Mistress.SOPHY, attendant on Lady Milford.An old Valet in
- 112 MRS MILLER. Scold as long as you will. I know what I know, and what the major said he said.MILLER (s.n.a.t.c.hes up his fiddle in anger). Will you hold your tongue?Shall I throw my fiddle at your head? What can you know? What can he have said? Take no not
- 113 FERDINAND (jumps up). Separate us! Whence these apprehensions, Louisa?Who can rend the bonds that bind two hearts, or separate the tones of one accord? True, I am a n.o.bleman--but show me that my patent of n.o.bility is older than the eternal laws of the
- 114 MARSHAL. Nor is that all! One misfortune follows at the heels of the other to-day! Only hear me!PRESIDENT (absent). Can it be possible?MARSHAL. Just listen! Scarce had I quitted my carriage, when the horses became restive, and began to plunge and rear--on
- 115 FERDINAND (pale and trembling). How? What? Nothing--it is nothing, my father!PRESIDENT (casting upon him a dreadful look). Should there be cause. If I should discover the source whence this obstinacy proceeds! Boy! boy!the very suspicion drives me distrac
- 116 LADY MILFORD (walks up and down the room in great agitation). Horrible!most horrible!--and they would persuade me that I had dried up all the tears in the land. Now, indeed, my eyes are fearfully opened! Go--tell the prince that I will thank him in person
- 117 FERDINAND (taking her hand). Pardon me, lady--we are without witnesses.The circ.u.mstance which brings us together to-day--and only to-day-- justifies me, nay, compels me, to reveal to you my most secret feelings.I cannot comprehend, lady, how a being gif
- 118 MRS. MILLER. Yes, yes, curse and swear your hardest! That's the way to frighten the devil! Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Oh, gracious heavens! What shall we do? Who can advise us? Speak, Miller, speak; this silence distracts me! (She runs screaming up and down
- 119 PRESIDENT (to his son angrily). Silence! You shall have opportunity enough of confessing your folly. (To LOUISA.) I await your answer.LOUISA. He swore eternal love to me.FERDINAND. And I will keep my oath.PRESIDENT (to FERDINAND). Must I command your sile
- 120 PRESIDENT. The more entertaining will be the exhibition. Away with her!FERDINAND. I will pledge the honor of an officer's sword for her. Do you still insist?PRESIDENT. Your sword is already familiar with disgrace. Away! away!You know my will.FERDINAN
- 121 WORM. While your excellency takes care of him, and of the fiddler's arrest, I will go and indite the aforesaid letter.PRESIDENT (seats himself at his writing-table). Do so; and, as soon as it is ready, bring it hither for my perusal.[Exit WORM.[The P
- 122 PRESIDENT. Everything is ours could we make him suspect the girl.MARSHAL. Ah, of theft, you mean?PRESIDENT. Pshaw!--he would never believe that! No, no--I mean that she is carrying on an intrigue with another.MARSHAL. And this other, who is he to be?PRESI
- 123 FERDINAND (with convulsed features, and biting his underlip). You withdraw it!LOUISA. Nay! look upon me, dearest Ferdinand. Gnash not your teeth so bitterly! Come, let my example rouse your slumbering courage. Let me be the heroine of this moment. Let me
- 124 [Exit hastily by a side door.WORM (alarmed). What means this? Should the simpleton perchance-- confusion! Surely she will not--I must follow her. I am answerable for her life. (As he is going towards the door, LOUISA returns, wrapped in a cloak.) LOUISA.
- 125 WORM. "With the vigilance of an Argus." Have you written it?LOUISA. Proceed, proceed!WORM. "The president was here yesterday. It was amusing to see how warm the poor major was in defence of my honor."LOUISA. Excellent! Excellent! Oh! A
- 126 MARSHAL (starts back in alarm). Have you lost your senses, baron?FERDINAND (in a terrible voice). I have more than enough left to rid the world of such a scoundrel as you! Choose one of these instantly! (He forces a pistol into the MARSHAL'S hand, an
- 127 FERDINAND. Naught but this wanting! Father, farewell! (Rushes out of the apartment.) PRESIDENT (following him). Stay, my son, stay! Whither do you fly?SCENE VI.--A magnificent Saloon in LADY MILFORD'S House.Enter LADY MILFORD and SOPHIA.LADY MILFORD.
- 128 'Tis that which makes my service particularly distasteful--which gives such energy to your language. (In a threatening voice.) What it is I am determined to discover.LOUISA (with calm dignity). And what if you do discover it? Suppose the contemptuous
- 129 MILLER (starts up eagerly). Ah! art thou there, my child? Art thou there? But wherefore thus alone, and without a light?LOUISA. Yet am I not alone. When all things around me are dark and gloomy then have I the companions.h.i.+p which most I love.MILLER. G
- 130 MILLER. Oh, leave us, leave us, baron! If but one spark of humanity still linger in your bosom;--if you seek not utterly to destroy her whom you profess to love, fly from this house, stay not one moment longer.The blessing of G.o.d deserted us when your f
- 131 FERDINAND. His only child! Dost thou feel that, murderer? His only one! Murderer, didst thou hear, his only one? The man has nothing in G.o.d's wide world but his instrument and that only daughter! And wilt thou rob him of her?Rob him? Rob a beggar o
- 132 LOUISA (stopping him, and speaking in a tone of the most exquisite terror). But, dear father, I could do all this very well! Pray let me go!MILLER. It is night, my child! and you must not venture out alone![Exit.FERDINAND. Light your father down, Louisa.
- 133 FERDINAND. You deceive yourself. These are not nature's tears! not that warm delicious dew which flows like balsam on the wounded soul, and drives the chilled current of feeling swiftly along its course. They are solitary ice-cold drops! the awful, e
- 134 PRESIDENT (extending his arms convulsively towards heaven). Not from me, Judge of the world. Ask not these souls from me, but from him!(Pointing to WORM.) WORM (starting). From me?PRESIDENT. Accursed villain, from thee! From thee, Satan! Thou gavest the s
- 135 [They move towards the tent.SCENE II.The above--Sergeant-Major, Trumpeter, Hulan.TRUMPETER.What would the boor? Out, rascal, away!PEASANT.Some victuals and drink, worthy masters, I pray, For not a warm morsel we've tasted to day.TRUMPETER.Ay, guzzle
- 136 'Tis a regular swop, as these gents have heard.SCENE IV.The above. An Artilleryman.ARTILLERYMAN (to the Sergeant).How is this I pray, brother carabineer?Shall we longer stay here, our fingers warming, While the foe in the field around is swarming?SER
- 137 SUTLER-WOMAN.My sister's child from the south, is she.FIRST YAGER.Ay, ay, a sweet little niece--I see.SECOND YAGER (holding the girl).Softly, my pretty one! stay with me.GIRL.The customers wait, sir, and I must go.[Disengages herself, and exit.FIRST
- 138 FIRST YAGER.Girls he detested; and what's rather odd, If caught with a wench you in wedlock were tacked,-- I could stand it no longer, so off I packed.SERGEANT.Their discipline now has a trifle slacked.FIRST YAGER.Well, next to the League I rode over
- 139 As jolly and free, As the finch in its glee, On thicket or tree, Under heaven's wide hollow-- Hurrah! for the Friedlander's banner I'll follow!SECOND YAGER.Foregad! a jolly companion, though.[They salute him.CITIZEN.He comes of good kin; no
- 140 I tell you again, that it shan't be done.FIRST YAGER.The pipers are coming, lads! now for fun!SECOND YAGER (to Dragoon).I shan't be far off, should you look for me.SERGEANT.Peace, my good fellows!--a kiss goes free.SCENE VIII.Enter Miners, and p
- 141 SCENE IX. The above, without the Capuchin. FIRST YAGER (to the Sergeant). But, tell us, what meant he about chanticleer; Whose crowing the general dares to hear? No doubt it was uttered in spite and scorn. SERGEANT. Listen--Tis not so untrue as it appears
- 142 He has cheated at play, the cozening knave!FIRST CUIRa.s.sIER.But say, has he cheated you, man, of aught?FIRST SHARPHOOTER.Just cleaned me out--and not left me a groat.FIRST CUIRa.s.sIER.And can you, who've the rank of a Friedland man, So shamefully
- 143 Take it, good sergeant. I quake for fear-- Think you that mischief is hidden here?SERGEANT.Look ye, my friends, 'tis fit and clear That each should consider what's most near.But as the general says, say I, One should always the whole of a case d
- 144 FIRST ARQUEBUSIER.Let me not hear you say so twice.TRUMPETER.Why, 'tis even so--as I just have said.FIRST YAGER.True, man--I've always heard 'em say, 'Tis Friedland, alone, you've here to obey.SERGEANT.By our bargain with him it s
- 145 In truth, sirs, it may be far better fun To trample thus over your neighbor's crown.FIRST CUIRa.s.sIER.Comrade, the times are bad of late-- The sword and the scales live separate.But do not then blame that I've preferred, Of the two, to lean, as
- 146 CUIRa.s.sIER.The soldier shall sway!BOTH YAGERS.The peasant shall pay DRAGOONS and SHARPSHOOTERS.The army shall flouris.h.i.+ng stand!TRUMPETER and SERGEANT.And the Friedlander keep the command!SECOND CUIRa.s.sIER (sings).Arouse ye, my comrades, to horse!
- 147 "Upon the whole there can be no doubt that this trilogy forms, in its original tongue, one of the most splendid specimens of tragic art the world has witnessed; and none at all, that the execution of the version from which we have quoted so largely,
- 148 ILLO (who has been standing in the att.i.tude of meditation, to BUTLER, whom he leads a little on one side).And how came you to know That the Count Gallas joins us not?BUTLER.Because He importuned me to remain behind.ILLO (with warmth).And you? You hold o
- 149 ILLO (moving towards QUESTENBERG).'Tis not the first time, n.o.ble minister, You've shown our camp this honor.QUESTENBERG.Once before I stood beside these colors.ILLO.Perchance too you remember where that was; It was at Znaeim [4] in Moravia, wh
- 150 QUESTENBERG (gravely).You have taken liberty--it was not given you, And therefore it becomes an urgent duty To rein it in with the curbs.ILLO.Expect to find a restive steed in us.QUESTENBERG.A better rider may be found to rule it.ILLO.He only brooks the r
- 151 D'ye think, too, he has brought his wife and daughter Without a purpose hither? Here in camp!And at the very point of time in which We're arming for the war? That he has taken These, the last pledges of his loyalty, Away from out the emperor
- 152 MAX.And does he not so? Is he not endowed With every gift and power to carry out The high intents of nature, and to win A ruler's station by a ruler's talent?QUESTENBERG.So then it seems to rest with him alone What is the worth of all mankind be
- 153 Alas! alas! and stands it so?[Then in pressing and impatient tones.What friend! and do we let him go away In this delusion--let him go away?Not call him back immediately, not open His eyes, upon the spot?OCTAVIO (recovering himself out of a deep study).He
- 154 SCENE II.WALLENSTEIN, d.u.c.h.eSS.WALLENSTEIN.You went, then, through Vienna, were presented To the Queen of Hungary?d.u.c.h.eSS.Yes; and to the empress, too, And by both majesties were we admitted To kiss the hand.WALLENSTEIN.And how was it received, Tha
- 155 WALLENSTEIN.Well!d.u.c.h.eSS.Of a second---- (catches her voice and hesitates.) WALLENSTEIN.Second---- d.u.c.h.eSS.Most disgraceful Dismission.WALLENSTEIN.Talk they?[Strides across the chamber in vehement agitation.Oh! they force, they thrust me With viol
- 156 How my heart pours out Its all of thanks to him! O! how I seem To utter all things in the dear name--Friedland.While I shall live, so long will I remain The captive of this name: in it shall bloom My every fortune, every lovely hope.Inextricably as in som
- 157 WALLENSTEIN.And which way doth Kolatto bend? Hast thou Made sure of Tiefenbach and Deodati?ILLO.What Piccolomini does that they do too.WALLENSTEIN.You mean, then, I may venture somewhat with them?ILLO.If you are a.s.sured of the Piccolomini.WALLENSTEIN.No
- 158 Thou speakest as thou understandest. How oft And many a time I've told thee Jupiter, That l.u.s.trous G.o.d, was setting at thy birth.Thy visual power subdues no mysteries; Mole-eyed thou mayest but burrow in the earth, Blind as the subterrestrial, w
- 159 QUESTENBERG.But you did not succeed, and so commenced The fearful strife anew. And here at length, Beside the river Oder did the duke a.s.sert his ancient fame. Upon the fields Of Steinau did the Swedes lay down their arms, Subdued without a blow. And her
- 160 WALLENSTEIN.I accepted the command but on conditions!And this the first, that to the diminution Of my authority no human being, Not even the emperor's self, should be ent.i.tled To do aught, or to say aught, with the army.If I stand warranter of the
- 161 TERZKY.Now for this evening's business! How intend you To manage with the generals at the banquet?ILLO.Attend! We frame a formal declaration, Wherein we to the duke consign ourselves Collectively, to be and to remain His, both with life and limb, and
- 162 ILLO (comes back).Where art staying, Terzky?The house is full, and all expecting you.TERZKY.Instantly! instantly![To the COUNTESS.And let him not Stay here too long. It might awake suspicion In the old man---- COUNTESS.A truce with your precautions![Exeun
- 163 MAX.'Twas at that hunting-castle, betwixt here And Nepomuck, where you had joined us, and That was the last relay of the whole journey; In a balcony we were standing mute, And gazing out upon the dreary field Before us the dragoons were riding onward
- 164 COUNTESS.He wished To erect a figure for your horoscope.THEKLA.My hand too he examined, shook his head With much sad meaning, and the lines, methought, Did not square over truly with his wishes.COUNTESS.Well, princess, and what found you in this tower?My
- 165 MAX.O! shall we e'er be happy?THEKLA.Are we not happy now? Art thou not mine?Am I not thine? There lives within my soul A lofty courage--'tis love gives it me!I ought to be less open--ought to hide My heart more from thee--so decorum dictates: B
- 166 THEKLA.What then?COUNTESS.That you're the daughter of the Prince Duke Friedland.THEKLA.Well, and what farther?d.u.c.h.eSS.What? A pretty question!THEKLA.He was born that which we have but become.He's of an ancient Lombard family, Son of a reigni
- 167 What! he has vanquished all impediment, And in the wilful mood of his own daughter Shall a new struggle rise for him? Child! child!As yet thou hast seen thy father's smiles alone; The eye of his rage thou hast not seen. Dear child, I will not frighte
- 168 How goes it with young Piccolomini!TERZKY.All right, I think. He has started no object.ILLO.He is the only one I fear about-- He and his father. Have an eye on both!TERZKY.How looks it at your table: you forget not To keep them warm and stirring?ILLO.Oh,
- 169 MASTER OF THE CELLAR. The best wine! Oh, if my old mistress, his lady mother, could but see these wild goings on she would turn herself round in her grave. Yes, yes, sir officer! 'tis all down the hill with this n.o.ble house! no end, no moderation!
- 170 SCENE VI.OCTAVIO PICCOLOMINI enters, in conversation with MARADAS, and both place themselves quite on the edge of the stage on one side of the proscenium. On the side directly opposite, MAX. PICCOLOMINI, by himself, lost in thought, and taking no part in
- 171 ISOLANI (who has been attending to them for some distance steps up).Well done, father! Rout out his baggage! Beat up his quarters! there is something there that should not be.TERZKY (with the paper). Is there none wanting? Have the whole subscribed?OCTAVI
- 172 GOETZ. Why, I seemed to think so too.ISOLANI. What do I care for that? Where there stand other names mine can stand too.TIEFENBACH. Before supper there was a certain proviso therein, or short clause, concerning our duties to the emperor.BUTLER (to one of
- 173 OCTAVIO.Patience! Seat Yourself. Much yet Hast thou to hear from me, friend! Hast for years Lived in incomprehensible illusion.Before thine eyes is treason drawing out As black a web as e'er was spun for venom: A power of h.e.l.l o'erclouds thy
- 174 It cannot be!--cannot be! cannot be!Dost thou not see, it cannot!Thou wouldst of necessity have shown him Such horror, such deep loathing--that or he Had taken thee for his better genius, or Thou stood'st not now a living man before me.OCTAVIO.I have
- 175 But for the present moment, till the King Of Hungary may safely join the army, Is the command a.s.signed to me.MAX.And think'st thou, Dost thou believe, that thou wilt tear it from him?Oh, never hope it! Father! father! father!An inauspicious office
- 176 CORNET.We have him.OCTAVIO.Whom?CORNET.Sesina, The old negotiator.OCTAVIO (eagerly).And you have him?CORNET.In the Bohemian Forest Captain Mohrbrand Found and secured him yester-morning early.He was proceeding then to Regensburg, And on him were despatche
- 177 OCTAVIO.Thou wilt.MAX.I will, as sure as this heart beats.OCTAVIO.I have, indeed, miscalculated on thee.I calculated on a prudent son, Who would have blessed the hand beneficent That plucked him back from the abyss--and lo!A fascinated being I discover, W
- 178 DRAMATIS PERSONAE.WALLENSTEIN, Duke of Friedland, Generalissimo of the Imperial Forces in the Thirty Years' War.d.u.c.h.eSS OF FREIDLAND, Wife of Wallenstein.THEKLA, her Daughter, Princess of Friedland.THE COUNTESS TERZKY, Sister of the d.u.c.h.ess.L
- 179 WALLENSTEIN (to TERZKY).Who has been taken? Who is given up?TERZKY.The man who knows our secrets, who knows every Negotiation with the Swede and Saxon, Through whose hands all and everything has pa.s.sed---- WALLENSTEIN (drawing back).Nay, not Sesina? Say
- 180 ILLO.Believe me, thou wilt find it far more easy To lead them over to the enemy Than to the Spaniard.WALLENSTEIN.I will hear, however, What the Swede has to say to me.ILLO (eagerly to TERZKY).Go, call him, He stands without the door in waiting.WALLENSTEIN
- 181 WRANGEL.He says the truth. Our great king, now in heaven, Did ever deem most highly of your grace's Pre-eminent sense and military genius; And always the commanding intellect, He said, should have command, and be the king.WALLENSTEIN.Yes, he might sa
- 182 WALLENSTEIN.That is much indeed!Prague!--Egra's granted--but--but Prague! 'Twon't do.I give you every security Which you may ask of me in common reason-- But Prague--Bohemia--these, sir general, I can myself protect.WRANGEL.We doubt it not.
- 183 Nay, but bethink you, duke.WALLENSTEIN.To live upon the mercy of these Swedes!Of these proud-hearted Swedes!--I could not bear it.ILLO.Goest thou as fugitive, as mendicant?Bringest thou not more to them than thou receivest?WALLENSTEIN.How fared it with th
- 184 COUNTESS.Desirest thou nothing further? Such a way Lies still before thee. Send this Wrangel off.Forget thou thy old hopes, cast far away All thy past life; determine to commence A new one. Virtue hath her heroes too, As well as fame and fortune. To Vienn
- 185 Who sows the serpent's teeth let him not hope To reap a joyous harvest. Every crime Has, in the moment of its perpetration, Its own avenging angel--dark misgiving, An ominous sinking at the inmost heart.He can no longer trust me. Then no longer Can I
- 186 Thy will is chaste, it is thy fancy only Which hath polluted thee--and innocence, It will not let itself be driven away From that world-awing aspect. Thou wilt not, Thou canst not end in this. It would reduce All human creatures to disloyalty Against the
- 187 TERZKY.Thou wilt not do this! No! I pray thee, no!WALLENSTEIN.Ye are whimsical.ILLO.O but for this time, duke, Yield to our warning! Let him not depart.WALLENSTEIN.And why should I not trust him only this time, Who have always trusted him? What, then, has
- 188 Say, from what regiment hast thou chosen them?ADJUTANT.From Tiefenbach's.OCTAVIO.That regiment is loyal, Keep them in silence in the inner court, Unseen by all, and when the signal peals Then close the doors, keep watch upon the house.And all ye meet
- 189 Sell yourself to the enemy? Say, will you?ISOLANI.What mean you? I--I break my oath, d'ye say, To his imperial majesty?Did I say so! When, when have I said that?OCTAVIO.You have not said it yet--not yet. This instant I wait to hear, count, whether yo
- 190 BUTLER (rises).His lot is mine.OCTAVIO.Is that your last resolve?BUTLER.It is.OCTAVIO.Nay, but bethink you, Colonel Butler.As yet you have time. Within my faithful breast That rashly uttered word remains interred.Recall it, Butler! choose a better party;
- 191 I fear me, Colonel Butler, An infamous game have they been playing with you.The duke, you say, impelled you to this measure?Now, in this letter, talks he in contempt Concerning you; counsels the minister To give sound chastis.e.m.e.nt to your conceit, For
- 192 OCTAVIO (advances to him).I am going off, my son.[Receiving no answer, he takes his hands My son, farewell.MAX.Farewell.OCTAVIO.Thou wilt soon follow me?MAX.I follow thee?Thy way is crooked--it is not my way.[OCTAVIO drops his hand and starts back.Oh, had
- 193 Rely on this, I either leave my life In the struggle, or conduct them out of Pilsen. OCTAVIO. Farewell, my son! MAX. Farewell! OCTAVIO. How! not one look Of filial love? No grasp of the hand at parting? It is a b.l.o.o.d.y war to which we are going, And t
- 194 THEKLA.I?What need of me for that? And is he not Already linked to him?COUNTESS.He was.THEKLA.And wherefore Should he not be so now--not be so always?COUNTESS.He cleaves to the emperor too.THEKLA.Not more than duty And honor may demand of him.COUNTESS.We
- 195 Nay! there was no one.d.u.c.h.eSS.I am growing so timorous, every trifling noise Scatters my spirits, and announces to me The footstep of some messenger of evil.And you can tell me, sister, what the event is?Will he agree to do the emperor's pleasure
- 196 ILLO.At his own bidding, unsolicited, He came to offer you himself and regiment.WALLENSTEIN, I find we must not give implicit credence To every warning voice that makes itself Be listened to in the heart. To hold us back, Oft does the lying spirit counter
- 197 Hopes to win her!Is the boy mad?COUNTESS.Well--hear it from themselves.WALLENSTEIN.He thinks to carry off Duke Friedland's daughter!Ay? The thought pleases me.The young man has no groveling spirit.COUNTESS.Since Such and such constant favor you have
- 198 SCENE V. To them enter COUNT TERZKY. COUNTESS. Terzky! What ails him? What an image of affright! He looks as he had seen a ghost. TERZKY (leading WALLENSTEIN aside). Is it thy command that all the Croats---- WALLENSTEIN. Mine! TERZKY. We are betrayed. WAL
- 199 d.u.c.h.eSS (clinging to him).Gracious Heaven! What is it?WALLENSTEIN.Be tranquil! leave me, sister! dearest wife!We are in camp, and this is naught unusual; Here storm and suns.h.i.+ne follow one another With rapid interchanges. These fierce spirits Cham
- 200 They refused obedience to them.TERZKY.Fire on them instantly! Give out the order.WALLENSTEIN.Gently! what cause did they a.s.sign?ILLO.No other, They said, had right to issue orders but Lieutenant-General Piccolomini.WALLENSTEIN (in a convulsion of agony)