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THE PICCOLOMINI, OR THE
WALLENSTEIN.
Set not this tongue upon me, I entreat you.
You know it is the weapon that destroys me.
I am routed, if a woman but attack me.
I cannot traffic in the trade of words
With that unreasoning sex.
Set not this tongue upon me, I entreat you.
You know it is the weapon that destroys me.
I am routed, if a woman but attack me.
I cannot traffic in the trade of words
With that unreasoning sex.
COUNTESS.
I had already
Giv'n the Bohemians a king.
I had already
Giv'n the Bohemians a king.
WALLENSTEIN. (sarcastically.)
They have one,
In consequence, no doubt.
They have one,
In consequence, no doubt.
COUNTESS. (to the others.)
Ha! what new scruple?
Ha! what new scruple?
TERTSKY.
The Duke will not.
The Duke will not.
COUNTESS.
He will not what he must!
He will not what he must!
ILLO.
It lies with you now. Try. For I am silenced,
When folks begin to talk to me of conscience,
And of fidelity.
It lies with you now. Try. For I am silenced,
When folks begin to talk to me of conscience,
And of fidelity.
COUNTESS.
How? then, when all
Lay in the far off distance, when the road
Stretch'd out before thine eyes interminably,
Then hadst thou courage and resolve; and now,
Now that the dream is being; realized,
How? then, when all
Lay in the far off distance, when the road
Stretch'd out before thine eyes interminably,
Then hadst thou courage and resolve; and now,
Now that the dream is being; realized,
The
