WALLENSTEIN.
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WALLENSTEIN.
Leave me———
Leave me———
MAX.
Do it not;
Not yet! This rash and bloody deed has thrown them
Into a frenzy-fit—allow them time———
Do it not;
Not yet! This rash and bloody deed has thrown them
Into a frenzy-fit—allow them time———
WALLENSTEIN.
Away! too long already have I loiter'd,
They are embolden'd to these outrages,
Beholding not my face. They shall behold
My countenance, shall hear my voice———
Are they not my troops? Am I not their General,
And their long-fear'd commander? Let me see,
Whether indeed they do no longer know
That countenance, which was their sun in battle!
From the balcony, (mark!) I shew myself
To these rebellious forces, and at once
Revolt is mounded, and the high-swoln current
Shrinks back into the old bed of obedience.
[Exit Wallenstein; Illo, Tertsky, and Butler follow.
Away! too long already have I loiter'd,
They are embolden'd to these outrages,
Beholding not my face. They shall behold
My countenance, shall hear my voice———
Are they not my troops? Am I not their General,
And their long-fear'd commander? Let me see,
Whether indeed they do no longer know
That countenance, which was their sun in battle!
From the balcony, (mark!) I shew myself
To these rebellious forces, and at once
Revolt is mounded, and the high-swoln current
Shrinks back into the old bed of obedience.
[Exit Wallenstein; Illo, Tertsky, and Butler follow.
SCENE IX.
Countess, Duchess, Max. and Thekla.
COUNTESS. (to the Duchess.)
Let them but see him—there is hope still, sister.
Let them but see him—there is hope still, sister.
DUCHESS.
Hope! I have none !
Hope! I have none !
MAX.