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FIRST PART OF WALLENSTEIN.

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Whence knowest thou that I'm not gulling all of you?
Dost thou know me so well? When made I thee
Th' intendant of my secret purposes?
I am not conscious that I ever open'd
My inmost thoughts to thee. Th' Emperor, it is true,
Hath dealt with me amiss; and if I would,
I could repay him with usurious interest
For th' evil he hath done me. It delights me
To know my power; but whether I shall use it,
Of that, I should have thought that thou could'st speak
No wiselier than thy fellows.

TERTSKY.

So hast thou always play'd thy game with us.

Enter Illo.

SCENE XI.

Illo, Wallenstein, Tertsky.

WALLENSTEIN.

How stand affairs without? Are they prepar'd?

ILLO.

You'll find them in the very mood you wish.

They know about the Emperor's requisitions,
And are tumultuous.

WALLENSTEIN.

How hath Isolan

Declar'd himself?

Illo