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THE PICCOLOMINI, OR THE
As I were, if I but disarm'd myself.
I trace out something in me of his spirit.
Give me his luck, that other thing I'll bear.
(Max. quits him abruptly. Wallenstein, startled
and overpowered, continues looking after him,
and is still in this posture when Tertsky enters.)
I trace out something in me of his spirit.
Give me his luck, that other thing I'll bear.
(Max. quits him abruptly. Wallenstein, startled
and overpowered, continues looking after him,
and is still in this posture when Tertsky enters.)
SCENE III.
Wallenstein.Tertsky.
TERTSKY.
Max Piccolomini just left you?
Max Piccolomini just left you?
WALLENSTEIN.
Where is Wrangel?
Where is Wrangel?
TERTSKY.
He is already gone.
He is already gone.
WALLENSTEIN.
In such a hurry?
In such a hurry?
TERTSKY.
It is as if the earth had swallow'd him.
He had scarce left thee, when I went to seek him.
I wish'd some words with him—but he was gone.
How, when, and where, could no one tell me. Nay,
I half believe it was the devil himself;
A human creature could not so at once
Have vanish'd.
It is as if the earth had swallow'd him.
He had scarce left thee, when I went to seek him.
I wish'd some words with him—but he was gone.
How, when, and where, could no one tell me. Nay,
I half believe it was the devil himself;
A human creature could not so at once
Have vanish'd.
ILLO.
