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We were engaged with Mansfeld hard by Dessau)
I see the youth, in my mind's eye I see him,
Leap his black war-horse from the bridge adown,
And t'ward his father, then in extreme peril,
Beat up against the strong tide of the Elbe.
The down was scarce upon his chin! I hear
He has made good the promise of his youth,
And the full hero now is finish'd in him.

ILLO.

You'll see him yet ere evening. He conducts

The Duchess Friedland hither, and the ^[1]Princess
From Carnthen. We expect them here at noon.

BUTLER.

Both wife and daughter does the Duke call hither?

He crowds in visitants from all sides.

ISOLANI.

Hm!

So much the better! I had fram'd my mind
To hear of naught but warlike circumstance,
Of marches, and attacks, and batteries:
And lo! the Duke provides, and something too
Of gentler sort, and lovely, should be present
To feast our eyes.

ILLO. (who has been standing in the attitude of
meditation, to Butler, whom he leads a little
on one side).
And how came you to know,
That the Count Galas joins us not?

1. The Dukes in Germany being always reigning powers, their sons and daughters are entitled Princes and Princesses.

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