WALLENSTEIN.
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BUTLER.
The centinels detain him
In custody.
The centinels detain him
In custody.
ILLO. (stamping with his foot.)
Damnation!
Damnation!
BUTLER.
And his letter
Was broken open, and is circulated
Through the whole camp.
And his letter
Was broken open, and is circulated
Through the whole camp.
WALLENSTEIN.
You know what it contains?
You know what it contains?
BUTLER.
Question me not!
Question me not!
TERTSKY.
Illo! alas for us!
Illo! alas for us!
WALLENSTEIN.
Hide nothing from me—I can hear the worst.
Prague then is lost. It is. Confess it freely.
Hide nothing from me—I can hear the worst.
Prague then is lost. It is. Confess it freely.
BUTLER.
Yes! Prague is lost. And all the several regiments
At Budweiss, Tabor, Braunau, Konigingratz,
At Brun, and Znaym, have forsaken you,
And ta'en the oaths of fealty anew
To the Emperor. Yourself, with Kinsky, Tertsky,
And Illo have been sentenc'd.
Yes! Prague is lost. And all the several regiments
At Budweiss, Tabor, Braunau, Konigingratz,
At Brun, and Znaym, have forsaken you,
And ta'en the oaths of fealty anew
To the Emperor. Yourself, with Kinsky, Tertsky,
And Illo have been sentenc'd.
(Tertsky and Illo express alarm and fury. Wallenstein
remains firm and collected.)
remains firm and collected.)
WALLENSTEIN.
Tis decided!
Tis decided!
'Tis
