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THE DEATH OF
SCENE III.
Wallenstein, Tertsky, Illo, ten Cuirassiers.
(led by an Anspessade[1], march up and
arrange themselves, after the word of command,
in one front before the Duke, and make
their obeisances. He takes his hat off, and
immediately covers himself again.)
(led by an Anspessade[1], march up and
arrange themselves, after the word of command,
in one front before the Duke, and make
their obeisances. He takes his hat off, and
immediately covers himself again.)
ANSPESSADE.
Halt! Front! Present!
Halt! Front! Present!
WALLENSTEIN. (after he has run through them
with his eye, to the Anspessade.)
I know thee well. Thou art out of Brüggin in Flanders;
Thy name is Mercy.
with his eye, to the Anspessade.)
I know thee well. Thou art out of Brüggin in Flanders;
Thy name is Mercy.
ANSPESSADE.
Henry Mercy.
Henry Mercy.
WALLENSTEIN.
Thou wert cut off on the march, surrounded
by the Hessians, and didst fight thy way with an
hundred and eighty men thro' their thousand.
Thou wert cut off on the march, surrounded
by the Hessians, and didst fight thy way with an
hundred and eighty men thro' their thousand.
ANSPESSADE.
'Twas even so, General!
'Twas even so, General!
WALLENSTEIN.
What reward hadst thou for this gallant exploit?
What reward hadst thou for this gallant exploit?
- ↑ Anspessade, in German, Gefreiter, a soldier inferior to a corporal, but above the centinels. The German name implies that he is exempt from mounting guard.
ANSPES-
