WALLENSTEIN.
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Was Count, and Prince, Duke regent, and Dictator.
And now is all, all this too little for him;
He stretches forth his hands for a king's crown,
And plunges in unfathomable ruin.
And now is all, all this too little for him;
He stretches forth his hands for a king's crown,
And plunges in unfathomable ruin.
BUTLER.
No more, he comes.
No more, he comes.
SCENE III.
To these enter Wallenstein, in conversation
with the Burgomaster of Egra.
with the Burgomaster of Egra.
WALLENSTEIN.
You were at one time a free town. I see,
Ye bear the half eagle in your city arms.
Why the half eagle only?
You were at one time a free town. I see,
Ye bear the half eagle in your city arms.
Why the half eagle only?
BURGOMASTER.
We were free,
But for these last two hundred years has Egra
Remain'd in pledge to the Bohemian crown,
Therefore we bear the half eagle, the other half
Being cancell'd till the empire ransom us,
If ever that should be.
We were free,
But for these last two hundred years has Egra
Remain'd in pledge to the Bohemian crown,
Therefore we bear the half eagle, the other half
Being cancell'd till the empire ransom us,
If ever that should be.
WALLENSTEIN.
Ye merit freedom.
Only be firm and dauntless. Lend your ears
To no designing whispering court-minions.
What may your imposts be?
Ye merit freedom.
Only be firm and dauntless. Lend your ears
To no designing whispering court-minions.
What may your imposts be?
BURGO-
