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THE DEATH OF
BOTH.
Us!
Us!
BUTLER.
You, Captain Devereux, and the Macdonald.
You, Captain Devereux, and the Macdonald.
DEVEREUX. (after a pause.)
Chuse you some other.
Chuse you some other.
BUTLER.
What? art dastardly?
Thou, with full thirty lives to answer for—
Thou conscientious of a sudden?
What? art dastardly?
Thou, with full thirty lives to answer for—
Thou conscientious of a sudden?
DEVEREUX.
Nay,
To assassinate our Lord and General—
Nay,
To assassinate our Lord and General—
MACDONALD.
To whom we've sworn a soldier's oath—
To whom we've sworn a soldier's oath—
BUTLER.
The oath
Is null, for Friedland is a traitor.
The oath
Is null, for Friedland is a traitor.
DEVEREUX.
No, no! It is too bad!
No, no! It is too bad!
MACDONALD.
Yes, by my soul!
It is too bad. One has a conscience too—
Yes, by my soul!
It is too bad. One has a conscience too—
DEVEREUX.
If it were not our Chieftain, who so long
Has issued the commands, and claim'd our duty.
If it were not our Chieftain, who so long
Has issued the commands, and claim'd our duty.
BUTLER.
Is that the objection?
Is that the objection?
DEVEREUX.
Were it my own father,
And the Emperor's service should demand it of me,
Were it my own father,
And the Emperor's service should demand it of me,
It
