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THE DEATH OF
BUTLER.
This night.
To-morrow will the Swedes be at our gates.
This night.
To-morrow will the Swedes be at our gates.
DEVEREUX.
You take upon you all the consequences!
You take upon you all the consequences!
BUTLER.
I take the whole upon me.
I take the whole upon me.
DEVEREUX.
And it is
The Emperor's will, his express absolute will?
For we have instances, that folks may like
The murder, and yet hang the murderer.
And it is
The Emperor's will, his express absolute will?
For we have instances, that folks may like
The murder, and yet hang the murderer.
BUTLER.
The manifesto says—alive or dead.
Alive—'tis not possible—you see it is not.
The manifesto says—alive or dead.
Alive—'tis not possible—you see it is not.
DEVEREUX.
Well, dead then! dead! But how can we come at him?
The town is fill'd with Tertsky's soldiery.
Well, dead then! dead! But how can we come at him?
The town is fill'd with Tertsky's soldiery.
MACDONALD.
Ay! and then Tertsky still remains, and Illo—
Ay! and then Tertsky still remains, and Illo—
BUTLER.
With these we shall begin—you understand me?
With these we shall begin—you understand me?
DEVEREUX.
How? And must they too perish?
How? And must they too perish?
BUTLER.
They the first.
They the first.
MACDONALD.
Hear, Devereux! A bloody evening this.
Hear, Devereux! A bloody evening this.
DEVEREUX.
Have you a man for that? Commission me—
Have you a man for that? Commission me—
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