The Emperor alone—What thanks had I!
What? I was offer'd up to their complaints,
Dismiss'd, degraded!
QUESTENBERG.
What little freedom he possess'd of action
In that disastrous diet.
WALLENSTEIN.
I had that which could have procur'd him freedom.
No! Since 'twas prov'd so inauspicious to me
To serve the Emperor at the empire's cost,
I have been taught far other trains of thinking
Of th' empire, and the diet of the empire.
From th' Emperor, doubtless, I receiv'd this staff,
But now I hold it as the empire's general—
For the common weal, the universal int'rest,
And no more for that one man's aggrandizement!
But to the point. What is it that's desir'd of me?
QUESTENBERG.
That without pretexts of delay the army
Evacuate Bohemia.
WALLENSTEIN.
And to what quarter, wills the Emperor,
That we direct our course?
QUESTENBERG.
His Majesty resolves, that Regenspurg
Be purified from the enemy, ere Easter,
That
