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Fortune is spell-bound to him, and must yield; Whoe'er under Friedland shall take the field Is sure of a supernatural shield: For, as all the world is aware full well, The duke has a devil in hire from hell. SERGEANT. In truth that he's charmed is past a doubt, For we know how, at Luetzen's bloody affair, Where firing was thickest he still was there, As coolly as might be, sirs, riding about.
QUESTENBERG. In Nuernberg's camp the Swedish monarch left His fame in Luetzen's plains his life. But who Stood not astounded, when victorious Friedland After this day of triumph, this proud day, Marched toward Bohemia with the speed of flight, And vanished from the theatre of war?
SUTLER-WOMAN. He's a Walloon and respect, I trow, Is due to the Pappenheim cuirassier! Young Piccolomini leads them now, Whom they chose as colonel, of their own free might, When Pappenheim fell in Luetzen's fight. FIRST ARQUEBUSIER. Durst they, indeed, presume so far? FIRST DRAGOON. This regiment is something above the rest.
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