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Secret instructions were therefore issued to the principal officers, on whose fidelity reliance could be placed, to seize the persons of the Duke of Friedland and of his two associates, Illo and Terzky, and keep them in close confinement, till they should have an opportunity of being heard, and of answering for their conduct; but if this could not be accomplished quietly, the public danger required that they should be taken dead or live.
TERZKY. To the emperor. COUNTESS. The traitors? TERZKY. Nay! he was not permitted Even to address them. Soon as he began, With deafening noise of warlike instruments They drowned his words. But here he comes. To these enter WALLENSTEIN, accompanied by ILLO and BUTLER. Terzky! TERZKY. My general! BUTLER. Yes, my general. WALLENSTEIN. The Governor of Egra is your friend And countryman.
For nine days, did the two armies remain within musket-shot of each other, when Count Terzky, from the camp of the Imperialists, appeared with a trumpeter in that of the allies, inviting General Arnheim to a conference. The purport was, that Wallenstein, notwithstanding his superiority, was willing to agree to a cessation of arms for six weeks.
Upon the following morning Wallenstein sent for him. "I have bad news," he said. "General Suys with an army arrived at Prague before Terzky got there, and I fear that the influence of Piccolomini, Gallas, and Altringer have withdrawn from me the corps which they command. Terzky will return tomorrow morning, and I shall then march with him and the troops here to Egra.
Louder and louder grew the din of tongues until Count Terzky, who was alone with Illo and Colonel Kinsky in Wallenstein's confidence, arose, and in a thundering voice declared that all were perjured villains who should recede from their engagement, and would, according to their agreements be treated as enemies by the rest.
WALLENSTEIN. You have been watchful in your emperor's service. I Shall make no stay here, and wait but the arrival Of letters to take leave of you, together With all the regiments. To these enter COUNT TERZKY. TERZKY. Joy, general, joy! I bring you welcome tidings. WALLENSTEIN. And what may they be? TERZKY. There has been an engagement At Neustadt; the Swedes gained the victory.
Piccolomini was careful not to excite Wallenstein's suspicions by longer opposition, and yielded apparently to the force of his reasoning. Such was the infatuation of the Duke, that notwithstanding the warnings of Count Terzky, he never doubted the sincerity of this man, who lost not a moment in communicating to the court at Vienna this important conversation.
COUNTESS. This suspense, This horrid fear I can no longer bear it. For heaven's sake tell me what has taken place? ILLO. The regiments are falling off from us. TERZKY. Octavio Piccolomini is a traitor. COUNTESS. O my foreboding! TERZKY. Hadst thou but believed me! Now seest thou how the stars have lied to thee.
There's some one knocking there. See who it is. Open, and let me in. WALLENSTEIN. Ay 'tis Terzky. What is there of such urgence? We are busy. Lay all aside at present, I entreat you; It suffers no delaying. WALLENSTEIN. Open, Seni! Hast thou already heard it? He is taken. Gallas has given him up to the emperor. Who has been taken? Who is given up?
Read This oath here, whether as 'tis here set forth, The wording satisfies you. They've all read it, Each in his turn, and each one will subscribe His individual signature. "Ingratis servire nefas." ISOLANI. That sounds to my ears very much like Latin, And being interpreted, pray what may it mean? TERZKY. No honest man will serve a thankless master.
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