Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892. Excerpt: ... Scene II. Jaxthausen. Enter Goetz and Franz Von Sickingev. Sickingen. Yes, my friend, I come to beg the heart and hand of your noble sister. Goetz. I would you had come sooner. Weislingen, during his imprisonment, obtained her affections, proposed for her, and I gave my consent. I let the bird loose, and he now despises the benevolent hand that fed him in his distress. He flutters about to seek his food, God knows upon what hedge. Sickingen. Is this so? Goetz. Even as I tell you. Sickingen. He has broken a double bond. 'Tis well for you that you were not more closely allied with the traitor. Goetz. The poor maiden passes her life in lamentation and prayer. Sickingen. I will comfort her. Goetz. What! Could you make up your mind to marry a forsaken? Sickingen. It is to the honour of you both, to have been deceived by him. Should the poor girl be caged in a cloister because the first man who gained her love proved a villain? Not so; I insist on it. She shall bo mistress of my castles! Goetz. I tell you he was not indifferent to her. Sickingen. Do you think I cannot efface the recollection of such a wretch? Let us go to her. Exeunt. Scene III. The Camp of the Party sent to execute the Imperial Mandate. Imperial Captain and Officers discovered. Captain. We must be cautious, and spare our people as much as possible. Besides, we have strict orders to overpower and take him alive. It will be difficult to obey; for who will engage with him hand to hand? First Officer. 'Tis true. And he will fight like r wild "boar. Besides, he has never in his whole life injured any of Tis, so each will be glad to leave to the other the honour of risking life and limb to please the emperor. Second Officer. 'Twere shame to us should we not take him. Had I him onco by the ears, he ...
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