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Wallenstein's Camp
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2017
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Contenti estote – the preacher said;
Which means – be content with your army bread.
But how should the slaves not from duty swerve?
The mischief begins with the lord they serve,
Just like the members so is the head.
I should like to know who can tell me his creed.
FIRST YAGER
Sir priest, 'gainst ourselves rail on as you will —
Of the general we warn you to breathe no ill.
CAPUCHIN
Ne custodias gregem meam!
An Ahab is he, and a Jerobeam,
Who the people from faith's unerring way,
To the worship of idols would turn astray,
TRUMPETER and RECRUIT
Let us not hear that again, we pray.
CAPUCHIN
Such a Bramarbas, whose iron tooth
Would seize all the strongholds of earth forsooth!
Did he not boast, with ungodly tongue,
That Stralsund must needs to his grasp be wrung,
Though to heaven itself with a chain 'twere strung?
TRUMPETER
Will none put a stop to his slanderous bawl?
CAPUCHIN
A wizard he is! – and a sorcerer Saul! —
Holofernes! – a Jehu! – denying, we know,
Like St. Peter, his Master and Lord below;
And hence must he quail when the cock doth crow —
BOTH YAGERS
Now, parson, prepare; for thy doom is nigh.
CAPUCHIN
A fox more cunning than Herod, I trow —
TRUMPETER and both YAGERS (pressing against him)
Silence, again, – if thou wouldst not die!
CROATS (interfering.)
Stick to it, father; we'll shield you, ne'er fear;
The close of your preachment now let's hear.
CAPUCHIN (still louder)
A Nebuchadnezzar in towering pride!
And a vile and heretic sinner beside!
He calls himself rightly the stone of a wall;
For faith! he's a stumbling-stone to us all.
And ne'er can the emperor have peace indeed,
Till of Friedland himself the land is freed.
[During the last passages which he pronounces in an elevated
voice, he has been gradually retreating, the Croats keeping
the other soldiers off.
SCENE IX
The above, without the Capuchin.
FIRST YAGER (to the Sergeant)
But, tell us, what meant he about chanticleer;
Whose crowing the general dares to hear?
No doubt it was uttered in spite and scorn.
SERGEANT
Listen – 'Tis not so untrue as it appears;
For Friedland was rather mysteriously born,
And is 'specially troubled with ticklish ears;
He can never suffer the mew of a cat;
And when the cock crows he starts thereat.
FIRST YAGER
He's one and the same with the lion in that.
SERGEANT
Mouse-still must all around him creep,
Strict watch in this the sentinels keep,
For he ponders on matters most grave and deep.
Which means – be content with your army bread.
But how should the slaves not from duty swerve?
The mischief begins with the lord they serve,
Just like the members so is the head.
I should like to know who can tell me his creed.
FIRST YAGER
Sir priest, 'gainst ourselves rail on as you will —
Of the general we warn you to breathe no ill.
CAPUCHIN
Ne custodias gregem meam!
An Ahab is he, and a Jerobeam,
Who the people from faith's unerring way,
To the worship of idols would turn astray,
TRUMPETER and RECRUIT
Let us not hear that again, we pray.
CAPUCHIN
Such a Bramarbas, whose iron tooth
Would seize all the strongholds of earth forsooth!
Did he not boast, with ungodly tongue,
That Stralsund must needs to his grasp be wrung,
Though to heaven itself with a chain 'twere strung?
TRUMPETER
Will none put a stop to his slanderous bawl?
CAPUCHIN
A wizard he is! – and a sorcerer Saul! —
Holofernes! – a Jehu! – denying, we know,
Like St. Peter, his Master and Lord below;
And hence must he quail when the cock doth crow —
BOTH YAGERS
Now, parson, prepare; for thy doom is nigh.
CAPUCHIN
A fox more cunning than Herod, I trow —
TRUMPETER and both YAGERS (pressing against him)
Silence, again, – if thou wouldst not die!
CROATS (interfering.)
Stick to it, father; we'll shield you, ne'er fear;
The close of your preachment now let's hear.
CAPUCHIN (still louder)
A Nebuchadnezzar in towering pride!
And a vile and heretic sinner beside!
He calls himself rightly the stone of a wall;
For faith! he's a stumbling-stone to us all.
And ne'er can the emperor have peace indeed,
Till of Friedland himself the land is freed.
[During the last passages which he pronounces in an elevated
voice, he has been gradually retreating, the Croats keeping
the other soldiers off.
SCENE IX
The above, without the Capuchin.
FIRST YAGER (to the Sergeant)
But, tell us, what meant he about chanticleer;
Whose crowing the general dares to hear?
No doubt it was uttered in spite and scorn.
SERGEANT
Listen – 'Tis not so untrue as it appears;
For Friedland was rather mysteriously born,
And is 'specially troubled with ticklish ears;
He can never suffer the mew of a cat;
And when the cock crows he starts thereat.
FIRST YAGER
He's one and the same with the lion in that.
SERGEANT
Mouse-still must all around him creep,
Strict watch in this the sentinels keep,
For he ponders on matters most grave and deep.
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