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SCENE VIII.—: Camp of the Imperialists. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Goethe’s Works, vol. 3 (Goetz von Berlichingen, Iphigenia in Tauris, Tarquato Tasso, etc) [1885]

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Goethe’s Works, illustrated by the best German artists, 5 vols. (Philadelphia: G. Barrie, 1885). Vol. 3.

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SCENE VIII.—

Camp of theImperialists.

CaptainandFirst Officer.

First Officer.

They fly from afar towards the camp.

Captain.

He is most likely hard at their heels. Draw out fifty as far as the mill; if he follows up the pursuit too far you may perhaps entrap him.

[ExitOfficer.

TheSecond Officeris borne in.

Captain.

How now, my young sir—have you got a cracked headpiece?

Officer.

A plague upon you! The stoutest helmet went to shivers like glass. The demon!—he ran upon me as if he would strike me into the earth!

Captain.

Thank God that you have escaped with your life.

Officer.

There is little left to be thankful for; two of my ribs are broken—where’s the surgeon?

[He is carried off.