>0f>f unb i l n|lspiel in flinf Anfjiujen EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY FRANZ LANGE, PH. D. Professor, Royal Military Academy, Wuok NEW YORK HENRY HOLT & COMPANY sy^ S UCSB LIBRARY itnb iel tn fihtf Aufjiigen EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY FRANZ LANGE, PH. D. Professor, Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. NEW YORK HENRY HOLT & COMPANY INTRODUCTION. KARL FERDINAND GUTZKOW, one of the most distinguished poets and novelists of modern German lite- rature, was born at Berlin on March lyth, 1811. Of his parents nothing of note is recorded ; his father, a man of moderate education, was a clerk in the Prussian War Office. Gutzkow having shown precocious talents, was sent at an early age to a public school at Berlin. After a successful school career he matriculated at the Berlin University, in- tending to study divinity and philosophy. The outbreak of the French Revolution in July, 1830, made a deep impression upon him, and turned his attention to the political questions of the day. A journal started by Gutzkow, and called the " Forum der Journallitteratur," attracted the attention of Menzel. the most vigorous and popular critic of that time, who invited him to Stuttgart to take part in editing the " Litteraturblatt," a post which he accepted for a time, but, with a view to public life, he meanwhile continued to study law and political economy in the universities of Heidelberg and Munich, and passed his examination .as Ph D. at Jena. It is this, the first epoch of his literary career, on which he now started, dating about 1830-1839, which is specifically occupied with journalism, criticism, and literary controversies. He soon took rank as one of the most prominent German journalists of his age, active, many- vi INTRODUCTION. sided, sensitive to the pulse of the public, alive to the diseases of the time, and always ready to strike a deadly blow at his antagonists. Gutzkow was born a fighter, and this mettlesomeness is clearly perceptible even in one of the last books he published, his " Dionysius Longinus " (1878), where the satire is as keen as in his earliest pro- ductions. Throughout his laborious life it was his constant endeavour to impress the age with his own stamp, to analyse its literary productions, and mercilessly to crush whatever belonged to the Romantic School. In 1833 he published his first great work, " Maha Guru, Geschichte eines Gottes," in which he, under the mask of a Tibetan god, parodied and ridiculed the weaknesses of his time, particularly red-tapeism, bureaucracy, and high- church orthodoxy. This predilection for dressing his characters in an Asiatic garb he caught from Wieland and Montesquieu, who first set the fashion by his " Lettres Persanes," published in 1721. Gutzkow's work was heartily welcomed, and very favourably reviewed by his master, Men- zel. But from this time other influences began to bear on his disciple, influences which could not fail unpleasantly to affect their mutual relationship. How much Heinrich Laube, of whose magic circle Gutzkow was then an enthu- siastic adherent, had to do with it, we do not know, but we shall not be wrong in attributing to him the principal share in the approaching collision. When Gutzkow published his next novel, " Wally " (1835), full of Voltairian scepti- cism, frivolities, and indecencies, Menzel rightly took offence, considering himself compromised and slighted, denounced him as an immoral assailant of the Christian community, and induced the Governments of the German States assembled in the German Diet to prosecute him and the young writers of the time known as "Jung Deutsch- land." These were a number of young journalists who INTRODUCTION. Vll idolized the French Revolution, and were dissatisfied with the reactionary tendencies of the time and the non-fulfil- ment of hopes for a political regeneration of Germany which were held out to the nation at the close of the War of Liberation in 1815. Gutzkow was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, and all his writings were prohibited. After having undergone this confinement at Mannheim, he settled at Frank furt-on-Maine, and founded the journal "Telegraph fiir Deutschland." In 1837, however, he re- paired to the free town of Hamburg, where he hoped to find the censure less severe. He now published a great number of essays, faithfully reflecting contemporary life. Some of the most remarkable are his " Offentliche Charaktere" (1835), and " Zeitgenossen " (1837). The latter, afterwards reproduced as " Sakularbilder," were for the first time published under the nom de guerre of Bulwer, his acknowledged writings being then prohibited. And there is truly some kind of intellectual relationship between the two authors; they both possess the same satirical and sarcastic turn of mind, but while Bulwer excels in the polished ease of a man of the world, the German is superior in philosophical culture. Gutzkow's characters have neither the electric wit of Heine and Borne, nor the brilliant repartee of Saphir and his followers, but they have all the grace and urbanity of the New Comedy. They command the smile of the cultured few, not the hearty laughter of the multitude. We have to notice even in this first epoch a contribution to the German stage, his tragedy " Nero." But whilst in this he has invented one of those grotesque monsters which the eccentric Grabbe delighted in, he soon turned his atten- tion to the study of the stage and its modern requirements, and was thus to become the originator of the modern German drama. " Richard Savage," performed for the Vlll INTRODUCTION. first time in 1839, introduces Gutzkow's second literary epoch, lasting from 1839-1850. Although he remained still the editor of the " Telegraph " at Frankfurt, where he removed again in 1842, he turned now almost exclusively to the drama. We may divide his dramatic works into three classes : firstly, those in which conflicting sentiments play the chief part and bring about the tragic knot, like "Werner, oder Herz und Welt" (1842), "Ein weisses Blatt" (1842), "Ottfried" (1848), and, later on, "Ella Rose" (1856). He was less fortunate with the dramas of the second class, bearing on popular subjects, such as his " Die Schule der Reichen " (1841), the tragedy " Liesli" (1852), and a later work, " Lenz und Sohne oder die Komodie der Bessarungen" (1855). The greatest success, however, Gutzkow achieved with his historical comedies, in which humour is happily blended with historical truth. This is especially apparent in some of his best comedies, "Zopf und Schwert" (1843), and "Das Urbild des Tartiiffe " (1844); less prominent in "Der Konigs- lieutenant" (1847), based on some incidents in Goethe's youth, and in " Lorbeer und Myrthe" (1855). Among the tragedies Gutzkow wrote we must mention one as being of signal merit, and perhaps the best work of the kind he has designed, "Uriel Acosta" (1847), founded on the subject of his novel, " Der Sadducaer von Amster- dam " (1832). It is a philosophical drama, and treats of the tragic fate of a Jewish freethinker whose convictions clash with the ancient traditional belief of his family and with the love of his heart. Some of its scenes, such as Uriel's with his blind mother, and the scene in the synagogue, belong to the great creations of tragedy. His diction reminds us of Lessing's "Nathan der Weise;" it is not particularly easy or flov/ing, but if somewhat heavy, it is always pregnant and forcible. " Uriel Acosta" ranks first among the dramas of INTRODUCTION. IX tl.e modern age, on the dramatic art of which il has had a considerable influence. Much inferior to this dramatic masterpiece are Gutzkow's historical tragedies, such as "Patkul" (1840), " Pugatschew " (1845), " Philipy Perez " (1856), and " Wullemveber." Owing to the distinction he had then won as one of the leading dramatists, he was offered and accepted, in 1847, the post of dramaturg, or dramatic critic and adviser, to the Dresden Court Theatre. This he resigned in 1849, although he had been as successful as the disturbed atmosphere of the revolutionary years of 1848-9 would allow, and turned again to journalism and to fiction, thus initiating the third period of his caieer. Thus in 1850 appeared his great novel, "Die Ritter vom Geiste," in nine volumes, and in 1859 " Der Zauberer von Rom," which, with their ingenious and spirited description of life and manners of all classes of society, their careful plots and racy dialogue, established for ever his reputation as one of the most prominent represen- tatives, if not of modern German literature, still of the history of German culture. The popularity he had thus attained was, however, much envied and carped at by some contemporaries, whose vin- dictive and unfair criticisms embittered his later life. In 1862 he removed to Weimar, having accepted the post of secretary to the " Schillerstiftung," but he resigned it in 1864 owing to angry disputes with the managing committee. This, added to the treatment he had so long been subjected to from his literary antagonists, so acted upon his sensitive nature, that his mind became unhinged, and in 1865 he attempted to commit suicide, but was fortunately prevented. After he had been confined in an asylum near Baireuth for about a year he so far recovered as to be discharged. His sad condition met with much sympathy, and a fund SC INTRODUCTION. was raised which placed him beyond the leach of pecuniary difficulties. Afterwards, he lived alternately at Vevey, Bregenz, Berlin, near Heidelberg, and at Frankfurt, restless and indefatigable, until a tragic fate befell him. On the i6th of December, 1878, he was found dead in his room, suffocated by gas. The fourth period of his life, from 1860 up to his death, is not so much productive as eclectic. It is true he tried to win honour also in the historical novel, to which Gustav Freytag had assigned so prominent a place in the literature of the time, but without any remarkable success. His novel, " Hohenschwangau " (1868), reflecting life and manners at the time of the German reformation, has some exquisitely tasteful passages, but history and fiction are not very skilfully blended, and in parts it resembles too much ihe style of a chronicle. More interesting are, perhaps, his latest novels, " Die Sohne Pestalozzis" (1870), "Fritz ILlirodt" (1872), and " Neue Serapions-briider " (1877). Gutzkow's chief merit in literature is not based on the perfection of any particular branch of it, but on the leading position he held, and on the impulse he gave to all its manifold sections. He was entirely a man of his time, a keen observer and critic of its shortcomings, and if not a great novelist and dramatist, at least a trusty guide and pioneer in modern German literature. Gutzkow succeeded in casting two excellent comedies, one on an historical and national basis, " Zopf und Schwert," and the other a comedy of purely literary fiction, " Das Urbild des TartiifFe," founded on the material afforded by the prohibition of Moliere's well-known play ; both of these plays have maintained their hold on all German stages to INTRODUCTION. XI the present day. It was doubtless the success of Scribe, the renowned master of French comedy, that induced Gutzkow to imitate him, but while Scribe's strength lay in the skill with which he makes the wonderfully intricate threads of his intrigues all blend into a harmonious whole, Gutzkow paid more attention to the historical truth of the plot, and, instead of sarcastic irony, he used fresh humour and characteristic touches which stamp each character with individuality. This is particularly the case with " Zopf und Schwert," which was written by him at Milan and on the shore of the Lago Maggiore. Its interest culminates in the intrigues about the proposed marriage of the Princess Wilhelmina, daughter of King Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia, an alliance that is coveted by England and by Austria. But in the end the Prince of Baireuth is the preferred suitor for the Princess's hand. The intrigue as detailed by Gutzkow may, it is true, be inferior to Scribe's " Le verre d'eau," in the finesse with wmch the plot is woven and unravelled, but, on the other hand, the Berlin Court of that age is depicted with such rich humour, and at the same time with such historical faithfulness, that it may rank with " Minna von Barnhelm," Lessing's great national masterpiece. The King's character is particularly good, though perhaps somewhat softer and milder than it stands out in history, but this is a natural liberty allowed the poet. The most prominent feature is the scene in the Tabaks-Kollegium, his world-known tabagie, in which history and comic fiction are happily blended and illustrated. The Prince of Baireuth's speech is an admirable combination of the facts of history with the fantastic intrigues of comedy. A proud monarchy and a Court regulated on the most economical principles form a most effective contrast, and serve as a background of alternate light and shade for the humorous characters of the play. unb Sdjroert Cujifptel in fftnf ^erfonen. grtebridj 28 HI) elm L, $6nig oon ^reufjen, SSatet grtebrtdjS be rofeen. 25 ie onigin, feme emaljlin. SSit^elmtne, beiber rbprin$ Oon enerot toon rumbfoto, unb raf raf erfenborf, faifertti^er efanbter. fitter ^ot^am, grofjbrttannifdjer efanbter. oon SSiererf, Don ber graiilein toon onnSfelb, 5)ame ber ammerbiener be ^ammerbtener ber 6nigin. ein renabier. @in Safai be ^onig. enerale, Dffijiere. 3itgtieber ber renabiere. a f a i e n, Drt ber an b lung: 2>a foniglic^e 8c^Io| 311 Serlin ARGUMENT TO ACT I. The Hereditary Prince of Baireuth, who is sent to Berlin by the Crown Prince of Prussia , to inquire into the supposed seclusion in which his mother, the Queen, and his sister Wilhelmina are held by the eccentric King, succeeds in persuading the lovely Princess to receive secretly a French master recommended to her by her brother. The Prince has fallen in love with the Princess whose portrait he had seen at Rheinsberg, the residence of the Crown Prince, and is sorely disappointed and almost in despair when the Queen confides in him her secret wish to see the Princess wedded to the Prince of Wales. Eversmann, the King's con- fidential valet de chambre and agent informs him that his Majesty sent for him and intends despatching him to the Austrian court to arrange a marriage between the Princess and the Archduke Leopold, the future Emperor of Germany. ortt)art marfi^! $tnau3 mit euc^ auf ben Eer^ierpla^, IDO i^r t)tnge^6rt*! (Xrommlcr ftnb tnjnjtfc^en trommelnb atmarfcf)tert. Sfarfibem e ftiH getnorbcti) ^0 (SoerSnmnn , Sic fottten fid) fcbamen, bafe <5te ben S'onig ntcftt enbltcf) auf bte 2tc^lung aufmerfjam macfjen, bie ben 'Damen gebii^rt. (SoerSmann. @ndbige groulein*, tc^ befolge bte i8efel)te unier* fonigtidjen i^errn. internal* ba 3 u iVQ ts ftsftritt L) 8>f ""5 djtoert. 5 auffteljen* etn Softer ber Ijeuttgen* ^ugenb ift, rtrirb jeben 'JOforgen urn fed) Ufjr Dor ben 3tnunern ber ftfniglidjen ^rin$en unb ^rinjeffinnen bie Sftedeifle gefrfjlagen*. (SonnSfelb. ^rinjeffin SBitfjeltntne ift ben inber* iifyifyen entroarfjfen *. 5 (gderSmann. erabe bann fjat won bes 2ftorgen* bie jiifeej'ten Xraume. onn^felb. Xraume don unferer enbti(^en * @rto[ung, don SSerjtdetflung, dom Xobe (SderSmann. Dber don |>eiraten unb bergtetrfjen * 10 anblei[tungen bie gefjeiligte ^8er' Jon bed 5ntg an SSinfen unb ^u^erungen unb tteinen 25 Sefe^ten fatten la'fet bag atterbing - @ o n n f e I b. eben aben 10 a ifi ein Seben an btefetn ^o[e ! $)e 9JJorgen fdjon in ber grille bonnern bie anonen unten 15 tm Suftgarten* bid)t unter ben genftern be Sd)Ioffe, ober fie fdjtrfen un etne ^ompanie otbaten ^erauf, urn un ba S^u^auffte^en anjugewo^nen. SRad) bem ebet mu bie ^rinjeffin ftriden, na^en, SBafd^e biigeln, ben atedjimu au3rt)enbtg Ienen, ja*, taglirf)! etne tangroetttge ^Jrebigt 20 Ijflren. aj?ittag befommen n?tr fo gut tote ntdjtS ju effen; bann b,att ber ^onig feinen 3Jiittagfd)laf*, unb obgteid) er f ortroa'Jjrenb fo gefpannt * nttt ber 6nigtn lebt, ba| fie fid) faum etnen guten ZQQ gonnen, fo ntu^ bod) bie ganje ga= mitie biefer ntetobtfd^en aflerb,6d)ften* djnard^unter^attung 25 mit* bettuob/nen , ja* fogar etgen^anbtg bebadjt fein, bent fdjluntmernben ^8apa Sanbegoater* bie gttegen fortsumebetn. D^ne ben naturltdjen 2Bi^ unb ben etft nteiner ^Srinjeffin mu^te ba b/errtid^e SBefen bei etner fotdjen fiebenroetfe langft ertt)itbert fein. ^a, Wenn ber Sonig njiiBte, bag fie 30 fid) b.einttid) eine Slnsa^I franjoftfdjer Sroden attfgetefen unb noibflrftig * geternt l)at ein artige SBifletdjen * 511 fdjreiben - . . 3d) Ij5re fie fommen. Sfuftritt II.] 8opf unb Sdjroert. Broetter Auftntt $riit,',ch'iit SBitychmne (mtt etnem SMefe in ber $. 2Bilb,etmtne* (fcfjucfjtern). @inb ttrir unbefaufcfyt? 6onn3felb. SBenn nicfjt bte 2Banbe Dfyren fyaben. 5 3ft ber SBrtef fdjon fertig? SStt^elmtne. !^cf) luage i^n taunt absufdfjicfen, tiebe a ic^ fiir meine Sitbung nirf)t njenigfieng burc^ bie 93ermittelung ber ^ontgin, meiner 2Jiutter, er* 15 tongen fann. @onnfetb. $)a t)aben @ie gefc^rieben? S)afiir bte ljunbert @prarf)f e^Ier ? 3 biefem gatt ftnb tt)ir jonjett rt)te bister. $5^ e ^) re ^ e 9tiicf|"ic^ten *, bte etne junge ^3rin^efftn toon adjtjeljn S a ^n tor ber 2Bettgefrf)icte ju netjnten ^at. 20 aber bet btefer eluiffentjaftigfeit merben <3te ju runbe geb,en*. 2)er omg mtrb (Sie en>tg JDte eine ttatotn, bte ^onigin tt)te ein unmunbigeS * ^inb betjanbeln. @te finb ba 5^fer 5treter Sfyaraftere , bte an fid^ Utelleid^t ba Sefte mtt %\)mn bejmecfen, bte aber betbe fo entgegengefe^te Ifta* 25 turen finb, ba^ @ie nintmerniefjr miffen fonnen, went @ie e red^t madden * foflen. er ^ronprinj t)at e erretdjt, ftd^ ju befreien. SSoburc^? 2>itrrf) 9)iut unb elbfldnbtgfeit. Gr b,at fic^ lo^geriffen Don ben beengenben 3teffeht ber SBitt* fiir, b,at ftd^ bte ajtittet, bie er p feiner Silbung beburfte, 3 8 ' 3Pf ""*> ert. felbft erroorben, unb nun fenbet er and) ^t)iien 0118 berg fetnen $reunb, ben rbprin^nt uon 33aireutf), um $b,neit unb ber onigtn einen <5d)it|, einen 5lnb,alt 511 geben*, bamtt ie an einem |>ofe, tno ben ganjen Sag getrommett 5 unb ejerjtert urirb, nid)t au SSei^tiu-iflung am nbe felbft nod) bte 9}?u5fete ergreifen unb unter bie $otbamer* arbe treten *. SSittietmine. SStel junior, tiebe e, id) mod)te oerftetbet unb lufttger SMnge* in bem 9li)etnberger Sarm redjt mitten brinnen* 25 fein, fo fyab' id; bod), ba mir nun einmal* in Serlin finb, mein bifed)en granjofifd) jur -ftot ^ufammengenomnten* unb bem rbprinjen fur feine Slnerbietungen permit (reid^t bet onnsfeib ben SBrtcf) meb^r abtneifenb aU annet)inenb geban!t. @onnfelb. Unb biefen 33rief foU id) beforgen laffen ? 30 (TOit fomtfctjem $at^o.) S^ein, S8ntglid)e ^o^eit, id; befaffe mid) * nidjt mit oerbotenen Jtuftritt IIL] 3opf unb djtoert. 28 i Ify e I nt t n e. einen of oerroirft* man burd) bte Seforgung Derbotener ^orrefponbenjcn fetn Ceben 5 S&iUjetmitte. S)ii macfift mid) 66 je... beforge ben i8rief . . . fdjnett . . . onnSfetb. Stein; aber ic^ mci^ ein 9ftittet, ^Srin* 5ejfin, ein untriig(id)e, feb^r fid)ere 9J?itteI, biejen Srief an jeine Slbreffe getangen ju taffen*, e tjei^t: (fie^t auf bie 3;^ur 10 bc &tntcrgrunbes) geben @te t^n fetber ab! (iipftnacljeiner Bittern citent^ur ab.) JDrttter luftrttt. cr rbprtns Don 23f %n bureaus frieblidjen 2lbfid)ten bin id) eben nid)t fjier, roenn id) audj, rote ^dnjeffin SSitljelnune bereit nriffen tuerben, mid) mefjr auf bie 2)efenfioe befdjranfen mufj. 5 SBilfjelmine. Unb aud) biefe roerben@ie nid)t fdjonenb* genug ergretfen fonnen. (3ir p^.) >a Sittet luirb nid)t me^r notig fetn. (2aut.) 5Sie Iieen @te meinen Sruber? SSot)l= ouf*? SStet befd)aftigt? rbprinj. 3)er Sronprinj filljrt in fetnem @ji( cin LO Seben dofl ^eiterfter 5tbtt)ed)felung. @r f)at fidj Si^einsberg in einen fteinen 9JJufenfi^ umgefrf^affen, ber balb ben ernften @tubien, batb ber poetifdjen (Srb.otung gewibmet ift. 2Bir ^aben fd^one tunben bort tierlebt, undergefelidje; man fottte nidjt gtauben, bafe man fid) an ber medtenburgifdjen 15 renje fo Diet ^S^antafie erijalten fann. SWan malt bort, man bant, man meifeett, man btdjtet. S)a Regiment, unter bem unmittetbaren iBefeb,! be geiftreid^en fteb,t, bient baju*, burdj mtlttarifdje Dotutionen bie ftrategifdjen Stngaben be ^SofQbiug* ju dertotrttidjen. 20 ^urj, idj tt)iirbe mid) ungtitdlicb, f listen, btefen reijenben Slufentfjatt oertaffen ju ^aben, ttjare mir nidjt ein fc eljrenbofler 9{uftrag gemorben. 3a ; ^rinjeffin, ber ron= ^rinj roiinfdjt iiber bie Sage, in ber fid) b,ier rfjroefter unb Sautter befinben, genaue an ber Guette gefd)6pfte 25 (Srhmbtgungen einjujicb, n*, nottgenfaff^ aud) 511 beraten, roie biefer Sage* abju^elfen, btefen SSiberrodrtigfetten ju begegnen fei. 28 i I b, elm inc. @rfiib,re* man, ba id) einem $rin$en, ber bi jegt roeber metnem SSater nod) meiner Gutter oor= 30 geftedt rourbe, fyer im offenen @aat ^tubienj gebe, id) glaube, bafe id) mid) riiften !6nnte, einige SSod)en auf bie geftung jit geb,en. (SBia, fi^ bemeigenb, abfle^en.) Hufttitt HI.] 8*f ttttb djtoert. 11 (grbprinj. ^rtnjeffin! 3ft eg otfo rotrftid) rot^r, roag man mit <3d)aubern an aHen >6fen (Suropag er^afjft, baft ber 5nig toon $reufjen ben $of, feine Umgebungen, feme eigne $amilie ttyrannifiert? 28 tit) el mine. $rin, <5ie braudjen einen fatten brurf fiir bag, ttja i^ nur unfer eigentumttdjeS nennen module. $n SSerfatHe fc^roebt aHe mit Qtyttyic* flugeltt iiber bie gtafierten ^arfette*. ^)ier tritt man etn roenig berb mit fUrrenben poren auf. %n 3?er[aiHe ^at ftc^ bie fonigltdje gamttie in eine grofje efeflfd^aft auf= 10 geloft, roo nur noc^ bie ^Serroanbtfc^aft ber eifter, bie SBanbe ber - - ungebunbenften 9ieigungen ^eilig gefjatten roerben. ^ter i[t ber $of eine einjige biirgerlic^e gamitie, roo man nod) dor Xifc^ fein ebet t)att*, bie Item immer juerft reben Idfet, mit bem punftlidjften e^or[am f roenn e t>er* 15 langt mirb, fiinf eine gerabe Qafyl fein* lafet unb fid) bann nur au Stebc mand)mat etn bid)en janft, au Siebe iuand)ina( ein bi^ijen qua'lt, au Siebe ftdj bag Seben ein roenig fauer madjt*. rbprinj. ^rinjejfin, id) fd^rcore $fyntn, ba3 mufe 20 anber roerben. SBilljelmine. 28ie fotttc eg ? (Srbprinj. 2)er ^ron^rin^ Ijat midj beauftragt, otte erbenltid)en 9ftittet aufjubieten *, @ie toon bie[er SBarbaret u befreien. ebieten @ie iiber mid). @ie fe^en mid) bereit 26 bau. 3 uer f* emp[aI er mir bringenb 3^ re Q^iftigen 83e* biirfntffe. 2Bte ift eg mit ber franjofifd)en @prad)e? SSit^etmine. $er ^onig ^a|t atteg, roag com Slug* lanb fommt unb nidjtg mefjr alg granfreid), feine Sitteratur unb feine @prad)e. 30 6rbprinj. 2)er S'r on^jrin j rou^te bag unb f djicf t Q^nen , um permit gleid) ben lnfang ju madjen, aug feinem 12 8t>Pf unb (Sc^hjert. reife ctn fteine gefd)ft>af3tge, aber fefjr ge= feb,rte Sftdnndfjen, einen gran^ofen, 9?amen Safjarpe - 2B til) el mine. SDie ftrengften SBefefyfe oerbannen afle franflofifdijen @prad)metfter aus Berlin. 5 Srbprinj. Sa^arpe geb,t gu Q^en, ob,ne ba man tt)n fennt. SOB it 6, el mine. Unmogtic^. 3 U m barf* niemonb, ber fii^ nic^t bei ber cfyfofjioarfje autueifen* fann. rbprinj. o I)6ren @ie 2af)arpe SSortrdge bei bet 10 Sonnfetb, 3f) r er |>o}bame. SSit^etmine. llnmogticb,. rbprinj. S3ei ber o night. SSilletmine. Unmogltrfj. @rbprin. 9ftein ^)tmmeT, finb a ift ja entfe|(t^! 3 n 33erfaiffe b^aben nid)t nur bie ^rinjeffinnen fd^on Oon geb,n S a ^ re n, fonbern fogar tb.re ^5uppen tljren eignen ^>offtaat*I 20 'SBiltjelmine. 2)er einjige Drt, ben ic^ jmoeilen langere Qeit ob,ne Segteitung befudjen barf, finb briiben* tone 3i mmer i m untern tocfraerf be @rf)toffe (Srbprinj. 28ab,rfcetntid) bie ^rioatbibliotle? be3 25 ffitt^etmine. (Srbprinj. (Sine (Valerie toon ^amtltengemalben? SB i 1 1) el mine. Seijen @ie ben Stand) , ber au ben goeffneten gcnftern ^erdorbringt? rbprinj. 2)a ift bodj nid)t etwa* bie 30 arfiid)e*? SStl^etmine. ie arfiid)e nidjt, aber and) ntd)t Otel $8effere. @ ift, mil tjren ju mctben, bie foniglidj ?Mtftrttt III.1 3opf unb Sdjwert. 13 SBafdjfiidje! efjen @ie, ^rinj, ba iff t% ber Sdjroefter be Shonprinjen erlaubt, ftunbenfarrq fid] |iti' ^ufteflen unb efyrbar jujufdjauen, luie man bic ^iifd)c fpittt, lie mangclt, bie tfHeiber ftdrft, bie eberfe, bie eruietten jortiert - 5 (grbprinj. (Stner ^rht^efftn? SBit^etmine. @et)en @ie ba fletne genfter mit ben gruncn SBtumenftocfen unb bent flcinen anfling int ^dfig? 5)ort uio^nt bie grau be dnfling au meiner |>anb jein gutter reic^e unb tnir fc^on oft gefagt ^abc: Set att beinen Setben, att betnem Summer btft bu boc^ 15 nod)* glitrftidjer al^ ber arme fletne anger ba im STafig, bem |"ie ntmmer bie greiljett geben loerben, unb fang' er nod)* fo fd)5n, noc^ fo melobtfc in alien proven ber @rbe. rbprinj. (JBcifeite.) @ie ift bejaubernb! (Cout.) llnb 2at)arpe? 20 2B 1 1 ^ e I m i n e. 2)a e benn gewagt fein * foil bort* f)in, "i]3rtn, fc^tden @ie ntir biefen gelefjrten |)errn, bort roifl id), roie e ber Sruber befietjtt, nteinen franjofifd^en @ttl bttben unb unter anberm* lernen, toic man redjt elegant*, rec^t ntobern franjofifd) fagen !ann: ,$&, ttagen rair ben 25 Slnfang eine neueneben!" 33Ieiben @ie ber greunb nteineS StuberS, bleiben @ie mein SBefd&ufcer I giir je^t aber leben ie mo^l. 14 fierier Auftrttt (atlcin). Xann graulettt Don Sonuc-fclb. 2Bo weit'* idj benn! SSar ba eine au Xaufenbunbeiner liftacfjt ,,ober bin irfj ttrirflicb, an ben" 5 Ufern jener gemutltdjen Spree, bie fid) in bie >ael* er= giejjt? SSab.r^aftig, biefer preitfjifcfje $of mit feinen Qbtfen unb (Samafc^en* tft romantifder, at ic^ mir gebac^t fjabe.* Sa^arpe, bu ^inter jenen 93tuntenftocfen ? 2)ir biefe Tete-4- tete mit einer ^rinjeffin, bie bie iicb,e befuc^t, unb einem 10 ^anfling, ber ba Iiicf fjat, i^r in bie ginger beifcen ju burfen? 2Bie tft fie ftigon! @ie ift fc^oner ate ba Stlb, ba griebric^ auf bem er5en trcigt, unb fdgon in bie Silb b,ab' id) mic oerliebt. (@i^ umfe^enb.) s Jftagifd) bannt e mid an biefe 9ldume, bie fie mie ein entu burdgfc^rDebte. 15 (Sum genfter.) $)ort unten auf bem $fa bie bti^enben 93a- jonette ber manoorierenben Xruppen; ^ier ber (Singang ju ben Biwwicrn einer ^rinjeffin, bie gu befi^en bie b,ocb,fte 8eligfett ber(5rbe roare unb bort roo^in fiib^rt roob,l* jene jl^iir, burc^ tuelc^e bie fteine ^)iiterin biefe ^arabiefe 20 entfdjlitpfte ? (9Ja^evt [id) ber jioeiten ^intern Xf)ur, ifjm pr DJec^ten). grduIeint)on(Sonnfelb (tritt ifjm j^nett unb errefit entgegen). gort, fort! ^Srtnj! 3)ic ^finigin fotnmt rbprinj. 5)ie ^onigtn ? 2Bob,in benn? onn^fetb. ^ n i ene ^ 3i mmcr briiben t3ieltetdt, 25 bafj @ie einen 2luroeg finben. llm jpimmelg witten, man barf @ie b,ier nic|t gefeb^en ^aben. (5 r b p r i n J (roirb fion t^r in bie entgegengefefcte eitent^ur gebranflt) 9Jieine XerrainfenntniS oermefjrt* fid^ f^on. (2l&.) 'in'tvitt V.] 81> f rob djtoett 15 ^unfter Auftritt. t>te ftomgin begleitet non jroei ttyrer aben @ie nid^t ^amfe gefe^en-? SonnSfelb. ^fjrer ajJajeftdt Sommerbiner? ^cin, ITJajeftat! d nig in. (Sr bteibt fo tange au. 3^ Wtrfte ib,n 511 10 bem Srbprinjen Don ^Batreutfj. rbprtnj (au ber Jljiir imb bctfcite). 3 U Witt? ^o nig in. ^ac^ ben SBnefen, bie nttr ber ^rinj bon inetnem @of)n gebrac^t, mu| e einer ber beften giirften be 3ab,rt)unbertg toerben. 15 rbprinj (beifeitc). 5)a Xerrain tt)irb giinftig. S' 6 n i g i n. 9)letn djtoert. [Hufjug I otel. @r briidfte mir ben untoer^uglidjen Sefeb,! @tt). S^ajeftat au - ^ 5 n t g i n. 83itte *, (Srbprinj ! (@e^t r4 unb toinft bem 15 grbprinjen, ein flieidjes ju t^un.) OKeinen Ijerjlidjften 5)anf fur bie iiberbrad^ten SBriefe meineS .trefftitfjen ob.nel. @inc tefle, bie icb, tuob,! nteb,r al jeb.nmat iibertefen ^abe, Iat midj oermuten, ba @ie iiber einen gemtffen *$lan, eine ge* roiffe ^tngelegen^eit bereitS t>on ib,m unterricfjtet ttorben 20 finb rbprina. Soroob,!, jaroob,!, aWajeftat! (SBeifeitc.) 3d) roei^ fein SBort. ^onigin. 3d) bin feb,r gtitcf(id), ba& id), rote tmmer, fo and) b,ier mit meinem ob.n ganj einberftanben bin, unb 25 aud) <5ie bifligen geroi^ ooflfommen unfere Slnfi^t uon biefem egenftanbe? @rbprin. Ojne Qtottfd, tiottfommen, ganj .^rer 5lnftd)t. (Seifeite.) liber roog fiir einen egenftanb? So nig in. 3Jiein @ob,n fdjreibt mir, ba| id) auf 3$ re 30 Xeilnab.me in biefer 2lngelegenb,eit unbebingt redjnen fonn. (Srbprinj. (Sir b,at nidjt juoiel gefagt, aftajeftat. tits id) aber t>on ifjm Slbfdjieb nab^m, rief er mir nod) in uftritt V.J Sopf un& Bluett. 17 ben SSagen nadfj: Sieber gfreunb, fiber biefen benmfjten* egenftanb nrirb bir bie 5nigin, meine gnabigfte 2Jutter, nod) ba $ufiif)rlid)ere unb Utnftanblidjere * mitteiten. ftonigin. 3)a ift ganj fein tit! @ie fefjen mid) bereit baju. ft rbprtnj (beifeite.) 2)a3 toerttricfelt fid^*. 6 n i g i n. @ie tuiffen, ba^ ber branbenbitrgif dc Surljut * erft jeit furjem mit bcr ^reu|ifd^en 6nigfrone dertaujdt wurbc. Dbgteid urfpriinglid^ cine fyannooerfdje ^rinjejfin, fanb ic^ bod) in $reufjenS ro|e mein liicf, in ^)3reufeen 10 9luf)m metnen totj. ^ein (Staat ^at in ber SBaljl feiner 93unbegenoffen, SSerfdjtoagerungen unb i8ern)anbtyd)aften Urfacfie, fo Oorfid^tig ju fein, n)ie ber unjrige. Unb betjalb gibt e aitdj gen>t fetnen (Segenftanb , ber in biefent Slugem bttcf fo leb^aft, fo au[(^Itetid^ bie Slufmerffamfett unb ba 15 ^ntereffe be Sanbe in 3lnfprud ne^men barf, ate eine grage, bie aurf) bereitS atte ^abinette @uropa befdjaftigt, eine grage, bie @ie ofjne S^c^I f^n erraten ^aben. (Srbprtnj. %< glaube @ro. a^ajeftdt toottfommen ju oerfte^en. (Setfeiie.) 2Ba meint fie nur? 20 6 nig in. 8d) bin gewi ot)ne @totj. Stber ttjenn man etnem ^>aufe angetjort, ba tote ba ^annoberfc^e fiirj' Iid bie @^re ge^abt fyat, auf ben XJiron fion (Sngtanb be= rufen su Juerben, menn man bie Xocfiter eine onig, bie Gutter eine liinftigen 6ntg, bie ema^Iin eineg ^6nig 25 ift, bann roerben @ie einfe^en, ba^ ici) fitr bie guftmft nteiner Xoc^ter 3ftiidEfic^ten ju neljmen* ^abe, bie mic beftimmen miiffcn, jebe polittfc^e SKeganiance* ju bermeiben. rb^rinj. SWeSaaiance? S^rer ^rinjeffin Xorfjter*? (SertDtrrt.) %3) mu gefte^en - - toon biefen 93erf)a'ltniffen 30 tear idj -- nur oberflticfylidj unterrtd)tet - ^6 nig in. SBa id) 3ftnen, 3^er gerotffen^afteflen 18 3o}>f unb divert. [Stafjug I SBerfd)tmegenf)eit nritteiten toerbe, ^riiij, ift etn ( unb ba (SrgebniS ber ernfteftcn S'onibinationen. ie miff en, an rocldjem ofe id) lebe. Hftan entgieiit mir* ben (Sinflufe, ber mir aU Sanbe^nmtter gebufyrt. $)er b'nig 5 (jot fid) mit ^erfonen umgeben, bie ifyn Don mir entfernt fjalten. SSie roirb bicfe efcflfcfjaft Don orporaten unb iffiad)tmeiftern meinen tieferrcogenen $fan aufne^men? 2Bif tuerb' id) ben tonig felbft geftimmt* finben in einer Slnge- legen^eit, bie fiir ba (SJIiid feiner ^inber, ben 9hif)m feineg 10 ^paufe^ entfdjeibenb ift? @et)en @ie ba, $rtnj, ben ^5unft, njo id) fiifyte, ba id) etne 9J?anne Don Qfjrem @d;arffinn, ^t)rer Seobad^tungggabe bebarf, um 311 luiffen, roaS id) l^offen barf ober (entfdjioffen) roenn eg fein fofl toa idj wag en 15 @r&torinj. @g foU meine eifrigfte (gorge fein, ba 3Jertrauen @ro. S^ajeftdt ju red)tfertigen. (-^eifette.) ^)immel ! 6nigin. 60 erfab/ren @te benn etne tm ge^eimen bereit^ abgefdjtoffene 93erb,anbfung , an metier fid) famtttdje ndd)fte 2InDertimnbte unfer ^>aufe bereitS beteiltgt Ijaben 20 unb in roeldje id) nun aud) @ie, ben $reunb meine (So^nel, permit fetertid) eintueilje*. SReine Softer njirb* bie o^ martin metneS 9ieffen, be s $rinen Don 28ate, unb fomit bie ftinftige ^onigin Don nglanb! OQeibe [tctien auf.) rb&rtnj (beifette). djone S'oncurrenj ba! 25 ,^o nig in. er @rtyriit. Stann erman. piiter bie ^outfltn itnb tie ^rinsefftit SBtHjelmine. (@3 erfolgt an ber Sljur em ftarleS JHopfen mit einem tod.) ( r b p r i n 5. erein ! o n i g (fitter ber jene). (gDergmann ! Srbprinj. 2Ba ift benn* ba^ nun ttrieber? ft 6 n i g (fcfilagt tuieber fefjr ftarl mit bent tod an bie Sljur). $fy glaube bag f unb Sdpert. (*ufjng I 35amtt fie fid) banadfj ju rtrfjten tyat! S'onigin (ftdj 5urttermann. Qftajeftat Sf 6 n t g (braujjen). ^>6r' (r, unb ge^' @r bann bor jlueite * ju metner Xod^ter, ^rtnjeffin SStlljetmine - 2&il^elmine (trttt letfe auf). SoerSmann. 3^ fontgtic^en o^eit. 10 ftonig (braufeen). Unb fag' @r i^r, fie fottte fid in ad)t ne^men*, ber Sa^orpe ba mare ein @pt|bube - SBHiielnune \ Sa^arpe. rbprina / ( ite) " SBa ift ba? ^6 nig. 5Der Sa^arpe ift ein pifcbube, fag* id^. 15 @oermann. ptfcbiibe. S 1 5 n t g (btaufeen). 2)em ^ronprinjen, fog' @r bag metner Xodjter, ttriirb* ic^ anftreic^en, * fran^ofifc^e SSagabunben Jjierfjer ju fd^tcEen, bte fic fitr feine @pracmaitre * auggeben unb Ijintennadj nic^t anbere finb ate ganj geroo^nltdje, 20 niebertrdc^tige ^Serudfenntacfjer ! 28 1 1 b, e ( m i n e (im 3fb 9 ei)en). 3tbf dgeuticfc, ! (b.) rbprinj (beifette). ^eriicfenmadjer? S 1 5 n t g (braufeen). &%t reoibier' @r wieber bie Stec^nungen. (SoerSmann. $iinfttirf)ft beforgt*, 2JJajeftat. 25 S'Onig (braufeen). (SoerStnann, nod^ @in*! (Soer^mann! (Sder^mann. 9JJajeftat? ^5 nig. Unb roenn @r ben rbprinjen toon Saireutij fteb.t rbprinj (beifcite). ^ommt bie SRettje audg on mid^*? 80 S'dnig. en franjofifc^en SBinbbeutel, ber fidj feit geftern ^ier in ^Berlin {(erumtretbt - (beifeite). djone Sb^arafteriftif*! ttnftvitt VII.] gopf unb o^ett finb nocfy ^ter? @ r b p r t n 5. $)er ^onig miinf c|t midg n fpredjen. @te ttJtffen tuegfjatb? Sagen @te, n>a oermuten @ie? oermann. SBenn @te mid nt6t oerraten* tooflen, 25 fo glaub' id), @te foflen in einer genriffen Slngetegen* jtt)ifd)en ^reufjen unb iDfterreic^ rbprinj. )fterreidj ? (SoerSmann. rj^er^og Seopolb* fofl nid)t abgeneigt , roiffen ie, toenn nam(i<^ (PftfPa* auf bas Simmer ber 30 geigenb) ^rinjefftn @ r b p r i n 5 (fid) ftcicjcmb). 3)ie 24 8Pf (StterSmann. @t! Sftan ttrirb ofe tuftiget nidjt gefpielt morben ift! (8tb.) fffidt) ARGUMENT TO ACT II. The King is informed through a courier from the Hanoverian Court that England is seriously thinking of the marriage between the Princess and the Prince of Wales, and that the latter, preceded by an ambassador travelling incognito, is on his way to Berlin. This important secret escapes him in the interview with the Prince of Baireuth to whom he entrusts the necessary wedding-arrangements. This latter unexpectedly meets in the English ambassador an old friend who is much indebted to the Prince for past favours , and explains the delicate mission on which he is sent to the Prussian Court, and how it all depends on a commercial treaty agreeable to England being accepted by the King. The Prince communicates these political intrigues and negotiations to the Princess who promises to meet him in lieu of the French Master who has been found out and banished from Berlin. But just when she is about to leave for the appointed rendez-vous she is, by command of the King, placed under strict surveillance in her own apart- ments for having received the French Master sent her by the Crown Prince. Jroeiter beS JtontsS. Ctnfg bom 3ufcf>auer eine eitentljur. SKUtelttjSfc BrbettStifa. Stifle. 6 r(ler Anftrttt rumbfow unb erfcnborf treten mtt (Sucrcmann cm (&er etn orangenfarbcnc grofee^ Drbensbanb mil bielen Drben unb eincn glati^enben S)egen ii6et bem 8[rm tvagl). rumbfolu. Sine SDefiefc^e*, @Dcrmann? 10 ecfenborf. Slu ^annoder, fagten @te? r u m 6 f o to. Unb ber toat * bo ? 3)a8 Drbenbanb ? 2lnfunft ber oon @t. SUtojeftot beftettt 15 @ccfenborf. Sine 2)epefdje au ^annoocr dor einct tunbe angefommen grand cordon* befteflt taotsbegen * -- roir ntiiffen f ombinieren *, rumbfottj. @ o e r in a n n. llnb bie Xafel ift fieute um jjootf ocrts* uerine^rt; (bebeutenb) 36 Xfjafer* finb fiir ben 20 tifrfj auj^eie^t; atte^ jotl en grande parure erfcfieinen. @edenborf. Sine SJepefdje ift ou ^onnouer orge- Jtuftritt II.] gopf wib <5cf)toert. 27 fommen grand cordon (gtaatsbegen Jtt)8tf oertS 36 Xfyater - rotr muff en combiniren, ($rumbforo. SoerSmann. llnb ati er ba Siegel* Don ber S)e= pefrfje abgeriffen, ba b,at er jtuei fd)tuere Xfyranen oergoffen unb gefagt: 3d) Witt fie ja afle gliicftic^ mac^en unb fottt' id^ 5 mit^olben* breinfd)Iagen * ! llnb nun tft er in geuer* unb glammen unb toitt ganj Berlin ju Xifdje laben rumbfote. gur 36 Xb^ater? (SoerSntann. llnb bie SBaifenfinber foflen neu ge- fleibet toerben - 10 rumbfott) (betroffen). 3lud) nod) bieSBaifenftnber? 5)a tft eine SSerma^tunggefd)td)tcl (Secfenborf. 5)epefd)e ^annooer 36 b,a(er - jnjei X^ranen mit ^olben breinfd)lagen man mufj nur fombiniren, rumbfott). 16 (S&erSmann. 3 d ) glaube, er fommt. (grf^rocfen.) 2)er ^ontgl Broetter Auftrttt 2)cr Rontfl (sut S^ur toon ber cite fyeretnfeljenb). 2)te Sortgcn. ^6 nig. (Suten 2Jforgen, guten 2Korgen! 28iinfd)e* roob,! gerub,t ju b,aben, metne ^erren! ^un, too bteibt (r benn 20 mit bent Settelftaat * ? 2)a feb,ten ja nod) bie englifdjen Orben - - Sinb' @r mir gleid) afle feft , bafj einem ber ^Jtunber* nid)t fo am Seib b,erumfd)ten?ert *. (SderSmann (f^erjenb). (So roa * rojje ift im SBerfe ? SBiinfdjen ro. 9JJaieftat nid)t audj bie Srone? 25 ^6 nig. s Jiarr! S)ie ^rone! (Xritt ^etaus.) ei (5r frob,, ba (Sr fie nid)t ju tragen braud)t! ety @r je^t, (Stier^ mann, bring' (r afleS in Drbnung. @t>ermann (ab). ^5 nig (feljr erreflt.) uten 9Korgen, rumbfott) unb 30 28 Sopf unb ScfyoeTt. [3tufafi (gerfenborf ! $ab* Ijeute feme 3eit. @agen <5ie bem preufcifdjen Staat ein omptunent unb er foflte midj Ijeut einmal in SHufje laffen. uten SJJorgen, guten 3Jiorgen! (ie beiben 2)tini(tet tooHen ftcf) jogernb cmpfe^Ien.) 6 (Sritmbf oto (an bet $f)Ur). (5to. aJJajeftot finb in einer ganj befonber fro^tic^en Caune - (Secfenborf. @oflte Dtetteic^t bie Slnfunft be ^urierg o n i g (gieic^giiitig). %a e iftein Gutter ange!ommen 10 ^5 nig. 2lu erfenborf. SSon SBtc^tigleit, ^ajeftat? tSntg. SSon SBttytgfeit. rumbfon). SSafirjc^eintic^ iiber engtijd^e 3lnge(egen* ^etten? 15 ^5 nig. fiber englifdje Slngelegen^eiten ecfenborf. ^fic^ft luatjr jd^einlic^ iiber ben oftinbifc^en $anbeltrattat*? Jtfinig. 9lein, nein. rumbfottj. liber ben $ottfinbtfdjen @d^ifft)ertrag? 20 ^*5nig (ft^ an bet 5Reugier Betber loeibinb*). @0 tt)a*. Uten SKorgen ! rumbfoto (beifeite.) ^eute tuieber eine ganj bef^erate Saune ecfenborf (6eifeite im Sfbge^en). 36 Xljafer )tt)5(f 26 S'ouDertS bie SBatfenfinber man ntu& nur fombiniercn. (Scibe at).) Dritter ^uftritt cr Konig. Sann GoerSmann. S 5 n i g. Sort finb fie ! nbtid^ etn 5lugenbtidf fiir tnidj 80 ntlein. Soer^mann (tritt etn). aitfttitt HI.) Sopf unb <5d)tt>crt. 29 $0 nig. 3d) bin ubermenfrfjlid:) gtiirfftcfj. (SderSmann. ratultere untertljanigft. ft 8 nig. Sanfe $a, ben!' (Sr fid) ja jo (betfeite) niemanb fofl'3 ja miffen. (SoerSmann. SBodten* fid) nid)t @to. 2ttaieftat ft 6 n i g. Umfteiben ? 3teb/ (Sr mir ben Sftocf au foff gefpart roerbcn. 9ftan fott ID iff en, ba id^ einen ^obe; man fott loiffen, bafe ic^ nur gerod^nlic^ geijtg bin, fonft aber auc^ braufge^en laffen* fann, toenn fid^ baju cine elegenb,eit bietet, eine elegent)eit ttiie jefct, too e fid 10 (ficraupiafcenb) ben!' @r fid^, @oermann (beftnnt fl(^ toiebet) ja fo! @Dermann (jte^t bent flSmg ben 9iod ou). ajiojeftSt merben bod wofyl* bie geftidEte Uniform anjieljen? ft o nig. S)ic gefticEte Uniform, @Dermann. Siaturtic^, 15 id9 ertnarte oftc, benen man (S^re er$eigen mu^, groe @^rc; benn irf) ben!e immer, toenn e fief) urn bie Stnfunft Don ^5erfonen (fe^t fid)). Qiety (r mir bie ttefetn aitS! (oermann (fdjictt fid) baju an*. ge^t fd)toer). ft o nig. 28ar ber (rbprin$ fc^on ba? 20 Dermann. 9Jiac^en @. SKaieftat feinettoegen fo Die! Umftanbe? ftonig. einethjegen? SBtetteidjt! (Setfeite.) 3d^ loitt fie afle irrefuiiren. (2aut.) Slu! gteget, nietne ^ii^neraugen ! 3c^ gtaube gar*, @r raid mir abfic^tltc^ tue^e tf)un, Weil 25 ic^ ^b/m nic^t fage? @oer8mann. SJiajeftat, id) Ijabe ja noc^ gar nid)t gefragt! ftonig. 3d) tt)uW ^b/n aud bei gragen*! SBarum fad)t @r benn? ^>e? $ol' (Sr mir meinen @dIafrodf, bi2 tie 30 Uniform ba ift @0er3mann 30 ^6 nig. eba! toarum b,at (r dorb,in gefadfjt? (SderSmann. 2ld) bt * icb, @tt). 9ftajeftat ben ut in bie >anb gegeben b,abe, fyaben <5ie ntir'S bod) gefagt. ^6 nig (broijt ifjm mit bem a, ^a! ben rftfafrocf. ttterter ^luftrttt. 10 ftBnifl (aHetn mtb flfeenb, in embcirmeln). 2)ann 2o!ai unb bet ^5 nig. @r ^at rec^t. @ briirft mir' ^erj ob *. 5t6er fie fotten olle nid^t erfob/ren, fie fotten ntd^t! @ie b,aben ntir meine tiebften ^jSIcine frfjon berborben. % r tier* trauten gufee! (2C&.) (Srbprinj (aHetn). @in nterfroftrbiger ^offtaat ba! %n ben 3lntic|ambre fteb.cn bie ammert)ujaren in ^embarmeln ! ^c^ tjermute, au er ^onig fommt. Sefet werb' id) feitte giinftigen ?lnfidjten iiber Ofterreid) ^oren. fuufter ^uftrttt. 25 (je^t ntit bent DtbenSbanbe). 1>cr (fvtiprhts. Gin a!at. ^5 nig (tritt n%r). (Srbprtnj (betrac^tet tfin). 3ft bag ni(f)t $ b n i 9. $a, ftu^en ie nur. tne Heine 93em>ecb,fefung! 32 rbprinj (in SScvieaenijdt). afteine Unbefanntfrfjaft, 3Jtaje|tdt ^6 nig. feat nicb,t $u fagen. 2lber Sie roaren fcfjretfltrf) grob. 9ia, bie ammerb,ujaren trogen bicfe $e($e. 2Ufo 5 id) tounfd)te @ie gu fpredfjen. 2ftein lieber (5rbprin$ don SBaireutb, fommen @ie jefct eben oon 53atreutt)? erb^rinj. 3u Sefe^I, ro. SKajo'tat. 5)a^ f)eifjt, Dor dor brei S a l ren &in ic^ Don SBaircut^ abgereift. So nig. llnb roaren in ber 3 c it? 10 rbprinj. 3 n in -- gngtanb! SSnig. 2Ib,! Sange in ngtanb? (Srbprinj (6eifette). 3e|t fottt' id^ nun wo^I bei tljni fiir )fterreid) tuirfen* unb ngtanb fc^Ied^t madjen*? (2aut.) 3n ngtanb? $ml Sange genitg, urn bie oerfe^rte unb 15 iiberttnegenb lac^erlid^e Sanb narf) alien feinen ^ejie^ungen fennen ju ternen. SSnig. SSa? (Sngtanb? $6ren @ie! S)a !5nnen toil- no^ lange laufen, bi tcir baljin ongefommen [inb, no fd^on jefct bie (Sngtanber fie^en. ^>m ^m SSaren @ie benn 20 aucf) in Qtalicn, )fterreic, ba fo Return*? rb^rtnj (beifeite). 3ft er benn fiir ngtanb? gdg bente fiir )fterrei$? @r ift fur )fterreirf) ! (Saut.) Dfterreid;)? D ttob,l! Sine auSgejeic^nete 9tegierung, ein eroerbfleifj, etn ^anbel, ein SSerfe^r, SBetoegung unb Seben in alien f reifen. 25 $6 nig. $oren @ie, Sktoegung? 2)ie* toirb fid^ in Dfterreidj noc tjalten laffen*. Srbprinj (beifeite). gft er benn ntct fiir )fterreid? gc^ glaube, id) infinuier'* ntic gar nic^t! ^ o n i g (beifeite). @oflf er fic^ bereitS mit (Secfenborf unb 30 ber ganjen Slique* oerftdnbigt b,aben unb ntir ju 9J2unbe reben* tuoQen? (L'out.) ^)iibfc^e Sanbc^en ba, %fyr Satreutb,. * S3oben etroa fteinig. $rtngt ^^rem ^ater mo|I nid)t Diet ein? Huftriit V.j 3opf unb Sdjroert. 33 (r boring 9ftan derbejfert jefct bei un3 ba Srbreid). <5c6,6ne geograpfyijdje SSorurteite! So nig. 3Bob,l burcb, bte Sujtjrfjlofjer , bie gfor $err $ater bauen last? 2Sa tjt nur bem SJiann eingefaflen? SBaut ja etncn gir^^anj* nac^ bem anbern, ganj i la Lude- 5 wig quatorze, unb ftiir^t fetit fianb in @cb,ulben. 2Bte Otet ctjutben l)at benn jo betlaufig 3^ Sdnbc^en? (Srbprinj (bcifeite). SSetB ic^ ma^r^afttg felb[t nirf)t. (5)rcift*.) 3 e ^ n HKtttionen. Slontg. 3eb,n 2Riflionen! 10 (Srbprtnj. @troa meb,r ober tuemgcr. .^'6 nig. rofeer ott, unb njer fott benn bte* einmal bejab.Ien? Unb bei foWjen ^ameralDerb.attniffen * reifen @te in (Suropa Return unb tragen ba bifjcfjen etb ouc^ nod^ au bem Sanbe? 15 rbprinj. ire, man btlbet fic^. ^6 nig. 3n Serfaitteg? Qn ^ein^berg ? ^un baruber genug, laffen tt)ir ba. (^fciftftc^bertanfangbeSS)efyQueraJJarf^e*.) @agen @ie mat, @ie b,aben ja bo bet meinem o^n fo manc^mat in ber ^>eibenf omobie * mitgefpielt? 20 rbprinj. SSertrautenroflen* ja, 3Jiojeftot. So nig. ut. %d) toottte roegen ber |>eibenfomobie mit Sfynen fprec^en. ^rinj, @ie finb ein 3ftann don t-- fc^macf, roie man fagt, einer, ber fo redjt ba gottlofe rontijd^e unb grterf)tjd)e SSejen inne^at*. 3)a id) nun gefonnen bin, 25 bie 93ermab,lung metner Xod^ter mit jebem Stufroanb 511 feiern, ber meiner rone' gejtemt, jo roottt' tdj @ie gebeten ^aben*, jtc^ mit meinem @ob,n ju oer jtanbtgen *, nrie man ad^t Xage tang auj eine amiijante unb grajtoje Sftanier bte ^>5je Oon ^oten, Don <5aJ>f n& (Sdjtoert. (Srbfcrinj. $orfiseit 3$rer ^rinseffin orf>ter? S o n i g. %a, (Srbprinj. Sanonenfrfjiiffe, bie tiefert meine 5lrtitterie. 2Kanooer, 3teDuen, -^araben, ba ift meine acfje ; bafiir foU geforgt foerben. SIber abenbS, immer roerben mir 6 ba bie fremben ^errfdjaften in ^Berlin miibe, ba ntcfen [ie ein*; Siertrinfen unb Xabafraucfjen tft letber nod^ ntdjt jebermannS @a^e*, unb fo nwfc man fcl^on mit bem (Strom gefjen unb fiir angemeffene ttnterfjattiing forgen bur^ 3Ku= mination, DperaS, aHegorifd^e e[d^td^ten unb bergteid^en 10 cfjmcffrfjnacf* iiber ^reu^cn unb (Snglanb rbprinj. ngtanb? &8ntg (fte^t auf). SSetter*, ba tft mir fo iiber bie $unge gelaufen loic ber ^>ofe iibern* 2Beg! ^>m! i<^ meine ein peftafufum oon no, alfo tmmerljtn! ja @in- 15 fjorn*, Slbler, Slbler, inborn, Seoparben, immer ein in onbere, ^Sreu^ifc^eg unb (SnglifdjeS, unb gereimt mu^ e ou^ fetn, fojufogen gebid^tet rbprittj. ngtanb? S)tefe IRa^ric^t ift fo iiber= rafc^enb ba3 ganje Sanb, (Suropa, bie SKelt roirb er= 20 ftaunen, nn'e ngtdnb ju ber b.re fommt! So nig. D^o, f^mei^eln @ie bem alien hammer* ^ufaren nid^t! 2ftit nglanb finb bag fc^on alte efcict)ten unb oon meiner grau fett 5 a ^ ren eingefabeft *. (Srbprinj. SSon ber ^b'nigin? S<^ glaube, baf; 3^ re 25 2Kajeftat bie onigtn bei roeitem metir fiir -- fiir )fterreic&, fein tt>irb. So nig. giir )fterreic? (Seifeite.) S)a fonnt'* icb mir benfen, bafj bie fcon wieber ib,ren eignen SStKen ^aben mu! (Saut unb entfdjteben.) S^ein, ^eut ^ab' icb, etnen ^urier 30 Don unferm efanbten befommen, ber mid Derfidiert, ba e^ (Snglanb mit biefer im ftillen abgefarteten * ^eirat ernft ift. ^)er ^Jrinj Don 333ale ^at fic^ in (Jttfllanb eingcfdjiff 1 , 3tuftrttt V.] Sopf unb ert. 36 unb man tiermutet, ba er berett an ber Ijiannbuerfdjen iifte getanbet ift. (Sinftroeiten ift tnt ftrengften ^nfognito cin 33et>oflmad)tigter Don Sonbrn abgegangen, ber aHe ^Sunfte biefer petrol mit mir oerljanbeln fofl. 3)iefer efanbte fiinn jebe tunbe in Berlin eintreffen. @ie roiirben mid) 5 u(fo fefjr tierbinben rbprinj (in sBerswetfiung). Sofl c benn cin @^afer* [ptel* fetn? ^ b n i g. 3a ! Unb ber ^ronprinj fann babei bie glote btafen, bie er bod) nun mal ^inter meinem SRiirfen ge* 10 ternt ^at. rbprinj (toitt ge^en unb !ommt tmeber). Unb bie fc^aften fatten felbft barin mttfpieten? ^6 nig. 5fta fretli^. %a\ djreiben @ie jebem 511 fagen tier * mir nidjtS. (Srumbfott) aber, ber jotl mit* 15 fpielen, bie* SSiered, bie (sonnSfelb, erfenborf aud^ rbprinj (ae^t toteber juriicf). (Sngtif^ ober b'nig. S^ein! fiauter* reined feurige beutfc^, oerfte^en @ie, nid)t etma SBerlinifd^. Unb ttjenn @te etroa .6ottdnbif(^ babei anbringen fonnten, 20 fo ttiare mir ba au getDtffen ^>anbelriidfid)ten * nidjt un* ermiinfd^t, ba e bodj in bie ^eitungen fommt unb ber fyol* lanbifc^e efanbte jugegen ift bie infuf)r be ZabaU miiffen @ie namltd) roiffen*; (ins Dfr unb mit bent efms be8 rauc^en fann ber feine err* tuob^t nic^t? 25 r b p r i n j (wrjtoeifeinb). 5)a nidjt, SKajeftat, aber meine bie b amp ft fdjon roie ein SSuIfan! Safat (tritt ein). 2)ie eb^eimen 9tate* bitten bringenb (Sro. 9JJajeftdt urn gnd'btgeS eb.br*. S'onig. $)ie* mu^ bie JJieugier ptagen! 9la mat Ijer* 30 ein* mit! (Safai ab.) ?l(fo rote gefagt: Stttegorifd)e @jntf)ata* mien*! TOc^t fo ganj in ber Stonier Don SSerfaitte^, aber 3* 38 8<>Pf "& djtoert. [Xuf jug n. bocf) em ^olterobenb *, bet ficfj toor benen ba briiben * in id) mehte in $5reben nirfjt ju feb,r 311 oerftecfen braudjt Unb |)oUanb! SSringen unb erfenborf (jebcr nut einem fletnen ^ad rotgefiunbenet 93iid)er unterm arm). SiJutg, bann 10 rumbfotu. TOajeftat fatten ju naben*, joUte man gtauben, ba& tm c^oB ber fOntgtt^en gamilie jo uner im SSerfe maren*! SBa gtbt'3 benn fc^on toteber? rumbforo. (Sto. 2Kajeftat h)iffen beretts toon bent 15 granjofen,. ber o^ne Segitimation auf ben @traen 53erlin Ijerumtief unb fic^ fogar jit fagen erbretftete *, er toiirbe at @pracb,mattre bei ^Srinjejfin SSil^etmine angefietlt roerben. ^5 nig. '* ift etn ^eriufenmarfjer an Orleans. ecfenborf. Slber man ift auf toeitere ^ombinationen 20 gefotnmen, ajiajeftat. 9J?an b,at bei biefem 3}?enfc|en Sucker gefunben, bie einen gefab,rlicb,en ^ufommenb/ang mit 9lb,etn3* berg oorauSfe^en laffen (Srumbfoto. iibergeugen fid^ ro. SJiajeftat. Xiefe unfittttc^en fransfififc^en i^rtften tragen famtlicb, bie S^tffre * 85 @r. ^o^eit beS Sronprinjen. etfenborf. F. P. R. runtbfott). Frederic Prince Royal! $6 ttig (want jormg auf*, ntmmt einS ber 23iidjer unb der^mann (rommt). 80 bnig. @Dcrmann! (TOit ^at^os.) 9)lcine HuftrtttVI.] 3opf unb er eneralfifal* foil bie ^apiere be Sanb* ftretcfyerS* auf genaufte unterfurfjen. $5$ will feine fran jofifcfjen ^of[enreier * im Sanbe -- (Sicfjt cinS ber Sucker an.) 5 3)er tempel* be ^rorprin^en! Slber nein! netn! >er ^aga* bunb ^at fie itjm grfto^ten! r u m bf o ro. Ober fie finb fiir ben Unterrid^t ber $rin* jeffin SBil^etmtne facftimmt ontg. Xiefc enre* Oon SBiicfjern! otdje fronts* 10 ftfc^e. fiefy'! fic^'l 2)a ift ba ift ja too^t gar ber ab* frfjeutic^e Ionian oon bem bucftigen* carron, bem ema^I ber faubern 2)^abame 2^aintenon, bie berii^tigte atire auf unfern ^>of. rumbfoto unb @oerntann. Unfern ^>of? 15 6 n i g (bifittert). tne Satire auf un afle, auf mi(^, auf edenborf, auf rumbfon), auf (SoerSmann toerSmann. 5tuc^ auf mid^? 50 nig (craft). 3)er ^ronprinj b^at atte unterftrirfjen, bamit man's beffer oerfteb,t. @in 9Karf(^aH mit bem Set* 20 namen le Chicaneur. @ie njtffen boc, ba fotlen @ie fein, runtbfolo ? rumbfom. (Smporenb ! ^ 6 n i g. 5)er 5lmbaffabeur Vicomte de la Rancune ntit bent Seinamen: le petit combinateur ; ecfenborf, ba3 25 finb @ie. edenborf. SS6Iferrerf)tn)ibrig*! 5 1 B n i g. llnb @oermann, ben nennt er ttnmer la Ra- piniere. S)a ^eit fo triel at ,,ber alte 9iimmerfatt*I" (StoerSmann. S)er 9tacfer*! Unb fo% Siidjer !om* 30 men in Sanb ^erein unb roerben noc^ orbentlid) tom S'ron* geftempett? 38 3opf wnb Sdjtoert. t*feufl H. ft b u t g. $ft SBit^etmine betettigt e3 ttmre empflrenb. cr enernlfieftil foQ afle ftreng itnterfnd)en. (3m Sufeetften Sorn.) 3ft benn fiir midj fein rugger Slugenblicf radg(id! 6ocrmann. 9)?aieftat, bte gottlofen SBiid^er foUen in 5 bic d)arfrid)tcrci*, bantit fie offenttt^ toerbrannt tocrbcn? Jionig. s Jietn, ntcf)t at SibtbuS* in unferm ^ottcg morfit' idi fie ^aben. s Jitd)t etnmat jum SSerbrennen fiir bie ,Vitlui)foiteu, bte loir -- SKeine |>erren ; fd^iitteln ic'8 ab mic id), .pout abenb, tuenn unfer $feifrf)en bantpft unb gtii^t, 10 bet eiitem Xninfe beutfdjen erftenfafte *, mac^en roir un bafitr ebeno it&er SSerfaitteS unb bag ganje franjiififcfje niftorium (uftig. & r it in b f o to \ f f 15 . G u e r m a n n. Slber bie 93ud)er werben bod) toerbrannt, iDcajeftat? tonig. eroi. 5lber auf eine anbere SKanter! @d)i(f r fie l)inau^ oor Dranienburger Xb,or in bie ?|8ultjer= nni I) i e n. Xn f alien fie fiir meine renabiere ^atronen 20 brau mad)en. (2tb.) (Srumbfow | ecfenborf i (6eifeite). o e r ^ in a n n I (Stile folflen.) 25 Jiufttitt VIL fiopf unb Sdjtoert Bwetle Set Seal be erftcn Stebenter Anftritt fitter $otl)(n. Somfc. ann bcr rfeprinj. $ 1 f) a m (tritt leife unb fjordjenb burd) bie SKittellfjut auf). (Sin 5 Saat ntit trier Xfjiiren ? 9tirf)ttg ! 3)ort bie Dimmer ber $rin* jefjtnV $ier bie ber ^onigtn? nnfe, guter greunb! (ffamte a6.1 fitter* $ottjam ^alt fein gnfognito aufred^t bi jitr ti8tttgen Unfic^tbarfeit. SSon Sonbon iiber ^annoDer tab' id^ mid) ing Sanb ge^muggelt luie eine tserbotene SSare. (Srodnet 10 fid) bie tint.) 3)er |>enfer Ijote btefe reitenben taatSgefcfyafte, tuo man bie (Satonroutine * be S^onbt)* mil bem gefii^Kofen Jhioc^enbau ctneg s ^ofttllion* tjeretntgen mu|I @cit bier Xagen bin icb, nicfyt oom ^Pferbc gelommen ab,! (SBirft iicf) in einen Scffei.) SQSenn bie s Jiattonen toii^ten, ba man fic^ 15 jur auStDartigen ^oltttf burc^ me^rjaljrige* urierbienfte uorbereiten mufe, jo raiirben jte ben @taatmannern nic^t iibetnefimen toenn fie im Sitter feine @)aloppaben * meb,r tanjen! SBie fd^roer ba in ben Safdjen Itegt, ttenn man etn 6nigreicb, mil fic^ bringt! (Sdjicigt auf bie rcdjte SRorftafcfje.) 20 >ier bie ^rone don ngtanb, (auf bie liute) ba bie Oon @c)otts lanb unb in ber SKeftentafdje bie Don ^rtanb. 2Ba roerb' id^ mttnefjmen? (tefjt [td> um.) Db rt)ot)t*bie SSergoIbungen ec|t finb? Sieb.t aHeg fetir fnapp unb fparfam au. 9taum 25 genug in ben grofjen Salen; aber ic glaube, e tuoljnen oiel SDiaufe brin - - afle ift fttfl iuie ein engtifdjer @onn* tag. (grfjebt firf).) %tf) tjore fonunen rb^rinj (retjjt bie Ifjiir auf unb blcibt in ber^ucifeltet Stenmtcj ft.f)cn). 30 40 8tf wn& cfitoert. [ftufeug II (tritt uneber leibenfci)afilid) etnen <5d)ritt toor unb f;aI1 fief) bie &anb toot bie tint). $ o t f) a m (fceifeite). $d) gtaube gar, bet madjt SSer fe ? 5 (Srbprinj (ttriH in gletrfjer 9frt ju ben gintmern ber 5prin3fffht unb erWtdt $ot$am). gg^^ 333^ j e ^ j^ ? |>ot^ant (iiberrafdit). Sdufd^' id) mid)? rbprinj. |>ot^am? Sft e mogltrfj? greunb, @ie in 83ertin? 10 ^ot^om. ^ritij, tuaS ift 3$nen nur? (Srb^rinj. S n einem 5lugenbttcf f too trfj ber SSer* jtoetflung na^e bin, treff idj Sie, fjotfyatn, ^errtidjer, treffltdjer j. 3ft e benn ntOglidj! 2Bo fomtnen @ie 16 $otam. 5Tu@ngtanb, ^Srtnj! ait ben beften riien toon unfern greunben unb bem 3luftrag, @ie ttomoglicf)* cinjufangen unb wieber juriicfjubringen in unfere SSettrennen, 3ud;iagben unb SBojbergniigungen *, beren leibenfdjaftlirfjer SSere^rer* @ie ttaren. 20 (Srbprinj. ^ot^am, fftr mid) finb biefe greuben tooriiber. @ie 3^r SSater toon ber X^ronfolge @ r b p r t n 5. SBeriUjren @ie ntidj nid)t on bem nwnbeften 25 gted meineS 2)afein*! SSerfdjaffcn @te mir ba S'aifertuni toon SJJaroIfo! o t Ij a m. @te ^aben giebertraume ober etnen 23ei-- ftanb ndtig, ber ^ nen bit gefunbe Serniinft erfe|en ntu? rbtortnj. ^otb.am, @ie finl) ein enie, ein ^opf, 30 an bem nod) mandje ^ntngue ber geinbe S^ re SSaterlanbc^ fdjeitern nn'rb* aber mir fonnen >ie nidjt ^elfen. ^jot^am. 3^ wiinftfjte eg, ^Srinj! 3^ ^' n S^cn toer- Mnftrltt vn.] gopf unb Sdjwert. 41 pjTidjtet, id) bin ^f)r (Scfwtbtter fiir taufenb $ienfte, bie @ie mir bet ^l)rer 2lmuefenf)eit in (Siigfanb geleiftet fjaben. 5ie Ijaben mid) burd) Qfjren inflnjj in bie SMje ber erftcn taatSmanner gebradjt. @ie fjaben mtr ntetne ^arriere al^ diplomat erfd^toffen *. ^fjnen oerbanf ic^, tt)a id^ bin unb S fjabe - - befefyten @ie iiber nteinen SSerftanb, er foU fiir @ie benfen, iiber meinen Strm, er fott fiir @ie ^anbeln. ^ (Srbprinj. ^ot^am, icf) bin bier in eincr eigentittnttdjen Sage $ot!jam. 3^9 lotbme ^nen tnein Seben. 2Ba roar' 10 id^ ofjne @ie ? S)itrc^ @ie bin id) mit eljren&oHen SJ'iiffionen beauftragt. 5)urcf) @ie bin id) fyter. rbprinj. SQ3a t|un @ie Ijier? ^ot^am (ftc^ umfe^enb). (Sine adje toon StSfretion, btc idj inbeffen, tuenn @ie Derlangen, nid^t ?lnftanb ne^me*, %f)ntn 15 mttjutetlen. (Srbprinj (aerftreut). 3d) bin ntdjt itcugierig. 2Birb 3^r luftrag lange ma^ren? ^>ot^am. $a'ngt Don ben Umftanben ab. $)iefe Urn* ftanbe finb garter S^atur. 20 rbprinj. Sine S^renfadje? $otl)am (leife). (S^ ift eine Unterljanblung tuegen mine unb bem ^Srinjen toon (Srbprtnj (aufeer r**). @ie, @ie finb ber efanbte, don 25 bem foeben ber 6nig mit mir gefprod)en I)at ? $otf)am. SBare ber ^onig fd)on unterrid)tet? @ r b |) r i n j. @ie, 8ie ber nntt)tberfte|Iid)e geniate SDiptomat, ben man Ijier mit offenen Strmen ertoartet? ot^am. 3)er ^eirat beS ^Srinjen Don SBateS tt)fire 30 in ber J^at and) ber ^8nig fdjon giinfttg? rbprinj. ntfepd}! 3d) abe biefen 2Kann aU ein 42 Sopf ttnb dirocri. [^uijufl 1L ente unter Xoufenben b,eraugenmben, id) fjab' U)n DOM ^)Sart au in bie engttfdje $erroaliuitg gebradjt*, unb nun mufj id) felbft barunter tetben*, bafe er mtr @b,re ntadjt! @o roiffen @ie* benn, bafj onig unb b'nigin, ofjne tfjr 5 @intierftanbni ju a^nen, btefer ^etrat mil aHem, tt)a bruin unb bran tya'ngt*, beibe oon Bergen* juget^an ftnb, jugteicft ober auc^, ba| ^rinjcjfin SBtt^etmine, ein unglitcf(icfje Dpfer eurer ^Solitif, oon einem giirften getiebt mirb, ber fid) jrcar nicfjt an SJJad^t unb ro|e mit euerm ^Srinjen toon 28ale 10 meffen fann, ber aber an tngebung, Siebe, Setbenfdjaft afle nur mogltdjen gefronten Seraerber um bie mnb bteje (Snget ^immet=*, ja parabiefifcfjroett ^inter fic^ Ia'|t, ton cinem ^rin^en, ber ic^ felber bin. o t f) a m. 3)a ift eine (Sntbecf ung, bie idb, nidjt afjnen 15 fonnte, unb, toie id) leiber fiinjufiigen mu&, feine erfreuticfje. Slber fottte man %$ntn, ir/enn @ie fic^ barum betuerben, nid)t bie anb ber ^rinjeffin gettmfjren? rb^rinj. @inem fleinen beutfd^on Suobegprinjen*! SBenn man bie SSab,! jnrifdjen fiinftigen ^ontgen unb S'aifern 20 fyat ! predjen @ie mit ber onigin ton mtr, unb @ie toerben finben, ba fie regelmafjig 5tnbad) mit Saireut^ toertuedjfelt. ^)ot^am. Xiefe ntbedung ift um fo erfreuti^er, at id^ atterbingS al% Seoottma^tigter be iUiinifterium^ atte aufbieten mu, ba s ^rojeft biefer (Sfje ju tanbe ju 25 bringen. rbprinj. S^atiirlid^. @ie miiffen ja meiner @m* pfet)lung @6,re madden! ^otb.am. Unb bennod) roag' id)'^ au^jufpre^en, ba oietletd^t unter geroiffen SSer^attniffen mogttc^erroeife - 30 biefe |>eirat mit (Sngtanb nid^t juftanbe fommen bftrfte*. 3n ber X^at, ^rinj, faffen @ie 9Jcut ! Z ffinnen Umftanbe eintreten, too ic^ nic^t nur ba 9ted)t, fonbern fogar bir Sfuftrttt VII.] 3opf unb Scfjtuert. 43 ^flidjt fyatte, jebcn njettern cbanfen an biefe (tje auf= jngeben. (Srbprinj. er ^vinj Don 2Me, $ol)nr, ift nidjt ber= jenige, in beffen SUiftrag id) l)ier erfdjienen bin. 9)? id) fdjirft bie engtifdje Nation, ba 9}(iniftertuin, ba engtifdje ment! @ie mil") en, ^rtnj, unb fjaben fid) bet ^firer ruefenfjeit in (Snglanb fetbft baoon iibei^eugt, ba^ ba ^p annot>er auf ben Xt)ron toon (Snglanb unter Umftcinben berufen murbe, bie ib,m jut ^J3f(id)t ntadjen, jeinen ^erfon* 10 (tdien SSitlen bent aflgcmeinen Qntereffe be @taat unter* 2Iuf eine perfonlidje 5Ketgung be ^rinjen on ju jeiner Confine, ^rtnjejfin 2SiIl)eIntine, ttnrb ttjenig iiiifonimcn *. Sieben fie fid), tieben fie fid) nid)t, bem ^ar* lament ift bariiber nid)t ju ^Srotofofl gegeben*. $)er ^rinj 15 Don S 28ale nnrb al !iinftiger ^onig Don (Sngtanb jebe SBirbinbung eingcb.cn, bie ifym ba ?iationalintereffe al iimuicb/entfroert anbeuteu njirb. Sine fold)e ift nun unter ben gegenroa'rtigen potitifdjen ^onfteHationen bie mit ber S)i)itaftie beg jugenbtid) aufftrebenben ^onigreid) ^Sreufeen. 20 (& r b p r t n . llnb ba ent^telte * eine offnung fiir mid) ? $ o i b, a m. 9iid)t liegt fie in biefem meinem ungtiids Stuftrage, iuo^I aber in etner Staufet beSfelben biefe Sije, unb mar' ib,r afle girnftig, nur unter ber Sebingung ab* ^ufdiliefeen, (fic^ umfe^enb) ba bie biSljer Don ^reu^en au* 25 gefdjtoffen genjefenen engtifdjen SBaren aufl neue unter an neb.ntbaren 23ebingungen (leife) njteber eingelaffen tuerben !onnen. rbprinj. Unb in bieg faufmannifdje ^JSrojeft mtfd)t fid) eine O^age ber Siebe, eine Slngetegenb.eit be ^>erjen? 30 ^>otb,am. 3^ fertrete bie ^er^en unferer Saufteutc, bie b/tfj fiir ben X^ron, aber nod) fjeifter fiir i{)re Sfttmeffen* 44 3Pf nb djtoert. [ufjug U fefjtogen. $aben unfere gabrifen nioffnungen ju toedfen, benen bie bitterfte Saufdwng* folp,en ftirb! ^ o t f) a m. SSarten @ie ab *, ^Srinj, unb toertrauen @ie ! rb^rinj @iner 3J?erfantiIfrage ! 10 ^>ot^om. SBarum nirf)t? Unb ftienn ic^ mt(^ ^tfjneit in bem ftcrtit, ba^ fid) ber 6nig ju bent anbettraftate ntd^t oerftetjt, gang gettiibmet Ijabe, tt)enn @te fterben gefeb^en fjaben, ^rtnj, ba gegen einen gurften, bem i^ burd^ einen 3ufaH befannt njurbe unb ber ficfj ot mein SSo^It^ater 15 bettaljrte*, in mir ein f)erj toott 5)anfbarfeit fcfjldgt, ttjenn <5ie enblirf) erj unb ^anb ber ^rtnjeffin njirflic^ roerben erobert b,oben bann erbitt' ic^ mir toon (tt>. $o^eit, Q.U beutfc^em 3torf* e n am Steid^Stage toon 3tegenburg mitten im $er$en toon 3)eutfc^Ianb -- Qb^ren Seiftanb ju 20 einer fleinen tipulatton - - mit bem beutfdjen SReic^c fiber unfere ^armlofen, unfc^ulbigen gabriferjeugniffc. ft a m f e (offnet bie S^iir pr SRe^ten). ^>otb^am. 2lffeg iibrige roirb ficb, finben *. (Sinftttjeiten * toertrauen @ie! ort finb bie Qimmr: ber ftflnigin. Seben 25 5t Auftrttt Spater bte ^rtujcffin aS?tlI)c(m{nc. @ r b to r t n j (aHetn). Canb ! Sanb ! Iftun wirfc fic^ operieren taffen *. (Sinen ^otb^Qm * $ur 9Jec^ten, feb^It nur nod^ eth 30 mdMic^rr s ^ciftanb jur Sinfen. 2)er Slugenbltrf ift giinftig- SCuftritt VIII.] Sopf unb gdjtocrt. 45 3d) tierfudje *, bie onnSfetb, bie Keine ofbame bcr $rin* jcffin, mit in bie SBerfdjtoorung ju $ieljen*. Sie tneitt b,ier im SSorjtmmer. 3d) flopfe. (eljt leife on btc 2f)Ur bcr $rtnjcffln unb Hopft.) 3$ fjore erciufd) (flopft ttotf) etnmal). S)a 3ftaufc^en eine ^'leibeS fie ift' (er aic^t ftcf) ettuaS jurutf unb wenbet 5 ftdj bann) crft biefe Iteinen SSor^often geiuonncn* unb bann on bas ^aupttreffen! SBil^elmine (trttt ein). rbprinj (er^dctt). ^, @ie fetbft! SSil^etmine. @tnb @ie e, (grbprtnj? 3c^ ^abe Ur 10 farfje, recfit er^iirnt auf @te 311 fetn. rb^rinj. 5luf mic^? $ol)ett, raarum auf mic^? SBtt^elmine. 2H3 toenn o^eit, ba^ bie toaten S^re3 30 lenigtidjen SSaterS fo oerrufen* finb, ba banner oon eift, ^Joefie unb SBt oom 2IuIanb ^ter nid^t anberS jugetaffen 46 8Pf roeroen, atg loenn jtc ftdj einen ^afc* a( ^eritcfenmndjei yeben laffen*. 2B ill) el mine. Slber unfer Pan ift jerfdjlagen *. So fyarpe tft fcerttriefen*. 5 (Srbprinj. (Sin fdjnmrfjer 5lbg(anj feineS eifte ift juriidf geblieben ! ^rinsefftn, fel^en @ie mi^ nitijt fiir un= roiirbig an, feme tetle ju oertreten. Saffen @ie mic^ ba feligc (Sefiib,! geniefjen, beigetragen 511 b,oben, redjt? 28 it I) el mine. 3$ toar geljorfam toon ben erften 5 Jttegungen nteines 93ettmtfein3 an. 9 jettgen, freunbltc^en ^errin 20 SB i 1 1) e I m t n C (cntjie^t fidj jeinet ^anb). @ie tt)oflen ? rbprinj. 2)ie n fteinen fttecf beutfd^er (rbe 511 gcbietcn fjat, bent aber ber Dauber 30 ^rer c^onfieit, bie utc 3f)rc3 $erjen ben iKut gibt ju lagen: 3c^ tiebe @tc. id) bete ie an! 48 8Pf "& ert. [aufettfl II. 23 i If) e I mine. ^5rtnj, ttmS beginnen* erj rebet, gegen b i c unft, bie in ber ungefd)min!ten * -ftatur tiegt, fetbfi SSottaire nur em ^erudenmad^er ift ?iuftrittnLl fiopf unb djtora. 49 tteunter Auftritt. ^vinjcfftn 28iH)dmiuc. 3>ann tie (SonnSfelb. 8ult& (Htyof nth Qfrcnabicren. $n bet Setne pit ba Srommeln cmf. SBHljefmine (alletn. @ie tooHte erft bent grbprin^en nadjetlen, iiuinft bann aber juriid unb flc^t in fdjttmnlenben Britten an ben SHfcf), 5 mo fie Htngelt). Otlttisfelb (trttt ein. 9Ja<^ etner ^Saitfe, in bet fie befrembet bk ^rinjejfirt anbiicft). ^bniglic^e |)ot)ett befefjten? SBit^elnttne (roic oS etiiem Sraum auffa^renb). !^(f) ? ^Jtc^t^. SonnSfelb. ^t)re ^otjett ^aben geflingett? 10 S$ ill) elm in e. S aw ^' 2)Jeine 2ftantitte metncn gcidjer ben deleter ! @onnfetb. SSoQen @ro. $of)ett auSge^en? SSil^etmine. 3^ toHI aulgeJien. @onnfetb. aben (to. ^jo^eit boju rtaubniS? 15 2BiIJ)etmine. rtaubnig? gangft aud^ 2)u fo an? o(e, roa ic| gefagt fyabe 8onnfelb (fiefit fie grofe an * unb ge^t ab). SSil^elmine (aEcin). ^c^ bin biefer Sage miibe! % djtoert. iHufeufl 11. @onnfelb. Sftein $immel, @ie lijaben ficb, bocf) nirfjt bcu reootutiondren ^been Sfyrer Butter angefcfjloffcn*? 2B ill) elm inc. $ol)eit fyaben Spruce * err Dber= (jofprebtger* (Siu. ob,eit morgen friilj urn fiinf Uljr barin er.aminieren fann. 3tt)eiter renabier tjorl 6 3roetter renabier (mit bet uppenterrtne). (5 rf t) o f. 2)ie @m. ^otjeit jugeteitte Stoft * luirb taglid) aii^ ber arnifon!ud^enuern)altung* piinfttid^ft berabfolgt inerben. 8onnfelb (iiffnet bie Serrine). ?lb^euli(^e oft! e 10 iiuoflone* (Srbfen! S eft) of. fritter renabier dor! Drttter renabter (mit bem cmgefatiflenen trirfftrumpf). (Srf^of. nblid) |aben @e. SRnjeftdt befo^Ien, bo| S^rc ,pof)eit aHe jitiet Xage fiir ba3 tuob,U6b(id)e * SBerltner SSatfen- 15 l)au ein s ^aar mottene tritmpfe fertig ju ftriden |aben. fatten ju naben* f S'oniglic^e ^>ot)eit, mein 5Iuftrag ift 6c* enbet. @onnfetb (im Xone ber Serjtoeiflung). ^rinjeffin, fittb ba* bie ^(ane, bie ber 6nig mit ^ re r ^ u ^ft tiorljat*? 20 SS i 1 1) e I m i n e (^ittcvub or aufregung). S3erut)tge bidj, meine greunbin! !ga, e tft ber SInfang einer neuen 2ebenba|n fiir mid}. SBo^Iou! >er ^ampf beginne! et)t 511 nteinem $ater unb fagt ifjm SonnSfelb (eber.fo). ef)t jum ^bnige unb fagt i^m 25 ja, tual fotten fie ifym benn fagen? (mit tragijcfjer Sntf^ieben^eit). @agt if|m, ba m, bafj tt)ir SB i t f) e I m t n e. 3)ie priidje (ber mat entfinft fc^on) j rt) a r 30 lernen ttwrben @ o n n oleit? SB il^ el mine. 9Mn, ic^ -- feufje nur @onnfelb. ( fc^ien mtr bod), al fpradjen @ie 16 mit fid) fetbft. SBerben @ie nur ntdjt fdjroermiitig. S)ie SSerfe tuerben @te balb aiiStrenbig miffen unb com trtcfen I5f i* @te ab* - SSttljetmine. S)u bift ju gut! 93effer, at id) ^eut unt 2)td) oerbtent ^abe. @ ermiibet 2)id), gib >er 20 onn^felb. Saffen @ie nur. SKe^men @ie ben onbern angefangenen fo arbeiten nrir or* unb fonneu f^dter ouSrutien. I'hifttftt I.] Sonf unb cfiwert. 55 28 i I f) e I m i n e (nad) ber Sljiir Jjinfjorcijettb). Unb nidjt silt* mat*, bajj eiiiem ein freie SBort gegiwnt ift! o- 25 tjeit in ber Xafdje. SB ill) el mine. onnSfetb! 28eld)e Combination! (Sonn^felb. 9iid)t h)Q^r*, eine Combination toiirbig etne (Sedenborf ? Qd; roerb* i{)n aber bei adebem * fragen 28 i I $ elm inc. ift 2)u oon innen*? 30 SonnSfelb (an ber sijur). $eba! renabierl (Jeff) of (tritt ein). 3" befef)(en! 5fi 3ppf & dtmert. lm>fl III (SonnSfelb. >nt innii* nidjt eiit SBtflet fiir un? cffyof. fatten 511 naben, ja! @onnfetb Or ^ri^ejfm). $)a fefjen at man fd&on begonnen, @ie mit (Sngfanb ju quaten? 9Han ttrirb ju ^nen fommen, @ie u btefer 30 5Serbinbung jtutngen tootten, aber fitter ^ot^am, ber eng* Itfc^e Slbgefanbte, ift mein fjreunb, ^^ r ^reunb unb roirb f ft r Ste b.anbeln, roafjrenb er g e g e n 8ie ju b,anbetn fc^eint ?iuf tritt L] 8opf unb djtoert. 57 (Sin gefaljrlidjeS piel, aber e gift* ^fat greifjeit unb mein Seben. $>te Siebe Derftefyt -- bie Siebe!" <5onnfetb. 2)arf man tuiffen? SBilfjelmine. Sine ffeine Seiteibsbejetgung* Don - Don Don einent unferer guten Wiener 5 <3onnfelb. D biefe guten Scute {jaben 6ie atte fo 1 eb! Ste ntiiffen boc^ tuo^t antroorten - 28 tlb, el mine. 9lur njet flu(f)ttge* SBorte e ift mirftic^ 311 unbebeutenb @onnfetb. TOan fto|t aber niemanb gern juriidf! 10 CBcifeite.) SSte fie fid) DerfteUt * ! (Saut.) %$ roia bod) feljen, ob unfer renabter nod) intmer fo ftorrifd) ift SBilfjelmine. 2Bo beufft 3)u Ijtn* - onnfe(b. 28ir madjen einen SSerfud; (tritt an bie Xfjiir) ,pcba, rentier ^rieger! 15 @dl)of (tritt ein). 3 U befeb.Ien ! @ o n n f e I b. SBarum fjat @r ben SBrief nid^t angenommen ? (Srf^of. @ ftd)cn Spteferuten brauf*. onn^fetb. SBir (jaben SDZittct, fold^e trafen gut ju madden. 20 diiof. 3)ic ^aben @ie nidjt. @onnfelb. 3ft etb fein SDZtttd? d^of. Stefee Hd)* and) djanbe burd^ (Mb eiten, fo fonnten @ie Don aflen SWttteln bod; bie gerabe am n>e= utgften antucnben. 25 2Bitb,etmtne. SBiefo? (Stf^of. 2Bei( (Sro. ^o^ett fein elb b,aben. @onnfelb. 2lbfdjeuttd)er 2W:nfd)! SSit^elmine (ticiu-itr). @r fennt unfere Cage nur ju ivt. SSir ntiiffen ben (Mebanfen auf eine lntiuort aufgeben. 30' Grffjof. Xarf id) al-treten? (Sr? 58 3o @cfb,of. (gcffjof. onnSfelb. 28o ift (Sr Ijer? cfljof. 5lul |>ambiirg. onnSfelb. 2Ba b,at (Sr gelernt? 5 (c?6,of. 9Hd&t8. SB i If) el mine. SftidgtS? 3)a ift feljr toentg. onnSfelb. 2Ba fjat @r toerben tootten? (gcf^of. SttteS. SSil^elmtne (6eifeite). onberbarcr SJJenfd^! (2aut.) 10 jaminier' iljn ; er untertjalt un tuenigftenS. @onnfelb (jugc^of). 2Bir finb nicfjt ge[^ett* genug, Seine geiftreid^eti 2lntlt>orten ju Oerfte^en. SBie fiangt 6ein unb 9li$t$ aufatnmen*? o f. %d) bin in meiner ^ugenb bet etnem Beater 15 aufgenmcfyfen unb b,abe bort anfang nicfjtS gelernt at bie Stater pufcen. llnfer ^rtnjipat entlie feine ejettfrf)aft unb td^ luor genotigt, Stenfte bei einem ^Softfc^reiber ju neljtnen. SI( mir aber bie facm metne neuen errn ju= mutete, al 93ebienter |inten auf ifyre S'utfdie* auf^ufteigen 20 na^m id) ben SBanberftab *. %a ift fdjon QHe ganj gut, aber im runbe* fann @r frot) fein, je^t menigften ettoaS u fern, ba (Sr fonft nid)t tt)ar unb nid^tg geternt ^at. @rf)of. 5Iu 5Biid)ern roenig, aber nmndjeS au bem Seben. 2ludj Derftet)' id^ etma 2Jtofif. 15 @onnfelb. SD^ufif? 55a lonnt' @r b,ier bie arme flcfangene ^6nigtod)ter unterb^alten ! ^rinjeffin, bie fjrlote (Sdf^of. %< fpiete SSiotine - @onnfetb. Sludj eine SStoIine ift ba. SBir b,aben 20 ba3 ganje Drdjefter be ronprin$en Pf wit& djtoert. [SUfeug 1 1 Scffyof (ftefit firf) um). SBenn ic(j aber tnein |)tmmet (bettegt) feit brei Sab,ren Ijab' icb, ein fo ebleS, jauber t>ofle Snftrument nicfjt beriifjrt! @ o n n f e I b. Sftur ju * ! ^ringeffin, ic^ bin ber crr, 5 (gie finb bte 25ame. @ cf ! f (fptelt einen Sanj in bent einfarfjen natben efc^macf jcnci 3ett. ie beiben S)amen tan^en). onnSfelb. JBrao, (Scf^of! @ geb,t gang gut. 5lc^, welde SSo^It^ot, eintnal tan^en ju fonnen ! <2o la, la, la, la 10 (fie ftaflt bte Hftelobte na^). Braetter Auftrttt 2)cr &ottig (tft toa^renb biefeS SanjeS oit ber ettent^iir leife eingetretett. Site Sanjenben iinb ben miifeterenben renabter erblidenb, ftu^t er. Siefe benterfcn t^n nirf)t. 6t tritt naf)er itnb fuc^t (ic^ unbemertt 15 in ben Sanj 311 ntifdjen). 2)te Sortgcn. SBit^etmine. SonnSfelb, S)u tanjeft ja fatfc^ jefct ber ^en;! (SRetc^t iticfroartS t^re anb.) @0 ! 6ntg (fafet btefe leife mit etnem ginger unb tan^t etwaS mtt). SStt^elmtne. SBie frfjroerfaflig, Itebe greunbin ! (Sottjt.) 20 2Ba^ &,aft 2)u benn nur ^eute fiir etne garftige rau^e^anb! (3ief)t ftdj um unb erbltdt ben SSnig, ber pliifelt^ auc^ We SJielobte mit raufjcr Stimme mitgefungen Ijat. 3tHe er|cf)recfen.) (5 cf fy f (prcifcnttert * mtt ber SStoItne). l^ontg (jorncrfiint). 9?edjt niebltd^! JRec^t fd^on! tlfo 25 ba finb bie priid^e atomonte? Stanj unb Slffemblee* in meinetn @cIoffe bei b.eHem listen age*? Unb ein olbat, ein preu&ifcfyer (Srenabier, ber auf ber 2Badfje * feinem Slrre^ ftanten* SStotine oorfpiett? @onnfetb. SSergebung, 2Ra|eftat, tmr ^aben i^n ge 30 jnmngen '.'luftritt n.] 3opf unb Srfiroert. 61 e$uningen? Suten Solbatcn ;jnnngen! S fiic ^fliditen feine* "imftc ouf etne jo freuflifdje i'lit 511 ocr* (efccn? f^tir ben mufe id) eine Strafe evfi.ibeu , bte in ber prcuf?ifd)en ?lnnce nod) nid)t bagetuifen ift. SB ill) el mi ite. @nabe, SUiajoftdt, nabe! S 6nig. 3Jcit 3Mr tuerb' ic^ tjernad) rebcn. %t)\n, Sonrab Gcfljof tjeifet @t, id) mei e, ^f) ni biftiere id) 'jiir (Strafe: (fr ift au ber $hmee, bte unter meinen rutjinooOen gaf)nen fh^t, anggeftofeen*. Sr ift auggeftofeni, nid)t etroa in eine Strdflingefompaute* ober in ben efyrentoerten SBiirgerflanb, 10 ionbern l)br' @r, ioa @ein djtdfat fein fofl. Sluf bem I'ogeiijaufe* in ber ^tofterfhajje ift berjeit* eine nippe beutfd)erS'oin6bianten angefommen. Xiefe@au!ler* histiiones, iinb in s Jibten*, tt)eil ifjnen ifyr ^panetourft* au^ge* blii'bcn ift, ben fie fidi a Seipjig fcerfdjriefcen * fatten. 15 3u tiiefcn ^offcnreifeern, f)6rt@r, get)t@rmir ^inauS, kgt Seine glorreidje foniglid) preumfdje Uniform ab unb nielbet fid}*, id) fdjicfte it)n permit, ur SBarnung fur jebermann, at einen Sdjcutfpieler, einen rs^angiuurften *, ber bie beutfd)e Station liiufort mit feinen fomobianttfdien @^)a^en friminaltter * 20 amiifiren fofl. Sd^anbe iiber ^^n! ( d fy f (in freitbtflfter, jebod) berborgener Srregung mit einem Slid tieii ^immci). djaufpieter? 5)anfe (Sro. SJiaieftat fiir atter* gnabigfteg @rfenntni. Sonrab (Srfijof luirb fidj bemit^en, fid) unb feinen oeradjteten neuen @tonb loieber ju G^ren 25 ju bringen. (9tb.) Konig. Unb te, ntein grdulein Don 8onnfelb, @ie follen |e eb,er je lieber 3^ re niutterlidje Slu^fteuer* einpaden unb nad) 3)resben aufbredjen, too mein SSetter, ber urfurft Don Sad^fen, foldje -fttjmpfyen unb rajien trie (Sie finb 30 fiir feine |>offeuermerle * unb SaUetter* no'tig ^at. S o n n S f e I D (im sibgcOcn, b< ifeitf). Sr ftraft in feinem 62 8J>f & djtoert. iSfafaug III $orn mil $ingen, bie jebem (SJebilbeten nur angeiteb,m fein ffinnen! (2i>.) 6 n i g. 23ttb,ehntne ! 23 iff) elm inc. Sftajeftat, ttmS b>b' idfj nur fcerbrodfjen *, 6 bajj id) fo ungtiicftid) fein tnufj, ^fjnen e n;ig ju mifjfaflen? ij nig. .9J?ajeftat nennft u mtcf), lueil 5)u fein finblic^e $erj fiir 2)einen SSater ^aft. 3$ ^ab' eitc^ erjogen nac^ alter beutfcf)er ttte; td^ b^abe fron56fifcb / e itelfeit unb S'iarr^eit Oon eiiern finblid^en ^er^en ju entfernen gefiicb,!; 10 id b^abc auf bent fjron jetgen tuotten, ba imige in t|ren gantitien ein 9ftufter fiir ben biebern |>augftanb iljrer Untert^anen fein fonnen. ^)ab' irf) ba erretc^t? 333ilfielmtnc. @ie beftrafen unS fiir nnfere iinben aud^ ftreng genug. 15 S'onig. @in $eriicfenmadjer b^at id in oflen gum* beutigfeiten * ber fronjofifc^en pradfje unterric^ten foflen - SSit^etmtne. @ war fein ^eriid enmac^er I ^6 nig. (3 mar einer. SSilb^etmine. SBenn e einer War, fo b^affen @ie ib^n 20 nur S^rer garfiigen* S^pfe njegen! ^5 nig. S)er 3opf if! bie Sierbe beg 3ftanne3. ^m 3opf liegt bie jufammengeflorfjtene ^raft be 2JJanne. @in Sopf, ba ift nidgtl 28ilbe, gtacfernbeS, S33ufte urn ben Slupf, ben 8ifc ber menfc^Itc^en @ee(e, toie bei ben 25 gerfen^aften Sufdjmdnuern* je|t mit i^rem langen jottigen ^>aar, fonbern einfadje, fitttic^e, gefiriegetie * Crbnung, ge* ffocbtencr efjorfam, fanft b^erab iiber bie @rf)ultern glettenb, ba innbilb eine Sb.riften! $5odj icfj bin e miibe, mit $ir p ftreiten. liefer trreft fei S)ir ber le^te SBetoeiS mei= 80 ner udtcrticfien Sicbe. S.alb foHft ^u fret tuanbetn unb jpcrrin T'einer eignen Xfyaten roerben. %<$ tierfiinbige ir ?fufiritt II J gopf uttb (Sdjtoert. 83 litormtt, ba $>u je^t batb nadj betteben* flatten unb tool* tfit * fannft SBHfjetmine. $ater! ^5 nig. SBenn 3)u iljn eb>tidj metnft, btcfen on? SBilfyelmine. @t fommt Don einent >eren, ba2 nic fi nu:f)oren toirb, ben Seften ber SRetifc^cu 511 oereljren. ^6 nig. rfennt i^r, bafc id^ nur attein euer (Stiicf mid? So/ SBit^elmine, nun tannft 3)u batb tjanbeln, tt)ie $11 luiflft, fannft franjojifrfje 53ud^er tefen, fannft Sftenuetten tanjen, S)ir eine apele Don 9JJuftfanten fatten, id^ ^abe fiir 10 Dein tiuf unb fiir 5)eine grei^eit geforgt - SG8iIeIntine. 2Bie Derfte^' irf)? Sater ? ^ 6 n t g. ^utfd^en, $ferbe, ^eibuden *, affeS, tuie e3 fid^ fiir cine fiinftige 6nigin gejiemt. SBit^elmtne. ^onigin? 15 $6 nig. 3)it foUft fc^en, baft id) ben Sftanten, ben $u tuir gegeben, ben 3^amen beg beften 5Sater, in ber 'J&at unb 3Sa!^rf)eit tierbiene. %f M"& djtoert. [Sfofeug III. 2B 1 1 , c I m i n e (oerncuit fid), beifeite). 2)er ftreimb bc$ GrbprtHjen? 2Bie tierftef)' idj -- ofle? onig. (Srlcmbe, liebe grew, bet (Srbprinj tjatte ben ^orrang*. SiebeS inb, td^ ftefle 2)ir Ijtermit ben rbprtnjen 5 uon sBatreut^ or. (grbprinj (fi^ bemetflenb, betfette ju SGStl^elmiiicii). Iteren @ie ben SKut nid^t, eg toirb affe gut roerben*. ute ^ad^ric^ten aug SlnSbadg, lieber 10 Srbprinj (beifeite). Smroer bie SSettoedifelung (Caut.) 9Jlaje[tot, man ^at bie Slbfic^t, 5lnbacfj nad^ S3aireuti) ju tiers pflanjen. ^ o n i g (bet nut ^aib ijorte). @t ! Saff en mir je^t afle it* btfc^en ebonfen unb iBau))tane unb bereiten un oor ju 15 einem SBerf Oon ^etliger Sebentung. @e^e 3)id) bviiben* ju 2)etner Gutter, SBUfyetmine ! SSil^etmine (beifeite). 22Ba fold benn foerben*? @ 5 ni g. @ie, SrB^rinj! rnein natiirlirfjer Seiflanb ^ter , gittter ^otfjam, @te in ber 3J?itte! 20 S3ebiente (tragen ben Sifct) in bie Sftitte unb ge^en ab). @rbprtn (beifehe). ^ot^am, ber $anbeltraftat ! ^)0t^om (fe^t ftd^ in bie 3Kitte, offnet ein ^ortefeutHe* ba8 mitge6racf)t*, legt papier pre^t unb unterfucf)t feme gebern). ^5 nig (bie anbe faltenb). ^m Stamen (Sotteg! (3Za^ einer 25 SBeiie). SSenn id) 2)tc^ iefct, getreue attin unb fiebensge^ faljrtin, frage, ma% ift eine gtiicfltdrie (Sfje S? 8 nig in. e^6rt ba in* ben eiratfontrntt nnfcrcr Xorfjter? 8 nig. Unterbrid^ micf) nicf)t! 2Benn)ii'3 nirfjt fitljtit, 30 ic^ fiil)l', tua biefer feierlid)e 9Iugenbti6f bebeuten wifl*! ^ot^am. fatten ju naben, 9J?ajeftat, i^ tiab' ^ier aurf) bereit u papier: 3l m s Jtoroen ottel :>lnftrttt III.] 3opf itno djtoert. 65 $ 5 n t g (fieljt angeneljm uberrafcfit Ijmuber). $aben @ie ba$ gefdjrieben? 4?otf)am. (3 ftefjt fdjon getooljnlirf) gebrudft iiber "otrfjen unb afyntidjen SBertragen. onig. ebrucft ift nic^t \o gut. er S3urf)ftabe, fagt 5 b.e d^rift, totet unb bocf) fangen @ie je^t an 1 ^otljatn. @ ^aubett fidj um* eine SSerbinbung jtoeter 9iationen, bie, an prac^e, itten unb ebrtiud)en* Der* fc^ieben, bennod ber SBerufyrungSpunfte * fo oiele gemein fyaben, ba fie jebe (Megenfyett ergreifcn foUten ju einem 10 inmgern* 2lnfdIu. ^5 nig. ^iinnten >te ba nid^t etnfle^ten, ba| bie @ng* (dnber eigentltdg oon ben S)eutfdgen abftammen? ^ot^am. 5)iirfte ju meit fii^ren. ^fintg. 9iun, toie @ie rootten. 5)er SInfang war gut. 15 $otf)am. (Sine fotd&e etegenl)eit bietet fic in bent beiberfeittg * aiigefprorf)enen 2Bunjd ber betben 2)^na[ttcen Don $reuen unb (Snglanb, jiuei i^rer erlaud^ten unb ruljm- loilrbigen proffen burd) ba Sanb ber ^eiligen @f)e t>er= binben ju njoflen. 3)er ^Srtnj toon 2Bate tt)irbt um bie 20 anb ber ^rinjeffin SBtl6,etmine. 23 i I b, elm inc. S)er ^rtnj toon 28ale? ^6nig (feterli^). 8t! ^otlam. Unb ertjatt biefelbe unter fotgenben S3e* bingungen - 25 SSit^elmine. @rb,att fie? ^ o n i g. @t ! @tore bod)* ben feterlidjen Sift nidjt burd) ^Slaubertjafttgfeit! SStt^elntine. 2lber wie ift eg benn nur mogltdj? Gfcrbtorinj (jur prtn5efrm). ^onigtic^e ^ofjeit, bie 83e- 30 btngungen merben ja erft entiuorfen*. ^onigin (Ocifcite). Unterlafj biefe Unterbredjungen! 5 66 fott etn $lbgefanbter be3 feinen ofe oon Saint ben SJianieren einer preufcifdjcn ^nit^efiin benfcn? onig (jur fi'onuiin). $>tefe plaub'jr^aften grnuenjinniter*! ut, err Don ott)am. >er 2lnfang roar gut. 9lid)t 5 (Srbprinj? rbprinj. Satuo^I - - 9JJajcftat (Seifctte.) fdjeuti^ ! ^bntgtn. $)ie 53cbtngungen? (^cifcite.) 2luf bte fteuer bin ic^ begierig*. 10 ^ottiam. ^araijrap^ (5in: dntg. (Srtauben @tc, ba fann tdj ^Ijnen fitrjer fagen. 3^ 9 e & e nieiner Xod)ter at 9lu[teuer meqigtaufenb X^ater unb etn jaiirtidjc^ s jfabelgelb toon smeitaufcnb lantern. 5)ie )orf)jeit tt)in id) aud) aurtd)ten *. $a ift aber nud) afle. 15 ^6 nig in (fte^t auf). $d) rotfl nid,t l)offen*, bafe bte3 3b,r Srnft ift, 9J?ajeftat! fitter ^pot()ain, ne^men @te biefe Srflariing r. aWajcftat ntd)t 511 ^rotofoQ. ^6 nig (nfrenb). D'Jtdjt u ^rotofod? ^m! m! SSteraig-- taufenb ^oter bare elb ^u roenig? 20 fcotfyam. ie grage ber 2JJttgtft* rotrb fiir etn fo reid)e Sanb lote (Sngtanb feine (Sdjtutcrigfeiten bieten. @ ^anbelt fid) bei njeitem me^t urn btejenigen p o t i t i f d) e n ^Sunfte, metdje bet btefer engen SSereintgung u befonberer SBeriirfftdjtigung fommen bitrften. 25 ^6 nig. ^olitifd)e ^unfte? ot^am. %<$ metne etnige grogen unb (grot* terungen*, bte id) mtr Dorjittragen ertauben mod)te. J^onig. Sragen unb (Srorterungen ? |>aben @ie an metner 5;od)ter ettoa au^jufe^en * ? (Ste^t auf.) 30 ^otljant. SKajeftdt, e fonnten fiir betbe ?tattonen felbft genriffe SSortetle 3)ann tebenSteJ ?'n[tTittIILJ 3opf unb t&d)ert. 67 . 9ftajcftdt in ber ^nDeftitur ber $er* jogtiitner Siilid) unb SBerg* ofyne |)inberm beftdtigen. &onig 3ted^t anftdnbig. $)anfe! (Srbprinj (Mfeitc). ^ot^am, gudjs! 5 ^ o t ^ a m. gerner ^at fi^ bei biejer Slngelegeniiett bag isartamcnt bereit erltart - ^6 nig. SBereit ertlart SBil^ctmine. 2lber hm foil * benn nur ba3 ^Sartament? 55^ fjeirate Ja nirf)t ba^ Dber- unb UnterJ)QU. 10 ^6 nig in ftaiwaut). tin I 2)a t>erfte^ft 2)u ntt^t. 3n ( . gtanb tyrerfjen aHe ^arteien mit*. Suntg (fjaibiaut). ^a, ^tnb! 5)a toare fo red^t* ein Caub fiit $etne SWuttcr. LIfo? ^otb/am. S)a^ ^artament erflart fi(^ bereit fur ben 15 gad, baf; @ro. 9}?aje[tdt bie roberung oon c^tuebiji^* ^onunern* DerDodftdnbtgen tuotten, be^^atb ba SRinifterium utdjt 511 interpeflieren *. .^1 6 n i g i n (angenefjm angeregt)- e^r ortig ! %d) b.atte ba ^ar lament ni(^t fur fo liebenrtmrbig ge^alten. S)enfe 2)ir, 20 5Biif)etmine, ba ^artament tmtt nid^t interpeflieren ! 3S i ( b, e t m i n e. SBa ift benn ba nun toieber fiir eine pottti^dje raujamfett ? ^ 6 n t g (jut $rinaeflta). Snter^eKieren ^eifet, baS 3Kinifte* riunt burd) unauft)6rlice SSiberfpriic^e *, nroenbungen * unb 25 3ttnfd)enreben* in Serlegen^eit fe^en*. S)rum ^at'^* 3)eine Gutter aurf) gteid) toerftanben. (Saut.) anfe, Itebfter err Don ^ot^am, gruen @ie bafiir ba ^Sarlament freunb* jd)aftltd)ft toon mir! Slber toeiter! SSetter! (Srbprinj (beifeite). %$ fteb,e auf @ob,ten*. 30 $ o t ft, a m. fjiir biefe Dtelen 83ert)eife oon ntgegenfomnten * unb Uttetgennii^igfeit, fiir biefe ntannigfarfjen unb Don mir 68 Roiif uiib Sditi'crt. norf) ndfyer ju rvoru'ri.b-'n * p^uton DOH pofitiKtjer 3 IUUM fomnienfyett unb tntiigrr v Jfigiing, bauerub, omig fidj eiiu'iu o t f) a m. ftu'r bte aHe nur nod) eine Heine 93ebingung unfererfett?, bie biefe etrat befouber fegen^retc^ fiir beibe Xeite mac^en toiirbe. ^onig. Soggefc^offen!* $ot6,am. S)tc preuifc^e 3nbuftrie tft aitf etner $56e. 10 bie e (Sngtanb tt)unfd^entt)ert erfc^etnen Ia|t, bie rjettg niffe berfelben unter geroiffen 58ebingungen aud^ bet fiii) priifen ju lonnen. 2)afiir ^5 nig. Safur? ^ot^am. SSurbe ngtonb firf) fel^r tierpftic^tet fil^Icn. 15 toenn bo jeit bent gtorreic^en 9?egierungantritt Surer 3Kaje[tat unterbrocfjene frii^ere freunbltdje fommerjiette @tn^ oerneb^nten ^ottiant. SSteber etntreten* unb ftd^ @w. SD?ajeftdt 20 entfrfjtiefjen * fonnten, bei etegen^eit biefer erfreultd^en, oon (Sngtanb mit 3 u ^el begnifeten SSerbinbttng eine teitroeife 2tuf= ^ebung* eintreten ju taffen ber gegenroarttgen ^Srob/ibttiD^ mo^regeln - onig. 28ie? 25 ^ot^am. 2Rit (Sinem SBort, ngtanb bittet itm ben 3tbjc^Iu eine neuen ^anbelltraftateS. ^ 8 n t g. anbel^tra!tate ? |>anbet (teljt ouf. ^aufc.) 3)ic ifcung tft aufge^oben*. ^ontgin. 28a tft*? 30 ontg. ab r i<^ barum bie ^uttnr ntetneS Sanbe 511 oerebetn gefud)t, ftanbet unb (Sefoerbe ge^oben*, bie cf)iff fafjrt beforbert, Xaufenben Don arnten franjofifd^en 3Jetigton 3lnftritt IV.) gopf unb (Sdjroert. 69 fliiditfingen * in meinen taaten citi 2(ft)t gegeben, ba id) nun, itm bie Glire, ntit nglanb Derfdjnriegert * u luerben, bie Xfyore offnen unb 5um SRuin metner lintcrtfyanen bte oerbotenen englifdjen SBaren toieber tjereinlaffen fotl? (e^t an ben tfcf) unb flingelt.) 5 Cafat (crfcfjeint). S'ontg. S^eine ajJtnifter! ^onigin. S33te? Sic tooHen ba titd S^r Xodjter opfern? ^tertcr Auftrttt 10 rutttbfott). erfentiorf. 1>rei cncratc. $>te i'origejt. S 5 n i g. Xreten nnnooer ongefomtnen. ^)5ren @ie je^t meine feier* lidjc ^ntroort barauf. (Srbprinj, 5)id)ter, erfdjrerfen tentdjt! If Unferegefte finben bennod) ftatt; unfere anonen foflen ben* nod) bonnern, unfere Satnpen follen bennod) ftinimern. @inb Sie geneigt, rbprinj, mid) auf ett)ig ju tterbinben? erb^rinj (mifaerftefjeiib.) a^ajeftat tote? SBar' eg mogftd)? 20 ^ 6 n i 9. SSoflen @ie mid) ju S^em ertigen djulbner modjen ? rbprinj (fmtbi fl .) ^d)? SSilb.el ^onig. SMjmen @ie ^urier^ferbe, (grb^rinj, reifen @ie in biefer tunbe aU mein SBedottmadjtigter nad) S33ien. 25 r b p r i n 5. meiner 2od)ter ift nad) SBien bergeben.* ^n mer$eb,n 2agen trifft in ben 9ftauern 30 meiner $Re[tbenj* ein profe* beg ertaudjten Saijert)aufeg ein. 3Pf mb dnwert. jtoingen mid) fiir ben fri;: biefer Mnfunft eine Sr^ersogS permit eine offene 61 ftarung 311 geben. onig. Unb bie ware? 5 |>otf)am. er $rtns toon 2BaIe -- tft bereitS f)ier 21 He. $>er ^rinj Don 2Bate in -- Berlin? $ o t f) a m. Sett brei tunben tft ber ^Srinj oon 2BaIe^ Ijier angefommen. ecfenborf. 1 10 rumbfom. } U " m 9^! S 1 6 n i g i n (triump^ierenb). 2)a gibt mir ba Seben loteber. $ 6 n i g (tft Ijefttg betroffcn, boc^ fantmelt er fief)*), ^>err Slitter toon otl)am, tc mu gefte^en, bajj mid^ btefe 9iac^rid)t iiberrajc^t, \a erfd^iittert. S n ^ e ff^ n fc^reiben @ie e nur 15 S^er eignen egoiftifdjen ^Sotiti! ju, menn ic^ ^fjnen erfldre, bo fiir mid in ^Berlin fein grember ejiftiert, ber nidjt an ben X^oren meiner Siefiben^ rec^tma^ig ongemetbet tft. SBiO man * ntid^ auf 3 a'ufcerfte bringen, toitt man mir ben eignen SBoben unter ben gujjen unfii^er mac^en, fo erfta'ren ie 20 bent ^Srinjen toon 2BaIe, ba id^ jlnar fefyr gerii^rt bin toon feiner Slnfyangticfjfett an meine gamitie, i^n aber unter folcfjni Sebtngungen, bie ba SSo^I meine SanbeS, baS (iirf meiner Unterttjanen bebro^en, ^oflic^ft erfuc^en liefee, bn ttoteber ^inauSjuge^en, too er fyereingefommen ift. 25 8te reifen tm 3(uftrag meiner aftonardjie nac 2Bien. mine, bie fiinftige S'aiferrrone nn'rb S)ic^ troften unb @,c 2ftabame (^ur Somgtn bet (2eite), roirb benn 3fr tolj ntd;i enblid) fetne renjen erreidjt |aben? 6nigin. $ lid) ift ?! (iRatjert f4 t^r traultc^ unb btetet t^r bie anb.) ^onigin (fcetoegt, f^tuanfenb). SSor einer tunbe, ja! ?luftrttt V.J 3opf unb Gdjtoert. 71 ? fcer ji-fct (rnfft fidj ttriebcr auf* unb entfdjloffen) bie perfflnltdje Stnfunft beg ^rinjen toon 2Bafe Ijat aHc entfdjieben! ^6 nig. 9iun benn, toer ben rieg mitt (3u otfi,am.) Sic tyaben feine anbern Snftrultionen at bte, bie* tmr ge^ort ^aben? 5 ^ o 1 1) a m. eine. S'dntg. @o empfangen te enerole, rumbfoto, edenborf folgen.) S'onigin (ju ^ot^am). 9J?ein err, @ie tjaben einer beigetooljnt, bie S^nen beftdtigt, tt)a man iiber meine 15 Sage in (Sngtanb nid^t gtauben rooflte. SSil^elmine, bie yiac^ri^t don ber 2tn!unft be ^rinjen tion SBaleg gibt mir ba Seben wieber. SReifen f Mn& ^tuert. (Slufeug Hi otb>m ift ein SBerrater, ein Unbanf barer , ber mid), bet un3 afle betrogen fjat! 2B ill) elm inc. Seten @ie borfid)tiger, fitnftig Don greunbfdjaft unb Stebe $u fpredjen, unb leben Ste toclil ! 5 (SBttl bet ffontfltn nad).) (Srbprinj. ^rin^effin, bag ber ^bfdjteb, mab^renb id) mitf) riifte, bem Xob ober ber ^erjroeiflung entgegenjugeb^en? SQ3iIb;eImine. Sn SSien flirbt fWd* nic^t fo tetdjt - (Srbprtnj. erjen, ba nut einmat ioat)rb,aft Itebte, etnmat unb ettrig, @ie, 2BtI^etmtne! SStt^etntine (beifeitc). SBa're* btefe prad6e fciue 20 aufd)uttg? rbprtnj. ^Srmjeffin, trig fiib^Ie, ma id) ^nen jd;u(big bin. iEBaljrtjeit oor ber 28ett, aufrtd)tige SBerbung urn ^()rc anb; fctbft mit efa^r, 6ie auf eiotg ju toerlieren. 34 geb^e jum iffonig, ja, idj erflare tb^nt jefct, je^t in biefem 25 Slugenbtirf, ba^ id) unfa^ig bin, feinem SBunfd) ju bienen; tc^ roerfe mid) ib.m ju giiBen unb geftefje mit offener (Sljrlid)= fett, bafe id) Ste tiebe. SBoHen ie? r b p r i n 5. @ie jittern, ^dn^-jfin ? 3d) fiifjte, ba^ 3^) r 30 finblidjeS ^petj Dor bent ebanfen bebt, 3^n (Sitern ju broken unb ber ttnime 3^^er eignen 2Ba|I ju fotgen. jlber iagen 6ie, gtauben @ie an ba* $er 3^) reg SSateri? SluftrtttYLJ Sopf unb anb toerjagt? 28 i I ^ e I m i n e (fi^ abnjenbenb). @ie toerben Xroft finben (Srbprinj. Unb tuenn er fie gettmljrt? 2Bitt)etntine (mit iifiertoalttgtent efuljl unb ben boHen 2Iubntcf) * 10 tf)re eraen gebenb, akr bafcet f^atf^aft*). S)ann fiirc^t' irfj, toerben @ie bod^ %i)i SBort nitfjt fatten jur Strafe, bajj ic^ @ie fo graufam gequd'It fjabe! ab.) Auftrttt. 15 (aHetn). rbprtttj. @ie liebt ntid^! @o ift benn @in ent= frfjieben! $$e|t ge^' ic^ ben geraben 2Beg, mitten in ben be Soroen ^inetn. SBa bleibt nod) iibrig? S3on oerraten, nirfjtS aU 2BiI^)eIminen Siebe unb ber 20 (eljt an bie S^ur be8 Stebcnter ^litftrttt. CT-ucromann. (f-rl)pvin ( v (tritt om Sontfl ^erau.) 2BoI)in, Srbprinj. $um ,^onig. 35 ^in^n ifyn in grofjcm fiber luen? 74 3opf b djwnt. [fcufoua III (5oermann. U6er @ie, $rinj. (Srbpring. <3te fcfjer^en. derSmann. $)te efanbtfdjaft nacb, SBien iibernimmt ber ^er^og don SBei&enfelS. 5 (Srbtortnj. 2Ba ift ba nun ttrieber? (SderSmann. eneralfisfatifdje Unterfudjungen. @6en an ben dnig getangt. mar bod^ etn ^erucfentnod^er! SrBprtnj. @ie finb toll! %< mu ben ^onig in ber ttndjttgftenSlngetegenljett meine Seben fprecfjen. (5sm rjinein.) 10 (StierSmann. Srlauben @ie, ^rinj! @e. 2Kaicflcit iiberfdjicfen S^) nen ^iefen iBrief. @r b p rtn 5 (ntmmt ben Srtef unfa Heft). ,,5tn metnen @ot)ii, ben ^ronprtn^en oon ^reufjen. (Sigenb^dnbig *, btnnen 24 timben in 9?b,einberg abjugeben, gefd'Higft burdj ben @rb^ 15 prinjen toon SBaireutlj." - - 2)a ift ja eine formtice - SlitSttjeifitng au 83erltn! SSie lommt bal gerabe je^t? (toermonn. 'ne fjofttdje Slnbeutung blo|. @8 ift atte entbecft unb nic^t 6lojj oon hiegen* Sftaptnt^re! ^ein, aftajeftat fennt @tc je^t tjoflftanbig afe Slbgefanbten 20 beg ^ronprinjen, ber b,ier in SBerttn ^ait unb >of* in 9letotution bringen foflte. 3Iuf @ie* ^at ber ^eriicfen^ madder aHe befannt. (Sro. ^pofjeit fomen mir gteic fo oerbfid^tig toor. tucflidge 9teife nad^ SRljeinSberg ! (sib.) rbprinj. SSerroten unb oerfauft* Don atten @eiten ! 25 $ 1 b, a m (trttt fc^nett bon faer Somgm ^erauS). ^Srinj, gtiicf-- lic^e SBotfd&aft, bie ^rinjeffin ift auf neue tierb,aftet morben rbprinj. S)a nennen <3ie, SSerrd'ter, eine gtflcftidjc Sotfogaft? ^ot^am. 3^od^ tne^r, ^rinj! $er SSerrater ^at niit 30 SSergniigen geb,8rt, ba aucb, @ie beim S'onig pto^Iidg in llngnabe gefaflen finb. S3ergniigen fjaben @ie ba get)6rt? Suftritt VII.) 3opf unb djiucrt. 75 f>otb,am. >er s -8errater oerftdjcrt ie auf (Sfjre, bafc e !etnen glnrffidjereit ?Bcg geben lonnte, ^jljte SKiinfd^c ju erfiitten. @rb:prin$. i^oflen 6ie mid) roafynfimtig madjen? otb,am. Um loenigftenS bie erfte Heine $)oud(je* 5 iiber ^^^ 3umf e l jit giefeen, (fic^t ftc^ um) tefen od^= 16 malbern* be SSaHtfer SanbcS"* $er ^rtna tft nit^t in Sertin? ^ot^om (ifidjeinb fid) umfiiidenb). benf onjenig , loie ie gegentDorttg im ^ataft Don Saint 3ame. (grb^rinj. Slber ma foU icf) batton benfen ? 20 $ o t f) a m. S)a& @ie ju !>otb,am greunbj^aft, (Srgebcn= ^eit unb ^tugfjeit ein beffere SSertrauen b,aben* fofltcn! rbprinj. 2)er ^3rtna tion 2Sate3 ift nid^t in Berlin? otb,am. @t! @r ift nic^t b^er fitr un; er i[t ober Ijier fiir a He, fiir jeben! 5)er ^rinj tjon 2BaIe ift ba, bort, 25 ^inter ber 28anb, tra Samin, in ber Suft, unter ber (Srbe, nirgenW, too er unS im* SBege ftefjt, unb ilberatt ba, o nrir i^n braud^en toerben jur fpafjijafteften ^omdbtc Don ber SBelt! ( r b p r i n 3. otl)am, id) tjatte mid; in %$wc greunb= 30 fd^aft nidfjt betrogen? ^otb/am. (Seitbem unfer $anbet$traftat burc^gefaHen 76 3tf n& @rf)h>ert. [Bur'aug III tft, ^enjotoenig , toie irf) mid) trofc erfer unb Ungnabc je|t in Sfyrer ^offimng irre! Slber fommen @te ju bem obotbe*, ber fiir un arbeiten fofl,- ju bem ra'tfel^aften etfte, mit bem ttrir Oon ^eut an bte 2BeIt in Slngft unb 5 rfjrecfen oerfe^en moHen, u S^) rem macfjttgen egner, aber nod) marfjtigeren SunbeS genoffen (Srbprinj | (lat^enb unb ftaunenb). @ie meinen ^jot^am. / gum ^rin^en toon (SBeibe ob.) 10 (Dei SSortjaiifl fattt.) ARGUMENT TO ACT IV. The King who is aware that secret meetings are held, in the Queen's apartments, resolves to surprise the Queen and has given orders to the guards on duty to let any white domino pass unmolested. Hotham who learns this secret order from a conversation with Eversmann and Seckendorf, intends to make use of it in behalf of the Prince of Baireuth whom he means to introduce that night into the Queen's and Wilhelmina's presence disguised as the expected Prince of Wales, whose visit he announces to the Queen. When Hotham takes leave of the King the latter at first ignores him but becomes reconciled when Hotham asks him as a favour to allow a young Englishman of rank to join his glorious army as a private. He even invites the English ambassador to take part that night in the famous Xobafsfoflegiiim. The Prince of Baireuth has also received an invitation to the Tobacco Assembly and is informed by Hotham that the King intends to make him the laughing-stock of the company. When the meeting takes place the Prince is able to parry all blows aimed at him and makes a deep impression on the King when he, under the disguise of drunkenness, addresses to the King some cutting remarks on the latter's weak points in his family life, and especially on his disregard of Wilhelmina's feelings in trying to barter her away like a piece of good. flutter OBrfle Corjimtner beS So'iugS au bem 9(mang be jtoetten StufeitgS. bent Sifcfje Sdjretbntaterialten. rfier Auftrttt. (SDcrc-matnt. ann Scrfcnborf. (trttt bom Kb'nig ^erau). etfenbotf (ftedt ben Sopf bur^ bie Xljur). oben @ie i^n fc^on gefe^en? 10 tierSmonn. SBen, ^err raf? @ecfenborf. S)cn ^grinjen toon 2Bo(e. @r ift in ber Zfyat in ^Berlin UberaH !^at man iljn ge^en Unter ben Sinben* -- an ber offrf)tietber jctn -- er= 10 fauben @ie. |)a, ^n! (c^t an bte Sfjiir.) 2)er lueifee 2)omino! ecfenborf. 2)er |>offd)neiber ? 2Ba fott benn nun loieber ber oft~rf)neit>er ? Unb ein roeifeer $>otnino? 35a ^ntereffe 3Bien ift unb bteibt bebro^t. 3)er ^onig ift b o c^ fiir (Sngtanb! 3^ tnufe (Seioi&ljeit tiaben. S^un ift eS Qtit, 15 ba id^ mic^ mit ganger ^raft entroicfte*. Broeiter Auftrttt. ^tot^am. GocrSmaun (mit einem fletnen $afct). crfcnborf. (oerbeugt fid)). err fitter. (Dcffnct ba $afet unb jtc^t einen ttjcifeen S)omino s Jian, ^>err don erfenborf, (!arf)dnb) wenn @ie ben don 9Bo(e fe^en woUen, (aeigt ouf ben omtno) ba ift er! (9[b jum Sontg.) 25 ecfenborf (6cifeitc). 3)a ber ^Srinj don SBateS? |>ot^am (6eifeite). (in mei|er 3)omino ber ^rinj don ecfenborf (beifette). 2Bte frmbinier' ic mtr benn ba nun roieber? 30 80 3Pf f> o t b, a m (beifette). oflte bafjinter toteftetdjt ein (35eb,etm= nte fteden*? erfenborf (beifette). grf) tm'fl ben fitter oth>m au* juforfc^en fudjen. 5 $ oil} am (beifette). 93iefleirf)t, bafj* mir ber befternte* err ba 5lufunft geben fann. erfenborf (raufpert ftcf)). SBie befinben fic^ be ^rinjen oon SSaleS tomgtic^e ^o^eit in Berlin? Sin raf erfenborf. 10 4?ot^ant. ^^ crfreut. jjeflcns faljen ja, er be- finbet fid) (jeigt eetmann nac^) in ben beflen ^)anben. edfenborf (ftufet. Seifeite). SBeflen |>anben? goppt ber midj ober fop^t man i^n? ( fd;eint, er fterft mit* in bent omplott 16 ^ot^om (fcifette). Dog 3Ki|t)erftanbni f^annt rneine 9ieugier. edtenbotf. @te trren fid), $err Slitter, menn ie gtauben foflten, ba toir ben Setuerbungen be ^rtnjen Don 2Bate entgegengearbeitet * Ijaben. SSerfdjaffeu ie mir e- 20 tegen^eit, ben ^5rinjen 511 fpredjen, unb id) merb' e mir ur @^re anred^nen, ifjm biefe 5Serftd^erung miinblidj ju nrieber* ^ o t a m (auf bie Sljttr be ontg seigenb). 2)er Sintritt in ba ^abinett r. 2ftajeftat be ^6nig fte^t ja, hrie ic^ ^ore, 25 bem faijerltdjen (Sefanbten jit jeber 3^it offen. edenborf (beifeite). ^abinett be 5ntg ? SSo^in eben ber ^offdjneiber ben roeifeen 2)omino (Saut.) Don ^ot^om, ift Sfjnen DteHeidjt bie age don ber grau befannt, bie feit ^a^r^iinberten mit ber efd)icf)te bc^ 30 branbenburgifdjen $aufe Derfd)n)iftert * ift? . jp o t ^ a m. 3 att)0 ^, jcetlenj, id) b^ore, ba fie fid) fcit einiger 3 c i ttuftritt H.] 3opf itnb @d)n>ert. 81 erfenborf (bdfeite). eit einiger Qtit. ( ift ein plott! Unter bem ef)eimni ber SBeifcen jfrau betru'gt man un*. 2)er ^rinj n 28ale fteljt mit bem 6nig im oH^ ftfmmenften @in&erneb,men. (Saut.) |>err Don f>otl)am, ie ipielen ein boppelte (Spiel, erabe tjerau! 2)ei ^rinj 5 ift nicfjt nur ^ier, er roirb aud^ beim ^onig jeber$eit oor* Hi'laffen. ^ o t f) a m. 28orau fdjtiefeen @te ba ? ecfenborf. (3 ift artig auSgebactjt, bte age Don bet SBeifcen grau gerabe je|t luieber in Umlauf 511 bringen *. 10 ^ot^am. Ser ^outg roirb feine Urfac^en baju ^aben. Secfenborf. 2)er ^onig? 5ltfo luirftic^ ber ^onig feine ? |>ab,a! Unb @ie gtauben nit^t, ba man ba feine* Spiel burcbjdjaut, ba e Slugen gibt, bte auc^ bet ^iactjtjeit geroiffe ^Serfonen im 5)unfeln iiber bte ^ofe be 15 fbntgltdjen (Si^loffe f^leid^en fe^en, D^ren, bie e beutltc^ t)6uen, ba^ biefe $erfonen begb,alb nicb,t angerufen roerben, loeil fie b,a, fya, l)a ! etnen roeien domino tragen ? Sieber |)err oon ^pot^arn, @ie miiffen %fyr;e ^Itine bod^ nod^ ettt)a feiner einfdbeln, mean Sie nic^t ben einfadjften ^ombinationen 20 53(6cn geben* rooflen. Slber bauen ie nic^t $u oiel auf bte Doming, bie ber $6nig bem ^Srinjen Don 2Bale3 an* gL % bett)en IdBt! @ ift fetn 9ieffe, er toitt ib,n nid^t fompro* iittttteren, er la'fjt il)n beSb.alb unter atterlet SSerfletbungen au^- unb einpaffieren. lauben ie mir, bag ift afle tt)a 25 er b,ier $u tjoffen l)at. SSenigftenS toiirbe e mir leib tb,un, mcnn ein junger, erft beginneubec tplomat, nne ie, in biefem 2Binf nicfjt Oon etnem taatlmatm etma^ lernen uiollte, ber ^roanjig %afyict fcfjon foiubtniett ^at unb in om= biaationen nodg ntdjt iibertroffen ift. (sib.) 9C 82 8opf unb Sdjtoert. [Slufeua IV. JDrttter Aufhrttt otljam. 2)ann ber fiiwifl. (SJriimfcfotei. (f-icrSntantt. >otb,am (aHetn). $)ie 233arf)en laffen einen tueifeen $)omtno pajfteren au 9tiicf[icb,t auf ben ^rinjen Don SSateS, ber a,ar 5 ntcfjt erjftiert? Unb in ba abinett beg ftonigS tra'gt man in ber t)at einen meien 35omtno? ^)ter finb ( yuet 2ljat* fatten. 5)er Sonig felbft ^at ein nact)t(id)e5 2Ibenteuer dor, loobet er oon feinen SBad^tpoften nid^t geftbrt fetn tniU. Seine unftltnge, bie afle gu erfafyren fucfjen unb bo<^ nur 10 at(e ^atb miffen, bringen ben @rf)Iofcbefeb,l nut bent e= f^enft, genannt ^rinj oon 2Bate, in SSerbtnbung nnb fe|en eine <5cJ)onung be* jungen Slbenteurer melleirf)! au tier= roanbtfd^aftlic^en StiicEfic^ten ober toof)! gar* au 2tt>jtcb,ten oorau. Unbejab^tbar! (Se^t fic^, urn i 15 etwas p fe^reiben.) 2)o fonnt' td^ unter bem SSortt)anbe, ben don 28ale einjufu' b,ren , ben aii S3er(in unb bem Derbannten (Srbprinjen toieber ungeb.inbert balb ju feiner gefangenen ^rinjeffin, batb jur S'onigin* -- ei, ba tt)irb onnenlidjt! 5lber erft nod^ Sturm. $)er ^onig fommt. 20 Sonig (jmn 8tu?ge^en berett). ritmbfott. EoerSmann. $5 nig (fpri^t f^on braufeen). SSer, fagten @ie? rumbfott). er fitter Don |>otb,am. ^6 nig (eintretenb). Sagen @ie ib/m, id Itefec mid^ ifjnt unb feinem engtifd^en s ^retsfourant beftenS empfeb.fen* - 25 2Bir ttmren b,ier in Serlin nic^t baumtuolltfd) gefinnt rumbfott) (jeigt auf otfjam, ber ftc^ betbeuflt). >err t)0n ^otfiam roiinfdEjt @ro. Sftajeftat perfonttcb, au^uwarten. ^ o n i g. agen Sie ib,m, $reuen nat)me fi<^ jufammen. 25ie betjrf)en gabrifanten mii^ten Suft b/aben*, urn ben 30 (Snglanbern b-4 na^utjafpetn unt na^uraeben*, a3 bie un fdjon oorauS finb. Stuftritt III.] 8opf mtb djrocrt. 83 rumbforo. )err Don otb,am ift int -Begrtff, fid) Oon (Stt). SWajfflat fcfbft bie (Sntlnffnng ^u erbitten. ^6 nig (nidn ndjicitb). 2)te 9lngclegent)cit ift abgctfyan. Oflm burd) meine SJtinifter! ^d) jiefye bie ublidjen Sormcn dor. (Scfct fid)-) 5 r u m b f o tu (in bcv 3Jiittc). ie feb,en, ^>err toon ^otb.am f> o t b, a m (su rumbfom). 6agen @te @r. S^ajeflat, ^>err enerat, baft id) nnertMid) bebaure, ben Qmed meiner 9?eife Derfe^ft u fyaben. Sagen o t b, a m. Unb fiigen @ie gefafligft ^inju, >err Oon 25 rumbfort), ba man annetjmen biirfte, ba bie ^Brinjeffin bie gteidjen (Sni^finbungen fiir itjren SSettcr, ben ^rinjen Don SBateS, b,egt - S'onig. 5)arauf geljen @ie gar nid)t ein*, riunbfott), fonbern erftaren @te ib,m, bafj mcine Sinber geftiob.nt* finb, 30 meinen SBiflen ju erfu'tlen, unb bie @adje mit SBien and; jdjon fo gut njie in 3tid)tigfett ift. y 3ierftanbcn * ? 84 3Pf runtbfoU). (geljr i $otb,ant. gugen <3ie audj fyinju, err tion rumbfoto, baft tdj beim 2lfcfd)ieb don @r. Sftajeftat mtr b,atte* eine nabe auSbttten rooflen. 5 5 n i g. rumbforo, @ie miiffen i^n bann aui^ fo bei- Inuftg fragen, roa ba fur 'ne nabe jein foU. ot&,atn. ^ erc General! rumbfora. |>err tion $ot6,am! ^ot^am. SSenn fid) ber ^onig geneigt jdgt, bte bittere 10 2Irt, roie er einen Serounberer feiner militatifcfien rofse entla&t, au i^m angebornem (Sbelmut ttneber gut madden ju tooflen, bann fagen @te i^m, ic^ b.atte einen fc^6n= gebauten fraftigen jungen 9ftann, einen nab,en Sefannten toon mtr, au guter gamilte, ber e fi<^ gur b.re anred)nen* 15 miirbe, unter ben rufjmtoollen gab.nen @r. 9JJajeftdt dow unten auf* ju bienen. ^6nig. rumbfotu! @ie fonnen bann au^ bent $emt oon f>ot^am fagen, ba ntir fein SSefen, feine 9ftanieren recftt roofjt gefaden l^aben unb ba& ic^ don ^er^en ttwnfcf)te, 20 bte Sngtdnber roaren aHe don feinent cf)Iage*. SSa ben jungen 9ftann anbelangt*, fo Iie&' ic^ ib,n fragen*, ob fid) ber SRefrut felbft equtpteren* tooflte? ^pot^ant. giigen @ie aud^ b,tn$u, $err (Senerat, ba^ fid) ber junge 9ftann bet @r. SKajeftat Slrmee etnfteHen 25 mi'tcbe, uorfdjriftSma'&ig angetb,an*, |>aar unb ^>er auf ber redjten tette, unb bafj er aud) einen artigen SDhtttcrpfennig* mttbringt. ^6 nig (immer onaeneljmer bfrit()ri). SSon einent gebornen Snglanbet ntdjt anberS ju ermarten. rumbfoiD, fragen 30 @te it)it aud^, ben fitter, ob ber jungc Wann, ber ob.ne 3'Detfct in (Snglanb ba preufeifdje (jor^itiuni * einfufyren foil, hcff.'r 511 ^ufe obfr 511 s ^ferbe roarc? Jluftrttt HI.] gojjf unb cfjwert. 85 ^otfjorn. @r bittet urn cine tetle bet ben arbe- bragonern in ^otlbam. onig. $otbam! $a geb,t nidjt*. 9{fle* nrifl gur arbe! Sftein, nein, er fann cintreten -- toortaufig in in bei ben tafenappfdjen giiftlieren*. 9Judj etn 5 Regiment. jottjam. 5)riiden ot:b,am. ^n affen gdhmgen, { n a u en 3fjeifeberid)ten tieft man toon einer efetlfdjaft in ^Berlin, bie jebe SSor* [teflung iibertrifft, bie fic^ ein (Sngtanber toon lub* unb qe^Ioffenen efeQfd) often* nur madjen fann. Sontg. 5)a foflte bet un in SBertin bie ^otijei 20 bittben? 2)a bin id) borf) neugierig. ^ o t b, a m. @in genuitlidjer SKann berfammett njodjent^ lid) einigemat in einem fleinen niebrigen Dimmer bc @djloffe eine Heine auscrtefene (Sefeflfdjaft con SRdnnern, benen er fein nad)[te SSertrauen frfjenft. Sluf loljernen djemetn 25 fi^enb, oft mit auSgejogenen Sflodfen, ben SBierfrug dor fid) auf bem groben ifrf) t>on Sidjen^olj, bie bampfenbe b.oHan* bifdje Xb^onpfeife tm 9ftunbe, untertjdtt man fid) bafetbft trofc ber b.ob.en tefliing, ttpefdje biefe Scanner atte in ber SBelt etnneb.mcn, auf bie ungebunbenfte* SSeife. Sinige, bie nidjt 30 raudjen fonnen, fatten, um bag nfembte nidit p ftoren, bie 'iBfeife fait im S^unbe. ?)en toff jum Sad)en bietet 86 3Pf unb cfiiBert l*ufjitg IV getoofynlid) ein Sftttglieb bar, unb e gefyt f5*mltdj* nadi bent Sofe. $)a 8ttd)b(att* ber luftigen (Satire ju toerbcii, fann an jeben bie Stelae fommen. 3 n cine ifjung biefcr fonberbarften afler |>ofa[iembleen etngefiiljrt geroefen gu fein *, 5 toa're fiir mid) etne ber benftoflrbigften (grtnnernngen, bie id) Oon Sertin mit ^inmegjune^men tuiinic&en fonnte. So nig. 5ltte ^Better, rumb!onj, id) gtaube gar, er tneint nnfere Xabagie*? ott)am. 5)a wettberiifimte preuifd)e Xaba?foIIe= 10 gium * ! ^8 nig. Unb bat>on fatten @ie fyatte ber Slitter - S^ein (fteijt auf) je^t braud)' id) bie iiblid)en gormen nid)t meljr. fitter |>ott)am, @ie ^aben oon meiner Xabagie ge- prt, @ie ^aben ute Don i^r gejprodjen, bag ffl^nt mid) 15 mit 3$nen au! Simnen @ie raudjen? ^>otb^am. 2etd)ten b^ottanbtfd)en SSarina. So nig. ab' id), and) ^Sortorifo, audj ungarifd;en Xabaf. S a / itf) toff e i e ^ f9 ar ^ n oer ^ ar ^ Sranbenburg einen trefflidjen Snafter* jteljen. 20 ^ o t ) a m. gi ir ^' e )" e n toiirbe id) banfen *. So nig. eben anb, Slitter! Sommen @ie ^eut in unfer Sofleg. Sei einem Xrunf *8ter fpiilen* loir unfern biplomatifdjen Sirger ^inunter, unb in ben btauen S)ampfn)olfen tterpuffen tt)tr attc unfere 9lan!e, ^fijfe unb 25 ftniffe*. (SoerSmann. 2lber, ^ajeftat, mcr foil benn ^eute ben toff jum Sadjen abgeben*? ^ot^am. ^men to. 9J?ajeftat ^eute mid) gum @ttd)btatt! 80 So nig. O^o! ^err Slitter, bo ge$t'3 fd)arf ^er*! 933er fo don eincm 5)u^enb alter otbaten gopreflt* wirb, ber crljott fid) in ein panr 2Bod)en nid)t roiebor! ?i;ft.ttt IV.] 3opf wtb ot(jam (beifette). ?lngeneb,me diidfat, bo ben gud) 511 madjen. 6nig. 28ir finben* abet fdjon einen, ben nn'r b,eut in bie 3Kitte nefymen. Sadjen foUcn anb fuffen ju biirfen, 25 fonbern rennet audj mit afler efynfudjt fetneg ^erjen^ bar* auf, enblidj gum SInblid feiner teuren ^rinjeffin iBraut ju gdangen. Sieten @ie atte auf*, fiir biejen 3lbenb bie ^rinjeffin au il;ier aft ju befreien. (Scfircibt nod) ijtnjii.) %ert. [2tufeitfl IV ttrirb fie ungefjinbert on ben SBad^en beg erg ber Gutter befttirmen, bie offend Iid)e Sftetnung, reprafentiert burd) bie getabenen dfte, fiir 5 fid) geroinnen (fiegeit). SBenn ic^ nun nodj ben (Srbprin^en a^a -- ba ift er. (5 1 b p r i n J (fic^t fcfion border in8 Dimmer). ^otam, id^ fucfte otl)ain. S n f^9 c cincr furiofen biplomatij'^en 83er= ^anblung bin icf) l^eute 311 ber S^re gelangt, gtetcfifall^ jur Xabagie eingefaben 311 raerben. Unb um mir nun ben redjten ^autgout* ber bortigcn, tuie e fc^eint, ettoaS flarf naturttd^en 10 llnterfjaftung ju tierjrfjaffen, ^at man fid) nadj einem SSSilb- bret* umgefe[)en, auf ba eine aUgemeine ^e^jogb* angeftettt loerben fott @r Spring. Unb bie 28itbbret - - foH Sd^* fetn? 9fiun h)irb' 511 arg! ^otfyam, ja, ic^ tuttt t)in, id) roitt mtc^ 15 an itnterfte @nbe ber gro^en Xafet fe|en, aber id^ fage ^nen, meine (Sebutb ift erfd^opft. %<$) mitt jeigen, ba id gegen bie pafce plumper olbaten SSaffen fiiljre, bie tc^ bi^er nid;)t angetoenbet ^abe. %&) rt)i( ^ingeiien, mil fdjein* barer Sftutje luerb' id) au^5ren, tt>a man mit mir borfjat*, 20 aber bann roerb' ic^ audp me in en S'odjer* Ijer&or^ieljen, ^5feit auf ^Sfeit auf biefen groben 5)efpotimu abfd^iefeen, unb ttjenn i^nen audg bie efdjoffe ntd)t burd)3 grobe Seber* fotler* bringen, bann, $otl)am, fd)Iag' ic^ mit bem $>egen brein*! 25 ftotfyam. 83rat), ^5rinj ! @o redgt*! SSortreff (ic| ! @o faun idj 6ie brauc^en. @o fafyren @ie fort! Sa ift bie pradje, bie man ^ier reben mufj! 2)ie S^it ritctt fyeran; metnen ^tan aueinanber^ufe^en *, fiit)rt ju roeit -- biefen 33rief fc^nett an bie fi'bnigin beforgt*, bann in bie Xabagie % - aber evt. 91 nefjmen, ba id) iljnoit nicf)t mat iiber bie 23lafe fomtne*! 23 te ift'3 mil bem u'oiften ftittet*, ben id) befteflt Ijabe? & o e r m ci n n. 'Me* in Drbnung. onig. SSenn bie itjung aufgeljoben ift, tpeifc (Sir, id) t)orf)abe - 5 (SderSmann. lfle in Serettj'^oft. ontg. @cV @r jcjjt! 9Ktt locfenfc^tag je^n wirb bie geoffnet. (5 b e r 8 m a n n. 11 S3ef e^I ! (sib.) So ntg (gefjt an genfter unb bletbt cine SBeile fte^en. ?|?aufe). 10 Set meiner grau ift rt)teber td)t ba briiben! S)rei 3^ntcr finb ertjettt, h)o' an e i n e m genug * ift, unb ber atg ift fo teuer! 3(uf* fjeute ^oc^t finb ein Su^enb grauenjimntcr fjtnubergelaben njorben, unb jebenfatt^ foil ein grojjeS ^om* ptott gefdjmiebet unb ber ^rtn^ oon 2Bate3 ntir jum Xro^ 15 infogntto ba empfangen roerben! Slber tuartet, id^ fommc unter eucfe*! (Sin Sag, ber nridjtig angefangen Ijat unb tt)t(^ttg enben foU! (Sine Heine 3i mmcru O r Sed)|ler luftrttt. 20 ie Sfebcnt^ur nac^ rc^tS Juirb gcoffnct. Sie SJWgUeber ber gefeHfc^aft, (ijritmbfoiu unb Sctfeuborf an ber pifee, treten ein. (Sf) Te 3 Q ^l betragt aufeer ben ^anbelnben ^erfonen ctma noc^ je^n. 8[He treten feierlii^ ein, ben ut auf bem Sopfe, bie 5]3feife im SKunbe. SBeim fffinig noviiberfle^enb faffen fte an ben ut unb neTjmen einen Stugenfclirf 25 bie $feife au bem aRitnbe.) 3 u ^ e lt ^otljnm unb ber (grbprinj. Xcr ftbitig (|tc()t lints unb Idijt ben 3ug an fid) boriiber nadj rcc$)t paffteren). O'ucr^mnnn. rumbfon) (mad)t We borgei^riebene SBegtufeung). Uten Slbenb, aKajeftStl 30 ^ontg. uten 9(benb. rum6fott)! 92 3opf unb djtoert. [Stufjiig IV. erfenborf. uten 5l6enb, 6nig. uten Slbenb, erfetiborf! raf @d)tt>erin. uten STbenb, 3Rajeftfit! 6nig. uten 5Ibenb, @d)tt>erin! djmedfs *? 5 (SJrafSdjtuertn. SDanfe*, 3Kajeftat! (e6,t boriiber.) raf SBartenSi'eben. uten 2lbenb, SKajefifit! ^6 nig. uten 5lbenb, SBartenSteben ! ^at fie Suft*.- 1 raf SBartenSleben. S)an!e, S^ajeftat ! (e$t boru6cv. S>ie anbem ge^en aCe itad^ unb nac^* ober meljrere auf emmal* mil i^c-- 10 grufjuttgen boriifier.) ^ o n i g. 9lim, metne |>erren, neljmen @te ^SIa|. Dfyne Unterfdjieb, nad) Belteben! ^utberbampf madjt a He 8 gletd}. rum6fom. ?lber ba ^tet, aKojcftat, ba un fiir ^eutc berfprodjen? 15 ^otttg. $a, ^a! bte djeibe*. S)a i[t pc. (ot^am unb ber Erbprins treten em.) Slttc. er rbprinj? rbprinj. uten Slbcnb. ^8 nig. 9ted)t fo, rbprinj, ba^ @ic gefommen [inb. 20 9lnn fonnen Sie bod) in 9if)einberg ctma DrbenttidjeS * oon ntciner gomitie roiebererja^Ien. (SBeifeite.) Spion*! (Caut.) ^d) gtaube gar, <2ie rand)en fott. Srbprinj (mit ber^altenem 3om). S)a8 geiier benf id) mtr !)ier gu ^olen. 25 (Wan fcjjt fid^ unb jtoar fo, bafs an ber etnen pt^e be S;if^e ber Sontg mtt rumbfott), an ber anbern ^otf)am mit bcm Erbprtnjen fi^en.) Sfintg. Sangen @ic 511*, metne ^erren. 2>a ftetjen bie @orgenbred)er*! erfenborf. Stuf ba 2M)t r. aJtajcftfit! 30 onig. S^Zein, nod) einent ^et|en Xag tooQ Srger unb Summer auf $eiterfeit, gro^ftnn unb giite infatte*! (9tHe ftofeen an.) (ber ab= unb ; uget|t, bie afte bebicut nub bie Jtitftrttt VI.] gopf itnb djtoert 93 Sotjlen gum 2ti!jmiben rcicfjt, beifeite). 5luf Ginfdde* ftof}' id) nidfjt an. 3d) baue tnir jegt fdjon mein ttierteg >au. dnig (beifette). rumbfoiu, id) glaube, Ijeute ttrirb'S fyiibfd) luerben*. (Srumbfoft) (beifeite.) 5)en (Srbpdnjen rooUen loir 5 gleirf) anbo^ren*. (beifette.) Sftadjeti ie'5* guabig. er 5lngft= ftet)t i^m fc^on auf ber time. (Sam.) (Sagen ie mat, (Srbprhtj, ba @ie boc| fo Diet in ber SSJclt fjerum- geminbbeutett * finb, rauc^en fte*benn audj fc^on in s -8erfatHe 10 Xabaf? (Srbprinj. S^iein, 9J?a)e[tcit, aber in 2onbon ijab* i^ 9JJatrofen gefefyen, bie !auen i^n*. ^6 nig. 53rr! rnntbfott), ba fii^ren toir nicf)t ein id) toiH nicfyt fagen oon toegen bent* efdjmarf, aber fotc^e 15 ^a^tjeiten miiffen fetjr foft^ielig werben. ^ot^ant. Unjere SJJatrofen braudjen ben Xabal aud) nur aU S^tttel gegen ben forbut* ecfenborf. 28ag ift forbut? rbprinj. @in libel, >err Oon ecfenborf, bog mit 20 tinent bijfen Munbe anfdngt*. 6 n i g (ladjenb beifeite). W) , rumbf ott) , merfen @ie ioa*? @r fie(t. 3 e |t mat b,erau ntit ber s $teinpe*l (Srumbf DID. DerSmannl @inb bie neuften t)ottan= bifd^en ^citungen angefommen ? 25 (SoerSmann. toob,!, aber toieber lauter Siigen brin, Siigen? Srurn, gtaub' id), nad) bem loort, ift audj unfer Sier fo fauer. rnmb!on). agen @ie, Soergmann, fteb,t nid)t tion 30 brin? , o t b, a m (beifeite jum Srbprinjen). SRitften @te fid) ! 94 8">f "nb Sdjtoert. [STitfeitg IV. @ermann (frcdj). 514 ti& fo cm tteiiu 2anb> djen 6ntg. (Stifle ^reufjen war aurf) etnmat flein! Sagen 2ie lieber, ttm frfjreiben benn je$t bic ^otlanber iiber @ocrmann. (gcfjanblic^! toaren* QU luieber fo diet ^eferteure bunfjgegangen S'onig. S)a ift ntcfyt gelogen. Setber! rbprinj. Slber fie briicfen ftc^ bariiber jartcr au. 10 ^onig. S33te benn, (Srbprinj? (Srb|)rinj. ?)ie arben (ro. 9ftajeftat bcftu'nben au 3P?enfc^en f bte grofctenteite an etnem fronf^aften SBad^^tum Ittten. 2)iefe Sfltefen befdmen jutueilen ^ertoben, too fie fo aitSf^Iiigen *, bafs fie fiber ofle gi^ten gtngen unb ganj an lo bem menfc^tid^en efi^t^freife berfd^njanben. ^ 6 n i g. |w, l^a ! Suflig auSgebritrft. Xrinfen @ie bod) (SJrumbfott). 3^ benfe*, @nj. ^o^ett lefen nur fram SBIatter*? 20 rbprtnj. 3d^ njiirbe am liebften preufjtfdje lefen, aber, ban! ber ^Solitil be |>errn don (Srumbforo, jur ^eit * biirfen in ^reitfeen noc^ fcine flatter erfrfjeinen. ^6 nig. ^>a, ^a, ba ^aben @ie'. (Seifette.) @ie^', fie^', ber nimmt fid^ fein Slatt oor ben 2Tcunb*. @ toirb 25 fjubfrf) ^eute. |>ot^am (kifeite jirot erbprutaen). 2Berben @ie nidgt ju fc^arf! aJta^igung! rumbforo (beifeitc). ecfenborf, ftrengen @ie 'ntal 3^ren SBifc an. 30 Secfenborf fteifeite). title, id) fombiniere fdgon lonflf ettoaS. Saffen @ie midj nur bie giinftige &\t abroarten. So nig. 5tber @ie trtnfen nidrjt, (grbprinj! $ier inufj 9luflritt VI.] 3opf itnb d)ioeri. 95 man trin!en fonnen. OBeifcite.') (h>er3ntann, fcftenf (r ifjm tiidjttg ein*. otb,am (bcifcitc). Hftan nntl i[feu @te aber and), ft)el(^e groe rfinbung bie SDJonfc^ijeit bem atten SDcfjauer gu t)erban!en |at? (Srbprinj (bcifeitc). ^otfjam, toiffen @te'^ nic^t? ^jot^am (bdfette). 55umme Ouerfrage* fagen @ie 10 bie amafc^en! @rbprin. 28a ber alte 5)effaiier erfunben ^at, luiinfdjen @tt). SUcajeftat ju rtJtffen? ^5 nig. 3a! 2Ba ^ot ber alte $effauer erfunben? edEenborf (beifdie). @e^en @ie, nun fangen totr itn. 15 Srbprinj. S)a ^Sulber fann'S nicfjt fein*, benn ba ^at fdjou err oon ecfenborf erfunben. (sttte la^en.) edfenborf (beifeite). Saffen @ie nur, rumbfow, id| toarte nur ben giinfligen ^lugenbtirf ab. o n i g. S5ie eifernen 8 a b e ft 6 etben, in feinem Seben nidjt juftanbe brtngen. (Setfeite.) Xrinft er benn, (SoerSmann? ^ot^am (beifeite.) SSerttcren @ie %fyien SSorteil nicl^t. 25 (r b p rin s (beifeite). SSer fann aurf) an bie eifernen Sabe ftbrfe benfen? rumbforo (auffte^enb). ?luf bie gfurftidje 9leife @t. ^o^ett be rbprtnjen Don Saireutf)! 51 II e (aujjer bem Sonige fte^en auO- Iii(f lidje 9?etfe ! 30 ^ot^am (beifeite). @ie erliegen, @ie oerlteren afle$! Srbprinj (bcifeitc). (Sd^anblicfie ^)3erfibie*l 96 3*>f n & rfltoert. [3(uf jug IV. fyotfyam (betfette). ^ponieren ie ifyni! rob tote ct jelbft! (Stetten @ie fid)* beraufdjt (Me fcfccn ftdj timber, na^^ bem fte lac^enb cmgeftofeen fyaben.) ( r b p r i n 5 (ftefjt mtt bent $rug in ber anb auf mtb foridjt 6 mit ber Hnbeutung* einer lei^ten Zrunfen^eit). SJJeine ,err^aften go nig (fieifeite). %$ gtaube, er ^at 'nen @pt^*I rbprin j. Unb unb unb icfj banfe ^nen. (cfet ftc^. SlHe lac^en.) ^ on t g. SBraoo, Srbprinj ! SBortreffftrfjer 3ftebner finb Sie ! 10 rutnblott). aKajeftat, ct ift fertig*. @r fott jefet cine SRebe fatten 6 8 nig. %a, rbprinj, fatten @ie 'nc 9tebe. SIHc. Sine ^ebc, cine SRebe! tb^rinj (ftii^t ben Sopf in bie $anbe unb fte^t nidjt auf*). 15 ^>ot^am. @ frftge fi^* nur, fiber tt)Q? ^6 nig. fiber afleS, ioa er nritt! ^ot^om. 3^ ttJU^te einen intereffanten egenftanb. ^5 nig. erau bamtt! ^ot^am. fiber irgenb ein 3JlttgIieb biefer luftigen (Se* 20 fettfc^aft. S 6 n i g. Xopp * ! Unb baft toir nid^t lange jit braudjen fiber midj! Sltte (betroffen.) fiber @. 2ftajeftat? ^ o n i g. @ ift fc^redEIi^ Ijetfe ^ter ! (ftnfipft r^ ben SRorf 25 9Kad)en nrir'S iin bequem*, @oermann! mal Io*! |>alten anb einer lieben^murbigen Xod^ter balb ^ier-, balb bort^in ber= frfienfenb *, fiel ib.m ntemalS etn, aud^ einmal ber SBa^I be 15 ^erjeng Stec^te etnsuraumen, auc^ einmal ju fragcn: 3Kad^t mciite 2Bab,t btct) auc gtii(ftid, S'inb? ^8 nig. (SoerStnann, nec)m' (Sr mat bie $fetfe! @rbprin. 9tun ift er gefc^teben. ^eue ^reaturen*, bie ttmfyrenb feine Seben ba |>er5 ber 2ftutter com ^er^en 20 be 5Bater unb atten entfernt geljatten fatten, jittern. 2Ba ber toerfannte Sob.n mit btefen ^treaturen beginnen roirb, ftef)t bafjiu*. 5)e $ater c^opfungen roerben bie runblage biefeS StaateS bteiben. liber fie fjer aber U)irb ein mitberer eift nje^en, ^itnfte unb SBiffenfd often toerben 25 ben 3?u[)m ber ugeln unb ^'anonen iiberfliigeln * unb ber fyintnidanftrebenbe* Slbler ^SreufjenS mirb feine S)edtfe* je^t mal)rb^aft erf Men: Nee soli cedis! 3 U beutfc^*: elbft ber onnc Slid barf bid5 nid^t btenben! @etbftbie@onne mn 'JJir OU bem SSege ge^en ! (SBeflnnt ftdj unb ge^t, (lc^ toieber triinftr. 30 fteaenb noc^ einer $afe, on ben Sifcf).) $otb,am geben @ie mir ju trtnfenl (nndi finer ^mifcV 28a3 ift bie Sluftritt VI.) Bopf unb ert. 99 (uermann. Slfe burrf)* Sftajeftat (Scifcite.) Itvffen ttrir jefjt ben ^rinjen. tion 28ale, bamt tuefye iljtn! 8ntg (geljt an ben Jifd) itnb ntmmt etiten trap), rbprinj, rcenn @ie morgen bet Serflanb finb, bann laffen <3ie fid^* er^a^ten, ba id) mit ^t)nen nngeftofien ^abe*. 5 erbjprinj (ftofet an). 3u S3efe^I, 9ftajeftat ^ 5 n t g. (5r tierftet)t' tiidjt, Ijot^om ! iiberfe|en itjminS 9iiicf)terne*! ute s Jiarf)t, metnc $erren! iuic^ etnmal urn iinb &etrad)tet ben Grfiprinjen rai^benflic^, tnbem er beffen SBorte toteber^oit :) n Wlad)t meine S33a^I bid^ auc^ gliicfUrf)?" 10 (STuf ben (Srbprtnsen fcltcfenb.) (Sc^abe lint ib,n *, e ift etn S3itc^er= menfc^. (SDerSmann (ergrcift gcfdiafttg etnen Seucfiter, ftretft tm 3orn an bent triumpi;ierenben ^otfiant bor&et unb fpric^t nut etnem ingrtmmtgen Slid ouf ben Et&prinjen:) 3)arf td^ (Stt). 2ftajeftat t)orteurf)ten* 15 511 bem Sefuc -- je^t bet 5 n t g (unterbrtc^t i^n nttt be grbprinjen SEorten). W 2)te ^rea= titren Jtttern?" (SRa^ etner ?J5aufe, tnaljrenb benn er oKe u6erfief)t*.) 3$ mitt ottetn fetn. (e^t a&.) fattt.) 20 ARGUMENT TO ACT V. The Queen is holding a secret reception when all of a sudden the King puts in an appearance and is startled to see Wilhelmina enter, soon followed by Hotham and the Prince of Baireuth. He is in a rage when he learns the Queen's plans regarding the Prince of Wales, and banishes the Queen from Berlin. Hotham calms his wrath, explains that the Prince of Wales is not in Berlin at all and states that the Prince of Baireuth loves Wilhelmina and is the promised recruit who wishes to join the Prussian grenadiers, and fight any suitor for the hand of the Princess. The King seeing that the Princess returns the Prince's love pardons all of them and gives his consent to the marriage. Jfittfter .Jtt gin @aal in ben entcidjern bet onigin. SRedjtS etn Sfenfter. Sljiiren; im tntergrunbe, Iinf unb recfjtS, Stfdje uttb tiiljle. ?luf ben Xifdjen brennenbe Strtnleudjter, ertoice* unb fatten. Auftrtti 5 fiamfc (fte^t aitf etnem Sritt unb befefttgt bor bent genftcr einen gtofeen SBorfyuig). gwci Sofotcn (finb ifim babet be^tlflt^). 2)ann fjrott= (etn Don Sonitc-fctb. ^. a m I c (oben). @o ! (Jmpfangt je^t bte 2)omen an ber fleinen ettentreppe! @ie fommen aHe in ^Jortec^aifen *. 10 D^ne eroujc^, ^ort i^r? Seife, leife! Sofaien (ab). @onn8fctb (triit toon ItnfS etn). S'iun, baS i[t bod^ etn* mat ein %tfi, ttJomit fic^ ber preufctfrfie ^>of roieber fc^cn taffen* fann! Kamfe, mo^u tierftopft 6r benn bte genfter? 15 S'amfe. amit man unfer geft ni^t fe^en fann! (^eruntcrfteigcnb.) @ie laffen ftrf) atfo OUC^ in btefc StaatS* Derjdjiuflrung etn*? onn^felb. S)te i)nigin loirb atte oerantroorten, 6te fejjt ire eigne grettiett an bte greifjett i^rer Xod^ter 20 unb empfangt ^eute ben ^Srtngen toon SBaleS im genften ^nfogntto. 3ft aUeg bereit? 102 Sopf nub g^irert. Pfofjita V. Snmfe. @ie tooflen bie $rin$ef[in au ifyrer aft be freien? SBebeuIen en f^ e ^ ute 8 U ctnem ge^etmen eingetaben I)at. 2)te ^rmseffin ift iinterrtdjtet. @ie bo| td^ fommen roerbe unb jur Xauf doling ber SBadje ftatt i^rer im efangni bleibe. Sin bent bfauen @oal ttrirb fie 10 S^m begegnen Sarnie. 5)a mo feit einigen 9Mcf)ten bie toei^e grau gefe^en toirb? @onnfelb. @ie ttrirb ^|m erfd^einen ^atnfe (entfefrt.) mi? 16 onn^felb. @ie njtrb S^n anreben Samfe. 2Kid)? onngfetb (jte^t t^n an bie zijut re^ts.) 3a , gebitbettt SBertiner*! S^m unb S^ n '- ttn& u f^rft fie ^ierb.er, er* greifft i^re ^anb unb bringft fie ouf bem fic^erften SBege in 20 bie efeafdaft - a m f e. graulein S33en ? 2)ie ^rinjeffin SBi^elmine ? @onn8felb (im abgeijen na^ rec^t.) Slein, nein, bie wei^e grau! SIber gefc^minb, gefd^toinbl Braetter Attffrttt. 25 Srau con JBiereif, graii Don $o(jenborf unb nodf) ettna fetf) 2>omcn (treten noc^ unb na^ be^utfam burcf) bie aRttteltljur herein.) fiafoicit. pater bie Aontgin. Sierecf. ^Sft! Xretcn @ie befjntfant ouf! ^oljenborf (fiuftemb). @d ift nodg afleg ftifl. SSenn 80 nur meine oerrpunfrfiten c^u^e ntcfjt jo fnarren iroflten! ?':mritt II.] 3opf unb Sdjioert. 103 S t e r e cf (fluftcrnb). 28a mag 3$re SRajeftat bie onigin iiur Dorfjaben! oljenborf. 3ft benn @e. 2Jiajeftat ber onig Der= retfi? SSiercdt. iBeim franjofifdjen (Sefanbten l)5rf ic^, Se. 5 pofyeit ber ^ronprtnj ttmre Don Siijeinsberg gefommen - ."poljenborf. 28a|r[(^einHc^ jugteic^ ntit @r. $>o!)eit bem ^5rtn5en Don SSate Sierecf (icife). Seibe luaren foeben in ber Xobagte be^ SBntgS. 2)er S'ronprtn^ fott fic auf iteue mit feinem 10 $ater iiber bte litnftige S3ern;Qttung beg (StaateS itbcr* worfen fjaben*. SSicred llnb ber rbprinj Don S3aireut^ fott ben trett oermittetn* rooflen, aber ber ^ctnj Don 28ale fott 15 bem ^ronprtnjen beigeftanben ^aben. ^otjenborf. 2)er s $rinj Don 28ale? @o ift er alfo bo^ empfangen tcorben? SSiered. 2)er ^onig, in ber $i^e be SBortwe^fet*, foU Sefe^I gegcben tjaben, bie ^rin^ejfin SBtllelmine , bie 20 Urfacfye beS (Streite^, fogteii^ narf) ^ii[trtn* abjufii^ren ^oljenborf. rofeer ott, meine omen! Unb ba (iegen Garten auf ben Xifdjen! titt, i^ ^5re eranfd^. SSierecf. @^ ift bie ^onigin. $>te Sbntgin (hn groBen So|tiim*, tritt fe^r aufgereflt unb boc^ 25 boH $3angen ein). ^ofbamen (bernetgen fl^). $ 6 n i g t n. SBttdommen, meine 2)amen ! %f w ^tererf ptelen, flttajeftat? Seit adjt^elin ^ab/ren et- inncve id) mid) nidjt, im 8d)(offe cine arte gefetien ju Ijaben. S'onigin. $a, *>a3 fott anberS roerben. SKeine $)amen, @te fennen metne -^(aite nod) ntdjt; @te rotffen nod) md)t, 5 roetd^e liberrafdjungen ^ifjnen ber ^euttge 5tbenb beretten* h)irb ^olsenborf. iiberrafd)ungen, SJJajeftat? n i g i n (jetgt auf cinen te etranlc K^inaS unb ber Sedante fotten Don je|t an feme gremblinge me^r an unferm ofe fein. ^otjenborf. 2Ba fe^ id), Sfjee? SBiererf. ^affee?. 3)iefe oerbotenen etranfc? 25 ^otjenborf. 2Benn e. S^ajeftat ber ^ontg ^bnigin. 93efiird)ten @te nid)t! eben @ie fid) bem lauteften SluSbrud) 3^ rer efii^Ie, geben iefer 9lbenb ttrirb @d)tag auf @d)tag* eine fiber* rafdjung nad) ber anbern 'bringen. 2Ben derntuten @te ttjofyl bort an ber f)ur? (SJJan podit wieber.) >ol$enborf. 3)ie nnb fdjetnt mrf)t bte jartefte 511 fetn. 5 ijntgtn. 2)odj! 2)od}*! @ i[t bas ungeftiime S3er* tangen eine^ 28e[en, ba id) ben 9Jiut gefyabt i)abe, auS einer entroiirbigenben Sage 511 befreien. 9Jc^nten @te ruljig 3^re ^)3(de ein, meine 2)amen. 8a[fen aben @ie btefen 25 5kfud) enuartet? ^5 nig in. 2)Jajeftat ^) o f b a in e n (ftiiu-n fid) fo, bafe fie bie Sifdje berbecfen, nnb ber= raid) Mi 1 Vuii, .1). 5 nig. Caffeu Sie fid) bod) nid)t fib'rott, nicinc ^amcn! 30 1 06 3opf unb <4)U>ett. [fcufeug V 2Sktdje* ift benn ber egenftanb Sfyret angeiicfynten llntcr Battling? (Si, ei, grou bon >olenborf, ein (grfjalcfjen* uvpe, gem gegeben! (eijt naijer, ftcljt bag eetbtce.) ob,o, (2ilber= fert)ice! (Sieljt in bte Saffen.) 2Ba? (jee? cfjofotabe? fiaffce? 5 $ 6 n i g t n. of unb Garten ! Sftidjt n?a^r, grau toon iBierecf, @ie ^aben au^ ben Garten nut getoeiSfagt, @ie ^aben fid^ btofc bie Sarte gelegt 20 metne S)amen, @ie Ijaben blofe toiffen moHen, grau con SSiered, ob @ie nod^ einmal* ib.ren fiinften s IRann begraben toerben? SBie? Ober bod)*? elb auf ben ifrf)en (en ^rinsen toon 28ate? 5 n i g (nadjbem er fid) gefammelt fjat). SJJabame, @tc etreirfjeil, roa @te looHen. @ie jerreien ba 93anb, ba mid^ bi^et an nteine gamilte, ba mtcf) an Seben fcffclte. @ie toiffen, ba^ mtr bie @t)re unb ber gute 9tuf iiber afle S3erec^nungen ber Spolttit ge^en. @ie wiffen, bafe bur<^ biefe na^ttidie ! <3$ene, burc^ bie geb.etme (Smoerftanbm* mit etneni fiir mic^ nur abenteuerltc^en grembting SBilfjetminene 3xuf auf immer oemtd^tet ift. greuen @ie fic^ %fyn% Xriumpt)e auf Sftrem fiinftigen 2Bittt)enfi|* Drantenbaum, njob,in icb, @ie ^tcnnit nac^ ben efe$en unferel ^>auje fiir bie nocfj futje* 3^tt 15 metneg SebenS Derroeife. S33 i ( b, e I m i n e (auf ben 6nig petienb). S'iimmerme^r ! Sdnig. 9Kabame, laffen @ie je|t ben ^rinjcn Don SSate eintreten! ^ 6 n i Q i n (f^wanlt nttt ^orbaren Sttemiiigen ait bie f)iir, fie totrft 20 nod) einen S3 lid gen $hnmel unb offnet). 2>er Gfrfiprtnj (ttef in einen wetfeen SKantel -gefiuHt). ^ot^om (mft einer fpificn SBledjtmtfce *, tnie fte jum bamaltgen preii&ifcijcn WilitaTfoftiim fldjovte, inber^anb; boc^ barf biefe norfjmrfitgefeljeHWerben). 2>ic S?ori(]cn. 25 aBil^etmine. SBie? 2Ben fe^' ic^? SI tie. 2)er Grbprinj t>on SBatreut^I ^onigin. 2Ba ift ba, fitter! 9Bo ift ber $rinj uon 2Bate? ftotfjatn. SKajeftfit, irf) erflnune! 39ie idj foeben, : w Kitftritt V.] 3opf unb ert. 109 biefem Slugenbttd, erfafyren fjabe bet s ]iuinj ift ouf etiier Netje nad) (Sd)ott(anb bcgriffen*. jSlUe. SBie? i.5nigin. $er S $rin3 ift nidjt in iBerlin? >otb,am. 28ab,renb eitiige ber gtaubnnirbigften ,3eugen * oerfidjcrn, ber ^rtnj luare nnrtlirf) ^ter gettjefen, tcoOen* aubere befjaupten, er ware nad^ Gnglanb in bem ${ugenbltcf juriicfgefeljrt, wo er erfafyren muBte *, ba fid) ba 5n tere ff e feine* ^atriotiSmug, ba ^ntereffe ber 93aumwofle, mit ben mpfinbungen jeineS $erjen nid)t tiereintgen tiee. 10 ^5 nig. 2Ba fofl ber (Srbprinj Don Satreutb,? $ oil) am. (r incite, Wte wir, ben ^rinjen son 2BaIe^, mit bem er in Segriff ift, fid) auf Sob unbSeben 511 fdjtag-en*. / He. &a! iSfonig. 3 U fd}tagen? SBarum benn @r? 15 ^ot^am. SSeit ber arme ^Srinj eine fleinen Sanbe bem ^Srinjen eine 28eltftaate * feine glotten, feine 5lrmeen, Ceine @d)ci^e gonnt, einen @d)a|j aber nur mit fetnem 33tut i^m abtreten wirb, bie >anb ber ^Srinjejfin SiBit^el* mine, bie er liebtl 20 (Sfttgemetne SBetoegimg.) ^ontg. 2)ie er liebt? 35te ^>anb meiner Xodjter? 3a *, fann benn ber Srbprinj tjon SBaireut^ aud) ein @d)Wert fiifjren*? ^otfjam (jic^t bem (Sibptutjen ben SRantel ab unb fcfet U)in bie 25 b(cd)crne 2)Jiige auf). (Srbprinfl (fte^t im ^ofJura eineS renabierS ber 3eit ba. @eto ^aav ift in einen lanflen 3<>Pf fieflod^ten. (r bletbt unbetoefllt^, in milts tavifdjcr ^altunfl). ft 5 nig. 28a jet)' id)? ber rbprins? @in renabier? 30 mt Bopf unb -- djtoert? ^otijani. ^ie Gciuipierung be jungen 9?efmten Com 1 10 3otf unb rfjtoert. [Kufjitg V. Regiment (Stfofenapp, ben id) t>or feiner 9lbreife nadj s }?afe= ttmtf @nx aftaieftat borjufteflen bie Sfjre Ijabe. 8 n i g. @in beutfdjer $rin5, ber jtd)' jur @f)re rennet, in meiner Slrntee t>on unten auf ju bienen? (Sommanbiert :) 5 Sataiflon, ttn!iim! SataiHon, tjormart morfdj! @tbpr s inj (cjer^tert auf SBilfjelnttnen su *). ^ 5 n i g. alt ! (3u 3Bti^elmtnen :) 3ft ber getnb ba bruben gefonnen, ftdj ber bieSfeittgen S'QpituIatton an$uf djliefcen * ? SB i 1 6, el mine. 93i in ben Xob! 10 ^bnig. an^ Regiment, recfytSum jd)tuenft*l SSor- rodrt marfd^, S^erf^ten, Sinfen, einunbjmanjig, (2nie bret marfc^ieren auf bie ItnfS fte^enbe SBilfielmtne } . 15 rbtortn* f (fl r flt " ^6 nig. 5)a war fein omtnanbo *. Srbprtnj. SIber ber 3)rang be3 |> ^Ot^am (gutmiittg jur Sonigin fluftentb). S^QJeftat, tier* beffern @te ben getjter ber beiben jungen 9lefruten. '20 Sdnigin. e^en @ie mir aug ben 5lugen, @ie 8Ser= rater an ^Ijrent SonigS^aufe. te^' auf, 2BiIb,etmine. (3utn SiJnig, aogernb.) 28tr b,aben ia aber nod) i&fterretd^? SPfinig. 3lber Ofterretd) b,at nid;t u n 3. 5)ie^reaturen, ^jSrinj? SUforgcn friib, gibt'g 2lbfd;iebe unb ^5enfionen. 25 s D?utterdjen, tie^men ft)tr i^n sum djrotegerjoljn ? ^5nigtn. Unter ber Sebingung ba bie 2lu= [teuer oon mir feftgefefct tt)irb ^8 nig. Unb ber -- baft U (bie $6nigin umormenb) an meinem Bergen bteibft. %tfyt fe^tt nur griebrid) nod)! '60 Slitter $otljam, bag fam atfo aHe3 toon 3^er SSaumtooUe ^er? 2)anl* ^nen fiir ben pradjtigen Sflefruten! (3uot^am but in Dfir:) 2Bie tft er benn fo fdnteff nild;tern geroorben? ?ruftritt V.] 3opt wnb djtoert. Ill @ r b p r i n 5. SWajeftdt, ^ergebung, nodj bin id) ja tritnfen Dor Skrgebung? 2fiir 3&,re 3M>e, mein fie einft fo, rote @ie fie gefjatten b,aben, int SBiicfj ber c^te |"tet)t, ift mein alte ^erj jufrteben unb roflnfrfjt 5 nur noc^*, ba man {jtnjufiigt: @r woQte mit feinem (Sd&roert mfyl ^onig, aber mit feinem Sopf nur ber erfte 38ft t jet feinl (Set $or$ang fd NOTES. Page 4. 1. I. 2lllf$lltJ 'scene', from aufjtehen 'draw up' [the curtain] ; cf. SSCnftvltt 'act',' from cntftretett 'step (tread) on [the stage]', 'appear'. 8. i. e. 'to her apartments'. SBir&El 'a r H on the drum'. IO. fd)0H nut 'all right', 'enough' ; notice the accent on gut ; frfjou 'already' is frequently not to be translated in English and merely expressed by the tone of the voice. 16. Jltttt 3llt3()ttUen 'to be endured' ; the infin. is used substantively ; we might also say e$ tft nid)t aitSjltbalten (active voice after fetn) ; cf. e8 tfl gum 25er.rucftroev.ben (or urn BerrMt $lt roevben) 'it is [enough] to drive one (to become) mad' ; ev ifi }um Sterben fvanf (or fterbenSfrant) 'ae is sick unto death'. 17- Me 9?ertcu mbdjtcn eincm = elites (genit. of the indef. pron.) ^Jertten mocfjten; modjten (from mbgert) 'might', 'could', in- dicates here a tendency which nvght under circumstances result in something. inW Hilt! 'left-face'! French: A. gauche! word of command. 18. too tf)r ^tn rjeljb'rt = roohtn ('where-to') ibr g. 23. (]H(lbif| 'gracious 1 is now common in addressing any ladies, it formerly indicated noble birth. 24. filltClUfll 'since' is no longer used except in official do- cuments. Page 5. 1. I- 5a3 .Suftrotattffteljen lit. 'the too-late-rising', 'to rise late', fteilt'fl from the adverb beitte ' to-day' ; cf. morgig, geftrtg, batnaltg, batbtg, from what adverbs ? NOTES. 113 3- bte WctietUe frfjfafleit 'beat [or sound] the reTeille'; cf. French: 'battre la diane', 'sonner le r6veil*. 5. ben $inberfd)ub,en entuwdjfen lit. 'has grown out of the children's shoes', hence 'is no longer a baby'; cf. bic $tnberfdE)uIje ablegen (or ausjieljen). 6. be3 2Jforgen 'in the morning', note the genitive in un- defined expressions of time with the articles; cf. eineS 2Jlotgen3 one morning', but biefen (ace.) 2lbenb, 3Korgen. 8. eublirfien 'final', from adverb ettblicf) 'at last', finally'. 10. bergletdjen is elliptical, understand SMngen. 12. emtngen from emngen; the prefix er (from auS) often denotes 'result', 'attainment', riltgen 'wrestle', 'struggle', thus here 'struggle and attain [one's ends]', 'gain' ; cf. erfleljen 'get by entreaty'. 14. feinc* geftrengen emt SB. 'of his worshipful f.', for- merly in Germany men of distinction, magistrates (as is still done in England) and parents were addressed by ge=ftrcng, ftreng ori- ginally meaning fturf (like English 'strong'), then 'strict', 'severe'. 1 6. bcljcrrfrijen 'govern'; cf. etnent befef)Ien 'order, tell one t> do something', befefyligen 'lead', 'be commander-in-chief, etnm bcfjerrfcfien (of place) 'command', etnen be^errf^en 'govern one'. 1 8. attnrijicrtcit derived from French 'attacher' (from Latin prepos. 'ad' to and Breton (see Skeat) 'tach' a nail, hence 'fasten', 'attach'). 23. ttttb HJU3 OU SBtnfen . . . foHcn Ififtt, bo . . . 'and what- ever hints . . . allows (or is pleased to allow) to fall [i. e. from his lips]', these . .' bet 'with', 'during' is commonly used of con- temporaneous circumstances; if the sentence contains a negative it may be rendered by 'in spite of. 27. beben @ie Ollf 'you pick up', 'you keep'; lit 'you heave up'. 28. gefd)intcbct from fdjtmeben 'forge', root d&mieb '[black-] smith' indicates the hard work, and the pains he has taken; the word here purposely reminds of 5tanle fdjtnieben 'lay plots', 'intrigue'. 30. Jironprin-t; the Crown Prince, who was born in 1712, had in 1730 attempted to escape from the ill-treatment of the King and fly to England. The King, however, having found out the plot, had the Prince arrested and imprisoned at Cu&trin, a small fortress A court-martial was consequently held, and the 8 14 NOTES. Prince condemned to death as a deserter, but through the i.t& position of foreign courts his life was spared. He was then com pelled to work on the Government-Board at Ciistrin for the nexl 1 5 months, and since 1732 at Ruppin. At the latter place he partly continued to reside up to 1736 alter having, against his wish, been married to Princess Elisabeth Christina of Brunswick- Bevern at Berlin in 1733. The Crown Princess usually resided at Berlin until they took up their abode in the Castle of Rheins- berg near Ruppin, in the autumn of 1736. (Carlyle 'History of Frederick the Great.) Page 6. 1. 2. id) tmbttte mtr 'I protest against'; the prefix net* often reverses the meaning of the simple verb to which it is attached; c 1 . geljen nergefyen, faufen nerfaufen, lernen Dcrlernen. 9. fiber ben Soffcl barticren (an older form is fcal&teren) Shave [over the spoon i. e. the barber's basin]'; it is figuratively used also for 'cheat'. 12. ftcU' 2)t(ij Itod) fo cl)flicf) lit. 'place yourself [frequently in a wrong position]', thence 'pretend [to be] ever so honest'. 15. fiujtgorten 'pleasure-grounds, 'park'. 19. ja often replaces fogar, felbft 'even'. 21. t)Slt fetnen 9Jltttag3fdj(af (or fein ifl = tm (cf. oljue without) SJhmb (old HigV German 'munt' = @d)U^, mub 'protection'), i. e. 'without pro- tection', thence 'under age'; this root 2)ilinb is not connected with SRunb 'mouth'. 27. ttjem C3 red)t ntflt^en follen 'whom you are to please': the expletive and introductory es is frequently used with reference either to some following objective clause (as id) ratify C ntdjt, niO id) madden foil, I do not know what to do), or to some in- definite object understood with the verb, as here. PageS. 1. 3. etttCU 9!nf)nlt 511 gebeit 'render assistance', 'support', lit. 'give a holding on [one]'. 6. ^ctc-bnmcr 'of Potsdam', really a genitive plural, but used as an indeclinable adjective. 7. treten unter 'join*. 9. mctn S3ruier tjnt gut ^lanc marfjcn It is easy for my brother to...'; cf. French: il a beau rire! 10. Ccmifffire (= 9l6=gefanbte), from French 'Anissaire', Latin 'emissarius (= ex-missus )'. 12. bctn render in English by the indef. art. 15. Sltd)t JWt ^Jolitif 'mania for polities'; ud^t is substan- tive and like eudje 'pest' derived from jtedj 'sick (ftecfjen 'be sickly'), and originally corresponded to 'sickness', as 2Bafferfud)t 'dropsy', elbfud)t 'jaundice'; in New High German popular feeling has associated tnge 'be of good cheer', understand fetn, - the genitive being frequent with fetn, roerben, gefyen, id fommeit in certain expressions such as gef) Seiner SL'ege! get along! rcdjt mitten brtnncn, idiomatic for retfjt mitten in bent SRJjetmS&erger. Savm b[a]rinnen fein. 25. ba ttir nun einntal ftnb, 'since we happen to be now'. 26. jut 9lot snfomnteuflcuontmen 'scraped together -with difficulty', lit. 'collected for [the| need [of this case]'. 30. id) befoffe mid) tttdjt mit 'I do not undertake', 'I will have nothing to do with'; cf. id) faffe mid) 'I compose myself. Page 9. 1. 3. tJcrttJtrft man fetn fieben 'one forfeits one's life'; nrirfen is 'work', and the prefix net (English 'for') often expresses 'losing, perishing' and thus reverses and negatives the action of a verb; here literally 'lose one's life by some work, some deed (misdeed) ; cf. English 'for-swear', for-feit', 'forbid', and German net^bliiljen, t>er=mieten, ner-Ionnen, uer4ernen. 10. flclnitflcn ju (nffcn an 'forward to', lit. let or make arrive at'. 25. gait ntdjt ^'JHCtt 'was not meant for you', 'was not to you'. 27. XevrniiifcnntutS 'knowledge of the locality'; Certain from French 'terrain', 'ground (from a military point of view)'. Page IO. 1. 5. fdjoncnb 'discreetly', lit. 'sparingly'; cf. fdjonen spare, fparen save (money), retten save (men). 8. tnoljlauf? 'quite well'? cf. n>of)Iauf and frifdjauf as interjections when they are followed by perf. part., as rooijlauf nod) getrunfen ben fttnfelnben SBein! grti"d)oiif, ^omeraben, aufg ^ifetb, auf3 ^pferb, ing gelb in bie greihett gejogen! the perf. U8 NOTES. participles getritllfen and gejogen (Schiller) have the force ol imperatives. 18. bicitt bajU 'serves for the purpose of; note that German prepositions cannot govern a verbal noun or gerund of neuter verbs as in English, but prefix bd (or bat before vowels) to the pre- position and are followed by ju and an infinitive, as 'he thought of departing' er badjte bar=an aburei)en; and the infinitive clause is changed into a clause with bap if it contains a new subject as 'he thought of my departing er batfjte bar- an, ba id) abreifte (or abreifen roottte). 19 $ii(l)l)tu$ p a Greek historian, was born in 202 B. C. at Megalopolis in Arcadia, was sent to Rome as one of the Achaian hostages in 167, and became a fast friend of the younger Scipio. He died in his native country in 122. His chief work is the 'History of the extension of Roman rule from 220 146 B. C. 25. rfunbtgungeit einjichcu 'collect information'. 26. ttiic biefcr fiage abjuljelfett 'how to remedy this state of things', understand ift after abjubelfen; notice that all ob- jective verbs governing the dative become impersonal verbs when turned into the passive voice, as a dative cannot be changed into a nominative and be subject, which is then introduced by e3, as er Balf tnir 'he helped me', but e rourbe mir Don it)m gebolfen 'I was helped by him'; verbs governing an accus. are treated as in English id) fab, ben SDtonn, ber 2Kann nmrbe on mtr gefeben. 28. erfiihre man is conditional for roenn man erf. Page II. 1. 8. glofierte ^Jarfette 'polished [inlaid] floor' ; cf. ba $ar!ett 'pit-stalls', is a word borrowed from the French: 'parquet', from La- tin 'parcus' (verb parcere' spare, reserve), a park, reserve (originally an enclosed reserve, sheepfold). 14- fcttt cfict fyaft 'says grace'. 16. fiinf eittc gerobe 3af)t fcin Iat here 'swear that black's white', lit. 'allows five to be an even number'. 19. wo man fidj ba fiebcn fauer ma(^t 'where they em- bitter one another's life'; fidj is here reciprocal. NOTES. 119 24. nlle erbenfftdjen 9J?ttteI aufjitMetett 'to use all possible means', erben!lidj from erbenfen think of, find out ; cf. ein eer auf=bieten lit. 'bid an army get up, rise', 'raise an army'. Page 13. 1. 7. j mtr barf understand fotnmen. 8. fid) OUtt>etfCtt 'prove his identity*; f. auSroetfen 1U. 'show out [of the country]', 'exile'. 16. fomttag(td) = @onntag 'every Sunday', 'on Sundays'. 19. ^offtaat 'household', 'retinue'; cf. fie madjt grojjen a3 2fu3fiiIjrUtl)ere unb UmftSnbHdjere ( comparatives used substantively) liber biefen benmfjten egenftnnfc 'the details and particulars of the matter in question'. 6 bag Uertt)i(fe(t fitf) 'things are getting complicated', 'the plot's thickening'. 7. bcr brattben&urgtfd)e jturljut 'the electorate of Branden- burg'; notice the play on the words ut and Stone; the Queen Sophia Dorothea, a Princess of Hannover, was born in 1687 and died in 1758. It is interesting to note the development of Bran- denburg-Prussia. The earliest ancestors of her rulers were first known in history about the middle of the ll'h century as Counts of Zollern or Hohenzollern, so called after the ancestral castlo in Swabia, in the South of Germany. In 1191 they became, through marriage, Burgraves, of Nuremberg. The Margravate of Brandenburg which in 1356 was made an electorate (the ruler of which had together with eight other German Princes as electors to choose the German King) and was in 1373 sold by the then Margrave to the German Emperor Karl IV, whose son, the Emperor Sigismund, was in 1411 left in charge of Frederick, sixth Burgrave of Nuremberg, as Governor. But, since the Emperor could not think of ever repaying the large sums of money the Burgrave had spent in improving . the electorate, he in 1415 appointed him Elector and invested him with the new dignity and the Margravate in 1417. Since this memorable year in Prus- sian history the Electors of Hohenzollern -Brandenburg steadily and considerately improved the country and by treaty in 1618 took possession of the Duchy of Prussia. But it was not till the great Elector Friedrich Wilhelm succeeded to the Electorate (1640 1688) that Brandenburg-Prussia became one of the most influential portions of the German empire. He made it indepen- 122 NOTES. dent of the Poles and added to it the greater part of Pomerania besides the districts of Halberstadt, Minden, and Magdeburg He thus consolidated the isolated portions of his monarchy and is rightly called the founder of the Prussian nonarchy. His ambi- tious son then raised Prussia (it had been taken over from the Poles and was an independent member of the German empire) to the rank of a Kingdom, and his successor, King Friedrich Wilhelm I (1713 1740) infused into its bureaucracy a strict sense of honesty and healthily improved the finances of the country in spite of, or rather on account of his pedantically economic habits and his whimsical despotism with regard to the whole node of life of his subjects and of the military, as is mildly illustrated in Gutzkow's 3Pf un ^ Sdjioert. 27. !Kiicfjttf)t ncljmen filr (commoner ouf) 'pay regard to'; see p. 7, 19. 28. 93tCC'Olltnnce is a loan -word from the French; it is derived from Latin 'minus' = 'mins' = 'mis' = 'mes' ('m6') minoi, and 'alliance' (from 'allier', Latin 'alligare' = 'alliare' 'allier' or 'Her' ally, unite : thus 'an alliance or marriage contracted with a person of minor or inferior rank. 29. $l)m ^rtnscfftn Xodjtcr; cf. the German way of speak- ing to a person about his relatives, as 2>0 re fy rau Stutter, $l)r jpevr SSater, %()* gcauletn djioefter, jc. cf. French: 'monsieur votre pere'. Page 1 8. 1. 3. ettt,',tcf)t mtr 'deprives me of; notice the dative governed by verbs expressing 'taking from'. 8. geflimmt 'disposed', from ttmnte 'voice' ; cf. timtnung 'tune', 'mood'. 21. Sic etntteifyn 'initiate to yon', from SBeilje 'conse- cration' and em = Ijtnetn 'in, into it'; UJttb, the present with force of future. 26. uuf beat Sjride ^ c ^ <& a t stake'. 27. tiCrtmttcht 'negotiate', 'settle'; from prefix er* and Wittel 'means', 'medium'. 32. tlju of feme 3Keinung iriitgcn iibcr 'find out his opinion on', lit. 'bring (induce) him to [give] his opinion'. NOTES. 123 Page 19. 1. 2. itn&ersitnfirf) 'without delay', from the negative prefix an (cf. olme without) and SSerjug (from ner-jiefyen stop pulling, marching) 'delay'. 4. uiifnmvten (ID. = Surer dat.) 'wait upon' corresponds to it in root and meaning. 7- tneiltc GkttCUett 'my faithful [friends, followers]'. IO. Ueruscdjfclt 'confounds'. 20. SBcitbeflelienljeften 'great historical events'; cf. 2BeIt gefd)td)te 'universal history'. 26. (Sepr fdjcnfcu 'lend an ear', 'listen to'. Page 20. 1. a. ttliJI, gefjen is understood. 6. fottte man ntttfj bcol)oc()fct fja&ctt lit. 'should people (one) have', here 'is it possible I have been watched ?' IO. (Jr, persons of low rank were at that time commonly addressed by the sing of the third personal pronoun. 1 6. 9itd)t Urfndje 'don't mention it', = French 'il n'y a pas de quoi'. 25. feeengt 'uneasy', from eitge 'narrow'; cntftttft Ittit betttl ber 2Jlut = entftnft benn mein 3Jtui 'does my courage fail me now'; benn is here little more than an expletive. Page 21. 1. 7. bentt, see p 20, 25. 10. fcdjcr.t 'haunted'; from ."pCfe 'hag' (Seje is a contraction of O. H. G. 'hag-zis^a', Anglos, 'haeg-tesse', the English 'hag' being only the first part of the compound); Anglos, 'haga', German Hag = hedge, bush, it being supposed hags appeared in hedges by night (Skeat). 15. e ift JO ouf 'it is open', 'unlocked'; cf. aufcmacfyen open, JU=ntad)en shut (a door); ja is expressive of irritation, anger. 20. id) foHnttuiuerc 'I am checking'; from Latin 'collationem' comparison (originally 'conference)'. 25. Sd)Iojj!Ctftcr 'castellan'; fyctcr=a!icnb 'cessation of work', Ut. ?lbenb ber (ctner) "fteieic 'eve before a festival': $eter from 124 NOTES. later Latin 'feria (formed after the plural noun 'ferine*) festival') cf. French 'foire', English 'fair'; German ^tetien (plural noun) front La in 'feriae', 'holidays', 'vacation' (of schools). 29. gcfdjmtebct ilia-ben, see p. 5, 28. 31. ftdj bunnd) ju ridjtett hat 'will have to comply with it'. Page 22. L 6. toorS jtncitc (understand Sftal 'time*) 'secondly'. II. fid) tit nd)t ncl)iitcii 'take care of herself. 17. att=ftmrf)Cn 'teach', ftretdjeu originally 'strike', "mark by strokes', 'polish', 'paint', 'varnish'. 18. fid) al SprndintflttrcS auSgcfeen 'play themselves off as masters of languages'. 24. (teforgt, ee ttnrb is understood. 25. nod) eiltS 'one thing more'. 29. fommt btc iKctlje nud) on nttdj? Is it my turn now?' 32. fdjone (Jjaraftcriftif ! 'a nice character he gives me!' Page 3J. L 16. (tttfattptnfe( 'fool', 'simpleton'; from (Sinfalt 'simplicity', 'stupidity' and ^fHnfel '[pencil-] brush'. 16. @d)lItert t0 ee^r! 'Shoulder-arms!' 25. Ocr=ratcn, notice de force of ner reversing the action of the simple verb. 29. grsljersog coVo!l> is an imaginary person, the heiress to the Austrian throne being then Maria Theresa. 30. Vftffig 'artfully', 'cunningly', from "Jififf 'whistle' (pro- bably 'lecoy-whistle'); cf. id) roerbe ibm eins pfeifen I shall defy him. Page 24. L 4. nu'irc, the imperf. subj. is frequently used in German for present indicative, besides, the idea or opinion of some one else is thereby expressed which the speaker is unwilling to admit and wishes to treat as subjective, unreal, and not as a fact. 5- ftatferilt t>OU Cftcrrcirf) is an expression mnrking Kvers- mann's ijjn- ranee, as the then Archdukes of Austria were, aftei NOTES. 125 a merely formal election, German Emperors up to 1806, when Napoleon dissolved the German empire, and the then German emperor who was at the same time Archduke of Austria, took the title of Emperor of Austria. It was not till 1871 that the Geiman empire was i e-establihed under Prussia's leadership. 8. bt flum JHiifcilbttJCrbCH lit. 'up to [the point of] be- coming mad', here 'ma.ily'; cf. p. 4, 16. 11. tote fie 2C. 'as merry a one as has ever been played at a court'. Page 26. 1. 2. Svelte, distinguish between jeite and Slufttitt; ffte (Sjene here indicates the short time during the act (2luf jug) which elapses before the scenery is shifted. 9- $>evefdje is a loan-word from the French 'depSche' (Latin 'dis [= d'] -pactare' disencumber, in opposition to 'empecher' embarass) dispatch. IO. Stoat here 'finery' cf. p. II, 19. 12. sprarfjtbcgeit = (StaatSbegen = atabegen 'gala-sword', 'state-sword' (worn on gala days). 16. cordon = DrbenSbanb. 17. <2tnat3begen see note 13; fombiuterett, a loan-word from French 'combiner' (Latin 'combinare'), lit. 'put together', thence 'combine', 'meditate', 'calculate'. 19. ^OUWertS 'covers', a loan-word from the French of 'cou- vrir' cover, lay (the French word is a contraction of Latin 'co- operire', and 'couvert' of 'co-opertum'). Xbalcr = 3 RMark ( s JJetrf)S= marl), about 3 shillings. Page 27. 1. 3. ef)UUer iUarfd), a march called after the Prince Leo- pold von Dessau who was greeted by this Italian tune on his entry into Turin in 1706, and whose favorite it afterwards became. 20. .'pcibcnfomiibtc, the King considers all acting as heath- enish and immoral. 21. i'mvautettroKen , 'confidential parts'; cf. further on bag gottlofe romifdje unb griedjtfdje 2Befen. 25. ittlichafcctt, 'understand'; ba3 2Bcfen is an old infinitive used substantively, from which are derived parts of the auxiliary verb fein tDttt (English 'was'), gesroefen; it signifies here 'fashion', 'manners'. 28. id) ttolltc Sic gebeten tjnbcit, a more polite form for id) tootttc @tc bitten. 28. fid) ttcrftanbtgen, 'act in concert with'. 32. (Jfyre ctltfcflt nttt, 'get, earn honour by'... The original meaning here is 'lay in', or 'pack up' (like goods) honour to- gether with the wedding festival and thus to bring it home; cf. baoontcagen, and more vulgar etnfieim[ett Page 34. I 6. ttnnicfcn, 'doze', 'fall asleep'; from etn (= fitnetn into IO ana uicfen, nod; the original meaning may be explained MUTES. 129 by comparing ein^gehen lit. 'go into some place [and thus dis- appear,' thus ettvmtfen means 'nod [and] go [into] a sleep', cf. this custom is abolished, btefer (Sebiaud) tft eingegamjen. 7. jebcriltauni? SadjC, 'is not to everybody's taste'. IO. 3ri)llirf|"cijltarf, 'frivolities', 'kickshaws'. 12. itfcttcr, is here used as an interjection: 'good ^r 'confound it' ! 13. iilicrn = itber ben. 23. ciujjcfiibcft, derived from em = fitnein, and bet (thread), lit. 'thread (a needle)'; here 'contrived' i. e. in a subtle, clever manner. 27. fount' id) mir bcnfcn (from fid) benfen); note the use of the imperfect indicative here for the pluperfect subjunctive (id) fycitte es mir benfen fonnen) which is commoner : the meaning is the same, but the Subjunctive form falls under the head of modest statements, and expresses the idea in a milder form. 31. abgefdftet, pre-concerted'; the lit. meaning is 'all the cards (fatten) having been taken (off) by some one, nothing remains for the others, they are thus taken in', deceived. 8. djfiferfpiel, 'pastoral play'. Page 35. 1. 15. frfjreibett . . . Dor, 'prescribe', 'allot'; n)d may be 'what', or 'something' = etroa3. 1 6. btC SBiererf , the def. article bie is commonly used for grttulein, or ftvau., especially with reference to actresses; it often implies contempt. 1 8. (outer is indeclinable when it means 'all'; if declinable it signifies 'pure', as IdUtereS olb pure gold. 21. Jpanbc(3rit(fftd)tcn, 'mercantile considerations'. 24. nti'tffeu 1C itiimltri) unffeit, 'you must know', *you know'. 25. ruurt)CH faun bet . . ., notice that stress is laid on raurf)en, thus the inverted construction with raud)en first; feine $err, 'the gentleman', 'elegant'. 28. e^etttie SRot, 'Privy Counsellor'. 29. eljbr, 'a hearing', 'audience'. 30. btC instead of fie, if it is placed first in a principal sentence, for the sake of emphasis. 130 NOTES. 31. na mot Ijemtt nttt is thus completed: mm cinmal Ijerehi lllit iljnett, 'well then usher them in'. 32. (vintljnlamicn, 'hymeneal songs', 'wedding songs', from Greek 'epithalamion (= ium)'; cf. tubtutn, pi. tubten. Page 36. 1. I. 3$0Uerd6citb, is the eve before the wedding and is cele- brated as a festival in Germany; it is so called from the noise (^Joltern) of breaking all kinds of pottery at the bride's door, an old superstitious custom, intended to drive all evil spirits away from the bride's house so that peace alone may surround her on her wedding day. 5. cor bctten bu britlicn nidjt 511 ucrftcrfcu braudjt, 'that need not hide itself from those (yonder) over there', i. e. 'which may stand a comparison with those over there'. 6. WO ber ^Jf offer tt(irt) ft, is proverbial for 'cursed'; cf. English 'I wish you at Jericho; ^Bfeffer from Latin 'piper'; cf. change of consonants, owing to High German sound-shifting. IO. 2JJ(JJeftfit ljuften JU nobcn, 'may it please your Majesty', ,s a formal phrase; batten = mogen Ijalten, is present subj. or it nay be imperative and @ie is understood after (jalten; foflte see P 34. 27- 12. im SBerfe fein, 'are on foot*. 1 6. ftdj erbreiften, 'dare', 'be so bold as', from btetft, 'bold' 24. ^ l)iff tc, or 3iff er / * s l ^ e French 'chiffre', 'cipher', 'zero' ; cf. 'decipher'. Secret ciphers were in diplomatic correspondences first used by Richelieu. 28. ttinllt ttttf, taken from boiling water, 'boiling up', 'bubble up'; here 'start up angrily'. 30. Grille, 'eyeglass', 'spectacles'; it is derived from Latm Greek 'beryllus' a precious stone, M. H. G. 'berille', thence 'brille', which lost e in the same way as laube (from 'geloube', English 'belief'), by means of syncope. Page 37. 1. 3. Cltcrolftgfol (from Latin ['fiscus'], 'fiscalis' appertaining to the exchequer) was at first composed of officials who super- intended the state's domains and the treasury, afterwards it >igni- ned for somt tim^ 'public prosecutor', 'attorney general'. NOTES. 131 4. Snttbftrctffjer, 'tramp'; lit. 'one who goes touching (01 stroking ftvetdjcn) the country'. 5. ^offeitretfjcr, 'buffon'; from Spoffen reifjen (or madden, treiben), 'play tricks'. 6. (StcmJJCl, 'stamp', 'initials'; from ftampfetl, stamp, strike with the foot. IO. cure (bo), is French for 3lrt, 'kind*. 12. lutrflijicit Scnrrou, a French poet and satirist (i6ir> 1660), husband of Mdlle. d'Aubigne. the afterwards celebrated Mine, de Maintenon; his best known work is 'Roman comique' which con- tains the passage spoken of by the king as a satire upon his court; bucfltg from SUucfel, 'hump', thus 'hump-backed'. 27. &olfemd)t2i=rotbrig, lit. 'against (nnber) nations rights', contrary (nribrig) to international law'. 29. 9Jtmmcr)"att, 'glutton', lit. 'never satisfied]'; fait is re- lated to English 'sad' (originally 'heavy', 'dull' [after a meal]); cf. Latin 'sat' (satis), 'enough'. 30. JKiirfer is perhaps derived from recfen, 'stretch', 'rack'; thus the English 'rack' = engine of torture, and SltttcEer 'flayer', 'hangman's servant'; here 'villain*. Page 38. 1. 5- @d)arfrtrf|ter=et ; note that many nouns are formed from names of persons by the termination ei (English y) as ber 93arfer bie SJacferet, ber 33rauer bie SSraueret, etc. they denote a man's employment, place of business, or a disreputable action, as 6. $ibtbll8 (ber), 'a spill'. 10. crftetlfttft (23ter), 'beer'; lit. 'juice of barley' (Anglos. 'grist', 'gerst'). Page 39. 1. 8. SRttter 4>0tf)nm Sir Charles Hotham. 12. Sofonroutine. Sloutine bee SatonS, 'drawing-room routine' ; both these components are French : 'salon' is derived from French 'salle', (Latin 'salla', residence); and French 'rou- tine' is derived from French 'route' (Latin 'rupta [via]', a road, 9* 132 NOTES. way broken or cut through a forest; hence 'routine' signifies to follow a 'beaten track", or the 'usual course*. 12. flHi)lj, from Low German 'dand' trifle (cf. High Ger- man tcinbeln, toy, play; Janb a toy); cf. French 'dandin* of the same origin. 13. ^ofttUioit, French 'postilion', Italian 'postiglione', a post boy; ^Pofl originally signified a military station, then a stage, or station on the road, and then a public letter-carrier. 16. mcf)vjftf)rifl = on tne&reren 3>a)ren. 1 8. aloppnbc from alopp; the origin is Germanic: prefix 'ga' (Anglos, 'g&n', from root 'ga', 'gai', English 'go'; German gefoen, ang), and Gothic 'hlaupan', Old High German 'hlauffan', German 'laufen'; cf. Anglos, 'hleapan', English 'leap 1 ; Dutch 'loopen' (like fcfjmtwc&en, raudjen = Low German (English Dutch) 'smoke*, 'rooken' ; it thus would appear that the word is of Low German origin, and literally signifies efylauf, 'leaping gait'. The word is adopted by the French, and again from there intro- duced into German, as is seen from gnloppieren, French 'galoper'. 24. ol) wofyl . . ed)t ftttb, is here elliptical for c fott mid) nwnbern 06 too&I . . . ' I wonder if ... Page 40. 1. 16. roontoglidj 'if possible*. 18. 23oE=l)erfltlUflnitgeit , 'boxing enjoyments', 'prize ring', biijett from the English ; note the plural of btt SJergnugen, others are ber n brunt mtb bran tya'ngt, lit. 'with all that hangs round it and on it', here 'with all its belongings', 'parti- culars'; notice that the trans, verb l)(ingen, 'cause to hang' is often used for fjcmgeti, 'hang'; brunt = barutn, bran = baton; turn ^iCCJCll heartily. 12. (jimmcl'WCtt, 'as far as heaven from earth'; Barabiejtfdjs inett is an extravagant comparison owing to the Prince's excited state of mind. 18. >uobe5prin, a contemptuous diminutive for 'petty prince' ; 2)uobej = duodecimo. 30. biirftc, notice the subjunctive expressing a supposed possibility or rather probability. Page 43. 1. 14. anfommcn twf, 'is of little consideration', or 'it little depends on' . . . I 5- 5 U ^rotofoH gCjjdien, 'there are no minutes made whether they love' . . .; jU ^kotofoll gegeben is a law expression: 'give evi- dence to be written down in an official report'. 21. CtttljtdlC, imperf. subj. depending on an understood verb such as 'and you mean' unb .ge 48. L I. ttJU'3 bC(jiltC1t Ste 'what are you about'? 3. nidjt cljcr n(^ 6t, lit. 'not sooner than until', 'not before'. 27. gCQCtl 'against' i. e. compared with. t$. nttfcfd|ntitttt ('unpaiiUed'), 'unvarnished'. 136 NOTES. Page 49. 1. 18. ftcfyt ftc grojj on; i. e. mit grofjen [= roett geoffneten] Slugen anfefyen, here 'looks at her with wide-opened eyes i. e. amazed'. 20. mid) u fitfilen = meinen 3Bert ju fiifylen, 'feel my own worth', 'feel self-respect'. 23. 0$aiunfri)cnbicnft 'military pedantry', 'martinetism'. Page 50. 1. 2. fid) itHfrijficjjcit Ctner adje, 'join*, 'attach oneself to', 'embrace'; but!) here = 'I hope'. 5. fllt freiett Stiirfcit, 'voluntarily', 'of one's own accord'. 7. bcr grofje Jhtrfiirft ^riebrirf) 28ttyelm (16401688), 'the great Elector'. 8. oI)CU^oIIcru (from the Suabian castle of Hohenzollern in South Germany) is the family name of the Prussian Kings. 9. bagemefen, from bafein, 'exist', 'live'. 14. ctUfldjCU ailf f 'enter into', 'agree to'. 22. SuppCHterrtnc, 'soup-tureen,; uppe 'broth', from the root 'sup' drink in, sup; cf. German faufen 'drink' (of animals); further 'sop' eutiimfen; English 'soup' from French 'soupe'; bte ^Cerrine, terreen, tureen (bowl), from French: 'terrine', an earthen (terra = earth) pan, (ine = inus is the common suffix of ad- jectives). 22. trtttftrumpf 'knitted stocking', 'knitting work'. 25. lliiterfudjuno tterhoitgcn iiBer eaten ; oerfiangen 'hang be- fore', 'cover over'; thus lit. 'hang an inquiry before one', hence 'order inquiries to be made'. 28. 3' l M Mter:|irrc f^ 'arrest, confinement to one's own room'; 3i'lUltet = timber, then structure of timber, chamber, apartment; it is O'.d High German 'zimbar', Middle High German 'ximber' = SBaufyolj, English 'timber'; cf. Jimmern 'to build [with timber]*, and 3tmntet;mann 'carpenter'. Slrreft from Old French: 'arrest', modern French: 'arr6t (Latin: ad-restare = arrestare = arrester = arreter 'stop'). 31. inflleirf|Ctt = im gleid&en [SEege] = 'in the like way', 'likewise ; commoner now be3gletd)ett. 32. 3tnorbnitltflen trcffett, 'make arrangements', 'give orders'. NOTES. 137 32. flmtfjt = beliebt 'deigned', from gemifyen (M. H. G. ruochen, 'care', 'have regard to' Anglos, 'reccan', English 'reck' [= care], cf. 'reckless' careless). Page 51. 1. 2. pritrfje pi. of writd), saying, sentence, passage, proverb from fpredjen. 4- ber err Dberljofprebiger 'the chief court-chaplain'; ^re= btger, from prebtgen, derived from church Latin 'praedicare' (French 'precher', hence English 'preach', 'preacher'), proclaim, glorify. 7. btC $0ft 'food', from Latin 'gustus' (Italian 'gusto', French 'gout') ; the verb is foften Latin 'gustare', (French 'gouter') taste ; cf. bte $oft pi. bie Soften costs, expense, French : cout, couter (from Latin 'constare' = costare). 8. bie 6tarntfon:fud)cn*Dcrn)a(tung, 'the administration of the garrison-kitchen'; (ihlVlttftw is French garnison', derived from French 'garnir', garnish (protect), which comes from Old Saxon warnian', Old High German 'warnen' = 'refuse', Middle High German 'warnen' ^= 'protect', 'defend' by changing Teutonic w into French g (cf. 'gacher' = 'gascher' = Old High German 'wascan' wash ; garder = marten wait) ; thus : 'garnison est pro- prement une troupe qui sert a garnir une ville*. ii. gequoUctte, from Quetlen 'swell', i. e. soaked and boiled whole. 15. ll)ol)I(ol)lid), lit. 'right laudable', 'worthy', 'worshipful', a courteous epithet, especially applied to municipal authorities. 17. Ijnften Jtt HObeir 'may it please'. 20. ftnb bad bie finite, notice the sing, neuter pronoun with fetn. 2o. UOrfyat, lit. 'has [before him, before his mind]'. Page 52. 1. 9. 5Reu^@(^Iei ( vret3=2o6ettftetn is a satirical allusion to the petty German principalities due to the national aspirations at the time of Gutzkow rather than at the time of the drama; there are two such principalities. Reuss-Greiz, and Reuss-Schleiz (in eluding Sobenftein). 138 NOTES. Page 54. 1. 3. niof)it(irf) 'homely', 'comfortable', from rocJjnetl. 17. liife Sic Ob, 'take your place' 'relieve you'; (lit. 'loose, 'untie', from the adj. lofe, 'loose'). 21. ntiicitCll Win VOV, 'we shall do some work in advance', 'we shall get a start with our work*. Page 55. 1. a. tttdjt Ctnntfll bofj, this is elliptical and may be thus completed: unb nid)t einmal (not even) fo met greifyeit Ijat man, baf; etnem ein freies SBort gegbnnt ift ; gegbnnt 'granted willingly'. 6. tS Ififjt an fid) rcdjt l)iiuvlid), 'it looks in and by itself quite homely'; laffen has here force of 'look', 'ap- pear', lit. 'lets, allows [to be]'; an fid) = an unb fiir fid). II. ttJte fommft $>U aitf, 'what makes you think of, 'how do you come to think of. 16. id) ntitfjte . . . UJCltn . . UJoCtC, 'I am (should be) greatly mistaken if ... did not mean to send you' ; the construction with the subjunctive (miifjte) may be completed and explained thus: (i) toenn ber ^ronprinj ifin fdjicfen njtH, fo irre id) mid) nid)t [ju glauOe^, bafe bem fo ift]; (a) roenn ber 5?ronprtnj ibn nid)t fd)iden rooHte, fo roiirbe (tniifjte) id) mid) irren [ju glauben, ba er ee bod) tf)ate]; this latter construction expresses unreality, or supposition and is used therefore with the subjunctive. ao. c Ijfllteu mtt Ctnem 'be on good terms with one', 'have to do with'; notice e3 frequently used in German pleonastically, corresponding to English 'it' in phrases like 'they fought it out', thus leaving the object (governed by the verb) indefinite and vague. Notice fjatteit auf 'insist upon'; fjalten BOtx 'think of; l)(,lten mit 'side with'; fatten einen fiir 'take one for'. 22. cr legt an iClt ag 'he shows', (lit. brings (lays) to li^ht (day), makes known). 28. nidjt tt>ul)r, 'don't you think it is' . . 29. bet ollciCtn, 'notwithstanding (in spite of) all this'. 30. bift ^u BOlt StniiCll 'are you out of mind'. NOTES. 139 Page 56. 1. I. Jjat man Utdjt, observe that formerly nitttt and Gr were frequently used by people of rank towards infeiiors, this foim indicates less personal contact or familiarity with the person thus addressed than by saying I)cxben Ste or fjabi ifer, which would place a person on a more equal footing. 7- tttrtrfjt fcfyrt, 'goes about', 'face about', 'wheels round'. 9. erftrcrft fid) nilf 'has already infected'. 12. fid) crltmiicn 'dare'; icf) ertaube mtr reflexive verb with dative of refl. pronoun. 13. tterftoftett cjejjen 'offend against'. 22. jo has here the force of 'I suppose', 'don't you'? 23. bocf) tuoljf mtr Dom ^Srinjeit, the sentence er tft bodj niir implies, 'to be sure it is only from', and the addition to it of luohl puts it milder by introducing some probability and thus changing 'to be sure' into 'probably', 'I daresay'. Page 57. 1. I. tS gift if)te $ml)ctt 'your liberty is at stake'; gilt from gelten 'to be -worth'. 4. it'Cilct&C'tii7,etflumi, lit. 'a showing of grief at [something]', 'a token of sympathy, or condolence*. 8. f(ttd)ttgc, from fliidjten, which again from bie {lud)t, which is derived from fltefyen 'flee'. II. fid) DCrfteCcn; lit. 'misplace oneself, then 'dissemble', '.simulate'. 13. WO benfft $tt Ijitl? 'what are you thinking of? (lit. luoljin benlft 35ll whither, 'where to, towards what are you thinking'?). 18. tS ftcfjeu piefirutcn borauf; d)teb6rtdE)ter = [@nt=]fdjeib3--9ttcf)ter, arbiter, umpire, from M. H. G. 'schit', gen. 'schides' = judgment. 13. Ijttltgt bd ^llfnmincn, lit. 'how does his all and nothing hang together'. 'How does he reconcile his 'all' and his 'nothing' ? 19. ftlttfdjc = 'coach' is perhaps derived from the name of a Hungarian village 'Kotsi' where the first coach was built. 20. ben aSattberftob ncljntcn 'to set out on my wanderings', lit. 'to take the walking stick or traveller's staff. 21. bettclte ttttd) burd) 'worked my way through by begging'. 26. tttiebergebett, lit. 'give again', 'return', here 'represent*. 30. in etttcm Wnttfd) 'in a drunken debauch'. 31. fpiclte tnid) SBcrbern in bic onbe 'made me fall into the hands of Prussian recruiting officers' ; the phrase is taken from a game at balls or billiards lit. 'play [and throw a ball into a hole or] into one's hands'; cf. ct fnielt ib,m in bte $anbe 'he [secretly] works for him*. Page 59. 1. 3. itbcrtfiubcrt 'outdeafens', i. e. 'drowns'. 4- rieb nod) . . 9)2cnfrf)eitborftcHunfl 'impulse, inclination to represent human character'; Jrieb from iretben, trteb, gc* tvteben, English 'drift', 'a force by which man is driven'. 5. abgerid)tet 'trained', 'mechanical'. 6. im rwnbc, (lit. 'at bottom') 'after all'. 27. fyrotlii!n|| 'wedding 1 , from peTmaf)Ien. NOTES. Page 60. 1. 4. Itttr Jit understood is an imperative, or a perf. part, used for an imperative such as gemad)t, gefptelt! 'Only play' cf. nur jM i^egangen! 'only go on', 'pray go on'! 23. prftfeuttcrt 'presents arms', from French 'presenter'. 25. Slffembtee is French assembled for SBerfammlung, e; fellfc&aft. 26. Bci IjeHem Hdjtcn Srige, 'in broad day-light'; in listen is explained by taking Ud)ter Sag as a whole, when fjeCem pre- cedes it would replace the article. 27. aitf ber SBarfje 'on guard', ('watch'); cf. Stsroa! 'bivouac'. 28. Slrreftttitt, French for efangener, 'person arrested', 'prisoner*. Page 61. 1. 9. OttSftoftett 'oust', 'dismiss'. IO. (StrfifHuflSfompatric 'company of (convicts) delinquents'. 12. d(jcri)au$ 'resting place', 'inn', 'tavern'. 12. bcrgctt = [ju] ber (= biejer 3 e ^) eu= tungen julaffen, 'ambiguities'. 20. gorfttg, originally 'rotten', 'filthy', 'detestable', 'deformed' (it is also common now for 'naughty'). 25. gerfcnljoftc 33ufrf)manucr 'foppish bushmen'; from ber ecf 'fop', and fycift = fcabenb, from Ijaben. 26. gcftrtcgelte Drbttuug 'punctilious order', cf. peinlid)e Drbnimg 'painful (penal), pedantic order' ; geftriegelt from ftrtegefn which is either derived from ftretdjett, ftreidjeln 'to stroke', or from Latin 'strigilis' a curry-comb, ber (Striegel (used of horses now), which seems more probable; thus ftriegeln signifies 'to curry', 'stroke', 'polish'. Page 63. 1. I. nail SBetiebeit 'at your own wish, pleasure'; cf. roa be-- lieben @ie? or tuaS beliebt 3^ nen ? what is your pleasure? 2. frijnUcu Ultb >uo(tcn; notice the alliteration in the two kindred words signifying almost the same; fd)alten rather expresses rule', 'dispose freely', and njdlten (cf. oer^roalten 'administer'), manage a household', thus bie tualtenbe ausfrcw (Schiller). 13. ^Ctbllffcit, originally Hungarian fugitives who carried on a guerilla warfare against the Turks, and were consequently in 1605 knighted, and settled down in a Hungarian district given them and called after them. In the l8 lh century laqueys used to be dressed in their national costume and called Page 64. 1. 4- bctt SBotrflttg 'precedence'; i. e. 5Rang nor [anbercn]. NOTES. 145 7. c ttfrb ofleS gut tterben 'it will all turn out wtll'. 15. brill' Ctt 'yonder', 'on that side*. 17. ttJdS foil bcnn WCrben? lit. 'what is then to become', what is going to happen I wonder*. 22. ^ortefeuifle is the French for 93riefmappe, 93riefta[d)e, portfolio'. 23. ntttgebradjt = tnit [ftdj] gebracfit [fiat]. 27. geboren in; distinguish geljoren eincm 'belong to one' (as property), as bag gefiort nttr 'that is my property'; gefioren ju 'belong to something and be a necessary part of it', as ber gefibtt jum Korper 'the head belongs (as inseparable part) to the body'; gefjoren in etroa3 means 'belong [according to one's own ideas and wishes] to some class or species without this being the case'; thus er gefiort in bic gute efeCfd)aft means 'he should belong to good society [but this is not so]', and er gefidrt JUt gilten efeQfcfiaft = 'he belongs to good society'. 30. bcbeuten win = bebeutet; rooQen is often used pleo- nastically by personifying something and thus renders the whole expression livelier or more solemn. Page 65. 1. 7. 63 hattbclt fid) ttm 'the matter concerns'; cf. fianbeln 'act', and ^anbeln 'trade', 'bargain'. 8. SittCtt Uttb Ocbraudje 'manners and customs'. 9. S3crit^rungpnnfte 'points of contact'. ii. sn einem innigern 9tnfdjhi^ 'for a closer union'; inntg (from innere 'inner', internal) 'hearty'. 17. beiberfettig (= beiberfeits) ... ber [betben] Snnaftieen, and further ben SOBunfd) . . . verbinben ju roollen (instead of vvci bunben Jll fe^en 'see united') are two pleonastic negligences of style'. VJ. bod) is here expression of irritation: 'I wish you would not disturb' . . . 31. bte SBebingnngen werben jo erft entroorfcn 'the con- ditions are only iu the rough', ja contains an assurance of wnat he says and some personal intimation to her not to feel uneasy ibout it. 144 NOTES. Page 66. 1. 3. ^rauenjimmer = 5 rauen: 3' miner (= $rauen=emarf>1 ladies' room', then at first collectively 'all females inhabiting it' tlike 'court', meaning 'all the people at court'), and afterwards it was applied to the single female. yrnu is O. H. G. 'frouwa' i. e. wife of the lord, [fro]; the word 'fro' is now only to be found in 3frt)ljn:bienft 'service due to the master', 'body-service', (when g-roljn is the genitive of fr6), and in $-rt>f)n4eid)nam = ^ errn (,S()rifti) Seidjnam. 9. begterig feilt auf, it signifies (i) be greedy; (2) be eager for; (3) it is used for neugiertg ailf, be curious about; it is derived from gier=en 'be greedy'. 14. fWSrtdjtCtt, lit. 'set right', 'defray'. 15. id) toil! ttidjt fyoffcit, see p. 64, 30. '20. 9J2ttfltft (fern.) 'dowry', from init=geben, 'to give [away] wi h [her]'; cf. 9lufteuer 'dowry' on p. 61, 28. Note the gender which differs from that of ift (neuter) poison. 27. (Jriirtcrnnfl 'diacussion', from erortern: prefix er (= au) and ortern (M. H. G. = 'examine closely') from [ber] Dri meaning originally 'beginning', 'corner', 'end', thus 'view from all sides', 'discuss'. 29. auC'feliCit, lit. 'set out', 'set apart', then 'find fault with'. Page 67. 1. 3. To the Duchy of Jiilich and Berg succeeded 1511 his daughter married to the Duke of Cleve. As there was no heir when the last Duke of Jiilich-Berg-Cleve died in 1609, a dispute arose about the succession between Saxony, Brandenburg, and Pfalz-Neuburg. The latter received Jiilich and Berg in 1666, and Brandenburg succeeded to Cleve and some counties, and it was agreed that, if then; should once be no issue by one line these countries should be united and fall to the heir of the other line. These duchies were finally given up to Prussia in 1814. 9- ttoS foff benn? is elliptical, a verb such as tljun, being understood : 'what has Parliament to do with it' ? NOTES. 145 12. mitfpredjcn 'have a voice', lit 'speak [along] with [others]'. 13. fo redjt 'just'. 17. <3d)tt)Cbtfd)=^0mmerit, the Swedes had been, since 1648, in possession of part of Pomerania. The greater portion of it was taken by the Great Elector from the then allies of Louis XFV who had invaded his electorate, but it had to be restored to them in 16. By the treaty of Stockholm (1720) Brandenburg obtained the greater part of Swedish-Pomerania, and the remainder in 1815. 18. tiitcvpcllicrcii 'interrupt', 'put questions to the Speaker in Parliament' ; cf. English 'interpellation 1 , Latin 'interpellationem', from 'inter', and 'pulsare = pellare', pellatus (driven between, interrupted). 25. 2Btberfpriid)e , from 2Biberfnrud), verb roiberfpredjeii (tntber against, 'contra'), 'to contradict'. 25. (fiiinJeitbunjjen (= (Stnrocinben) from ein*w*nben 'ob- ject', lit. 'put in [by way of objection]', cf. English 'wend [one's way]'. 26. u)tfd)ettreben (= 2)reinreben) 'interruptions', lit. 'inter- locution'. 26. in Serlcfleitljett fe^Clt 'to embarrass*. 26. >rum ljat r 'that is why'. JO. id) ftef)C ttllf ffofjktl 'to sit upon thorns [coals]'. 31. Skttcife uuit (Jutgegcitfommcu 'tokens of obliging dis- position', lit. 'examples of coming towards [to meet] one. Page 68. 1. I. nod) nSljer 3tt erb'rternbe 'to be presently discussed more particularly' ; it is a Gerundive or future participle of the Passive voice, ending in Latin in: [a]ndus, a, um. 3. fid) anstlfdjltefjeu, the infinitive depends on 5Reigung. 8. 0gefd)0ffen, 'fire away!', 'go on!' perf. part, used here for the imperative; lit. 'shoot off*, 'loosen by shooting'. 19. UUCber eintreteu 'be re-established'; lit. 're-enter', !onnte is understood. 20. fid) etttfdjltcfjen here 'make up one's mind'; cf. Be= fc&liefeen 'resolve', which would here rather signify that one ha made up one's mind a.nd 'is determined' to d j something, whilst 10 146 NOTES. Hotham is urging the king 'to make up hit mind and then to resolve'. 22. 3(uff)clnutg cintrcteu (ajfen 'abolish'; 2lufE>e6ung from auf-eBen 'lift (^heave) and 'store away 1 ; emtreten occurring thus a second time in the same sentence sounds rather awkward, 28. bic t^ltltg tft dufgcfyoben 'the sitting is suspended*. 29. tta tft [to]? 'what is the matter?' 31. {jdjobcit from fieben here 'to raise', 'to improve'. Page 69. 1. 1. JRenjJtOttSfludjtliltgen, 'these French Protestant refugees were hospitably received into Prussia by the Great Elector, after their expulsion from France in consequence of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, and liberally treated by Frederick William, who also allowed many thousands of expelled Salzburg Protestants to settle in his states. An episode of this expulsion is illustrated by Goethe's etmann unb S?orot^ea. 2. aerfrfjnuegert (or neridjroagert) from fd)roagern 'ally by marriage'; it is only used in the perf. part. nerfcfcrDtigert, (net* fdjnriegert), gefdjnmgert 'related by marriage'; cf. ber rojj, lit. 'sprout', from fprtefjen, (fprofj, gefproffen), -prout; then 'scion'. Page 70. 1. 12. fammcft fid) 'collects himself, 'composes himself. 18. ttnfl man etc. = roenn man mid) aufS aufjerfte Bringen luitt, 'if they (you) mean to [lit. 'bring me to tfc$ outermost, utter* most] drive me to extremities'. NOTES. U7 Page 71. 1. I. fidj OttfrnffCH (lit. 'rap [snatch] oneself up'), 'pick onesHI np'; Low German fid) cmf^ranen, cf. the same root in English 'rap and rend' (= seize and plunder). 4. nt bte, bte a negligence of style; a second btc should have been avoided by saying bie, ttJeldfje. 21. fflfj* C 'comprehend it'. 29. git fltir felbft fomnten 'regain my self-possession*. Page 72. 1. 8. fttflit fiffj'S tttdjt 'one does not die'; notice the reflexive form with e for num ftitbt mdjt. II. Sttllftrcten 'appearance', here the infinitive is used sub- stantively. 19. Wiirc, the subj. is here not merely used for ift, but con- tains the wish of the Princess that it were not though expressed interrogatively. Page 73. 1. IO. WitC'lirudj lit. 'outbreak', render it by 'impulse*. II. fd)a(ff)oft 'roguishly', 'waggishly', 'jestingly'; from bet djalf 'knave', 'rogue'; boBct lit. = 'with it", 'at the same time*. Page 74. 1. 13. eicjcnljiinbifl i. e. n&jitgeben mit eigenen ^ifinben, and not through a messenger; eigenfycinbig refers to the Prince of Baireuth, and not to the Crown-Prince, into whose hands a letter might as well be delivered by a messenger, but the king's aim is to send the Prince away and order him to deliver the letter himself (with his own hands) to the Crown-Prince. Otherwise the point would be lost as any messenger might just as well deliver it into the Crown-Prince's own hands. 18. toon toegen (= roegen) is now old fashioned. 20. .ftnuS ttttb .ftof, notice the alliteration. 21. er Ijnt nllco befonnt ouf Sic, elliptical for er fjnt ailed 10* 148 NOTES. befannt unb auf t you', or 'confessed you to be his chief accomplice'. 24. ucrrntcu unb Berfouft is an idiomatic expression of alliterative words for 'vilely betrayed*. Page 75. 1. 5. ourf)C 'shower-bath', (pronounce it )ufd)e), from Italian 'doccia' a conduit, water-pipe, derived from Latin 'ductus' (from 'ducere' lead), a duct; cf. 'aqueduct' (= aquae ductum), a con- duit-[pipe]. 1 6. .:paar (from bie Stebe) 'loving pair, couple'; especially when the first component is a compound word by itself, as 3"fhtd)t3 5 0rt (from bie 3uflud)t)