STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 2373, sig. 109-12/18 Page 130 · 130 of 143
THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2373, sig. 109-12/18
English Translation
120 -5 must be defeated.And now, after his Gustav-Adolf-star has been extinguished, the time is there..." Wallenstein moves his hands."To be defeated!For whom?To become peace and a kingdom..But whose empire.. .?" "The emperor's kingdom,the apostolic empire...." Wallenstein pulls the chin."The kingdom of the pope in worldly form.Reich,Terzky,is. Only one who is free may be so poor...Reich is also only a state that is free, his citizens may be hungry if they only live...Life is the only wealth heined, life gives birth, creates, erects...The Pope's kingdom wants death and freedom...." Terzky looks into the eyes of the Friedländer."I swore to you in Pilsen twice, but it remains unthinkable as long as I breathe. "Thanks, trust," Wallenstein nods..."Have had enough must on my Bohemian goods,"he laughs quietly,"he would have been able to think about it when it was a long time and the emperor had not called me for the second time.Not only today, where I am sick, old and tired. Look! Can I stir my legs!Look!Pare my arms..." *The head, peaceer!" calls Terzky. *In this the fever creeps...In the glowing hospitality and pleasures and the loose things, to drink and woman, to wine and gluttony as Satan secretly creeps into the veins, until it grows like weeds the good soil.I am tired,Terzky...." The general stomps three heavy steps on the Friedländers chair.In the half-dawn he stands tall and just there and his voice sounds out of the dark."A musketeer may be tired, a feudal dog has already to twitch together.A horse can be tired and be patiently spooned, without being raised.A general must always be awake, always, always lurking!"