Wallenstein. Begin your address.
Anspessade (giving the word of command). Shoulder your arms!
Wallenstein (turning to a third). Thy name is Risbeck, Cologne
is thy birthplace. 25
Third Cuirassier. Risbeck of Cologne.
Wallenstein. It was thou that broughtest in the Swedish
colonel, Diebald, prisoner, in the camp at Nuremberg.
Third Cuirassier. It was not I, General!
Wallenstein. Perfectly right! It was thy elder brother: 30
thou hadst a younger brother too: Where did he stay?
Third Cuirassier. He is stationed at Olmutz with the
Imperial army.
Wallenstein (to the Anspessade). Now then—begin.
Anspessade. There came to hand a letter from the Emperor [35]
Commanding us——