HOTHAM (aside to PRINCE).
Arm yourself.
EVERSMANN (impertinently).
Why should there be news from such a little country?
KING.
Be quiet! Prussia also was once a little country. Tell me rather, what do the Dutch write about Prussia?
EVERSMANN.
Outrageous things. They say that many deserters have again fled from
Potsdam.
KING.
That's not a lie, unfortunately.