Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
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A SOLDIER (to Captain).
Stay, stay; I remember-- Hark in your ear a moment. (Whispers.) CAPT. So--so--so?-- Oh, now indeed I do not wonder, sir, Your senses dazzle under practices Which treason, shrinking from its own device, Would now persuade you only was a dream; But waking was as absolute as this You wake in now, as some who saw you then, Prince as you were and are, can testify: Not only saw, but under false allegiance Laid hands upon-- SOLDIER 1. I, to my shame! SOLDIER 2. And I! CAPT. Who, to wipe out that shame, have been the first To stir and lead us--Hark! (Shouts, trumpets, etc.) A SOLDIER. Our forces, sir, |
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