Wallenstein's Camp
Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von, 1759-1805
English
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THE CAMP OF WALLENSTEIN
By Frederich Schiller
Translated by James Churchill.
The Camp of Wallenstein is an introduction to the celebrated tragedy ofthat name; and, by its vivid portraiture of the state of the general'sarmy, gives the best clue to the spell of his gigantic power. The blindbelief entertained in the unfailing success of his arms, and in thesupernatural agencies by which that success is secured to him; theunrestrained indulgence of every passion, and utter disregard of all law,save that of the camp; a hard oppression of the peasantry and plunder ofthe country, have all swollen the soldiery with an idea of interminablesway. But as we have translated the whole, we shall leave these recklessmarauders to speak for themselves.
Of Schiller's opinion concerning the Camp, as a necessary introduction tothe tragedy, the following passage taken from the prologue to the firstrepresentation, will give a just idea, and may also serve as a motto tothe work:—
"Not he it is, who on the tragic scene Will now appear—but in the fearless bands Whom his command alone could sway, and whom His spirit fired, you may his shadow see, Until the bashful Muse shall dare to bring Himself before you in a living form; For power it was that bore his heart astray His Camp, alone, elucidates his crime."