Weislingen: [Enter Franz. Franz. Franz: God save you, noble sir! I bring you greetings [Pg 5] from everybody in Bamberg—from the bishop down to the jester. How they are distressed at your mishap! I am to tell you to be patient—they will think the more impatiently of your deliverance; for they cannot spare you. Franz: [Pg 5] Weislingen: They will have to. I'll return, but not to stay long. Weislingen: Franz: Not to stay? My lord, if you but knew what I know! If you had but seen her—the angel in the shape of woman, who makes Bamberg a forecourt of heaven— Adelheid von Walldorf! Franz: Weislingen: I have heard much of her beauty. Is her husband at court? Weislingen: Franz: She has been widowed for four months, and is at Bamberg for amusement. If she looks upon you, it is as though you were basking in spring sunshine. Franz: Weislingen: Her charms would be lost on me. I am betrothed. Marie will be the happiness of my life. And now pack up. First to Bamberg, and then to my castle. Weislingen: [Exeunt. CONTENTS Scene II.—A forest. Some Nuremberg merchants, who, attacked on their way to the Frankfurt Fair by Goetz and his men, have escaped, leaving their goods in the hands of the knights. The page George has, however, recaptured two of the merchants as Goetz and his men enter. Scene II.
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