SCENE II.--_Landscape, with village and castle in distance_. GOETZ

_and_ GEORGE.

GEORGE: I beseech you, leave this infamous mob of robbers and incendiaries.

GOETZ: We have done some good and saved many a convent, many a life.

GEORGE: Oh, sir, I beg you to leave them at once, before they drag you away with them as prisoner, instead of following you as captain! (_Flames are seen rising from the distant village_.) See there! A new crime!

GOETZ: That is Miltenberg. Quick, George! Prevent the burning of the castle. I'll have nothing further to do with the scoundrels.

GEORGE: I shall save Miltenberg, or you will not see me again. [_Exit._

GOETZ: Everybody blames me for the mischief, and nobody gives me credit for having prevented so much evil. Would I were thousands of miles away!

[_Enter_ SIEVERS, LINK, METZLER, _peasants_.

LINK: Rouse yourself, captain; the enemy is near and in great force!

GOETZ: Who burnt Miltenberg?

METZLER: If you want to make a fuss, we'll soon teach you!

GOETZ: You threaten? Scoundrel! [_He knocks him down with a blow of his fist_.

KOHL: You are mad! The enemy is coming, and you quarrel.

[_Tumult, battle, and rout of the peasants. Then the stage gradually fills with gypsies_. GOETZ _returns wounded, is recognised by the gypsies, who bandage him, help him on to his horse, and ask him to lead them. Soldiers enter and level their halberds at_ GOETZ.