Prose Dramas Emperor and Galilean Author:William Archer General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1890 Original Publisher: W. Scott Subjects: Drama / General Drama / Continental European Fiction / Classics Literary Criticism / European / Scandinavian Literary Criticism / Drama Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations a... more »nd there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Other Allies. Not over the Alps! We are not bound to go! JULIAN. Not to Rome! I will not go; they want to murder me, as they murdered my brother Callus! MAURUS. What do you say, my lord ? Decentius. Do not believe him ! JULIAN. Lay no finger on the noble Decentius; the fault is not his. Laipso (a Subaltern). That is true; the fault is Caesar's. Julian. Ah, is that you, Laipso, my gallant friend ? You fought well at Argentoratum. Laipso. Caesar has not forgotten that ? Varro (a Subaltern). But he forgets his promises ! JULIAN. Was not that the voice of the undaunted Varro ? Ah, there he is ! Your wound is healed, I see. Oh well-deserving soldier, -- why would they not let me make you captain ? VARRO. Did you really wish to ? JULIAN. Do not blame the Emperor for refusing my request. The Emperor does not know any of you, as I know you. Decentius. Soldiers, hear me ! Many VOICES. We have nothing to do with the Emperor! Others (pressing forward menacingly). It is Caesar we call to account! JULIAN. What power has your unhappy Caesar, my friends ? They want to take me to Rome. They deprive me even of the control of my private affairs. They confiscate my share of the spoils of war. I thought to give every soldier five gold pieces and a pound of silver, but The Soldiers. What does he say ? Julian. It is not the Emperor who forbids it, but bad and envious councillors. The Emperor is good, my dear friends! But oh, the Em...« less