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FRIEDERICH WERNER
The Templars in Cyprus
page 11
8 THE TEMPLARS ES CYPRCS. [ACT I.
A WORKMAX.
Who would not bo a soldier ! Helm nnd lance ! How different from the apron and tho trowel !
CLACS.
Think'st so ?
WORKMAN. /. Ave sure !
CLACS.
The noble Master Molay
So thinks not.
WORKMAN. No ?—and he a man of war !
CLACS.
He says, before God's kingdom comes on earth, Lances must plough-shares be and armonr trowels !
SEVERAL LADS.
How ?
CLACS.
And the sword lo changed into a plummet, And it shall have two fastenings : Strength and Truth.
THE CHURL.
What may he mean ?
CLAUS.
How should I tell thee, bungler ?
[During these remarks, they diverse, as they work, into the side-wings ; AXXE also, who drags the mortar after her hitsbaiul.
ASTRALIS (rising from prayer). 0 thou, the eternal Mother's gracious Son,
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