Bibliotheca Polyglotta

Fru Inger til Østråt (Lady Inger of Östråt)

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NILS LYKKE.
Hun havde modtaget os som lige kærkomne gæster for det. Men læg mærke til, at i så fald havde besøget gjort opsigt. Bønderne heromkring vilde holdt det for en voldshandling imod fru Inger; hun var da atter stegen i almuens gunst, og, ser I, det er ikke rådeligt.

NILS LYKKE.
She had made us none the less welcome for that. But mark well that then our coming had made a stir. The peasants round about had held it for an outrage against Lady Inger; she had risen high in their favour once more--and with that, look you, we were ill served.

JENS BJELKE.
Kan vel være. Men hvad gør jeg nu? Grev Sture er på Østråt, siger I. Ja, hvad hjælper det mig? Fru Inger Gyldenløve har sagtens, ligesom ræven, mange gemsler og flere end én udgang. Her kan vi to enslige karle gå omkring og snuse så længe vi vil. Gid djævlen havde hele sagen!

JENS BIELKE.
May be so. But what am I to do now? Count Sture is in Östråt, you say. Ay, but how does that profit me? Be sure Lady Inger Gyldenlöve has as many hiding-places as the fox, and more than one outlet to them. We two can go snuffing about here alone as long as we please. I would the devil had the whole affair!

NILS LYKKE.
Nu vel, kære herre, – hvis I ikke synes om den vending, eders sendelse har taget, så overlad slagmarken til mig.

NILS LYKKE.
Well, then, my friend--if you like not the turn your errand has taken, you have but to leave the field to me.

JENS BJELKE.
Til jer? Hvad vil I da gøre?

JENS BIELKE.
To you? What will you do?

NILS LYKKE.
Kløgt og list turde måske her kunne udrette, hvad vi ikke med våbenmagt kan sætte igennem. – Nu, ærligt talt, herr Jens Bjelke, – jeg har allerede havt noget sligt i tankerne lige fra vi mødtes i Trondhjem igår.

NILS LYKKE.
Caution and cunning may here do more than could be achieved by force of arms.--And to say truth, Captain Jens Bielke-- something of the sort has been in my mind ever since we met in Trondhiem yesterday.

JENS BJELKE.
Var det derfor I overtalte mig til at skille mig ved krigsknægtene?

JENS BIELKE.
Was that why you persuaded me to leave the men at arms?

NILS LYKKE.
Både eders og mit ærend på Østråt kunde jo fremmes bedst uden dem; og så –

NILS LYKKE.
Both your purpose at Östråt and mine could best be served without them; and so----

JENS BJELKE.
Fanden besætte jer, – havde jeg nær sagt! Og mig selv med! For jeg burde da vidst, at I stændigt går med en ræv bag øret.

JENS BIELKE.
The foul fiend seize you--I had almost said! And me to boot! Might I not have known that there is guile in all your dealings?

NILS LYKKE.
Ja, men ser I, her kommer ræven vel tilpas, hvis våbnene skal være lige på begge sider. Og jeg må sige eder, at det er mig af højeste vigtighed, at jeg skiller mig vel og i al stilhed fra min sendelse. I skal vide, at min herre, kongen, var mig lidet nådig, da jeg rejste. Han formente at have sine grunde dertil, skønt jeg tror, at jeg har tjent ham så nyttelig som nogen i mere end ét vanskeligt hverv.

NILS LYKKE.
Be sure I shall need all my guile here, if I am to face my foe with even weapons. And let me tell you ’tis of the utmost moment to me that I acquit me of my mission secretly and well. You must know that when I set forth I was scarce in favour with my lord the King. He held me in suspicion; though I dare swear I have served him as well as any man could, in more than one ticklish charge.

JENS BJELKE.
Det skudsmål tør I frit give jer. Gud og hvermand véd, at I er den slugeste djævel i alle de tre riger.

JENS BIELKE.
That you may safely boast. God and all men know you for the craftiest devil in all the three kingdoms.

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