Burleigh Monologue from Mary Stuart: A Tragedy

From Mary Stuart: A Tragedy by Friedrich Schiller

male · defiant · 1:07 min

You were the man who knew, behind my back, To lure the queen to Fotheringay Castle. (LEICESTER: Behind your back! When did I fear to act Before your face?) You led her majesty? Oh, no--you led her not--it was the queen Who was so gracious as to lead you thither. (LEICESTER: What mean you, my lord, by that?) The noble part You forced the queen to play! The glorious triumph Which you prepared for her! Too gracious princess! So shamelessly, so wantonly to mock Thy unsuspecting goodness, to betray thee So pitiless to thy exulting foe! This, then, is the magnanimity, the grace Which suddenly possessed you in the council! The Stuart is for this so despicable, So weak an enemy, that it would scarce Be worth the pains to stain us with her blood. A specious plan! and sharply pointed too; 'Tis only pity this sharp point is broken.

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