Captain Devereux Monologue from The Death of Wallenstein

From The Death of Wallenstein by Friedrich Schiller

male · dramatic · 52 sec

Hear, general! It will be all one to you-- Hark ye, let me exchange with Geraldin. (BUTLER: 'Twill be the lesser danger with the duke.) Danger! The devil! What do you think me, general, 'Tis the duke's eye, and not his sword, I fear. (BUTLER: What can his eye do to thee?) Death and hell! Thou knowest that I'm no milksop, general! But 'tis not eight days since the duke did send me Twenty gold pieces for this good warm coat Which I have on! and then for him to see me Standing before him with the pike, his murderer. That eye of his looking upon this coat-- Why--why--the devil fetch me! I'm no milksop!

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