Monologue

Cardinal Monologue from The Duchess of Malfi

From The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster

male · dark · 1:00 min

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You 'll repent it. (JULIA: Never.) It hurries thee to ruin: I 'll not tell thee. Be well advis'd, and think what danger 'tis To receive a prince's secrets. They that do, Had need have their breasts hoop'd with adamant To contain them. I pray thee, yet be satisfi'd; Examine thine own frailty; 'tis more easy To tie knots than unloose them. 'Tis a secret That, like a ling'ring poison, may chance lie Spread in thy veins, and kill thee seven year hence. (JULIA: Now you dally with me.) No more; thou shalt know it. By my appointment the great Duchess of Malfi And two of her young children, four nights since, Were strangl'd.

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40s · fear · death · betrayal · power · secrets

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