Fiesco Monologue from Fiesco; or, the Genoese Conspiracy: A Tragedy

From Fiesco; or, the Genoese Conspiracy: A Tragedy by Friedrich Schiller

male · defiant · 42 sec

Why should they not be, my friend? Think you 'tis a pleasure to be the foot of that many-legged monster, a republic? No--thanks be to him who gives it wings, and deprives the feet of their functions! Let Gianettino be the duke, affairs of state shall ne'er lie heavy on our heads. (VERRINA: Fiesco! Is that truly and seriously your meaning?) Andreas adopts his nephew as a son, and makes him heir to his estates; what madman will dispute with him the inheritance of his power? VERRINA (with the utmost indignation). Away, then, Genoese! (Leaves FIESCO hastily, the rest follow.)

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