Monologue

Governor Monologue from Tamburlaine

From Tamburlaine by Christopher Marlowe

male · defiant · 52 sec

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Well, lovely virgins, think our country's care, Our love of honour, loath to be enthrall'd To foreign powers and rough imperious yokes, Would not with too much cowardice or fear, Before all hope of rescue were denied, Submit yourselves and us to servitude. Therefore, in that your safeties and our own, Your honours, liberties, and lives were weigh'd In equal care and balance with our own, Endure as we the malice of our stars, The wrath of Tamburlaine and power of wars; Or be the means the overweighing heavens Have kept to qualify these hot extremes, And bring us pardon in your cheerful looks.

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The Governor addresses a group of virgins, urging them to endure the challenges posed by Tamburlaine and to resist submission to foreign powers, highlighting the struggle for honor and freedom.

30s · determination · honor · freedom · power · fate

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