Hermann Gessler Monologue from Wilhelm Tell

From Wilhelm Tell by Friedrich Schiller

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Hast any more of them? (TELL: Two boys, my lord.) And, of the two, which dost thou love the most? (TELL: Sir, both the boys are dear to me alike.) Then, Tell, since at a hundred yards thou canst Bring down the apple from the tree, thou shalt Approve thy skill before me. Take thy bow-- Thou hast it there at hand--make ready, then, To shoot an apple from the stripling's head! But take this counsel,--look well to thine aim, See, that thou hit'st the apple at the first, For, shouldst thou miss, thy head shall pay the forfeit. (All give signs of horror.)

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