Monologue

King Monologue from The Purgatory of St. Patrick

From The Purgatory of St. Patrick by Pedro Calderón de la Barca

male · defiant · 54 sec

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Then, Captain, thou? (CAPTAIN: Enough to strike me dead Is even the thought.) Leogaire, thou'lt surely dare? (LEOGAIRE: The heavens, my lord, themselves exclaim forbear!) O cowards, lost to every sense of shame, Unfit to gird the warrior's sword around Your shrinking loins! Men are ye but in name. Well, I myself shall be the first to sound The depths of this enchantment, and proclaim Unto this Christian that my heart unawed Nor dreads his incantations nor his God! [Egerius advances to the cave, and on entering sinks into it with much noise, flames rise from below, and many voices are heard.

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30s · anger · power · honor · courage · defiance

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