Regent Monologue from Egmont

From Egmont by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

male · dramatic · 43 sec

If such your disposition, it were better I should resign the regency to them; for both Egmont and Orange entertained great hopes of occupying this position. Then they were adversaries, now they are leagued against me, and have become friends--inseparable friends. (Machiavel: A dangerous pair.) To speak candidly, I fear Orange.--I fear for Egmont.--Orange meditates some dangerous scheme, his thoughts are far-reaching, he is reserved, appears to accede to everything, never contradicts, and while maintaining the show of reverence, with clear foresight accomplishes his own designs.

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