Regent Monologue from Egmont

From Egmont by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

male · contemplative · 54 sec

Approach, Machiavel. I am thinking over this letter from my brother. (Machiavel: May I know what it contains?) As much tender consideration for me as anxiety for his states. He extols the firmness, the industry, the fidelity, with which I have hitherto watched over the interests of his Majesty in these provinces. He condoles with me that the unbridled people occasion me so much trouble. He is so thoroughly convinced of the depth of my views, so extraordinarily satisfied with the prudence of my conduct, that I must almost say the letter is too politely written for a king--certainly for a brother. (Machiavel: It is not the first time that he has testified to you his just satisfaction.) But the first time that it is a mere rhetorical figure.

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