Vansen Monologue from Egmont

From Egmont by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

male · defiant · 51 sec

Many, very good and very wholesome ones too. Thus it stands: The sovereign shall neither benefit the clergy, nor increase their number, without the consent of the nobles and of the states. Mark that! Nor shall he alter the constitution of the country. (Soest: Stands it so?) I'll show it you, as it was written down two or three centuries ago. A Citizen. And we tolerate the new bishops? The nobles must protect us, we will make a row else! (Others: And we suffer ourselves to be intimidated by the Inquisition?) It is your own fault. People. We have Egmont! We have Orange! They will protect our interests.

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