Wallenstein Monologue from The Piccolomini: A Play

From The Piccolomini: A Play by Friedrich Schiller

male · defiant · 1:11 min

To this the law condemns him, and not I. And if I show him favor, 'twill arise From the reverence that I owe my emperor. (QUESTENBERG: If so, I can say nothing further--here!) I accepted the command but on conditions! And this the first, that to the diminution Of my authority no human being, Not even the emperor's self, should be entitled To do aught, or to say aught, with the army. If I stand warranter of the event, Placing my honor and my head in pledge, Needs must I have full mastery in all The means thereto. What rendered this Gustavus Resistless, and unconquered upon earth? This--that he was the monarch in his army! A monarch, one who is indeed a monarch, Was never yet subdued but by his equal. But to the point! The best is yet to come, Attend now, generals!

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