Werner Stauffacher Monologue from Wilhelm Tell

From Wilhelm Tell by Friedrich Schiller

male · dramatic · 1:03 min

'Tis true! Near Bruck, by the assassin's hand, King Albert fell. A most trustworthy man, John Muller, from Schaffhausen, brought the news. (FURST: Who dared commit so horrible a deed?) The doer makes the deed more dreadful still; It was his nephew, his own brother's son, Duke John of Austria, who struck the blow. (MELCH: What drove him to so dire a parricide?) The Emp'ror kept his patrimony back, Despite his urgent importunities; 'Twas said, he meant to keep it for himself, And with a mitre to appease the duke. However this may be, the duke gave ear To the ill counsel of his friends in arms: And with the noble lords, Von Eschenbach, Von Tegerfeld, Von Wart and Palm, resolved, Since his demands for justice were despised, With his own hands to take revenge at least.

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