The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron, Marshall of France is a Jacobean tragedy by George Chapman, a two-part play or double play first performed and published in 1608. It tells the story of Charles de Gontaut, duc de Biron, executed for treason in 1602.
“He is at no end of his actions blest
Whose ends will make him greatest, and not best.”
Act V, scene i; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron (1608)
Act IV, scene i.
The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron (1608)
Act III, scene i; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron (1608)
“Tis immortality to die aspiring,
As if a man were taken quick to heaven.”
Act I, scene i; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron (1608)
Act III, scene i.
The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron (1608)
