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Viceroy of Portugal
The Duke of Castile’s brother and uncle to Bel-Imperia and Lorenzo. While little is known about the king, he arranges the marriage between Bel-Imperia and Balthazar to unite the royal houses of Spain and Portugal into one large power. In preparation for the wedding, the king asks Hieronimo to stage a play to entertain the Viceroy of Portugal upon his arrival in Spain, and it is in this play that Hieronimo finally seeks his revenge for the murder of his son, Horatio.
King of Spain Quotes in The Spanish Tragedy
The The Spanish Tragedy quotes below are all either spoken by King of Spain or refer to King of Spain. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 1, Scene 4
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Now, lordings, fall to; Spain is Portugal,
And Portugal is Spain, we both are friends,
Tribute is paid, and we enjoy our right,
But where is old Hieronimo, our marshal?
He promised us, in honour of our guest.
To grace our banquet with some pompous jest.
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Act 2, Scene 3
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Brother of Castile, to the prince’s love
What says your daughter Bel-Imperia?
Although she coy it as becomes her kind,
And yet dissemble that she loves the prince,
I doubt not, I, but she will stoop in time.
And were she froward, which she will not be,
Yet herein shall she follow my advice,
Which is to love him or forgo my love.
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Act 4, Scene 4
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And you, my lord, whose reconciled son
Marched in a net, and thought himself unseen
And rated me for brainsick lunacy.
With “God amend that mad Hieronimo!”—
How can you brook our play’s catastrophe?
And here behold this bloody handkercher,
Which at Horatio’s death I weeping dipped
Within the river of his bleeding wounds:
It as propitious, see I have reserved,
And never hath it left my bloody heart,
Soliciting remembrance of my vow
With these, O these accursed murderers:
Which now performed, my heart is satisfied.
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King of Spain Quotes in The Spanish Tragedy
The The Spanish Tragedy quotes below are all either spoken by King of Spain or refer to King of Spain. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 1, Scene 4
Quotes
Now, lordings, fall to; Spain is Portugal,
And Portugal is Spain, we both are friends,
Tribute is paid, and we enjoy our right,
But where is old Hieronimo, our marshal?
He promised us, in honour of our guest.
To grace our banquet with some pompous jest.
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Act 2, Scene 3
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Brother of Castile, to the prince’s love
What says your daughter Bel-Imperia?
Although she coy it as becomes her kind,
And yet dissemble that she loves the prince,
I doubt not, I, but she will stoop in time.
And were she froward, which she will not be,
Yet herein shall she follow my advice,
Which is to love him or forgo my love.
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Act 4, Scene 4
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And you, my lord, whose reconciled son
Marched in a net, and thought himself unseen
And rated me for brainsick lunacy.
With “God amend that mad Hieronimo!”—
How can you brook our play’s catastrophe?
And here behold this bloody handkercher,
Which at Horatio’s death I weeping dipped
Within the river of his bleeding wounds:
It as propitious, see I have reserved,
And never hath it left my bloody heart,
Soliciting remembrance of my vow
With these, O these accursed murderers:
Which now performed, my heart is satisfied.
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