Act 5 — THE MARRIAGE NIGHT. (continued 2)
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[Exeunt cum corporibus.
Omnes. Long live the great and good King of Castile! King. We thank ye, and just heaven which hath (unto wonder) Unknotted all these mischiefs, and kept us safe: And because we do not love to use the laws In their extremity, or execute with blood, Where we can moderate without; but chiefly, Dessandro, to endear ye more to heaven In your acknowledgment, we do enjoin you To some religious house of Orders, there By an humble life to expiate your guilt. Des. Upon my knees I do acknowledge Your God-like mercy. King. De Castro Our thanks shall make your loyalty Exemplary to all times: nor wish we to live longer Than to gain the faith of all; that we may find Ourself and title most secure, and greatest In your loves; which gives us more Than giddy fortune can—— This is our fate, and to the wise is known; All goods without us are, not (sure) our own. In tenui labor est; at tenuis non gloria.