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Portuguese-born London merchant Pisaro favors three wealthy foreign suitors for his daughters, while they prefer Englishmen. The comic courtships, disguises and financial entanglements end with the English suitors winning their brides and helping cancel their debts to Pisaro.
In the Spanish court, Moorish prince Eleazar uses the Queen Mother’s passion to advance his claim to the crown. He manipulates her into killing her son, then kills her and betrays his own wife to wound a cardinal before murdering the king; his schemes ultimately fail and he dies unrepentant.
A poor basket-maker's virtuous daughter, Grissil, marries the Marquess of Salucia, who subjects her to humiliations and cruelties to test her patience. The comedy reworks the Griselda folktale and examines marriage, social rank, and authority.
Portuguese-born London merchant Pisaro favors three wealthy foreign suitors for his daughters, while they prefer Englishmen. The comic courtships, disguises and financial entanglements end with the English suitors winning their brides and helping cancel their debts to Pisaro.
In the Spanish court, Moorish prince Eleazar uses the Queen Mother’s passion to advance his claim to the crown. He manipulates her into killing her son, then kills her and betrays his own wife to wound a cardinal before murdering the king; his schemes ultimately fail and he dies unrepentant.
A poor basket-maker's virtuous daughter, Grissil, marries the Marquess of Salucia, who subjects her to humiliations and cruelties to test her patience. The comedy reworks the Griselda folktale and examines marriage, social rank, and authority.