King.
Believe me, nephew, we are sorry for't:
This is the love that fathers bear their sons.
But, gentle brother, go give to him this gold,
The prince's ransom; let him have his due.
For what he hath, Horatio shall not want,
Hap'ly Hieronimo hath need thereof.
Lorenzo.
But if he be thus helplessly[219] distract,
'Tis requisite his office be resign'd,
And given to one of more discretion.
King.
We shall increase his melancholy so;
'Tis best that[220] we see farther in it first:
Till when ourself will [hold] exempt the place.
And, brother, now bring in th' ambassador,
That he may be a witness of the match
'Twixt Balthazar and Bell'-Imperia;
And that we may prefix a certain time,
Wherein the marriage shall be solemnis'd,
That we may have thy lord the viceroy here.
Ambassador.
Therein your highness highly shall content
His majesty, that longs to hear from hence.
King.
On, then, and hear you,[221] lord ambassador.