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William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Act IV, Scene V

Scene VElsinore. A room in the castleEnter Queen Gertrude, Horatio, and a GentlemanQueen GertrudeI will not speak with her.GentlemanShe is importunate, indeed distract: Her mood will needs be…

Antiochus IV

(Encyclopedia) Antiochus IV (Antiochus Epiphanes)Antiochus IVāntīˈəkəs [key]Antiochus IVēpĭfˈənēz [key], d. 163 b.c., king of Syria (175 b.c.–163 b.c.), son of Antiochus III and successor of his…

Alfonso IV, king of Aragón and count of Barcelona

(Encyclopedia) Alfonso IV, 1299–1336, king of Aragón and count of Barcelona (1327–36), son and successor of James II. Before his accession he conquered (1323–24) Sardinia, where later a revolt…

William Shakespeare: Macbeth, Act IV

Act IVScene IA cavern. In the middle, a boiling cauldronThunder. Enter the three WitchesFirst WitchThrice the brinded cat hath mew'd.Second WitchThrice and once the hedge-pig whined.Third…

John IV, king of Portugal

(Encyclopedia) John IV, 1604–56, king of Portugal (1640–56). He succeeded as duke of Braganza in 1630. Descended from Manuel I and in illegitimate line from John I, he had the strongest claim to the…

William Shakespeare: The Tempest, Act IV

Act IVScene IBefore Prospero's cellEnter Prospero, Ferdinand, and MirandaProsperoIf I have too austerely punish'd you, Your compensation makes amends, for I Have given you here a third of…

Ems dispatch

(Encyclopedia) Ems dispatch, 1870, communication between King William of Prussia (later German Emperor William I) and his premier, Otto von Bismarck. In June, 1870, the throne of Spain was offered to…

Edward IV

(Encyclopedia) Edward IV, 1442–83, king of England (1461–70, 1471–83), son of Richard, duke of York. He succeeded to the leadership of the Yorkist party (see Roses, Wars of the) after the death of…

Denmark: Kings and Queens

Harold Bluetooth, king of Denmark (935–c. 985)Sweyn, king of Denmark (986–1014)Harthacanute, king of Denmark (1035–42) and of the English (1040–42)Canute the Saint, king (1080–86) and patron…