for Inês, who shortly afterwards is locked up on her husband’s orders when he goes to war. Months later, Inês receives the good news: her husband was killed by a shepherd. Soon, she sets out to marry again and the very same day discovers that Pero Marques still remains a bachelor – something he had promised her the day they met. Inês marries him right away but soon finds a lover. The saying is represented when her husband carries her on his back to her lover in the final scene. The cuckhold even sings “assim são as coisas” (“Thus the things are”). External links Original text in Portuguese for download. Portuguese plays 1523 plays