refuses to accept it. Arthur (hist) is a child, the nephew of the king in King John. He persuades Hubert not to put out his eyes, but dies in an attempt to escape captivity. Don Adriano de Armado is an arrogant Spanish braggart in Love's Labour's Lost. Arviragus (also known as Cadwal) is the second son of the king in Cymbeline, stolen away in infancy by Morgan, and brought up as Morgan's child. For Astringer, meaning a keeper of hawks, see Gentleman in All's Well That Ends Well, who is described as the "Astringer to the King" in his entry stage direction. An Old Athenian in Timon of Athens objects to his daughter's involvement with Lucilius, until Timon offers to endow Lucilius with money to make him her equal. An attendant on the King of France speaks four words, "I shall, my liege", in All's Well That Ends Well. Audrey is a country girl who marries Touchstone in As You Like It. Tullus Aufidius, leader of the Volscians, is the arch-enemy, and briefly the ally, of the title character in Coriolanus. Aumerle (hist) is a companion of Richard in Richard II. For Duke of Austria see Limoges. Autolycus is a rogue, singer, and snapper up of unconsidered trifles in The Winter's Tale. B Bagot (hist) is a favourite of Richard in Richard II. Balthasar: Balthasar is Romeo's servant in Romeo and Juliet. Balthasar is a singer, attending on Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing. Balthasar is a merchant in The Comedy of Errors. Balthasar is a servant of Portia in The Merchant of Venice. See also Portia in The Merchant of Venice, who takes the name Balthasar in her disguise as a lawyer from Rome. Three Bandits in Timon of Athens seek Timon's gold, but he persuades them to give up villainy. Banquo is a captain in Macbeth who, with Macbeth, meets the three witches and hears their prophecies. He is later murdered on Macbeth's orders, but his ghost haunts Macbeth at a feast. Baptista Minola is the father of Katherine and Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew. For Barbary, see Countrywomen. Bardolph: Bardolph (fict) is a follower of Sir John Falstaff in Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2. In The Merry Wives of Windsor he becomes a drawer for the Host of the Garter. He is hanged for stealing a pax in Henry V.