Coriolanus, who earns the title "Coriolanus" in recognition of his skill at smiting Volscians in Coriolai. Cornelius: Cornelius and Voltemand are two ambassadors from Claudius to the Norwegian court, in Hamlet. Cornelius, a doctor in Cymbeline, provides a fake poison to the Queen, which is later used on Imogen. He also reports the Queen's last words. The Duke of Cornwall is Regan's husband, who puts out Gloucester's eyes, in King Lear. For Corporal, see Bardolph and Nym, who hold that rank. Costard is a clown and country bumkin from Love's Labour's Lost. Count (title): A number of characters have the title Count, including Claudio (from Much Ado About Nothing) and Paris. Countess (title): The Countess of Auvergne tries to entrap Talbot in Henry VI, Part 1. The Countess of Rousillon is Bertram's mother, and Helena's protector, in All's Well That Ends Well. See also Olivia. A number of countrymen, together with Gerald, provide Maying entertainment in The Two Noble Kinsmen. Four of them are speaking roles. Three of them are called Arcas, Rycas and Sennois. They may, or may not, include Timothy and the Bavian. Five countrywomen (called Barbary, Friz, Luce, Maudlin and Nell) dance at the Maying entertainment in The Two Noble Kinsmen. Alexander Court (fict) is a soldier in the English army in Henry V. Courtesan: A courtesan dines with Antipholus of Ephesus, who finds himself locked out of his own home, in The Comedy of Errors. Several characters are courtesans, or are accused of being courtesans, most notably Cressida from Troilus and Cressida. Crab is Launce's dog, in The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (hist) is a major character in the last act of Henry VIII: hauled before the privy council by his enemies and threatened with imprisonment, but protected by the king. Cressida is one of the title characters in Troilus and Cressida. The Trojan prince Troilus falls in love with this young daughter of a Trojan defector. A crier to the court, and a scribe to the court, are minor roles – but they usually have dramatic impact – in the trial scene of Henry VIII. Thomas Cromwell (hist) is secretary to Wolsey, and later to the Privy Council, in Henry VIII. Cupid (myth) reads the prologue to a masque in Timon of Athens. Curan is minor character, a follower of the Earl of Gloucester, in King Lear. Curio is an