Herculio

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Herculio is a main character in Büchstein’s unfinished tragedy Die Schweizer Heulsuse. Herculio is personal adviser and, it is implied, consort, to the Queen of Switzerland.

His sardonic exchanges with bumbling attorney Triago — relating to Triago’s disastrous handling of Privy Chamber conferences, and his frequent special pleadings and excuses as to why things must be different in all other circumstances but this one are some of the most quoted scenes in the play.

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