sentences:  In the royal court of Hungary, King Ladislaus is a devoted and doting husband to his queen, Honoria — to a degree that earns criticism from his old counsellor Eubulus, who styles the queen as a potential Semiramis and the king a Ninus who will fall under her domination.Honoria goes out of her way to express her devotion to her husband; but the tone of royal uxoriousness is established.The court is also depicted a sink of lust, in the persons of the "wild courtiers" Ubaldo and Ricardo.