[Exeunt Tigellinus and Paris.

DOMITIA.

Through my discovery, Nero, thy good fortune

Lifts thee a corner of the veil whereunder

Thy mother plots. Be not thou now deceived

To further trust. She is bent upon thy ruin.

Ner. Though it be true she urged Britannicus

Even in those words, we lack the surety yet

She spoke them in good faith.

Dom. O, there’s no doubt.