To water this rebellion with the tears

Of your insidious passion?

Agr.Your man’s a fool: I heard

Your quarrel, and took pains to sound the boy.

Ner. Next you saw Burrus.

Agr.Well, and what said he?

Ner. Nay, that’s for you to tell.

Agr.’Twas this: Britannicus

Most truly said that nought could help his claim,

Except the guards and Burrus: at which word