Ner.Then Britannicus must go, and shall go,

As first I purposed.

Sen.Whither will you send him?

Ner. Far out of hearing of his claim. ’Tis not

A trifling matter.

Sen.See now to the other extreme

How you o’erleap the mean from wrong to wrong!

Ner. Such wrongs the title of my power condones.

Shall I at the outset of a world-wide policy

Stick at a household scruple, and for fear