Ner. ’Tis of the fine arts we would speak.
(To servants) Ho! fellows,
Pour out the wine! Ah, here’s a lovely mullet.
Has this been tasted?
TASTER.
Ay, Cæsar. ’Tis stuffed with truffles.
Ner. A mullet stuffed with truffles. Now, Poppæa,
Will not this please?
Pop.I thank you.—(aside) Prithee, bid
Lucan to speak for poetry.