Arbiter of my table.
Br. (to servt.) ’Tis boiling hot;
Taste it.
Ner. (to Petron.) Accept you the office?
Petr.This would make me
A Cæsar above Cæsar.
Ner.In the province
Of imperial æsthetics.
Servt. to Brit.Pardon, your highness,
I will add water to it: ’tis yet unmixed.