Ner.Why, thou must go.

[Exit Nero carrying out Poppæa.

Bur. (solus). Be hanged! the fool’s gone too.

Re-enter Nero.

Ner.Now, Burrus, now.

Art thou my friend?

Bur.—We are alone, and while

There’s none to hear, you must excuse a soldier

If he speak plainly, Cæsar.

Ner.Indeed, Burrus,2120