Agr.I have more advice,

Which I will write to thee.[Exit Nero.

Excellent this—I have not had my way

Thus for a long long while: ay, now is my time

To strike. I’ll venture with a letter to him

And claim my boon, that he dismiss Poppæa.

There’s much to say on that which may seem aimed

More at his good than mine; and if she have plunged

In this false step, his vanity being touched

May shake his liking. I will do it at once.[Exit.