Where Nero was: and had I been the father

I might have wished, I think, to have done as he,

And called the best my son.

Bur.He killed Britannicus.

Sen. Burrus, if as it seems you quite distrust him,

Why hold you still the office which establishes

His power?

Bur.Because it is an office, Seneca,2750

The top of my profession: yet, by the gods,

Find you a better man, and I’ll be gone.