And if thou could’st have let it, could’st thou too

Prevent the consequences?

Petr.But remember,

She is his mother. Oh, I thought him better.

Is it too late now think you, if I ran ...

Bur. They are there by now. Believe ’tis for the best.

If she should live but till to-morrow morn,

’Tis civil war. Consider what a party

Would stir upon the tale of Claudius’ death,

Or to revenge Britannicus. I say