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