Had Cæsar done the thing, he had not been blamed.
This vulgar butchery displays to all
The motive, which so hurts your sense of right
That ye neglect the manner. Why, I say,
A just attention to the circumstance
Would hide the doing; but thus done, the doing
Proclaims the deed. And is’t not plain that ye
Must share the guilt? Seneca, look for that.
Sen. ’Tis very well for you, Petronius,
To take upon yourself the criticism