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Br. Strange, strange indeed. I have heard it said that murder

Falls on itself: that in the guilty breast

The implacable crime ploughs up with rooting tusk

The bleeding strings of nature: and in this woman

Of no remorse hath fated vengeance stirred

Her heart to hate her son. O, I did wrong

Yielding a little. Yet, since Burrus loves me,

That he should rule my fate is my best safety.

For her, if she’s my foe, he may work on her.—