Agr.I am desperate.

Sen. Indeed, indeed!570

Agr. What say’st thou, Burrus? Hast thou not a hope

The rightful heir might prove the better Cæsar?

Bur. Were this in earnest, yet my oath to Cæsar

Forbids me even to think the thing you say.

Agr. Thy oath to him! Rather to me ’twas sworn;

Who raised thee up to swear, and made the Cæsar

For thee to swear to? I can dispense your oaths:

Or rather, since they were unjustly sworn,