Thr.Ten years is a fair term.

Thou wilt be old in prudence then.

Pr.Such prudence

Let me die ere I learn. How would’st thou, sir,

For ten years bind me down in slavery

To flatter a tyrant?

Thr.Who said flatter? Stay:

Impatience cannot help. The case is thus.

Since Burrus died, Nero hath broken loose:—

Seneca’s leading-string hath snapped in the midst