Tig. (to Ner.). Send the old man home to his wife.
Ner.What can he come for?
Vat. Is’t not the hour for lessons?
Ner.Now what say you
To have him in, and make him of your council
For the ordering of the fête (To Serv.) Go shew him here.
Tig. (aside to Nero). Jest not with this man, Cæsar; Thrasea and he
Are your worst enemies.
Ner.Mighty enemies!
Tig. If there were no pretenders.