Because they are harsh, generous because inflated.
Thy rhetoric is like a mouldy cake;
I have eaten to loathing of it: I would no more.
Sen. Look for no more. That speech delivers you.
Whether my words are false and empty bubbles
There’s nought to show, but ’twill appear the day
When life must answer for it:—The condition,
Cæsar, I accept, and do not fear the judgment.
[Bows to Nero and exit.
Re-enter Tigellinus excitedly.