Where’s this Natalis?
Lat. He should be here; we must wait for him.
Fla. You trust him, sir?
Lat. Yes.
Fla. And Piso?
Lat. Certainly.
Fla. It is hard, sir, for a man like me, to trust a man like Piso. I yield to the choice of my betters, and the vote of the majority. I would not split the party. Yet I wish we had persuaded Seneca!
Lat. So do I, and it cost him a pang to refuse. ’Twas only Thrasea’s opinion that overweighted him.
Fla. Priscus ruined us.
Lat. There’s no choice for us now; and I doubt not we can make Piso emperor. He hath a wider following than Seneca. But when we have set him up, ’twill be in the power of any to pull him down.