Lat.Let the general
Make our proposals to his lordship.
(Petronius returns.)
All.Hear, hear!
Ruf. My lords and gentlemen, since I am chosen
To expound the common thought.... It sprang at first,
I think, of the earthquake: seeing Cæsar’s life
So near extinguished, as it was, at Naples,
It came into our minds that no provision
Was made for the succession; which neglect,