To screen my purpose in some usual conduct.
To-night all will be over.—Fare-you-well.
Lat. Come after him, Natalis: we must make
A show of yielding, and delude him gently
By mock convincement; else he’ll ruin all.
SCENE · 3
A room in the palace. NERO and POPPÆA meeting.
NERO.
Empress! the emperor of the world salutes thee,