Pop.Why! if ’tis a lady.
Ner. Pooh! ’tis some state affair.
[Exit.
Pop.I hate affairs.
Ner. Marriage rúins a woman: and how quickly!
And I to lead the ape-dance, who am sworn
To rid the world of this and all its plagues!
Enter Tigellinus with Proculus and Epicharis; Vatinius following.
Ner. Good-day, Lord Proculus; what brings you here?
PROCULUS. Forgive the intrusion, Cæsar.