SCENE · 5

A room in the palace. Enter NERO and TIGELLINUS with a drawn sword (R.).

Ner. Fury and Hell! Murder me, would he! A plot,

A damnable hellish plot! Stab me! by God,

Arrest him and fetch him hither.

Tig.Bethink you, Cæsar,

Now of Epicharis.

Ner.Ah, true, by heaven!

The impudent drab: she knew it all. Send straight