(Fla. rushes forward to stab Nero.)
Ner. Ha! Murder! (Tigellinus, who has watched Flavus, intercepts him. Flavus is seized.)
Tig.Clear the Court!
The inner line of Guards faces outwards, and all present except the prisoners are driven from centre into the wings, and the court begins to clear.
Ner. (to Flavus, who is held before him). Who art thou, sir?
Fla. A tribune and an honest soldier, Cæsar;
And none more faithful, while you well deserved.
But I began to hate you from the day
You killed your mother, and debased yourself,
Performing to the people: and I am freed