Ner. Cæsar administers the law, while it

Can minister to him.

Re-enter Tigellinus.

Tig.Here is his answer written.

Ner. Read it us, Tigellinus.

Tig.If I can . . .

The letters are so pinched and shaky . . . it needs

The scholarship of Cæsar.

Ner.Give it to me.

(Reads.) ‘To Cæsar, Lucius Annæus Seneca