‘Octavia, Octavia.’

Tig.And he now persuades

Half Rome ’twas not himself who did these things,

But thou . . . which thou, permitting him to live,

Indorsest with thy name; dost set, I say,

The imperial warrant on the black account:

As orphans sign away their patrimony

To scheming uncles; as unwitting pupils

To crafty tutors fall a prey.

Ner.One lesson