Honour'd and noble!
SECOND SENATOR.
Good and great Sejanus!
PRÆCO.
Silence!
(Acte V, sc. x.)
«Some there be that would interpret his public severity to be particular ambition; and under a pretext of service to us, he doth but remove his own lets; alleging the strength he has made to himself by the prætorian soldiers, by his faction in court and senate, by the offices he holds himself, and confers on others, his popularity and dependents, his urging and almost driving us to this our unwilling retirement, and, lastly, his aspiring to be our son-in-law.
SENATOR.
«This is strange!»