And all our praises of him are like streams Drawn from a spring, that still rise full, and leave The part remaining greatest. Arr. I am sure He was too great for us, and that they knew Sab. When men grow fast Honour'd and loved, there is a trick in state, Enter SEJANUS talking to TERENTIUS; followed by SATRIUS, NATTA, &c. Cor. Here comes Sejanus.* The bendings, and the falls. 8 Vid. Tacit. Lib. ii. Ann. p. 28 et p. 34. Dio. Rom. Hist. Lib. lvii. p. 705. Con. Tacit. Ann. Lib. ii. p. 39. de occultis mandatis Pisoni,et postea p. 42, 43, 48. Orat. D. Celeris. Est Tibi Augustæ conscientia, est Cæsaris favor, sed in occulto, &c. Leg. Suet. Tib. c. 52. Dio. p. 706. iVid. Tacit. Ann. Lib. ii. p. 46, 47. Lib. iii. p. 54. et Suct. Cal. c. 1 et 2. * De Sejano vid. Tacit. Ann. Lib. i. p. 9. Lib. iv. princip. et per tot. Suet. Tib. Dio. Lib. lvii. lviii. et Plin. et Senec. Arr. Most creeping base! Sej. [to Natta.] I note them well: no more. Say you? Sat. My lord, There is a gentleman of Rome would buy- It is Eudemus,' the physician Sej. On with your suit. Would buy, you said Sat. A tribune's place, my lord. Sat. Fifty sestertia. Sej. Livia's physician, say you, is that fellow? Sat. It is, my lord: Your lordship's answer. Sej. To what? Sat. The place, my lord. 'Tis for a gentleman Your lordship will well like of, when you see him; And one, that you may make yours, by the grant. Sej. Well, let him bring his money, and his name. Sat. Thank your lordship. He shall, my lord. Know you this same Eudemus? is he learn'd? On. [Exeunt Sejanus, Satrius, Terentius, &c. Arr. So! yet another? yet? O desperate state Of groveling honour! seest thou this, O sun, And do we see thee after? Methinks, day Should lose his light, when men do lose their shames, 1 De Eudemo isto vid. Tacit. Ann. Lib. iv. p. 74. Monetæ nostræ 375 lib. vid. Budæum de asse, Lib. ii. p. 64. And for the empty circumstance of life,' Sejanus can repair, if Jove should ruin. He is now the court god; and well applied Arr. A serving boy! I knew him, at Caius' trencher," when for hire He prostituted his abused body To that great gormond, fat Apicius; And was the noted pathic of the time. Sab. And, now," the second face of the whole world! The partner of the empire, hath his image And for the empty circumstance of life, Et propter vitam, vivendi perdere causam. Juv. Sat. viii. v. 84. "De ingenio, moribus, et potentia Sejani, leg. Tacit. Ann. Lib. iv. p. 74. Dio Rom. Hist. Lib. lvii. p. 708. • Caius divi Augusti nepos. Cons. Tacit. Ann. Lib. iv. p. 74, et Dio. Lib. lvii. p. 706. P Juv. Sat. x. v. 63, &c. Tacit, ibid. Dion. ibid. et sic passim. Sil. He hath of late Made him a strength too, strangely, by reducing Which he commands: pretending that the soldiers, Should be attempted, their united strength Is heard to court the soldier by his name, Arr. Yet, hath he ambition? Is there that step in state can make him higher, Or more, or any thing he is, but less? Sil. Nothing but emperor. Arr. The name Tiberius, I hope, will keep, howe'er he hath foregone. Sil. Sure, while he lives. Arr. And dead, it comes to Drusus. Should he fail, To the brave issue of Germanicus; And they are three: too many-ha? for him. To have a plot upon? Sab. I do not know The heart of his designs; but, sure, their face Looks farther than the present. 2 He ne'er were liberal by kind.] By nature. See p. 19. Nero, Drusus, et Caligula.-Tacit. ibid. WHAL Arr. By the gods, If I could guess he had but such a thought, My sword should cleave him down from head to heart, But I would find it out: and with my hand I'd hurl his panting brain about the air In mites, as small as atomi, to undo The knotted bed Sab. You are observ'd Arruntius. Arr. [turns to Natta, Terentius, &c.] Death! I dare tell him so; and all his spies: You, sir, I would, do you look? and you. SCENE II. (The former Scene continued.) A Gallery discovered opening into the State Room. Enter SATRIUS with EUDEMUS. Sat. Here he will instant be: let's walk a turn; You're in a muse, Eudemus? Eud. Not I, sir. I wonder he should mark me out so! well, If you can but lay hold upon the means; t Lege Terentii defensionem. Tacit. Ann. Lib. vi. p. 102. |