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They only stay your coming. You have done that already; and too truly — aside My Lord, my disabilities Might not my Interruption offend Whats your works name my Lord, what write you of? Of all the Roman? a huge argument The verses have more in them, then I see; Your work my Lord I doubt will be too long. I, If you write the deeds of all the Roman How many Books think you t'include it in? Four hundred? why my Lord the'yle never be read. But they were profitable to common life And did Men, Honesty, and Wisdom teach. See with what earnestness he craved my Judgement, And now he freely hath it, how it likes him? Why Tigellinus? And why should Death? or Banishment be endue? For speaking, that which was required, my thought; Oh why do Princes love to be deceived? And, even, do force abuses on themselves? There Ears are so with pleasing speech beguiled, That Truth they malice, Flattery, truth account, And their own Soul, and understanding lost, Go (what they are) to seek in other men. Alas, weak Prince, how hast thou punished me, To banish me from thee? Oh let me go And dwell in Taurus, dwell in Ethiop , So that I do not dwell at Room, with thee. The farther, still, I go from hence, I know, The farther I leave Shame and Vice behind. Where can I go, but I shall see thee, Sun? And Heaven will be as near me, still, as here. Can they, so far, a knowing soul exile, That her own roof she sees not over her head? Exit
Plot summary
Plot — Nero (Piso's Conspiracy)
The Emperor Nero celebrates his latest triumph : not a military victory, but success in a singing and acting competition against the Greeks; he also has one of his critics executed. He gives a performance in the role of Orestes; the theatre is guarded so that the audience cannot escape, and those who do not respond with due enthusiasm are marked down for execution. Deciding that he has treated Rome too lenien:tly, he has the city burned down . The wind blows the fire back towards the palace, and his own possessions are destroyed. . Antonius loves _ the Empress Poppaea, despite Petronius' efforts to persuade him to settle for someone of lower rank. Poppaea refuses Antonius, preferring Nymphidius, who has cultivated her affections as a means to make himself Emperor. Scaevinus broaches --a conspiracy to assassinate Nero, thinking it demeaning to have _an Emperor so dedicated to artistic pursuits. Piso is recruited, and the plotters discuss the best way to assassinate Nero; but they are overheard by the freedman Milichus, who reports them to Nero. Piso commits suicide; other conspirators are arrested, and Nero institutes a purge of their sympathizers. Petronius is arrested and executed simply because Tigellinus has -a score to settle with him. A young man is executed merely for pitying Piso's death; Poppaea tries to save him because he resembles a former lover of hers, so Nero kicks her to death in a rage. News arrives from France that Vindex has revolted and chosen · Galba as Emperor. Nymphidius spreads rumours that Nero has resigned, and tries both to curry favour with Galba's agents and to buy military support for his own ambitions. Nero is condemned by the Senate and commits suicide . Nymphidius is killed by Galba's supporters.