This have I made my rule,
To thrust Tiberius into tyranny,
And make him toil, to turn aside those blocks,
Which I alone could not remove with safety,
Drusus once gone, Germanicus' three sons
Would clog my way; whose guards have too much faith
To be corrupted: and their mother known
Of too, too unreproved a chastity,
To be attempted, as light Livia was.
Work then, my art, on Caesar's fears, as they
On those they fear 'till all my lets be clear'd,
And he in ruins of his house, and hate
Of all his subjects, bury his own state;
When with my peace and safety, I will rise,
By making him the public sacrifice. [Exit.
SCENE III.-A Room in AGRIPPINA'S House.
Enter SATRlUS and NATTA.
Sat. They're grown exceeding circumspect, and wary.
Nat.
They have us in the wind: and yet Arruntius
Cannot contain himself.
Sat.
Tut, he's not yet
Look'd after; there are others more desired
That are more silent.
Nat. Here he comes. Away. [Exeunt.
Enter SABINUS, ARRUNTIUS, and CORDUS
Sab.
How is it, that these beagles haunt the house
Of Agrippina?
Arr.
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