on_o they_o must_v be_v act_v conspiracy_n there_o be_v more_o peril_n to_o resolve_v than_o execute_v a_o conspiracy_n they_o be_v not_o unlike_o certain_a viand_n of_o which_o if_o we_o eat_v little_a they_o be_v poison_n and_o nutriment_n if_o plentiful_o the_o resolution_n be_v make_v to_o put_v andrew_n to_o death_n a_o silken_a cord_n be_v choose_v to_o be_v the_o instrument_n the_o time_n night_n executioner_n charles_n artus_n who_o the_o catanian_a have_v create_v lord_n chamberlain_n the_o place_n the_o queen_n withdraw_a room_n what_o monster_n of_o cruelty_n what_o monstrous_a cruelty_n a_o king_n unsafe_a in_o the_o company_n of_o his_o wife_n temple_n the_o house_n of_o a_o prince_n be_v sacred_a every_o one_o ought_v to_o be_v safe_a there_o as_o in_o a_o temple_n and_o her_o cabinet_n become_v a_o place_n of_o execution_n the_o palace_n of_o king_n be_v holy_a the_o mount_n palatine_n be_v sacred_a and_o venerable_a only_o because_o the_o emperor_n there_o make_v his_o abode_n at_o the_o time_n of_o this_o hideous_a and_o damnable_a conspiracy_n andrew_n be_v call_v from_o his_o chamber_n to_o come_v unto_o the_o queen_n lodging_n other_o say_v that_o be_v in_o bed_n with_o she_o he_o be_v awaken_v as_o upon_o some_o matter_n of_o much_o importance_n but_o in_o one_o kind_n or_o other_o put_v his_o head_n out_o of_o the_o chamber_n door_n either_o to_o go_v in_o or_o out_o the_o murderer_n cast_v a_o cord_n about_o his_o neck_n strangle_v he_o and_o tie_v he_o to_o the_o bar_n of_o the_o window_n all_o the_o city_n be_v in_o a_o uproar_n at_o so_o execrable_a a_o act_n and_o so_o cruel_a a_o spectacle_n can_v the_o people_n have_v have_v mean_n to_o force_v the_o castle_n they_o have_v not_o seek_v for_o the_o murderer_n any_o where_o but_o in_o the_o queen_n company_n they_o fall_v upon_o certain_a calabrian_a groom_n of_o the_o chamber_n who_o die_v innocent_a the_o actor_n save_v themselves_o at_o constantinople_n many_o be_v take_v but_o the_o catanian_a cause_v some_o to_o be_v strangle_v and_o other_o to_o have_v their_o tongue_n cut_v out_o who_o may_v discover_v her_o wickedness_n the_o punishment_n whereof_o she_o already_o feel_v in_o her_o soul_n by_o the_o torment_n of_o her_o conscience_n and_o imagination_n man_n thyestes_n after_o his_o inâ—est_n flee_v from_o the_o earth_n and_o hell_n and_o say_v his_o presence_n slacken_v the_o sun_n not_o willing_a to_o pollute_v his_o ray_n with_o so_o wicked_a a_o man_n that_o all_o aim_v at_o she_o that_o her_o shadow_n accuse_v she_o that_o executioner_n torture_v she_o that_o the_o sun_n deny_v she_o his_o beam_n that_o her_o presence_n slackn_v his_o rise_n that_o he_o may_v not_o pollute_v his_o bright_a ray_n with_o a_o object_n so_o detestable_a friar_n robert_n after_o this_o miserable_a fact_n shut_v himself_o up_o shadow_n a_o evil_a man_n fear_v his_o own_o shadow_n there_o be_v no_o way_n of_o safety_n for_o he_o he_o behold_v nothing_o round_a about_o he_o but_o precipice_n i_o know_v not_o what_o become_v of_o he_o the_o history_n speak_v of_o his_o authority_n threaten_v he_o with_o ruin_n but_o tell_v not_o how_o it_o happen_v element_n a_o religious_a man_n from_o his_o rule_n and_o monastery_n be_v out_o of_o his_o element_n questionless_a it_o be_v not_o without_o repentance_n to_o have_v be_v in_o the_o court_n as_o out_o of_o his_o element_n and_o lead_v a_o life_n quite_o contrary_a to_o his_o profession_n good_a religious_a man_n rest_v in_o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o cloister_n seldom_o stir_v abroad_o live_v strict_o pray_v and_o meditate_v incessant_o study_v when_o they_o can_v persevere_v in_o all_o purity_n and_o have_v more_o care_n to_o do_v well_o than_o speak_v well_o for_o at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n good_a deed_n shall_v be_v weigh_v not_o smooth_a word_n joane_n be_v deliver_v on_o christmas_n day_n of_o a_o son_n 1346._o birth_n of_o carobert_n posthumus_n son_n of_o andrew_n the_o five_o and_o twenty_o of_o december_n 1346._o and_o the_o joy_n of_o this_o birth_n be_v trouble_v with_o the_o news_n that_o lewis_n king_n of_o hungary_n come_v with_o a_o huge_a army_n to_o revenge_v his_o brother_n death_n her_o council_n beseech_v she_o to_o marry_v that_o she_o may_v have_v some_o one_o to_o entrust_v with_o the_o manage_n of_o her_o arm_n she_o match_v with_o lewis_n of_o tarentum_n son_n of_o the_o brother_n of_o king_n robert_n one_o of_o the_o goodly_a princse_n of_o that_o age_n the_o marriage_n consummate_v she_o thereon_o ask_v counsel_n and_o dispensation_n of_o the_o pope_n world_n youth_n and_o solitude_n incompatible_a throughout_o the_o world_n declare_v unto_o he_o herage_n permit_v not_o solitude_n nor_o can_v her_o counsel_n endure_v to_o see_v she_o deprive_v the_o comfort_n of_o a_o husband_n that_o many_o prince_n sue_v to_o she_o that_o the_o affection_n she_o bear_v to_o her_o own_o house_n fix_v her_o thought_n upon_o the_o prince_n of_o tarentum_n husband_n scandalous_a marriage_n with_o adultery_n and_o the_o murder_n of_o a_o husband_n the_o pope_n hereof_o advertise_v the_o king_n of_o hungary_n brother_n of_o andrew_n show_v it_o will_v be_v scandalous_a to_o christianity_n to_o see_v a_o wife_n marry_v again_o after_o she_o have_v kill_v her_o husband_n and_o match_n with_o he_o who_o be_v suspect_v to_o have_v be_v both_o a_o adulterer_n and_o murderer_n condemnation_n so_o the_o condemn_v make_v sport_n whilst_o the_o judge_n give_v sentence_n for_o their_o condemnation_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n they_o live_v content_o regard_v not_o rumour_n which_o seek_v to_o offend_v they_o nor_o resist_v they_o but_o with_o stop_v their_o ear_n and_o make_v fair_a weather_n not_o imagine_v what_o the_o eternal_a justice_n have_v ordain_v for_o they_o but_o the_o queen_n understand_v the_o king_n of_o hungary_n march_v with_o a_o huge_a army_n to_o revenge_v the_o death_n of_o his_o brother_n send_v a_o gentleman_n to_o he_o with_o a_o letter_n to_o this_o effect_n brother_n be_v i_o able_a to_o express_v my_o sorrow_n unto_o you_o i_o shall_v not_o feel_v the_o violence_n thereof_o speak_v great_a grief_n be_v dumb_a and_o little_a speak_v which_o exceed_v my_o force_n and_o your_o imagination_n this_o gentleman_n will_v show_v you_o it_o to_o be_v such_o that_o nothing_o can_v ease_v it_o but_o revenge_n upon_o that_o which_o be_v the_o cause_n thereof_o for_o which_o purpose_n and_o for_o the_o good_a of_o my_o kingdom_n i_o seek_v not_o out_o a_o second_o husband_n any_o where_o but_o in_o my_o own_o house_n and_o have_v free_v myself_o from_o the_o solicitation_n of_o other_o prince_n heir_n the_o inheritance_n be_v better_a love_v than_o the_o heir_n who_o more_o love_v my_o state_n than_o i_o with_o his_o valour_n and_o my_o courage_n i_o hope_v to_o derive_v light_a out_o of_o darkness_n and_o to_o make_v truth_n triumph_v over_o calumny_n much_o may_v you_o fortify_v my_o hope_n if_o you_o entertain_v as_o much_o affection_n for_o the_o innocence_n of_o the_o son_n and_o protection_n of_o the_o mother_n as_o i_o hdve_v to_o tell_v you_o that_o i_o be_o your_o dear_a sister_n joan_n the_o answer_n of_o lewis_n be_v very_o rough_a and_o couch_v in_o few_o word_n the_o loose_a life_n you_o have_v lead_v heretofore_o the_o absolute_a power_n you_o have_v take_v upon_o you_o the_o neglect_n of_o revenge_n your_o second_o marriage_n and_o the_o excuse_v you_o make_v to_o punish_v the_o fault_n be_v sufficient_a to_o convince_v you_o have_v a_o share_n or_o give_v consent_n to_o the_o massacre_n of_o your_o husband_n for_o which_o cause_n you_o ought_v not_o to_o expect_v to_o have_v either_o friend_n or_o brother_n lewis_n before_o the_o people_n be_v the_o barbâ—_n be_v planet_n which_o hear_v a_o trumpet_n sound_n forget_v all_o she_o have_v learn_v before_o this_o letter_n run_v every_o where_o up_o and_o down_o be_v favourable_o read_v by_o turbulent_a &_o calumnious_a spirit_n and_o the_o people_n who_o overprise_n bruit_n and_o who_o upon_o the_o first_o mention_n of_o evil_n against_o any_o forget_v all_o the_o good_a have_v be_v do_v scandalize_v the_o life_n &_o honour_n of_o the_o queen_n but_o as_o truth_n common_o pass_v among_o imposture_n truth_n no_o man_n be_v so_o great_a a_o liar_n who_o speak_v not_o some_o truth_n it_o be_v say_v throughout_o the_o city_n of_o naples_n the_o catanian_a have_v perpetrate_v this_o horrible_a parricide_n and_o that_o the_o count_n ebule_n her_o son_n high_a steward_n of_o naples_n have_v hasten_v execution_n roberti_n exaltationes_fw-la tam_fw-la egregiae_fw-la non_fw-la absque_fw-la macula_fw-la pudicitiae_fw-la labefactate_n concedemis_fw-la in_o aethiopas_n devenere_fw-la no_o &_o si_fw-la fas_fw-la credere_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la non_fw-la defuere_fw-la qui_fw-la dicerent_fw-la lenocinio_fw-la philippae_n joannam_n ad_fw-la amplexus_fw-la devenisse_fw-la roberti_n that_o he_o
messalina_n wife_n of_o claudius_n the_o sink_n of_o all_o abomination_n clytaemnestra_n murder_v agameâ—non_n her_o husband_n to_o throw_v it_o on_o my_o honour_n he_o make_v i_o more_o wanton_a than_o cleopatra_n more_o insatiable_a than_o messalina_n more_o cruel_a than_o clytaemnestra_n have_v he_o find_v i_o in_o those_o infamous_a house_n where_o every_o one_o know_v why_o that_o place_n be_v frequent_v he_o can_v not_o use_v i_o more_o unworthy_o he_o say_v i_o have_v fail_v in_o loyalty_n to_o my_o husband_n fie_o upon_o treachery_n outward_a we_o can_v judge_v the_o inward_a man_n by_o the_o outward_a he_o say_v i_o do_v it_o because_o he_o think_v i_o shall_v have_v do_v it_o and_o that_o the_o harsh_a and_o barbarous_a condition_n of_o his_o brother_n may_v dispense_v with_o a_o queen_n deed_n they_o who_o deceive_v their_o husband_n recompense_n with_o good_a word_n evil_a deed_n who_o be_v in_o the_o flower_n of_o her_o age_n have_v no_o cause_n to_o complain_v that_o nature_n deny_v she_o its_o perfection_n or_o heaven_n favour_n be_v it_o not_o a_o silly_a trick_n to_o derive_v the_o proof_n of_o the_o heart_n from_o the_o forehead_n when_o he_o say_v i_o have_v nothing_o in_o store_n for_o andrew_n but_o scorn_n and_o contempt_n and_o that_o i_o reserve_v my_o affection_n for_o other_o what_o he_o produce_v to_o condemn_v i_o justify_v i_o who_o know_v not_o that_o such_o as_o deceive_v their_o husband_n flatter_v they_o whilst_o other_o who_o conscience_n upbraid_v they_o not_o be_v more_o imperious_a satisfy_v themselves_o with_o the_o interior_a approbation_n of_o their_o virtue_n he_o say_v i_o be_o guilty_a of_o his_o death_n it_o be_v false_a if_o my_o sex_n permit_v i_o will_v challenge_v he_o and_o make_v these_o word_n return_v into_o his_o heart_n with_o the_o lie_n or_o his_o life_n issue_n forth_o with_o his_o shame_n i_o will_v quick_o be_v resolve_v upon_o it_o my_o courage_n shall_v make_v difficulty_n abash_v and_o shame_v valiant_a if_o i_o will_v have_v commit_v this_o wicked_a act_n plot_n oftentimes_o great_a mischief_n be_v impute_v to_o accident_n to_o excuse_v the_o plot_n i_o have_v mean_n to_o perform_v it_o in_o a_o more_o secret_a manner_n and_o to_o impute_v that_o to_o accident_n which_o come_v by_o violence_n i_o can_v not_o do_v it_o alone_o and_o if_o any_o one_o therein_o assist_v i_o let_v he_o speak_v let_v he_o accuse_v i_o i_o promise_v he_o pardon_v the_o king_n of_o hungary_n assure_v he_o reward_n but_o heaven_n threaten_v both_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o with_o hell_n what_o say_v i_o it_o be_v a_o jest_n incontinency_n polyphemus_n mock_v at_o ulysses_n who_o speak_v to_o he_o of_o the_o fear_n of_o the_o go_n in_o many_o place_n second_o wedlock_n have_v be_v accuse_v of_o incontinency_n to_o speak_v to_o a_o cyclope_n of_o the_o fear_n of_o go_n he_o affirm_v i_o be_o marry_v to_o the_o prince_n of_o tarentum_n but_o have_v i_o do_v it_o without_o the_o church_n dispensation_n without_o advice_n of_o my_o council_n without_o the_o necessity_n of_o my_o kingdom_n and_o where_o be_v the_o law_n which_o forbid_v princess_n of_o eighteen_o a_o second_o wedlock_n must_v none_o but_o virgin_n marry_v he_o add_v i_o love_v he_o not_o one_o shall_v have_v be_v very_o tender_a and_o compassionate_a of_o heart_n to_o affect_v his_o person_n king_n robert_n make_v it_o appear_v when_o he_o give_v he_o to_o i_o that_o he_o respect_v not_o so_o much_o my_o contentment_n as_o his_o own_o the_o honour_n i_o do_v he_o to_o marry_v he_o oblige_v he_o to_o retribution_n of_o honour_n but_o he_o on_o the_o contrary_n seek_v to_o have_v all_o authority_n and_o i_o be_v enforce_v to_o take_v it_o from_o he_o that_o i_o may_v not_o submit_v the_o law_n of_o my_o kingdom_n to_o the_o discretion_n of_o stranger_n confound_v so_o soon_o as_o sovereign_a authority_n be_v shake_v it_o be_v lose_v and_o confound_v i_o be_v jealous_a of_o my_o authority_n as_o of_o the_o apple_n of_o my_o eye_n of_o the_o heart_n of_o my_o state_n my_o ancestor_n teach_v i_o that_o if_o this_o rock_n once_o totter_v it_o can_v be_v stay_v the_o end_n of_o its_o motion_n be_v ruin_n possession_n who_o be_v glad_a of_o his_o own_o loss_n never_o love_v the_o possession_n they_o say_v i_o bewail_v he_o not_o very_o be_v i_o bind_v to_o deplore_v deliverance_n from_o a_o insupportable_a torment_n i_o confess_v to_o have_v do_v amiss_o for_o my_o tear_n be_v quick_o dry_v up_o that_o i_o neglect_v the_o revenge_n of_o his_o death_n this_o concern_v i_o not_o those_o who_o i_o entrust_v with_o the_o care_n of_o my_o law_n and_o justice_n must_v answer_v for_o that_o but_o revenge_n not_o sorrow_n have_v bring_v i_o hither_o to_o tell_v you_o i_o be_o displease_v with_o his_o death_n as_o your_o queen_n who_o consider_v the_o sequel_n of_o impunity_n prince_n all_o prince_n be_v brother_n and_o resent_v the_o offence_n of_o prince_n the_o scandal_n of_o other_o prince_n the_o reproach_n of_o this_o nation_n and_o who_o shall_v account_v herself_o unworthy_a the_o crown_n god_n have_v place_v on_o her_o head_n if_o she_o employ_v not_o it_o and_o her_o proper_a self_n in_o the_o punishment_n of_o this_o parricide_n protest_v there_o be_v not_o any_o person_n of_o what_o quality_n soever_o who_o i_o abandon_v not_o without_o hope_n of_o grace_n or_o pardon_n i_o conjure_v you_o to_o serve_v i_o in_o this_o design_n and_o to_o take_v away_o the_o mask_n of_o passion_n that_o the_o integrity_n of_o justice_n may_v appear_v and_o the_o sun_n dissolve_v the_o ice_n which_o have_v hitherto_o cover_v this_o wicked_a act_n the_o assembly_n thank_v she_o for_o this_o declaration_n great_a to_o despise_v the_o punishment_n of_o great_a crime_n be_v to_o give_v way_n to_o much_o great_a praise_v her_o justice_n and_o the_o magnanimous_a care_n she_o have_v of_o her_o reputation_n which_o can_v not_o any_o way_n be_v more_o sensible_o wound_v than_o by_o defer_v the_o enquiry_n and_o punishment_n of_o a_o crime_n so_o enormous_a and_o horrid_a the_o dissemble_n whereof_o be_v injustice_n and_o clemency_n cruelty_n hugo_n de_fw-fr baux_n prince_n of_o orange_n count_n of_o avellina_fw-la be_v appoint_v with_o absolute_a and_o sovereign_a power_n void_a of_o limitation_n to_o punish_v the_o guilty_a he_o lay_v not_o hold_v on_o wretched_a and_o miserable_a creature_n which_o like_o little_a animal_n do_v nothing_o seneca_n to_o punish_v inferior_n be_v but_o to_o crush_v little_a animal_n say_v seneca_n but_o foul_a the_o finger_n of_o those_o who_o crush_v they_o he_o cause_v to_o be_v take_v many_o lord_n many_o lady_n of_o the_o chamber_n and_o cabinet_n than_o the_o catanian_a the_o high_a steward_n of_o naples_n her_o son_n the_o count_n mursan_n her_o son_n in_o law_n and_o sancha_n her_o daughter_n robertum_fw-la erecto_fw-la immaniequuleo_fw-la in_o conspectu_fw-la neopolitanae_n vrbis_fw-la medio_fw-la maris_fw-la in_o sinu_fw-la ritu_fw-la regionis_fw-la specâ—ante_fw-la populo_fw-la in_o philippam_n torsit_fw-la misâ—llam_fw-la sanctiam_fw-la &_o robertum_fw-la and_o that_o the_o commonwealth_n may_v public_o receive_v the_o satisfaction_n he_o promise_v upon_o this_o proceed_n the_o process_n be_v draw_v he_o without_o the_o town_n erect_v a_o torture_n wherein_o he_o expose_v to_o the_o eye_n of_o all_o the_o city_n and_o kingdom_n the_o catanian_a and_o her_o child_n who_o suffer_v great_a torment_n as_o a_o antipast_n of_o some_o far_o more_o exquisite_a the_o most_o miserable_a thought_n themselves_o happy_a in_o comparison_n of_o such_o prosperity_n not_o to_o be_v move_v with_o these_o example_n be_v as_o pirrho_n pig_n to_o eat_v barley_n greedy_o in_o the_o great_a violence_n of_o torment_n boccace_n tell_v we_o not_o what_o they_o confess_v but_o by_o the_o subsequent_a punishment_n we_o may_v guess_v of_o the_o confession_n certain_a day_n after_o they_o be_v drag_v naked_a through_o the_o town_n upon_o a_o hurdle_n then_o tie_v to_o three_o ship-mast_n burn_a pinser_n twitch_v they_o razor_n flay_v they_o and_o flame_n choke_v they_o the_o catanian_a old_a and_o weak_a die_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o torment_n her_o heart_n and_o entrails_n be_v tear_v out_o her_o head_n set_v upon_o one_o of_o the_o gate_n of_o naples_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o her_o body_n turn_v into_o ash_n commission_n enrage_a hatred_n envy_v the_o executioner_n commission_n her_o daughter_n sancha_n be_v burn_v alive_a robert_n her_o son_n half_o roast_v in_o the_o fire_n be_v draw_v thence_o alive_a and_o as_o if_o the_o punishment_n have_v be_v too_o gentle_a for_o public_a satisfaction_n the_o people_n hale_v he_o throughout_o the_o city_n in_o the_o dirt_n and_o kennel_n gallows_n egineta_n counsel_v pansanias_fw-la after_o the_o victory_n of_o platea_n to_o hang_v mardonius_n his_o enemy_n on_o a_o gallows_n than_o pull_v his_o heart_n and_o bowel_n forth_o rend_v he_o in_o piece_n and_o there_o be_v some_o who_o barbarous_o inhuman_a tear_v he_o with_o their_o nail_n and_o fix_v their_o tooth_n upon_o he_o not_o so_o much_o for_o revenge_n as_o through_o fury_n and_o brutishness_n this_o history_n be_v come_v to_o its_o period_n dead_a you_o counsel_v i_o not_o well_o say_v he_o it_o only_o be_v proper_a to_o barbarian_n to_o be_v cruel_a to_o the_o dead_a it_o go_v no_o further_o he_o that_o will_v know_v how_o queen_n joane_n go_v out_o of_o this_o tragedy_n must_v travel_v far_o therein_o than_o we_o have_v do_v it_o suffice_v to_o tell_v you_o the_o catanian_a draw_v upon_o the_o king_n and_o kingdom_n of_o sicily_n a_o deluge_n of_o calamity_n fasten_v misery_n as_o with_o nail_n of_o adamant_n to_o the_o crown_n of_o naples_n never_o prosperous_a either_o for_o joane_n her_o four_o husband_n her_o sister_n or_o those_o of_o her_o race_n lewis_n king_n of_o hungary_n enter_v twice_o into_o naples_n as_o into_o a_o enemy_n country_n to_o revenge_v his_o brother_n death_n he_o enforce_v the_o queen_n to_o retire_v into_o nice_a brother_n the_o king_n of_o hungary_n have_v a_o black_a standard_n whereon_o be_v portray_v the_o strangle_a of_o his_o brother_n put_v the_o duke_n of_o durazzo_n to_o death_n at_o aversa_n in_o the_o same_o place_n where_o his_o brother_n have_v be_v strangle_v marry_o his_o wife_n escape_v into_o provence_n with_o her_o two_o daughter_n in_o the_o habit_n of_o a_o franciscan_a the_o pope_n declare_v the_o queen_n innocent_a treat_v peace_n with_o lewis_n she_o adopt_v lewis_n duke_n of_o anjou_n 1382._o queen_n joane_n strangle_v at_o naples_n the_o 22._o of_o may._n 1382._o son_n of_o k._n john_n charles_n d._n of_o durazzo_n revolt_v against_o joane_n besiege_v she_o in_o the_o castle_n ovo_fw-la make_v she_o yield_v cause_v she_o with_o her_o sister_n to_o be_v strangle_v and_o usurp_v the_o crown_n lewis_n king_n of_o hungary_n die_v a_o leper_n charles_n be_v slay_v by_o elizabeth_n she_z by_o the_o faction_n of_o charles_n ladisâ—aus_n her_o son_n die_v of_o poison_n in_o the_o embracement_n of_o a_o lady_n joane_n the_o second_o succee_v marry_v jaques_n de_fw-fr bourbon_n earl_n of_o march_n for_o her_o second_o husband_n other_o joane_n have_v two_o favourite_n her_o husband_n cut_v off_o the_o head_n of_o one_o and_o she_o stab_v the_o other_o who_o unable_a to_o correct_v or_o tolerate_v her_o imperfection_n forsake_v she_o and_o shut_v himself_o up_o in_o a_o cloister_n she_o adopt_v alfonsus_n and_o have_v nothing_o constant_a in_o she_o but_o her_o inconstancy_n revoke_v the_o adoption_n fight_v to_o kill_v he_o &_o declare_v rene_n duke_n of_o anjou_n earl_n of_o provence_n her_o heir_n he_o do_v not_o long_o enjoy_v her_o crown_n in_o all_o this_o we_o must_v conclude_v that_o ill_a success_n wâ—iteth_v on_o unjust_a prosperity_n that_o there_o be_v not_o any_o wickedness_n which_o bear_v not_o its_o pain_n and_o repentance_n that_o he_o who_o perpetrate_v one_o expect_v the_o opportunity_n of_o another_o that_o whilst_o the_o world_n theatre_n last_v fortune_n thereon_o will_v play_v her_o tragedy_n and_o will_v make_v it_o appear_v she_o flatter_v those_o she_o mean_v to_o stifle_v finis_fw-la
provehor_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la esset_fw-la cujus_fw-la ministerio_fw-la ac_fw-la fraudibus_fw-la liberos_fw-la germanici_fw-la circumveniret_fw-la suet._n for_o he_o be_v desirous_a to_o make_v use_n of_o the_o wile_n and_o policy_n of_o sejanus_n to_o ruin_v the_o house_n of_o germanicus_n and_o advance_v his_o own_o and_o sejanus_n purpose_v to_o climb_v to_o the_o imperial_a throne_n by_o the_o fall_n of_o both_o his_o power_n be_v not_o so_o swift_a as_o his_o will_n which_o meet_v with_o many_o main_a obstacle_n for_o the_o stock_n of_o caesar_n be_v yet_o whole_a and_o entire_a the_o son_n young_a the_o nephew_n man_n grow_v it_o be_v not_o in_o his_o power_n to_o ruin_v so_o many_o at_o once_o tac._n dolus_fw-la intervalla_fw-la scelerum_fw-la poscebat_fw-la tac._n for_o mischief_n require_v there_o shall_v be_v distance_n between_o such_o terrible_a counterbuff_v and_o that_o he_o practise_v the_o death_n of_o drusus_n the_o son_n of_o tiberius_n at_o the_o same_o time_n that_o tiberius_n mean_v to_o murder_n germanicus_n for_o as_o the_o heart_n more_o apprehend_v peril_n far_o off_o than_o the_o present_a tiberius_n see_v nothing_o which_o make_v he_o jealous_a but_o the_o brother_n nor_o any_o thing_n put_v fear_n upon_o sejanus_n ambition_n but_o the_o son_n the_o worst_a counsel_n he_o give_v he_o predecessor_n it_o be_v ever_o perilous_a to_o change_v the_o ordinance_n of_o a_o predecessor_n be_v to_o alter_v what_o augustus_n have_v decree_v and_o hate_v what_o he_o love_v for_o the_o extreme_a malice_n he_o bear_v against_o the_o house_n of_o germanicus_n cool_v the_o first_o affection_n he_o find_v when_o he_o come_v to_o the_o empire_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o citizen_n hasten_v as_o fast_o as_o he_o can_v wish_v tac._n râ—mae_fw-la ruunt_fw-la in_o seruâ—â—â—um_fw-la consules_a patres_fw-la equites_fw-la tac._n to_o the_o overthrow_n of_o their_o liberty_n and_o tumble_v it_o by_o main_a force_n as_o a_o rock_n into_o the_o gulf_n of_o servitude_n that_o it_o may_v never_o rise_v up_o again_o germanicus_n be_v both_o favour_v and_o belove_v of_o the_o people_n because_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o drusus_n who_o former_o have_v undertake_v to_o reduce_v the_o ancient_a government_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o have_v impart_v the_o project_n to_o tiberius_n his_o brother_n but_o he_o betray_v he_o and_o discover_v it_o to_o augustus_n it_o be_v suppose_v the_o son_n will_v have_v pursue_v the_o father_n plot_n tac._n credebatur_fw-la si_fw-la rerum_fw-la potitus_fw-la soret_fw-la libertatem_fw-la redditurus_fw-la tac._n to_o set_v liberty_n again_o on_o foot_n and_o that_o if_o he_o shall_v attain_v the_o sovereign_a authority_n he_o will_v not_o exercise_v rigour_n like_o tiberius_n but_o reign_v sweet_o as_o augustus_n tac._n augustus_n civil_a rebatur_fw-la misceri_fw-la voluptatibus_fw-la populi_fw-la tac._n who_o be_v prince_n and_o seem_v citizen_n disdain_v not_o to_o be_v present_a in_o their_o popular_a recreation_n for_o which_o cause_n germanicus_n sway_v in_o heart_n and_o tiberius_n only_o in_o province_n and_o be_v advertise_v he_o have_v pacify_v germany_n and_o that_o his_o wife_n agrippina_n have_v there_o do_v all_o which_o may_v be_v expect_v from_o the_o general_n of_o a_o army_n to_o show_v her_o courage_n to_o the_o enemy_n her_o bounty_n to_o the_o soldier_n her_o prudence_n in_o sedition_n he_o become_v jealous_a and_o jealousy_n degenerate_v into_o mortal_a hatred_n make_v he_o say_v unto_o she_o tentet_fw-la nihil_fw-la relictum_fw-la imperatoribus_fw-la ubi_fw-la foemina_fw-la manipulos_fw-la intervisat_fw-la signa_fw-la adcat_n largitionem_fw-la tentet_fw-la what_o shall_v the_o emperor_n have_v hereafter_o to_o do_v since_o a_o woman_n undertake_v to_o command_v over_o man_n visit_v the_o court_n of_o guard_n oblige_v the_o soldier_n with_o good_a word_n and_o large_a donative_n sejanus_n who_o love_v not_o agrippina_n and_o well_o know_v the_o humour_n of_o tiberius_n which_o brook_v not_o any_o shall_v trench_v upon_o his_o sovereign_a authority_n a_o thing_n so_o delicate_a that_o how_o tender_o soever_o it_o be_v touch_v be_v always_o wound_v want_v not_o argument_n and_o surmise_n to_o entertain_v his_o jealousy_n suet._n o_o dia_z in_o longum_fw-la jaciens_fw-la quae_fw-la reconderet_fw-la auctaque_fw-la promeret_fw-la suet._n add_v distrust_n to_o suspicion_n to_o suspicion_n fear_n and_o as_o it_o be_v a_o far_o off_o prepare_v the_o hatred_n of_o this_o prince_n to_o work_v her_o ruin_n in_o the_o end_n germanicus_n return_v from_o germany_n the_o whole_a city_n rejoice_v tiberius_n command_v that_o only_o two_o company_n of_o the_o praetorian_a band_n shall_v march_v before_o he_o all_o the_o people_n run_v thither_o sueâ—_n populus_fw-la omnis_fw-la usque_fw-la aol_n vicesimum_fw-la lapidem_fw-la se_fw-la effudit_fw-la sueâ—_n the_o soon_o to_o give_v themselves_o the_o contentment_n of_o behold_v he_o who_o they_o so_o long_o have_v desire_v and_o expect_v tiberius_n grow_v so_o discontent_v hereupon_o that_o he_o resolve_v to_o cut_v off_o this_o brave_a prince_n who_o be_v but_o now_o enter_v into_o the_o four_o and_o thirty_o year_n of_o his_o age_n and_o have_v already_o gain_v as_o much_o reputation_n as_o another_o perhaps_o can_v acquire_v in_o a_o age_n calp._n sceleratis_fw-la ingeniis_fw-la &_o plusquam_fw-la civilia_fw-la cupientibus_fw-la non_fw-la dominari_fw-la instar_fw-la servitutis_fw-la est_fw-la calp._n this_o hinder_v sejanus_n who_o transport_v with_o the_o desire_n of_o rule_n suppose_v this_o mighty_a power_n he_o possess_v in_o the_o affair_n of_o state_n be_v nought_o else_o but_o servitude_n whilst_o he_o acknowledge_v a_o superior_a tiberius_n by_o his_o advice_n send_v germanicus_n into_o sclavonia_n under_o colour_n of_o honour_v he_o with_o principal_a charge_n of_o the_o empire_n give_v he_o for_o lieutenant_n cneius_n piso_n a_o evil_a man_n proud_a and_o violent_a with_o commission_n to_o observe_v his_o action_n and_o discover_v all_o his_o design_n it_o be_v say_v sejanus_n give_v he_o direction_n by_o writing_n to_o make_v away_o this_o poor_a prince_n he_o put_v this_o in_o execution_n germanicus_n pass_v into_o egypt_n and_o be_v there_o be_v desirous_a to_o see_v the_o idol_n apis_n plin._n apis_n manum_fw-la germanici_fw-la caesaris_fw-la aversatus_fw-la est_fw-la haud_fw-la multo_fw-la post_fw-la extincti_fw-la plin._n to_o know_v what_o his_o fortune_n shall_v be_v he_o present_v it_o with_o meat_n to_o eat_v apis_n will_v take_v nothing_o from_o his_o hand_n which_o be_v interpret_v for_o a_o certain_a sign_n of_o his_o death_n he_o be_v surprise_v with_o a_o long_a linger_a and_o painful_a sickness_n and_o his_o opinion_n of_o be_v poison_v augment_v the_o violence_n thereof_o tac._n fama_fw-la ex_fw-la long_a inquo_fw-la aucta_fw-la tac._n so_o that_o he_o hold_v it_o incurable_a the_o rumour_n come_v to_o rome_n much_o great_a than_o the_o malady_n for_o distance_n redouble_v it_o before_o the_o people_n ascribe_v to_o event_n all_o action_n which_o go_v before_o nothing_o be_v then_o hear_v but_o tear_n and_o lamentation_n and_o wherefore_o be_v it_o say_v one_o that_o he_o be_v send_v to_o the_o utmost_a limit_n of_o the_o world_n that_o piso_n be_v make_v his_o lieutenant_n these_o be_v the_o practice_n of_o the_o empress_n with_o plancina_n the_o wife_n of_o piso_n poor_a rome_n we_o can_v affect_v those_o which_o love_v thou_o nor_o dare_v we_o murmur_v against_o such_o as_o ruin_v thou_o add_v thereunto_o vehement_a and_o mortal_a imprecation_n against_o sejanus_n it_o be_v report_v by_o merchant_n of_o egypt_n tac._n latiora_fw-la statim_fw-la credita_fw-la statim_fw-la vulgata_fw-la tac._n that_o he_o begin_v to_o recover_v this_o news_n be_v as_o soon_o believe_v as_o publish_v the_o street_n be_v throng_v with_o the_o press_n of_o people_n that_o run_v to_o the_o temple_n to_o render_v thanks_o to_o the_o go_n night_n favour_v this_o rumour_n tac._n pronior_fw-la in_o tenebris_fw-la affirmatio_fw-la tac._n belief_n seem_v much_o more_o easy_a and_o be_v most_o confident_a in_o the_o dark_a tiberius_n himself_o be_v waken_v in_o the_o night_n with_o the_o acclamation_n of_o joy_n nothing_o be_v every_o where_o hear_v but_o these_o word_n suet._n salua_fw-la roma_fw-la salua_fw-la patria_fw-la salvus_fw-la est_fw-la germanicus_n suet._n rome_n be_v deliver_v our_o country_n be_v free_v germanicus_n be_v safe_a after_o this_o poison_n slowly-violent_a have_v waste_v all_o the_o heat_n and_o moisture_n of_o this_o poor_a afflict_a body_n plut._n germanicus_n can_v not_o endure_v the_o crow_n or_o sight_n of_o a_o cock_n plut._n his_o ally_n and_o friend_n wish_v it_o may_v not_o be_v irksome_a to_o he_o to_o have_v or_o see_v a_o cock_n to_o sacrifice_v it_o to_o esculapius_n and_o that_o the_o god_n will_v restore_v he_o life_n thereby_o to_o give_v liberty_n to_o the_o roman_a empire_n in_o this_o his_o extreme_a weakness_n he_o breathe_v forth_o these_o last_o word_n to_o impress_v they_o in_o the_o heart_n of_o his_o wife_n and_o friend_n who_o sorrow_n dissolve_v into_o tear_n
heaven_n have_v destroy_v germanicus_n mercy_n the_o eagle_n have_v take_v away_o the_o young_a rabbit_n the_o dam_n undermine_v the_o tree_n and_o throw_v down_o the_o nest_n of_o the_o eagle_n and_o her_o young_a one_o stand_v to_o her_o mercy_n and_o in_o die_v make_v he_o know_v there_o be_v a_o supreme_a justice_n above_o which_o revenge_v the_o violence_n of_o great_a one_o over_o inferior_n be_v they_o permit_v to_o spit_v in_o our_o face_n or_o to_o set_v foot_n on_o our_o throat_n because_o they_o be_v above_o we_o nay_o the_o least_o creature_n have_v question_v the_o eagle_n nothing_o be_v so_o sweet_a as_o revenge_v at_o what_o price_n soever_o it_o be_v a_o viand_n that_o be_v swallow_v without_o chew_v but_o never_o have_v piso_n attempt_v on_o his_o life_n as_o desirous_a of_o his_o death_n and_o it_o be_v well_o know_v to_o have_v be_v natural_a it_o be_v a_o great_a impiety_n to_o feign_v it_o be_v violent_a cic._n mala_n &_o impia_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la contra_fw-la deos_fw-la disputandi_fw-la sive_fw-la ex_fw-la animo_fw-la id_fw-la fiat_fw-la sive_fw-la simulate_v cic._n the_o god_n will_v have_v it_o so_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a either_o in_o earnest_n or_o by_o way_n of_o discourse_n to_o dispute_v of_o their_o power_n studia_fw-la prompta_fw-la pisoni_fw-la legionum_fw-la studia_fw-la if_o he_o have_v endeavour_v to_o gain_v some_o credit_n among_o military_a man_n it_o be_v but_o to_o lessen_v the_o exorbitancy_n of_o germanicus_n his_o ambition_n hasten_v to_o ruin_v piso_n to_o conservation_n the_o one_o give_v cause_n of_o jealousy_n to_o tiberius_n the_o other_o of_o caution_n to_o germanicus_n if_o he_o have_v acquire_v good_a opinion_n in_o the_o province_n be_v he_o forbid_v to_o cherish_v it_o be_v not_o affection_n free_a plin._n amor_fw-la affectus_fw-la libre_fw-la qui_fw-la vice_n exigit_fw-la plin._n what_o hurt_n be_v it_o to_o make_v they_o mutual_a but_o he_o rather_o choose_v to_o bow_v under_o caesar_n goodness_n than_o stiff_o dispose_v himself_o to_o the_o defence_n of_o his_o innocency_n with_o clasp_a hand_n therefore_o he_o implore_v this_o royal_a virtue_n which_o abhor_v the_o brutish_a thirst_n of_o blood_n and_o humble_o beseech_v you_o o_o great_a prince_n to_o imitate_v heaven_n sen._n ferina_fw-la rabbis_n sanguine_fw-la gaudere_fw-la sen._n which_o have_v more_o thunder_n to_o affright_v than_o lighten_v to_o punish_v but_o if_o all_o prove_v inexorable_a adversarios_fw-la nihil_fw-la tam_fw-la periâ—ulesum_fw-la fortunis_fw-la innocentum_fw-la quà m_fw-la tâ—_n cere_v adversarios_fw-la and_o that_o the_o accuser_n hasten_v to_o ravish_v and_o snatch_v away_o this_o soul_n which_o they_o so_o much_o have_v turmoil_v and_o afflict_v he_o will_v die_v with_o this_o comfort_n that_o his_o innocency_n find_v no_o protection_n and_o have_v rather_o perish_v than_o offend_v those_o who_o may_v have_v save_v he_o there_o rest_v darkness_n in_o the_o accusation_n of_o poison_n it_o be_v a_o pyramid_n which_o do_v not_o entire_o discover_v itself_o for_o of_o three_o side_n there_o be_v always_o one_o which_o can_v be_v see_v piso_n and_o plancina_n his_o wife_n appear_v tac._n a_o tribuno_fw-la deauctus_fw-la vario_fw-la rumore_fw-la custos_fw-la salutis_fw-la a_o mortis_fw-la exactor_n tac._n but_o the_o three_o hide_v tiberius_n and_o tiberius_n sejanus_n this_o first_o audience_n end_v piso_n go_v out_o but_o the_o people_n be_v so_o incense_v against_o he_o that_o have_v he_o not_o be_v convey_v away_o in_o a_o litter_n by_o the_o guard_n he_o never_o have_v return_v to_o his_o house_n safe_a and_o alive_a that_o which_o the_o multitude_n can_v not_o do_v on_o his_o person_n they_o act_v on_o his_o statue_n drag_v they_o to_o the_o gemonian_a stair_n plut._n portia_z say_v she_o be_v not_o only_o a_o partaker_n of_o the_o bed_n and_o table_n of_o her_o husband_n as_o a_o concubine_n but_o be_v the_o companion_n of_o his_o good_a and_o evil_a fortune_n as_o his_o wife_n plut._n plancina_n his_o wife_n who_o have_v promise_v to_o undergo_v his_o fortune_n whole_o incline_v to_o levity_n a_o natural_a vice_n of_o that_o sex_n and_o be_v well_o assure_v of_o her_o own_o life_n by_o the_o favour_n of_o the_o empress_n neglect_v piso_n and_o abandon_v he_o as_o if_o she_o have_v be_v marry_v to_o participate_v with_o he_o only_o in_o prosperity_n the_o judge_n for_o many_o respect_n be_v implacable_a to_o the_o accuse_a it_o this_o opinion_n be_v common_a and_o josephus_n affirm_v it_o caesar_n be_v willing_a he_o shall_v die_v because_o he_o enter_v with_o arm_n into_o the_o province_n the_o senate_n constant_o believe_v germanicus_n be_v poison_v and_o among_o violent_a death_n poison_v be_v abhor_v with_o the_o great_a execration_n wine_n the_o mad-love_n drink_n be_v quaff_v in_o silver_n in_o stead_n of_o greek_a wine_n because_o thereby_o person_n most_o precious_a and_o esteem_v be_v tear_v from_o the_o common_a wealth_n dish_n life-killing_a arsenic_n be_v taste_v in_o a_o golden_a dish_n that_o poison_n more_o easy_o be_v mingle_v and_o compound_v in_o golden_a than_o earthen_a vessel_n there_o be_v no_o antidote_n have_v more_o virtue_n or_o efficacy_n against_o poison_n than_o a_o private_a condition_n which_o neither_o fear_v avarice_n may_v attempt_v on_o his_o state_n nor_o envy_n on_o his_o dignity_n yet_o be_v it_o most_o certain_a tac._n venenicviâ—â—en_fw-la accusatores_fw-la non_fw-la satis_fw-la firmabans_fw-la tac._n this_o poison_n be_v never_o clear_o prove_v nor_o confident_o affirm_v by_o the_o accuser_n there_o be_v no_o speech_n hereof_o either_o in_o antioch_n or_o rome_n but_o according_a to_o the_o affection_n man_n bare_a to_o the_o dead_a or_o hatred_n against_o the_o live_n tacitus_n say_v it_o be_v not_o certain_a that_o the_o mark_n of_o poison_n appear_v on_o the_o dead_a tac._n praetuleritne_v venefâ—ii_fw-la signa_fw-la parum_fw-la constitit_fw-la tac._n suetonius_n affirm_v he_o be_v cover_v all_o over_o with_o purple_a spot_n that_o he_o foam_v at_o the_o mouth_n suet._n livores_fw-la totocorpoâ—â—_n spumae_fw-la per_fw-la os_fw-la fluebant_fw-la cor_fw-la inter_fw-la essa_fw-la incorruptum_fw-la suet._n and_o that_o his_o heart_n be_v find_v whole_a among_o the_o ash_n pliny_n that_o vitellius_n press_v this_o very_a hard_a that_o piso_n retort_v the_o arrow_n back_o against_o those_o that_o shoot_v it_o and_o as_o one_o affirm_v that_o germanicus_n be_v poison_v his_o heart_n resist_v the_o fire_n so_o the_o other_o maintain_v that_o die_v of_o the_o cardiaque_fw-la disease_n his_o heart_n can_v not_o be_v burn_v plin._n negatur_fw-la corcremari_fw-la posse_fw-la in_o he_o qui_fw-la cardiaco_fw-la morbo_fw-la obierint_fw-la &_o veneno_fw-la interemptis_fw-la plin._n so_o the_o hypothesis_n ever_o rest_v in_o the_o question_n and_o both_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o have_v truth_n on_o his_o side_n it_o be_v equal_o true_a according_a to_o pliny_n that_o the_o heart_n of_o those_o who_o die_v by_o poison_n or_o the_o cardiaque_fw-la evil_a be_v not_o consume_v by_o fire_n but_o the_o worst_a passage_n of_o piso_n process_n be_v the_o extreme_a boldness_n of_o the_o people_n who_o take_v rumour_n for_o proof_n cry_v out_o at_o the_o court_n gate_n that_o if_o justice_n be_v not_o execute_v on_o piso_n they_o will_v do_v it_o themselves_o all_o this_o much_o amaze_a piso_n who_o on_o the_o second_o day_n appear_v in_o senate_n to_o see_v if_o any_o change_n be_v make_v in_o this_o first_o severity_n but_o he_o find_v the_o wind_n very_o contrary_a tiberius_n so_o cold_a tac._n nullo_n magis_fw-la exterritus_fw-la est_fw-la quà m_fw-la quod_fw-la tiberium_fw-la sine_fw-la miseratione_n sine_fw-la ira_fw-la obstinatum_fw-la claufumque_fw-la vidit_fw-la tac._n that_o for_o fear_n of_o discover_v himself_o he_o incline_v neither_o to_o anger_n to_o ruin_v he_o nor_o to_o pity_v to_o afford_v he_o any_o hope_n he_o thereupon_o judge_v he_o be_v to_o have_v no_o recourse_n thither_o either_o for_o his_o innocence_n or_o truth_n yet_o notwithstanding_o sejanus_n tell_v he_o tiberius_n will_v take_v his_o opportunity_n when_o time_n require_v and_o not_o see_v he_o lose_v other_o terrify_v he_o say_v many_o he_o who_o be_v convince_v of_o one_o crime_n be_v punish_v for_o many_o although_o he_o be_v declare_v innocent_a for_o the_o death_n of_o germanicus_n he_o will_v be_v put_v to_o death_n for_o other_o crime_n for_o tiberius_n be_v so_o much_o exasperate_v with_o his_o take_a arm_n in_o syria_n fault_n in_o crime_n against_o the_o state_n there_o be_v no_o compensation_n of_o merit_n for_o the_o fault_n that_o he_o resolve_v to_o make_v he_o a_o example_n not_o suffer_v his_o service_n to_o counterpoise_v the_o crime_n sejanus_n regard_v not_o the_o loss_n of_o piso_n so_o he_o conceal_v his_o secret_a commission_n but_o much_o he_o fear_v lest_o see_v himself_o condemn_v he_o may_v complain_v in_o the_o senate_n of_o judgement_n and_o at_o his_o execution_n of_o the_o emperor_n and_o that_o he_o shall_v speak_v if_o not_o
liberty_n for_o very_o the_o fear_n of_o death_n excuse_v not_o he_o who_o offend_v truth_n to_o flatter_v fortune_n to_o publish_v lie_v history_n or_o give_v false_a instruction_n to_o those_o that_o write_v they_o be_v to_o rob_v passenger_n on_o the_o high_a way_n in_o good_a earnest_n he_o retain_v the_o same_o liberty_n in_o his_o discourse_n he_o have_v do_v in_o his_o writing_n contemn_v the_o pride_n of_o sejanus_n and_o to_o free_v himself_o from_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o man_n so_o potent_a make_v it_o appear_v he_o be_v real_a and_o exempt_a from_o the_o number_n of_o the_o miserable_a this_o calamity_n be_v not_o so_o frequent_a among_o the_o roman_n when_o germanicus_n live_v these_o two_o lion_n do_v as_o yet_o restrain_v their_o paw_n fear_v temper_v the_o action_n of_o tiberius_n and_o necessity_n withhold_v the_o insolence_n of_o sejanus_n offend_v dion_n say_v that_o opinion_n often_o pass_v currant_n against_o he_o he_o not_o therewith_o offend_v dion_n say_v whilst_o germanicus_n live_v tiberius_n do_v nothing_o at_o any_o time_n of_o his_o own_o head_n he_o refer_v all_o manner_n of_o affair_n to_o the_o senate_n he_o minister_v justice_n by_o the_o advice_n of_o those_o who_o assist_v he_o allow_v every_o one_o shall_v deliver_v his_o opinion_n endure_v contradiction_n and_o sometime_o suffer_v to_o be_v cut_v off_o in_o his_o opinion_n prince_n tiberius_n say_v i_o be_o lord_n of_o slave_n emperor_n of_o soldier_n and_o over_o the_o rest_n a_o prince_n he_o will_v not_o be_v call_v lord_n but_o by_o slave_n nor_o emperor_n but_o of_o soldier_n he_o absolute_o refuse_v the_o name_n of_o father_n of_o the_o country_n he_o give_v way_n in_o discourse_n and_o petition_n to_o the_o title_n of_o augustus_n use_v it_o in_o the_o dispatch_v he_o make_v to_o king_n and_o in_o all_o occasion_n else_o be_v content_v with_o the_o name_n of_o caesar_n and_o prince_n of_o the_o senate_n his_o ordinary_a wish_n be_v that_o heaven_n will_v grant_v he_o life_n so_o long_o as_o the_o common_a wealth_n shall_v stand_v in_o need_n of_o his_o service_n whilst_o germanicus_n live_v change_v all_o that_o be_v do_v during_o the_o life_n of_o germanicus_n but_o after_o his_o death_n all_o be_v change_v the_o day_n of_o his_o birth_n be_v not_o solemnize_v no_o man_n swear_v by_o his_o fortune_n no_o statue_n nor_o temple_n be_v erect_v to_o he_o when_o he_o go_v through_o the_o city_n he_o desire_v not_o to_o be_v attend_v either_o by_o senator_n patrician_n or_o roman_a knight_n or_o any_o man_n of_o quality_n in_o all_o thing_n demeaning_a himself_o as_o if_o he_o live_v under_o a_o popular_a government_n yea_o he_o descend_v even_o to_o the_o make_n of_o funeral_n oration_n for_o particular_a man_n if_o he_o exercise_v any_o violence_n great_a ambition_n for_o a_o long_a time_n make_v itself_o little_a to_o become_v great_a it_o be_v cloak_v and_o colour_v with_o semblance_n of_o reason_n or_o necessity_n or_o if_o it_o be_v secret_a it_o appear_v not_o at_o all_o planasia_n the_o emperor_n augustus_n to_o please_v livia_n banish_v he_o to_o the_o i_o will_v of_o planasia_n clemens_n a_o famous_a impostor_n have_v slay_v his_o master_n agrippa_n posthumus_n the_o grandchild_n of_o augustus_n and_o because_o he_o be_v much_o of_o his_o age_n and_o stature_n tac._n veritas_fw-la visu_fw-la &_o morâ_fw-la falsa_fw-la festinatione_fw-la incer_n it_o be_v volescunt_fw-la tac._n he_o cause_v the_o bruit_n thereof_o private_o to_o run_v as_o a_o thing_n dangerous_a and_o afterward_o public_o as_o a_o matter_n acceptable_a that_o agrippa_n be_v alive_a for_o it_o be_v true_a the_o mother_n of_o the_o emperor_n have_v make_v he_o away_o present_o after_o the_o death_n of_o augustus_n who_o memory_n be_v so_o precious_a and_o venerable_a that_o under_o this_o name_n he_o find_v friend_n in_o gallia_n succour_n in_o italy_n and_o credit_n in_o rome_n the_o people_n proclaim_v and_o believe_v the_o god_n have_v reserve_v he_o for_o the_o good_a of_o the_o empire_n tiberius_n consider_v that_o rumour_n and_o his_o levity_n give_v countenance_n to_o this_o fiction_n and_o that_o it_o can_v not_o so_o slender_o be_v believe_v but_o it_o will_v prejudice_v his_o affair_n command_v he_o to_o be_v attach_v by_o those_o who_o feign_v to_o be_v of_o his_o faction_n tac._n percunctanti_fw-la tiberio_fw-la quomodo_fw-la agrippa_n factus_fw-la esset_fw-la respondisse_fw-la fertur_fw-la quo_fw-la modo_fw-la tu_fw-la caesar_n tac._n be_v bring_v before_o he_o he_o wonder_v he_o so_o cunning_o have_v manage_v this_o imposture_n demand_v of_o he_o by_o what_o title_n be_v thou_o make_v agrippa_n the_o gallant_a answer_v by_o the_o same_o thou_o have_v make_v thyself_o caesar_n torment_n can_v not_o evict_v from_o he_o the_o name_n of_o his_o complice_n tac._n inanis_fw-la credulitas_fw-la tempore_fw-la ipso_fw-la vanescit_fw-la tac._n and_o although_o tiberius_n know_v he_o have_v be_v assist_v both_o with_o money_n and_o counsel_n by_o the_o great_a he_o inquire_v no_o further_o of_o they_o but_o cause_v he_o to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n without_o further_a noise_n tiberius_n then_o have_v reason_n to_o account_v the_o death_n of_o germanicus_n among_o the_o best_a day_n of_o his_o own_o life_n and_o sejanus_n reckon_v it_o one_o of_o the_o great_a step_n to_o his_o fortune_n but_o the_o same_o malice_n they_o bear_v to_o the_o father_n continue_v against_o the_o child_n yet_o endeavour_v all_o they_o can_v possible_o to_o dissemble_v it_o to_o the_o end_n it_o may_v seasonable_o appear_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n cover_v it_o with_o large_a demonstration_n of_o affection_n towards_o they_o tac._n neronem_fw-la e_fw-la liberis_fw-la germanici_fw-la jam_fw-la ingressum_fw-la juventam_fw-la commendavit_fw-la patribus_fw-la non_fw-la since_o risu_fw-la audientium_fw-la tac._n tiberius_n pray_v the_o senate_n to_o give_v nero_n a_o dispensation_n of_o age_n that_o he_o may_v enter_v into_o public_a office_n and_o be_v able_a at_o fifteen_o year_n to_o become_v questor_n which_o be_v not_o grant_v but_o at_o two_o and_o twenty_o he_o be_v also_o create_v pontifex_n and_o the_o day_n he_o enter_v into_o this_o dignity_n tac._n congiarium_fw-la pleb_n tac._n he_o make_v a_o donative_n of_o provision_n to_o the_o people_n who_o much_o rejoice_v to_o behold_v the_o child_n of_o germanicus_n in_o a_o flourish_a state_n of_o youth_n for_o full_a accomplishment_n of_o alacrity_n he_o espouse_v julia_n the_o daughter_n of_o drusus_n tac._n ut_fw-la illa_fw-la secundis_fw-la ita_fw-la hoc_fw-la adversis_fw-la animus_fw-la acceptum_fw-la tac._n but_o she_o grow_v disdainful_a when_o she_o hear_v the_o daughter_n of_o sejanus_n be_v promise_v to_o drusus_n the_o son_n of_o claudius_n esteem_v this_o noble_a family_n be_v dishonour_v by_o such_o a_o alliance_n and_o that_o it_o give_v but_o too_o much_o hope_n to_o a_o man_n who_o already_o have_v overmuch_o power_n and_o who_o account_v himself_o unhappy_a if_o he_o command_v not_o impatient_a to_o live_v as_o a_o private_a person_n the_o heaven_n unwilling_a to_o derive_v fruit_n from_o so_o bad_a a_o tree_n dispose_v thereof_o otherwise_o drusus_n sport_v in_o the_o city_n of_o pompey_n throw_v a_o pear_n up_o into_o the_o air_n man_n jason_n the_o tyrant_n of_o pherez_n say_v he_o die_v for_o hunger_n if_o he_o arrive_v not_o at_o tyranny_n for_o he_o can_v not_o live_v a_o fool_n that_o be_v to_o say_v a_o private_a man_n and_o receive_v it_o again_o with_o open_a mouth_n be_v strangle_v and_o this_o daughter_n participate_v in_o the_o disastrous_a end_n of_o her_o father_n make_v her_o wedding_n song_n at_o the_o foot_n of_o the_o gallows_n as_o in_o his_o due_a place_n shall_v be_v see_v the_o hatred_n be_v so_o enrage_v against_o sejanus_n that_o some_o say_v he_o make_v this_o marriage_n to_o destroy_v his_o son_n in_o law_n suet._n miror_fw-la fuisse_fw-la qui_fw-la traderenta_fw-la a_o sejano_n necatum_fw-la suet._n this_o opinion_n can_v have_v no_o other_o foundation_n but_o that_o this_o young_a prince_n discover_v too_o much_o contempt_n of_o this_o alliance_n or_o too_o much_o scorn_n to_o be_v the_o son_n in_o law_n of_o a_o man_n so_o odious_a who_o have_v no_o honour_n in_o he_o his_o ancestor_n or_o himself_o man_n vain_a be_v the_o praise_n which_o come_v not_o from_o a_o praise_n worthy_a man_n have_v acquire_v nothing_o he_o can_v leave_v nought_o to_o his_o child_n and_o receive_v praise_v but_o only_o from_o those_o who_o he_o himself_o dare_v not_o commend_v drusus_n can_v not_o brook_v this_o insolence_n nor_o that_o his_o father_n tiberius_n shall_v prefer_v counsel_n and_o foreign_a affection_n before_o natural_a tac._n secreta_fw-la viri_fw-la corrupta_fw-la uxore_fw-la produntur_fw-la tac._n he_o spare_v not_o to_o say_v to_o his_o wife_n who_o betray_v he_o and_o to_o his_o friend_n who_o deceive_v he_o that_o sejanus_n be_v almost_o become_v a_o colleague_n as_o he_o have_v
hither_o to_o be_v a_o coadjutor_n of_o tiberius_n and_o his_o child_n the_o ally_n of_o drusus_n that_o his_o ambition_n have_v deep_a aim_n that_o he_o will_v not_o rest_v there_o for_o tac._n prima_fw-la dominandi_fw-la spes_fw-la in_o arduo_fw-la ubi_fw-la fis_fw-la ingressus_fw-la adsunt_fw-la studia_fw-la &_o ministri_fw-la tac._n the_o first_o hope_n of_o predominance_n be_v difficult_a but_o when_o one_o be_v arrive_v thither_o mean_v to_o maintain_v it_o will_v never_o be_v want_v he_o often_o speak_v this_o and_o unto_o many_o they_o be_v his_o ordinary_a complaint_n a_o mind_n perplex_v cease_v not_o to_o expostulate_v and_o ever_o lay_v the_o hand_n upon_o the_o wound_n he_o conceive_v a_o extreme_a hatred_n against_o sejanus_n he_o be_v so_o ready_a to_o strike_v that_o they_o surname_v he_o castor_n drusian_o surname_n be_v give_v according_a to_o nature_n for_o which_o cause_n dion_n say_v drusus_n be_v surname_v castor_n and_o keen_a sword_n be_v call_v drusian_o and_o not_o be_v able_a any_o long_o to_o endure_v this_o man_n who_o make_v himself_o his_o companion_n he_o lift_v up_o his_o hand_n with_o threat_n and_o the_o other_o dispose_v himself_o to_o defence_n present_v his_o to_o stay_v the_o blow_n whereupon_o drusus_n strike_v he_o on_o the_o cheek_n dion_z and_o zonaras_n write_v that_o sejanus_n smite_v drusus_n but_o there_o be_v no_o appearance_n he_o use_v this_o hardiness_n against_o the_o son_n of_o the_o emperor_n young_a courageous_a associate_v to_o the_o empire_n and_o hold_v the_o tribunitiall_a power_n tac._n tribunitia_n potestas_fw-la summi_fw-la fastigii_fw-la vocabatur_fw-la tac._n the_o great_a next_o the_o sovereign_n a_o blow_n shall_v be_v answer_v with_o a_o poniard_n but_o stroke_n which_o come_v from_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o prince_n ought_v to_o be_v receive_v with_o patience_n and_o humility_n he_o that_o can_v kill_v oblige_v when_o he_o only_o wound_v this_o disgust_n so_o fresh_a renew_v those_o which_o by_o process_n of_o time_n be_v as_o i_o may_v say_v wither_v in_o the_o soul_n of_o sejanus_n yet_o the_o history_n relate_v not_o he_o make_v any_o complaint_n or_o that_o tiberius_n reprove_v his_o son_n vell._n tiberius_n sâ—â—â—num_fw-la singularem_fw-la principalium_fw-la onerum_fw-la ad_fw-la jutorem_fw-la in_o omne_fw-la habuit_fw-la vell._n so_o to_o have_v injure_v he_o who_o he_o have_v select_v above_o all_o for_o assistance_n to_o support_v the_o principal_a burden_n of_o empire_n for_o it_o be_v ever_o a_o ill_a way_n to_o seek_v out_o occasion_n which_o may_v irritate_fw-la the_o emperor_n against_o the_o prince_n not_o dare_v to_o complain_v he_o resolve_v to_o be_v revenge_v and_o as_o revenge_n be_v ever_o witty_a to_o lay_v hold_n of_o the_o mean_n how_o to_o satisfy_v the_o offend_a he_o can_v find_v no_o fit_a wedge_n to_o cleave_v this_o knot_n but_o to_o make_v it_o of_o the_o same_o wood_n and_o gain_v the_o wife_n to_o ruin_v the_o husband_n inven._n raâ—a_fw-la est_fw-la concordia_fw-la formae_fw-la atque_fw-la pudicitiae_fw-la inven._n she_o be_v fair_a but_o her_o beauty_n accord_v not_o well_o with_o her_o honour_n she_o consent_v to_o the_o earnest_a solicitation_n of_o sejanus_n to_o who_o none_o deny_v any_o thing_n because_o tiberius_n give_v he_o all_o familiarity_n draw_v on_o affection_n that_o which_o at_o first_o be_v nought_o else_o but_o love_n become_v adultery_n and_o adultery_n witchcraft_n a_o most_o strange_a blindness_n the_o niece_n of_o augustus_n daughter_n in_o law_n of_o tiberius_n daughter_n of_o drusus_n sister_n of_o germanicus_n wife_n of_o the_o emperor_n son_n tac._n see_v ac_fw-la majores_fw-la &_o pasâ—cros_fw-la municipali_fw-la adultere_fw-la foedabat_fw-la tac._n mother_n of_o two_o prince_n in_o possibility_n of_o empire_n blemish_v her_o honour_n disgrace_v her_o house_n to_o consent_v to_o the_o lust_n of_o a_o ordinary_a citizen_n but_o glorious_a beauty_n will_v be_v admire_v and_o powerful_a favour_n seek_v unto_o sejanus_n can_v do_v all_o by_o his_o favour_n livia_n be_v belove_v of_o all_o for_o her_o beauty_n question_n upon_o the_o demand_n make_v unto_o aristotle_n why_o we_o love_v that_o which_o be_v fair_a he_o answer_v it_o be_v a_o blind_a man_n question_n to_o ask_v why_o that_o which_o be_v beautiful_a be_v affect_v be_v the_o question_n of_o a_o blind_a man_n but_o it_o be_v to_o have_v eye_n no_o where_o but_o in_o the_o head_n to_o wish_v great_a man_n may_v not_o do_v what_o they_o please_v have_v then_o the_o body_n at_o his_o dispose_n he_o manage_v the_o heart_n as_o he_o listen_v the_o first_o crime_n make_v way_n for_o all_o the_o rest_n tac._n foemina_fw-la amissa_fw-la pudicitia_fw-la alia_fw-la flagitia_fw-la non_fw-la abnuit_fw-la tac._n when_o a_o woman_n have_v forsake_v her_o chastity_n she_o have_v nothing_o leave_v either_o to_o lose_v or_o deny_v love_n make_v she_o a_o adulteress_n ambition_n a_o murderess_n and_o the_o passage_n be_v confident_a from_o the_o one_o to_o the_o other_o sejanus_n infuse_v into_o her_o mind_n a_o desire_n to_o become_v the_o emperor_n wife_n she_o believe_v he_o be_v able_a to_o make_v good_a what_o he_o say_v for_o tiberius_n reign_v not_o but_o in_o his_o person_n and_o at_o his_o pleasure_n she_o hear_v and_o taste_v it_o and_o the_o delight_n she_o show_v therein_o by_o her_o attention_n be_v not_o far_o distant_a from_o her_o consent_n renured_a the_o fort_n which_o parleye_n be_v half_o renured_a their_o like_n concur_v for_o love_n unite_v for_o marriage_n and_o for_o that_o purpose_n they_o conspire_v to_o dissolve_v all_o obstacle_n sejanus_n by_o the_o divorce_n of_o apicata_n and_o livia_n by_o the_o death_n of_o drusus_n tac._n magnitudo_fw-la facinoâ—is_fw-la metum_fw-la prolatio_fw-la interdum_fw-la diversa_fw-la consilia_fw-la adfâ—rt_n tac._n but_o as_o great_a mischief_n can_v so_o quick_o be_v hatch_v for_o fear_n draw_v on_o irresolution_n affrightment_n invite_v slackness_n and_o distance_n of_o time_n augment_v difficulty_n they_o have_v not_o so_o much_o trouble_v to_o resolve_v on_o the_o act_n as_o to_o find_v out_o the_o mean_n and_o manner_n order_n and_o secrecy_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v exact_o observe_v in_o matter_n important_a be_v not_o omit_v in_o this_o wicked_a plot_n they_o resolve_v to_o poison_v he_o and_o weigh_v with_o themselves_o if_o the_o poison_n be_v give_v in_o his_o meat_n some_o other_o perhaps_o may_v be_v surprise_v and_o deceive_v therewith_o they_o advise_v to_o give_v it_o in_o some_o medicine_n which_o he_o be_v to_o take_v and_o that_o it_o shall_v have_v so_o slow_a operation_n that_o death_n will_v be_v impute_v to_o nature_n or_o accident_n and_o not_o to_o treason_n and_o violence_n tac._n eudemus_n amicus_fw-la ac_fw-la medice_fw-la liviae_n specie_fw-la artis_fw-la frequens_fw-la secretis_fw-la tac._n livia_n therein_o employ_v eudemus_n her_o physician_n who_o for_o his_o quality_n and_o by_o the_o favour_n of_o his_o profession_n have_v ordinary_a access_n to_o her_o cabinet_n plin._n adulteria_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o principum_fw-la domibus_fw-la ut_fw-la eudemi_n in_o liviae_n drusi_n caesaris_fw-la plin._n tacitus_n say_v he_o be_v her_o friend_n pliny_n her_o adulterer_n sejanus_n gain_v lygdus_n the_o eunuch_n one_o of_o the_o chief_a and_o most_o trusty_a household_n servant_n of_o drusus_n and_o to_o tie_v his_o heart_n more_o straight_o to_o he_o vicisse_fw-la rumour_n sejanum_n lygdi_n spadonis_fw-la animum_fw-la stupro_fw-la vicisse_fw-la villanous_o abuse_v his_o body_n he_o be_v both_o young_a and_o handsome_a the_o wretch_n conspire_v in_o this_o execrable_a attempt_n the_o murderous_a sejanus_n plot_v it_o livia_n the_o adulteress_n give_v consent_n eudemus_n the_o ruffian_n compound_v the_o drug_n and_o lygdus_n the_o catamite_n present_v it_o four_o creature_n devour_v jupiter_n say_v to_o prometheus_n he_o deserve_v to_o have_v his_o heart_n and_o liver_n devour_v who_o deserve_v their_o heart_n which_o form_v and_o conceive_v this_o prodigious_a assassinate_n on_o the_o sole_a son_n of_o the_o prince_n shall_v everlasting_o be_v devour_v by_o gnaw_a vulture_n they_o all_o miserable_o perish_v and_o so_o may_v all_o those_o fury_n who_o traitorous_o attempt_v on_o prince_n drusus_n without_o distrust_n take_v this_o deadly_a poison_n from_o the_o hand_n of_o lygdus_n his_o eunuch_n and_o that_o which_o he_o think_v will_v have_v confirm_v health_n hasten_v death_n but_o so_o slow_o that_o the_o languishment_n and_o length_n take_v away_o the_o suspicion_n of_o poison_n time_n tac._n ordo_fw-la sceleris_fw-la per_fw-la apicatam_fw-la sejano_n proditus_fw-la tormentis_fw-la eudemi_n as_o lygdi_n patefactus_fw-la est_fw-la tac._n which_o in_o the_o end_n discover_v all_o thing_n draw_v truth_n out_o of_o darkness_n and_o apicata_n the_o wife_n of_o sejanus_n eight_o year_n after_o give_v the_o first_o notice_n it_o be_v a_o admirable_a thing_n that_o a_o woman_n of_o a_o great_a spirit_n wound_v in_o her_o honour_n and_o banish_v shed_v from_o the_o company_n of_o her_o husband_n by_o a_o
or_o be_v cast_v under_o it_o among_o bruit_n beast_n as_o often_o as_o the_o friendship_n of_o asinius_n gallus_n a_o kinsman_n of_o agrippina_n or_o the_o malice_n of_o sejanus_n have_v ruin_v any_o the_o man_n of_o this_o age_n cry_v loud_o our_o sen._n o_o vacia_n solus_fw-la scis_fw-la uâ—vere_fw-la sen._n o_o vacia_n there_o be_v none_o but_o thou_o who_o know_v how_o to_o live_v the_o solitary_a life_n be_v the_o most_o secure_a magistra-cic_a vita_fw-la ruftica_fw-la parsimoniae_fw-la jusâ—itiae_fw-la ac_fw-la diligentiae_fw-la magistra-cic_a the_o civil_a most_o perilous_a and_o the_o rustic_a most_o acceptable_a so_o be_v it_o likewise_o the_o mistress_n of_o frugality_n diligence_n integrity_n and_o simplicity_n it_o be_v not_o attend_v with_o so_o much_o honour_n nor_o give_v such_o contentment_n as_o heretofore_o when_o the_o great_a captain_n go_v from_o triumph_n to_o the_o cart_n from_o tillage_n to_o arm_n vol._n attilii_fw-la manus_fw-la rustico_fw-la opere_fw-la attritae_fw-la salutem_fw-la publicam_fw-la stabilicrunt_fw-la vol._n and_o from_o harvest_n to_o the_o senate_n the_o earth_n in_o those_o time_n take_v delight_n to_o yield_v fruit_n in_o abundance_n plin._n gaudebattellus_n vomere_fw-la laurea_fw-la to_o plin._n and_o acknowledge_v the_o labour_n of_o those_o victorious_a hand_n which_o till_v she_o with_o a_o coulter_n crown_v with_o laurel_n sejanus_n this_o torrent_n of_o pride_n and_o insolency_n overflow_v all_o there_o be_v not_o a_o creature_n stay_v he_o all_o be_v encounter_v be_v utter_o ruin_v fab._n it_o be_v not_o safe_a to_o commit_v so_o many_o and_o so_o great_a charge_n to_o the_o fortune_n of_o one_o par._n de_fw-fr fab._n tiberius_n be_v blame_v for_o submit_v the_o fortune_n of_o the_o empire_n to_o the_o discretion_n of_o one_o sole_a man_n and_o his_o will_n to_o the_o power_n of_o his_o servant_n ambition_n be_v oft_o time_n put_v blind_a undertaker_n evil_n enterprise_v succeed_v against_o the_o undertaker_n when_o it_o shall_v be_v clear_o sight_v and_o think_v to_o walk_v the_o right_a way_n wander_v it_o ruine_v sejanus_n and_o cause_v his_o design_n to_o succeed_v otherwise_o than_o he_o hope_v he_o promise_v himself_o that_o germanicus_n be_v dead_a nothing_o can_v hinder_v he_o but_o drusus_n he_o poyson_v he_o and_o behold_v the_o succession_n doubtless_o stand_v for_o germanicus_n his_o child_n it_o be_v necessary_a for_o establishment_n of_o his_o tyranny_n that_o he_o overthrow_v it_o which_o he_o undertake_v and_o that_o the_o more_o bold_o tac._n ferox_n scelerum_fw-la quia_fw-la prima_fw-la provenerant_fw-la tac._n because_o his_o precedent_a outrage_n succeed_v so_o prosperous_o that_o the_o father_n neglect_v to_o revenge_v the_o death_n of_o his_o son_n he_o make_v he_o believe_v his_o enemy_n will_v derive_v profit_n from_o this_o loss_n that_o agrippina_n be_v resolve_v to_o reign_v he_o need_v no_o great_a art_n to_o persuade_v he_o tac._n nun_n dubia_fw-la germanici_fw-la liberorum_fw-la successio_fw-la tac._n for_o he_o see_v the_o succession_n open_a and_o this_o woman_n thorough_o resolve_v to_o bite_v the_o apple_n he_o be_v determine_v to_o cause_v the_o mother_n and_o her_o child_n to_o perish_v sejanus_n herein_o find_v himself_o much_o perplex_v for_o to_o think_v to_o corrupt_v agrippina_n as_o he_o have_v do_v livia_n there_o be_v no_o likelihood_n she_o be_v of_o a_o chastity_n invincible_a tac._n sparga_n venenum_fw-la in_o tres_fw-la non_fw-la poterat_fw-la egregiâ_fw-la custodum_fw-la fide_fw-la &_o pudicitiâ_fw-la agrippinae_n impenetrabili_fw-la tac._n and_o impenetrable_a to_o give_v poison_n unto_o three_o at_o once_o be_v impossible_a and_o several_o difficult_a so_o great_a be_v the_o fidelity_n and_o vigilance_n of_o their_o servant_n beside_o this_o lady_n can_v not_o be_v treat_v withal_o as_o other_o woman_n all_o the_o city_n be_v for_o she_o the_o most_o confident_a and_o shameless_a calumny_n dare_v not_o seize_v on_o she_o she_o walk_v firm_o between_o the_o jealousy_n of_o tiberius_n and_o ambition_n of_o sejanus_n who_o find_v no_o short_a way_n to_o ruin_v she_o than_o to_o animate_v the_o emperor_n against_o she_o by_o cause_v he_o to_o observe_v her_o courage_n and_o her_o hope_n he_o lose_v no_o time_n herein_o but_o in_o a_o short_a space_n meet_v with_o a_o fit_a occasion_n to_o make_v his_o wicked_a design_n break_v into_o action_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o year_n plin._n solennia_fw-la vota_fw-la pro_fw-la incolumitate_fw-la tuâ_fw-la quá_fw-la salus_fw-la publica_fw-la continetur_fw-la &_o suscipimus_fw-la &_o solvimus_fw-la plin._n they_o use_v to_o sacrifice_v to_o jupiter_n a_o ox_n with_o gild_a bornes_n for_o the_o safety_n of_o the_o prince_n which_o be_v the_o weal_n of_o the_o state_n the_o pontiffe_n and_o other_o priest_n by_o their_o example_n recommend_v to_o the_o same_o god_n nero_n and_o drusus_n son_n of_o germanicus_n not_o so_o much_o for_o the_o love_n of_o they_o as_o to_o please_v tiberius_n thereby_o to_o let_v he_o know_v how_o much_o they_o desire_v to_o perpetuate_v the_o empire_n in_o his_o house_n good_a manner_n be_v so_o much_o forget_v tac._n adulatio_fw-la moribus_fw-la corruptis_fw-la perinde_v ancepa_fw-la si_fw-la nulla_fw-la &_o ubi_fw-la nimia_fw-la est_fw-la tac._n that_o it_o be_v not_o more_o dangerous_a to_o flatter_v too_o much_o than_o not_o at_o all_o tiberius_n be_v perplex_v to_o see_v their_o youth_n hold_v way_n with_o his_o age_n tac._n primores_fw-la modicè_fw-la perstringendi_fw-la tac._n for_o which_o cause_n he_o ask_v the_o pontiffe_n whether_o they_o have_v do_v it_o at_o the_o instant_a entreaty_n or_o threat_n of_o agrippina_n and_o they_o answer_v no_o he_o rebuke_v they_o but_o temperate_o for_o they_o be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n either_o ally_n of_o agrippina_n or_o of_o the_o prime_a man_n of_o the_o city_n he_o hasten_v present_o to_o the_o senate_n on_o this_o occasion_n frame_v a_o large_a discourse_n to_o show_v they_o that_o henceforward_o the_o mind_n of_o weak_a and_o mutable_a young_a man_n shall_v not_o be_v thrust_v into_o pride_n tac._n mobiles_fw-la adolescentium_fw-la animi_fw-la praematuris_fw-la honoribus_fw-la ad_fw-la superbiam_fw-la non_fw-la extollendi_fw-la tac._n by_o honour_n immature_o confer_v upon_o they_o yea_o sejanus_n make_v more_o noise_n hereupon_o than_o tiberius_n say_v all_o will_v run_v to_o ruin_v since_o no_o more_o difference_n be_v make_v between_o the_o prince_n and_o his_o kinsman_n that_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n will_v fall_v into_o division_n as_o in_o the_o civil_a broil_n lucan_n facta_fw-la tribuâ—_n dominis_fw-la communis_fw-la roma_fw-la lucan_n when_o it_o have_v three_o lord_n caesar_n pompey_n and_o crassus_n that_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o emperor_n will_v be_v the_o least_o that_o the_o desire_n of_o ancient_a liberty_n be_v awaken_v that_o the_o faction_n of_o agrippina_n will_v be_v set_v up_o which_o not_o resist_v their_o number_n will_v be_v the_o great_a tac._n nullum_fw-la aliud_fw-la gliscentis_fw-la discordiae_fw-la remedium_fw-la si_fw-la unus_fw-la alterve_fw-la maximè_fw-la prompti_fw-la subvertantur_fw-la tac._n that_o no_o other_o remedy_n can_v be_v find_v for_o the_o discord_n which_o begin_v to_o advance_v and_o multiply_v but_o by_o cause_v one_o or_o two_o of_o they_o present_o to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n tac._n pater_fw-la germanici_fw-la pernitiosa_fw-la utrique_fw-la tac._n he_o threaten_v only_o two_o and_o aim_v at_o many_o but_o he_o suppose_v that_o these_o two_o c._n silius_n and_o t._n sabinus_n shall_v fall_v from_o so_o high_a a_o eminence_n that_o all_o the_o rest_n will_v be_v warn_v by_o their_o ruin_n their_o noble_a affection_n to_o the_o house_n of_o germanicus_n have_v in_o no_o degree_n degenerate_v from_o the_o nature_n of_o true_a friendship_n although_o it_o be_v not_o only_o barren_a but_o unfortunate_a to_o they_o tac._n turpe_fw-la aliis_fw-la gratificari_fw-la per_fw-la deed_n cousin_n proprium_fw-la tac._n varro_z the_o consul_n wicked_o accommodate_v his_o conscience_n and_o honour_n to_o the_o passion_n of_o sejanus_n accuse_v caius_n silius_n and_o sosia_n galla_n his_o wife_n t._n sabinus_n be_v reserve_v for_o another_o time_n and_o although_o they_o make_v it_o appear_v this_o pursuit_n be_v violent_a and_o that_o varro_n ought_v to_o stay_v till_o he_o be_v out_o of_o his_o consulship_n yet_o process_n be_v frame_v as_o in_o case_n of_o treason_n though_o they_o be_v accuse_v for_o nothing_o but_o to_o have_v convert_v the_o money_n of_o the_o common_a wealth_n to_o their_o own_o use_n and_o of_o which_o sum_v no_o man_n require_v restitution_n tac._n proprium_fw-la tiberio_fw-la scelera_fw-la nuper_fw-la reperta_fw-la priscis_fw-la verbis_fw-la obtegere_fw-la tac._n but_o tiberius_n be_v so_o wary_a that_o he_o give_v the_o title_n of_o most_o odious_a crime_n to_o the_o slight_a fault_n silius_n see_v that_o make_v no_o defence_n and_o when_o â—e_n speak_v it_o be_v but_o to_o show_v the_o pursuit_n be_v too_o potent_a but_o foresee_v it_o be_v not_o in_o his_o power_n to_o save_v himself_o tac._n immineus_n damnatio_fw-la
thyself_o to_o live_v as_o thou_o be_v begin_v there_o be_v no_o desire_n so_o regular_a which_o stay_v where_o it_o begin_v but_o the_o magistrate_n and_o prime_a man_n of_o state_n who_o visit_v thou_o to_o disease_v thou_o and_o ask_v counsel_n of_o thou_o upon_o all_o occasion_n know_v well_o thou_o will_v not_o rest_v there_o that_o thou_o have_v raise_v thyself_o above_o the_o quality_n of_o a_o knight_n and_o that_o i_o have_v much_o exceed_v the_o limit_n of_o the_o love_n my_o father_n bear_v thou_o in_o public_a they_o dissemble_v it_o but_o in_o private_a blame_n my_o affection_n for_o their_o hatred_n of_o thou_o tac._n excessit_fw-la equestre_fw-fr fastigiam_fw-la sejanus_n tac._n you_o will_v say_v augustus_n purpose_v to_o bestow_v his_o daughter_n upon_o a_o roman_a knight_n very_o it_o be_v strange_a that_o he_o have_v a_o mind_n rectify_v to_o think_v of_o all_o and_o foresee_v even_o to_o what_o degree_n of_o power_n that_o man_n may_v climb_v who_o he_o by_o this_o alliance_n shall_v prefer_v before_o other_o never_o speak_v of_o caius_n proculeius_n tac._n augusti_fw-la animus_n in_o omnes_fw-la oras_fw-la distrahitur_fw-la tac._n and_o some_o other_o of_o remarkable_a tranquillity_n of_o life_n who_o never_o in_o any_o kind_n intermedle_v in_o state_n affair_n tac._n insignis_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la tranquillitas_fw-la nullis_fw-la r._n p._n negotiis_fw-la permixta_fw-la tac._n but_o if_o we_o be_v amaze_v at_o his_o irresolution_n yea_o even_o in_o the_o advancement_n of_o these_o how_o much_o more_o may_v we_o wonder_v that_o he_o marry_v his_o daughter_n first_o to_o agrippa_n and_o afterward_o to_o i_o this_o be_v it_o which_o my_o friendship_n will_v not_o suffer_v i_o to_o conceal_v and_o as_o for_o the_o other_o faction_n i_o do_v assure_v thou_o i_o will_v never_o prefer_v it_o before_o thy_o design_n nor_o those_o of_o livia_n i_o will_v not_o at_o this_o present_a tell_v thou_o what_o i_o resolve_v to_o do_v before_o the_o year_n be_v pass_v tac._n nihil_fw-la tam_fw-la excelsum_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la mereantur_fw-la virtutes_fw-la tac._n nor_o by_o what_o alliance_n i_o desire_v to_o link_v thou_o unto_o i_o i_o will_v only_o give_v thou_o assurance_n there_o be_v nothing_o so_o eminent_a to_o which_o thy_o virtue_n and_o the_o affection_n thou_o bear_v i_o may_v not_o arrive_v and_o when_o occasion_n of_o speech_n shall_v be_v offer_v either_o to_o the_o senate_n or_o people_n i_o will_v not_o therein_o be_v silent_a currant_n in_o the_o commerce_n of_o love_n and_o ambition_n reason_n be_v a_o coin_n nothing_o currant_n but_o sejanus_n more_o trust_v his_o own_o thought_n than_o tiberius_n his_o word_n and_o his_o soul_n frantic_a with_o this_o ambition_n no_o long_o be_v capable_a of_o reason_n much_o ado_n have_v he_o have_v to_o come_v hither_o there_o be_v no_o way_n to_o pass_v any_o further_o the_o ascent_n have_v be_v difficult_a slippery_a and_o craggy_a when_o he_o shall_v arrive_v on_o the_o top_n he_o shall_v find_v nothing_o but_o danger_n and_o round_o about_o he_o a_o gape_a precipice_n tiberius_n not_o willing_a to_o ruin_v he_o make_v it_o appear_v his_o course_n be_v dangerous_a which_o he_o will_v rectify_v he_o that_o show_v the_o place_n where_o one_o have_v miss_v the_o ready_a way_n oblige_v no_o less_o than_o he_o who_o direct_v which_o way_n to_o go_v he_o let_v he_o know_v that_o this_o marriage_n will_v be_v a_o perpetual_a source_n of_o discord_n in_o the_o house_n of_o the_o caesar_n and_o that_o those_o thing_n which_o serve_v for_o cement_n tac._n vincula_fw-la charitatis_fw-la apud_fw-la concord_n sunt_fw-la incitamenta_fw-la irarum_fw-la apud_fw-la infensos_fw-la tac._n among_o such_o as_o well_o accord_n cause_n hatred_n in_o the_o mind_n of_o those_o who_o be_v already_o move_v but_o sejanus_n be_v not_o so_o much_o trouble_v with_o the_o success_n of_o his_o marriage_n as_o with_o suspicion_n which_o begin_v to_o be_v hatch_v in_o tiberius_n his_o brain_n against_o this_o mighty_a and_o puissant_a authority_n he_o usurp_v over_o affair_n which_o in_o short_a time_n make_v confidence_n degenerate_a into_o fear_n affection_n into_o jealousy_n and_o liberty_n into_o necessity_n liberti._fw-la praecipuum_fw-la indicium_fw-la magni_fw-la principis_fw-la magni_fw-la liberti._fw-la when_o servant_n be_v too_o great_a it_o be_v no_o good_a sign_n of_o the_o greatness_n of_o a_o prince_n yet_o be_v it_o a_o thing_n proper_a to_o great_a prince_n to_o raise_v merit_n and_o recompense_v service_n for_o vell._n incujusâ—unque_fw-la animo_fw-la virtus_fw-la sit_fw-la ei_fw-la plurimum_fw-la tribuâ—ndum_fw-la vell._n wheresoever_o virtue_n be_v find_v it_o will_v be_v honour_v more_o it_o consider_v the_o person_n than_o nation_n industry_n than_o birth_n in_o all_o time_n rome_n have_v behold_v new_a man_n raise_v to_o mighty_a honour_n t._n coruncanus_n chief_a pontifex_n sp._n carvillius_n consul_n m._n cato_n censor_n mummius_n triumphant_a and_o marius_n six_o time_n consul_n it_o be_v a_o madness_n to_o oppose_v the_o pleasure_n of_o a_o prince_n when_o he_o say_v i_o will_v he_o give_v a_o account_n what_o he_o do_v plin._n conseâ—ratus_fw-la est_fw-la vivens_fw-la sentiâ—nsque_fw-la euthymus_n nihilque_fw-la adeo_fw-la mirum_fw-la aliud_fw-la quam_fw-la hoc_fw-la placuisse_fw-la diis_fw-la plin._n we_o wonder_v that_o euthymus_n be_v put_v into_o the_o number_n of_o god_n before_o his_o death_n and_o that_o in_o his_o life_n he_o receive_v sacrifice_n but_o we_o be_v pay_v with_o this_o only_a reason_n jupiter_n will_v have_v it_o so_o to_o take_v the_o power_n from_o a_o prince_n to_o raise_v inferior_n and_o to_o humble_v the_o great_a be_v to_o snatch_v the_o sceptre_n out_o of_o his_o hand_n to_o make_v his_o authority_n a_o scarecrow_n and_o extinguish_v the_o radiant_a light_n of_o majesty_n it_o concern_v the_o state_n tac._n interest_n reipubliâ—ae_fw-la quod_fw-la usu_fw-la necessarium_fw-la &_o dignitate_fw-la eminere_fw-la utilitatemque_fw-la authoritate_fw-la munir_fw-fr vâ—ll_n dub_v uâ—_n a_o fato_fw-la principum_fw-la inclinatio_fw-la in_o hos_fw-la offensio_fw-la in_o illos_fw-la a_o sit_fw-la aliquid_fw-la in_o nostris_fw-la consiliis_fw-la tac._n that_o liberality_n acknowledge_v desert_n and_o affection_n support_v service_n the_o condition_n of_o a_o prince_n will_v be_v very_o hard_o if_o he_o may_v not_o choose_v among_o the_o infinite_a number_n of_o his_o servant_n some_o one_o worthy_a of_o a_o near_a trust_n according_a to_o the_o happiness_n of_o election_n or_o strength_n of_o merit_n it_o import_v not_o whether_o favour_n cause_n jealousy_n in_o great_a one_o envy_n in_o equal_n hatred_n in_o inferior_n so_o it_o disturb_v not_o the_o course_n of_o affair_n and_o that_o particular_a interest_n swallow_v not_o up_o the_o public_a sal._n ut_fw-la pauci_fw-la illustrentur_fw-la mundus_fw-la evertitur_fw-la unius_fw-la honour_n orbis_fw-la excidium_fw-la est_fw-la sal._n for_o when_o this_o happen_v and_o that_o to_o enrich_v a_o few_o favourite_n the_o state_n must_v be_v empoverish_v all_o run_v to_o confusion_n the_o prince_n so_o ill_a dispose_n of_o his_o favour_n be_v despise_v as_o have_v neither_o judgement_n nor_o justice_n in_o his_o election_n and_o the_o favourite_n find_v tac._n nullum_fw-la gravius_fw-la suppliâ—ium_fw-la odio_fw-la pullico_n sen._n fluxa_fw-la fama_fw-la potentiae_fw-la non_fw-la suis_fw-la viribus_fw-la nixa_fw-la tac._n there_o be_v no_o heavy_a punishment_n than_o public_a hate_n if_o the_o prince_n please_v he_o cast_v he_o as_o low_o as_o he_o raise_v he_o high_a and_o there_o need_v but_o a_o blast_n to_o overthrow_v a_o power_n which_o can_v subsist_v by_o its_o own_o force_n tiberius_n true_o have_v some_o cause_n of_o suspicion_n upon_o this_o excessive_a power_n of_o sejanus_n but_o the_o affection_n the_o people_n bear_v to_o the_o house_n of_o germanicus_n vex_v he_o more_o and_o sejanus_n who_o see_v his_o imagination_n wound_v upon_o this_o point_n represent_v the_o peril_n great_a than_o it_o be_v awaken_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o empress_n the_o old_a rancour_n she_o have_v conceive_v against_o agrippina_n soul_n choler_n be_v appoint_v as_o a_o companion_n for_o reason_n and_o s._n basil_n call_v it_o the_o sinnew_n of_o the_o soul_n this_o remembrance_n move_v choler_n in_o she_o and_o anger_n which_o be_v the_o sinnew_n that_o give_v the_o sprightly_o motion_v to_o the_o soul_n make_v she_o consider_v she_o shall_v be_v nothing_o if_o her_o enemy_n be_v aught_o to_o cause_v this_o apprehension_n to_o penetrate_v more_o sensible_o into_o her_o mind_n he_o employ_v mutilia_n prisca_n her_o trusty_a friend_n and_o more_o to_o gain_v she_o practise_v upon_o julius_n posthumus_n who_o make_v love_n to_o she_o tac._n regibus_fw-la aequa_fw-la nedum_fw-la infirma_fw-la insolita_fw-la sunt_fw-la tac._n the_o empress_n instant_o be_v stir_v with_o hope_n to_o supplant_v agrippina_n and_o the_o fear_v not_o only_o to_o go_v below_o but_o equal_a with_o she_o furnish_v she_o with_o sufficient_a cunning_n to_o make_v she_o more_o odious_a to_o tiberius_n than_o
sen._n qualem_fw-la cuique_fw-la sortem_fw-la statumque_fw-la habeat_fw-la in_o mea_fw-la manu_fw-la positum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la cuique_fw-la mortalium_fw-la fortuna_fw-la datum_fw-la velit_fw-la meo_fw-la ore_fw-la pronunciat_fw-la sen._n this_o satisfy_v he_o his_o friend_n be_v quick_o make_v acquaint_v with_o it_o and_o much_o rejoice_v say_v to_o themselves_o hereafter_o all_o which_o fortune_n will_v grant_v to_o the_o roman_n shall_v pass_v through_o their_o hand_n or_o be_v pronounce_v by_o the_o mouth_n of_o their_o master_n macro_n present_v his_o letter_n and_o retire_v cause_v the_o soldier_n to_o assemble_v under_o colour_n he_o be_v to_o give_v they_o notice_n of_o the_o emperor_n command_n and_o by_o this_o mean_v leave_v those_o of_o the_o watch_n for_o the_o guard_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o the_o other_o who_o follow_v sejanus_n repair_v to_o the_o field_n and_o ensign_n be_v there_o he_o assure_v they_o the_o emperor_n favour_n to_o acknowledge_v their_o service_n and_o gratify_v they_o with_o a_o donative_n there_o be_v not_o a_o man_n crown_n those_o present_n be_v armour_n pike_n ensign_n scarf_n chain_n and_o crown_n who_o lend_v not_o a_o open_a ear_n to_o this_o speech_n and_o promise_v not_o to_o be_v ready_a he_o choose_v a_o good_a number_n to_o guard_v the_o passage_n and_o the_o temple_n of_o apollo_n that_o do_v he_o present_v his_o letter_n to_o the_o senate_n open_v his_o commission_n retire_v leave_v laco_n there_o and_o hasten_v to_o give_v direction_n in_o the_o other_o part_n of_o the_o city_n he_o the_o authority_n of_o a_o prince_n can_v descend_v more_o low_a than_o when_o he_o dare_v not_o speak_v plain_o to_o his_o subject_n uâ—on_v any_o thing_n which_o displease_v he_o these_o letter_n be_v read_v which_o express_v a_o afflict_a and_o tremble_a spirit_n that_o dare_v not_o unfold_v but_o in_o break_a word_n what_o he_o have_v upon_o his_o heart_n against_o the_o ingratitude_n and_o treachery_n of_o his_o servant_n they_o be_v confuse_v by_o divers_a affair_n and_o out_o of_o order_n the_o beginning_n upon_o thing_n indifferent_a the_o sequel_n of_o other_o matter_n more_o important_a pursue_v with_o many_o complaint_n of_o the_o immeasurable_a power_n of_o sejanus_n monsieur_fw-fr the_o tragical_a end_n of_o sejanus_n be_v well_o express_v in_o the_o french_a tiberius_n of_o m._n le_fw-fr mastre_n the_o chief_a physician_n of_o monsieur_fw-fr afterward_o he_o fall_v upon_o other_o occurrent_n entreat_v the_o senate_n to_o grant_v out_o process_n against_o two_o senator_n familiar_a friend_n of_o sejanus_n and_o last_o command_v but_o as_o between_o both_o that_o they_o shall_v vigilant_o observe_v the_o action_n of_o sejanus_n there_o be_v not_o a_o word_n of_o put_v he_o to_o death_n so_o much_o do_v he_o fear_v lest_o the_o great_a reputation_n he_o have_v in_o every_o place_n may_v oppose_v he_o &_o that_o in_o case_n matter_n succeed_v not_o according_a to_o his_o desire_n he_o may_v ever_o reserve_v a_o liberty_n to_o declare_v himself_o lucan_n aliquisque_fw-la pavendo_fw-la that_o vires_fw-la fama_fw-la nullo_n que_fw-la antore_fw-la malorum_fw-la quoe_n finxere_fw-la timent_fw-la lucan_n but_o as_o fear_n believe_v all_o it_o imagine_v so_o the_o friend_n of_o sejanus_n find_v not_o in_o this_o letter_n what_o they_o expect_v shrink_v from_o he_o as_o from_o a_o place_n threaten_v with_o thunder_n when_o the_o favour_n of_o a_o prince_n forsake_v one_o it_o be_v dangerous_a to_o come_v near_o he_o disfavour_n be_v infectious_a here_o dion_n observe_v how_o variable_a the_o mind_n of_o man_n be_v say_v before_o the_o emperor_n letter_n be_v read_v there_o be_v not_o a_o senator_n like_a cicero_n charge_v catiline_n with_o the_o like_a who_o offer_v not_o his_o service_n to_o sejanus_n and_o ask_v not_o how_o he_o please_v to_o employ_v he_o cic._n adventu_fw-la tuo_fw-la ista_fw-la subsellia_fw-la vacua_fw-la facta_fw-la sunt_fw-la cic._n but_o perceive_v the_o mind_n of_o tiberius_n alter_v they_o change_v in_o a_o instant_n those_o which_o stand_v far_o from_o he_o look_v scornful_o on_o he_o such_o as_o be_v near_o remove_v far_o off_o they_o who_o before_o account_v it_o a_o honour_n to_o wait_v on_o he_o traitor_n every_o one_o avoid_v a_o traitor_n now_o hold_v themselves_o disgrace_v to_o sit_v near_o he_o and_o where_o be_v man_n to_o be_v find_v who_o in_o adversity_n remember_v benefit_n vell._n quis_fw-la in_o adversis_fw-la beneficiorum_fw-la seruat_fw-la memoriam_fw-la aut_fw-la quis_fw-la ullam_fw-la calami_fw-la tosis_n deberi_fw-la putat_fw-la gratiam_fw-la quando_fw-la fortuna_fw-la non_fw-la mutet_fw-la fidem_fw-la vell._n or_o think_v themselves_o bind_v to_o the_o miserable_a great_a amity_n be_v not_o to_o be_v seek_v in_o court_n nor_o be_v petty_a enmity_n there_o to_o be_v find_v and_o that_o be_v the_o cause_n why_o wise_a man_n break_v with_o none_o ill_o will_v and_o hatred_n be_v harsh_a plant_n the_o fruit_n they_o bear_v be_v always_o four_o there_o be_v no_o sweetness_n nor_o profit_n but_o in_o amendment_n of_o manner_n cic._n usque_fw-la quaque_fw-la sapere_fw-la oportet_fw-la id_fw-la erit_fw-la telum_fw-la acerrimum_fw-la cic._n that_o the_o enemy_n may_v not_o lay_v hold_n on_o the_o life_n or_o fortune_n of_o he_o who_o fall_n or_o ruin_n he_o thirst_v sejanus_n do_v ill_a to_o come_v into_o the_o senate_n when_o he_o see_v macro_n bring_v he_o no_o letter_n providence_n which_o turn_v her_o eye_n on_o every_o side_n and_o be_v a_o strong_a buckler_n against_o fortune_n fail_v he_o nay_o he_o shall_v have_v go_v out_o when_o he_o understand_v the_o jealousy_n which_o tiberius_n let_v fall_v in_o this_o letter_n and_o have_v he_o be_v follow_v by_o those_o of_o his_o faction_n the_o rest_n will_v have_v censure_v his_o power_n by_o his_o courage_n safety_n presumption_n contemn_v safety_n but_o see_v nothing_o very_o express_v against_o himself_o he_o think_v they_o be_v vapour_n of_o his_o melancholy_n and_o certain_a inequality_n and_o that_o there_o be_v not_o any_o so_o hardy_a as_o to_o disgust_v he_o obey_v word_n of_o command_n be_v harsh_a to_o those_o who_o have_v never_o obey_v the_o consul_n regulus_n call_v he_o he_o sit_v still_o but_o not_o out_o of_o arrogance_n for_o he_o be_v much_o humble_v rather_o indeed_o because_o he_o be_v not_o accustom_v to_o obey_v or_o be_v command_v he_o call_v he_o the_o first_o and_o second_o time_n and_o stretch_v out_o his_o hand_n say_v sejanus_n come_v hither_o sejanus_n answer_v do_v you_o call_v i_o sr._n yea_o say_v the_o consul_n sejanus_n step_v forward_o and_o in_o a_o instant_a laco_n captain_n of_o the_o watch_n stand_v before_o he_o and_o all_o the_o tribune_n round_o about_o that_o he_o may_v not_o go_v out_o sacraretur_fw-la dacretum_fw-la ut_fw-la â—v_fw-la cal._n utriusque_fw-la necis_fw-la dies_fw-la per_fw-la omnes_fw-la unnos_fw-la donum_fw-la jovi_fw-la sacraretur_fw-la the_o day_n of_o this_o memorable_a act_n be_v the_o 18_o of_o october_n which_o be_v know_v because_o tiberius_n ordain_v the_o 15_o of_o the_o calends_n of_o november_n shall_v be_v solemnize_v at_o rome_n both_o for_o the_o death_n of_o sejanus_n and_o of_o agrippina_n and_o if_o the_o year_n likewise_o be_v observe_v it_o be_v of_o rome_n foundation_n the_o 785._o and_o of_o the_o reign_n of_o tiberius_n the_o 18_o and_o from_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n the_o 34._o there_o be_v no_o danger_n of_o hasten_v his_o judgement_n or_o of_o commence_v process_n for_o his_o execution_n suet._n s.c._n actum_fw-la ut_fw-la paena_fw-la damnatorum_fw-la in_fw-la decimum_fw-la semper_fw-la diem_fw-la deferreretur_fw-la suet._n the_o law_n of_o ten_o day_n be_v not_o as_o yet_o make_v all_o his_o life_n be_v a_o stream_n of_o insolence_n pride_n violence_n and_o fury_n dion_n affirm_v that_o in_o one_o day_n he_o be_v arrest_v condemn_v and_o execute_v and_o by_o the_o shortness_n of_o time_n we_o may_v guess_v at_o the_o facility_n of_o proceed_n which_o be_v arbitrary_a wherein_o such_o retardation_n or_o expedition_n may_v be_v use_v as_o they_o list_v process_n against_o lentulus_n one_o of_o catiline_n confederate_n be_v make_v in_o two_o day_n that_o of_o clentius_n continue_v long_o this_o of_o sejanus_n be_v dispatch_v in_o a_o morning_n the_o task_n of_o thing_n serious_a end_n at_o noon_n parergon_n aristotle_n give_v the_o morning_n to_o philosophy_n it_o be_v ergon_n afternoon_n to_o eloquence_n parergon_n that_o which_o be_v do_v after_o dinner_n be_v as_o it_o be_v out_o of_o time_n as_o well_o in_o matter_n most_o please_a and_o facile_a as_o important_a and_o painful_a and_o now_o the_o trumpet_n which_o serve_v as_o a_o clock_n among_o the_o roman_n have_v sound_v the_o hour_n of_o ten_o no_o man_n expect_v any_o new_a relation_n memmius_n do_v not_o put_v the_o emperor_n letter_n into_o consultation_n and_o that_o deceive_v sejanus_n who_o trust_v to_o his_o friend_n have_v he_o so_o do_v the_o diversity_n of_o opinion_n will_v
and_o the_o obserevance_n we_o afford_v he_o one_o and_o the_o same_o reason_n ought_v oh_o caesar_n to_o discharge_v both_o you_o and_o we_o the_o boldness_n and_o constancy_n of_o his_o speech_n which_o contain_v the_o thought_n of_o other_o be_v of_o so_o great_a force_n that_o such_o as_o be_v accuse_v as_o friend_n to_o sejanus_n be_v distinguish_v from_o his_o confederate_n and_o caesar_n applaud_v to_o have_v confirm_v the_o decree_n of_o the_o senate_n for_o the_o innocency_n of_o terentius_n cic._n scipio_n say_v the_o worst_a word_n may_v be_v encounter_v in_o friendship_n be_v that_o which_o will_v have_v a_o friend_n love_n as_o if_o he_o shall_v hate_v cic._n who_o love_v not_o his_o friend_n to_o hate_v or_o disavow_v he_o lentulus_n getulicus_n take_v a_o clean_a contrary_a course_n from_o varro_n abudius_n rufus_n accuse_v he_o to_o have_v treat_v the_o marriage_n of_o his_o daughter_n with_o the_o son_n of_o sejanus_n this_o man_n be_v in_o germany_n in_o great_a esteem_n and_o authority_n for_o his_o mildness_n and_o modesty_n he_o speak_v a_o far_o off_o on_o horseback_n and_o in_o arm_n for_o which_o cause_n tiberius_n condemn_v and_o exile_v his_o accuser_n a_o act_n of_o the_o wisdom_n of_o a_o prince_n never_o to_o threaten_v he_o who_o be_v out_o of_o his_o danger_n getulicus_n be_v hereof_o advertise_v tac._n getulicus_n effusae_fw-la clementia_fw-la modicus_fw-la severitate_fw-la mâ—rum_fw-la amorem_fw-la adsecutus_fw-la tac._n and_o know_v the_o humour_n of_o tiberius_n who_o when_o he_o fall_v upon_o a_o resolution_n seldom_o fly_v from_o it_o but_o according_a to_o the_o temper_n of_o his_o anger_n press_v or_o retard_v his_o revenge_n let_v he_o know_v he_o be_v in_o such_o a_o state_n caution_n confidence_n do_v not_o always_o proceed_v from_o courage_n but_o from_o place_n and_o caution_n he_o will_v not_o forget_v his_o own_o safety_n for_o another_o and_o so_o send_v he_o this_o letter_n as_o insolent_a as_o confident_a caesar_n the_o alliance_n i_o contract_v with_o sejanus_n tac._n idem_fw-la error_n principis_fw-la sine_fw-la fraud_n aliâ—s_fw-la exitio_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la habendus_fw-la tac._n have_v not_o be_v upon_o my_o own_o motion_n but_o your_o advice_n it_o may_v be_v i_o be_o deceive_v as_o well_o as_o you_o but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o fault_n ought_v not_o to_o discharge_v one_o and_o ruin_v another_o my_o loyalty_n have_v hitherto_o be_v untainted_a tac._n successorem_fw-la non_fw-la aliter_fw-la quam_fw-la indicium_fw-la mortis_fw-la acceptum_fw-la tac._n nor_o ever_o shall_v change_v if_o some_o faction_n be_v not_o prepare_v against_o i_o and_o whosoever_o shall_v succeed_v i_o in_o my_o charge_n i_o will_v receive_v he_o as_o one_o who_o attempt_v on_o my_o life_n let_v we_o accord_v as_o by_o way_n of_o treaty_n tac._n princeps_fw-la caeterarum_fw-la rerum_fw-la potiatur_fw-la ipse_fw-la provinciam_fw-la retineam_fw-la tac._n take_v you_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o empire_n i_o my_o government_n nothing_o but_o distance_n excuse_v the_o incivility_n of_o this_o letter_n he_o be_v the_o only_a man_n among_o the_o friend_n of_o sejanus_n that_o escape_v tiberius_n cast_v his_o eye_n downward_o tac._n publico_fw-la odio_fw-la &_o extrema_fw-la aetate_fw-la res_fw-la principis_fw-la stant_fw-la magis_fw-la fama_fw-la quam_fw-la vi_fw-la tac._n and_o shrug_v his_o shoulder_n for_o his_o affair_n be_v more_o maintain_v by_o reputation_n than_o power_n his_o frail_a decrepit_a age_n cut_v off_o his_o hope_n and_o public_a hatred_n augment_v his_o jealousy_n exercebat_fw-la haud_fw-la minus_fw-la validum_fw-la ad_fw-la exitia_fw-la macronis_fw-la odium_fw-la qui_fw-la easdem_fw-la art_n occultius_fw-la exercebat_fw-la mamercus_n scaurus_n be_v likewise_o one_o of_o sejanus_n his_o friend_n but_o this_o amity_n have_v not_o so_o much_o power_n to_o ruin_v he_o as_o the_o malice_n of_o macro_n who_o be_v no_o less_o violent_a than_o the_o other_o to_o rid_v himself_o of_o his_o enemy_n but_o he_o therein_o proceed_v with_o more_o cunning_a and_o secrecy_n he_o be_v worthy_a of_o the_o friendship_n of_o sejanus_n sen._n mamercus_n scaurus_n ancillarum_fw-la menstruamore_fw-la hianta_fw-la exceptabat_fw-la sen._n for_o the_o conformity_n of_o his_o humour_n to_o the_o other_o lust_n which_o seneca_n represent_v to_o be_v so_o brutish_a that_o the_o only_a thought_n of_o they_o pollute_v the_o mind_n he_o stay_v not_o till_o condemnation_n but_o follow_v the_o advice_n of_o sextia_n his_o wife_n who_o persuade_v he_o to_o kill_v himself_o p._n vitellius_n tac._n p._n vitellius_n aerarii_fw-la praefectus_fw-la militarem_fw-la pecuniam_fw-la rebus_fw-la novis_fw-la obtulerat_fw-la tac._n who_o stout_o have_v support_v the_o cause_n of_o germanicus_n against_o piso_n be_v accuse_v to_o have_v deliver_v to_o sejanus_n the_o treasure_n of_o the_o common_a wealth_n for_o he_o be_v one_o of_o the_o overseer_n of_o the_o exchequer_n his_o brother_n answer_v for_o he_o tac._n crebris_fw-la prolationibus_fw-la speâ—_n &_o metum_fw-la juxta_fw-la gravatus_fw-la tac._n but_o see_v his_o process_n continue_v long_o he_o be_v much_o perplex_v to_o languish_v between_o hope_n and_o fear_n and_o so_o open_v a_o vein_n with_o a_o bodkin_n his_o friend_n staunch_v the_o blood_n and_o stay_v the_o spirit_n in_o their_o passage_n much_o trouble_v to_o remain_v in_o a_o body_n which_o please_v itself_o in_o turmoil_n be_v resign_v to_o sorrow_n and_o heaviness_n pomponius_n be_v sick_a tac._n in_o custodia_fw-la mortâ—_n periit_fw-la sâ—et_fw-la vitam_fw-la aegritudine_fw-la animi_fw-la finivit_fw-la tac._n in_o the_o same_o hospital_n with_o the_o rest_n but_o his_o patience_n make_v he_o survive_v tiberius_n who_o will_v have_v put_v he_o to_o death_n because_o velius_n gallus_n have_v retire_v into_o his_o garden_n when_o they_o drag_v sejanus_n tiberius_n bewail_v sejanus_n sen._n honoribus_fw-la functus_fw-la es_fw-la numquid_fw-la aut_fw-la tam_fw-la magnis_fw-la aut_fw-la tam_fw-la universis_fw-la quam_fw-la sejanus_n sen._n not_o for_o the_o loss_n of_o he_o but_o his_o own_o interest_n for_o while_o he_o live_v all_o the_o blame_n be_v lay_v on_o he_o whatsoever_o he_o do_v either_o of_o injustice_n or_o cruelty_n and_o after_o his_o death_n no_o man_n share_v with_o he_o in_o the_o general_a hatred_n as_o much_o as_o the_o prosperity_n of_o sejanus_n be_v admire_v so_o much_o his_o fall_n breed_v terror_n and_o amazement_n never_o any_o man_n before_o he_o receive_v great_a honour_n more_o universal_a more_o unexpected_a and_o all_o the_o favour_n and_o dignity_n which_o the_o king_n of_o europe_n can_v heap_v together_o to_o raise_v a_o man_n may_v not_o be_v compare_v with_o these_o sen._n diu_n multumque_fw-la singulis_fw-la qâ—id_fw-la posset_n ostendit_fw-la sen._n he_o make_v all_o man_n know_v far_o and_o near_o what_o he_o be_v able_a to_o do_v he_o sixteen_o year_n possess_v the_o sovereign_a power_n of_o a_o empire_n that_o command_v the_o whole_a world_n and_o which_o have_v the_o rise_n and_o set_v sun_n for_o limit_v imperiâ—m_fw-la clausum_fw-la mari_fw-fr aut_fw-la fluminibus_fw-la longinquis_fw-la imperiâ—m_fw-la euphrates_n confine_v its_o frontier_n towards_o the_o east_n mount_n atlas_n the_o cataract_n of_o nilus_n the_o desert_n of_o africa_n towards_o the_o south_n the_o ocean_n in_o the_o west_n danubius_n in_o the_o north_n so_o that_o as_o far_o as_o the_o sun_n progress_v his_o command_n go_v what_o glory_n ever_o mount_v so_o high_a or_o fall_v so_o low_a he_o that_o shall_v see_v a_o lofty_a mountain_n command_v over_o a_o goodly_a plain_a to_o be_v swallow_v up_o to_o sink_v and_o be_v ingulf_v in_o a_o moment_n will_v be_v amaze_v yet_o be_v not_o that_o more_o strange_a than_o to_o behold_v these_o great_a colossus_n level_v to_o see_v great_a man_n fall_n be_v to_o behold_v mountain_n make_v level_v overthrow_v in_o a_o instant_n this_o breed_v astonishment_n yet_o be_v the_o example_n neglect_v every_o one_o trust_v his_o own_o judgement_n think_v to_o walk_v the_o same_o way_n but_o with_o another_o pace_n and_o more_o secure_o than_o other_o one_o ship_n alone_o which_o shall_v happy_o return_v from_o a_o long_a navigation_n undo_v every_o one_o think_v to_o do_v the_o best_a and_o to_o carry_v himself_o more_o wise_o than_o they_o who_o be_v undo_v be_v able_a to_o encourage_v a_o hundred_o man_n to_o attempt_v the_o like_a voyage_n and_o the_o shipwreck_n of_o a_o hundred_o vessel_n be_v not_o of_o power_n to_o divert_v one_o alone_o for_o no_o man_n believe_v ill_a luck_n be_v ordain_v for_o he_o macro_n captain_n of_o the_o guard_n and_o laco_n master_n of_o the_o watch_n be_v much_o better_o advise_v the_o senate_n decree_v large_a honour_n to_o they_o for_o this_o their_o good_a service_n money_n great_a service_n for_o the_o state_n ought_v to_o be_v pay_v with_o honour_n not_o money_n to_o the_o first_o the_o office_n of_o praetor_n with_o power_n to_o sit_v in_o the_o rank_n of_o senator_n with_o a_o purple_a robe_n in_o sport_n and_o public_a assembly_n and_o to_o the_o