A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Various
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That hath taken up the Citie, left no roome
For _Rome_ to stand on? _Romanes_ get you gone And dwell at _Veiae_, if that _Veiae_ too This (His?) house ore runne not.[33] _Lucan_. But twill be hard to doe it in his house And harder to escape, being done. _Piso_. Not so: _Rufus_, the Captaine of the Guard, 's with us, And divers other oth' _Praetorian_ band Already made (named?); many, though unacquainted With our intents, have had disgrace and wrongs Which grieve them still; most will be glad of change, And even they that lov'd him best, when once They see him gone, will smile oth' comming times, Let goe things past and looke to their owne safetie: Besides, th'astonishment and feare will be So great, so sodaine that 'twill hinder them From doing anything. _Mili_. No private businesse can concerne them all: (_aside_) Their countenances are troubled and looke sad; Doubt and importance in their face is read. _Lucan_. Yet still, I think it were Safer t'attempt him private and alone. _Flav_. But 'twill not carry that opinion with it; 'Twill seeme more foule and come from private malice. |
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