Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T25: feare, kings, power, princes, lawes, loue, state, downe, honor, men.
Of one, with whom I twined; remove a wife From my warm side, as loved, as is the air; practice away each parent; draw mine heir In compass, though but one; work all my kin To swift perdition; leave no untrained engine, For friendship, or for innocence; nay, make The gods all guilty: I would undertake This, being imposed me, both with gain, and ease. The way to rise, is to obey, and please. He that will thrive in state, he must neglect The trodden paths, that truth and right respect; And prove new, wilder ways: for virtue, there, Is not that narrow thing, she is elsewhere. men's fortune there is virtue; reason, their will: Their licence, law; and their observance, skill. Occasion, is their foil; conscience, their stain; Profit, their lustre: and what else is, vain. If then it be the lust of Caesar's power, T'have raised Sejanus up, and in an hour o'erturn him, tumbling, down, from height of all; We are his ready engine: and his fall May be our rise. It is no uncouth thing To see fresh buildings from old ruins spring. YOu must have patience, royal AGRIPPINA. I must have vengeance, first: and that were nectar Unto my famished spirits. O, my fortune, Let it be sudden thou prepar'st against me; Strike all my powers of understanding blind, And ignorant of destiny to come: Let me not fear, that cannot hope. Dear Princess, These tyrannies, on yourself, are worse then CAESAR'S. Is this the happiness of being borne great? Still to be aimed at? still to be suspected? To live the subject of all jealousies? At least the colour made, if not the ground To every painted danger? who would not Choose once to fall, then thus to hang for ever? You might be safe, if you would— What, my Gallus? Be lewd Sejanus strumpet? Or the bawd To CAESARS lusts, he now is gone to practise? Not these are safe, where nothing is. yourself, While thus you stand but by me, are not safe. Was Silius safe? or the good SOSIA safe? Or was my niece, dear Claudia Pulchra safe? Or innocent Furnius? They, that latest have (By being made guilty) added reputation To AFERS eloquence? O, foolish friends, Could not so fresh example warn your loves, But you must buy my favours, with that loss Unto yourselves: and, when you might perceive That CAESARS cause of raging must forsake him, Before his will? Away, good Gallus, leave me. Here to be seen, is danger; to speak, treason: To do me least observance, is called faction. You are unhappy in me, and I in all. Where are my sons? NERO? and Drusus? We Are they, be shot at; Let us fall apart: Not, in our ruins, sepulchre our friends. Or shall we do some action, like offence, To mock their studies, that would make us faulty? And frustrate practice, by preventing it? The danger's like: for, what they can contrive, They will make good. No innocence is safe, When power contests. Nor can they trespass more, Whose only being was all crime, before.
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Of one, with whom I twin'd; remoue a wife From my warme side, as lou'd, as is the ayre; Practise away each parent; draw mine heyre In compasse, though but one; worke all my kin To swift perdition; leaue no vntrain'd engin, For friendship, or for innocence; nay, make The gods all guiltie: I would vndertake This, being impos'd me, both with gaine, and ease. The way to rise, is to obey, and please. He that will thriue in state, he must neglect The trodden paths, that truth and right respect; And proue new, wilder wayes: for vertue, there, Is not that narrow thing, shee is else-where. Mens fortune there is vertue; reason, their will: Their licence, law; and their obseruance, skill. Occasion, is their foile; conscience, their staine; Profit, their lustre: and what else is, vaine. If then it be the lust of CAESARS power, T'haue rais'd SEIANVS vp, and in an hower O're-turne him, tumbling, downe, from height of all; We are his ready engine: and his fall May be our rise. It is no vncouth thing To see fresh buildings from old ruines spring. YOu must haue patience, royall AGRIPPINA. I must haue vengeance, first: and that were nectar Vnto my famish'd spirits. O, my fortune, Let it be sodaine thou prepar'st against me; Strike all my powers of vnderstanding blind, And ignorant of destinie to come: Let me not feare, that cannot hope. Deare Princesse, These tyrannies, on your selfe, are worse then CAESAR'S. Is this the happinesse of being borne great? Still to be aim'd at? still to be suspected? To liue the subiect of all iealousies? At least the colour made, if not the ground To euery painted danger? who would not Choose once to fall, then thus to hang for euer? You might be safe, if you would — What, my GALLVS? Be lewd SEIANVS strumpet? Or the baud To CAESARS lusts, he now is gone to practise? Not these are safe, where nothing is. Your selfe, While thus you stand but by me, are not safe. Was SILIVS safe? or the good SOSIA safe? Or was my niece, deare CLAVDIA PVLCHRA safe? Or innocent FVRNIVS? They, that latest haue (By being made guiltie) added reputation To AFERS eloquence? O, foolish friends, Could not so fresh example warne your loues, But you must buy my fauours, with that losse Vnto your selues: and, when you might perceiue That CAESARS cause of raging must forsake him, Before his will? Away, good GALLVS, leaue me. Here to be seene, is danger; to speake, treason: To doe me least obseruance, is call'd faction. You are vnhappy in me, and I in all. Where are my sonnes? NERO? and DRVSVS? We Are they, be shot at; Let vs fall apart: Not, in our ruines, sepulchre our friends. Or shall we doe some action, like offence, To mocke their studies, that would make vs faultie? And frustrate practice, by preuenting it? The danger's like: for, what they can contriue, They will make good. No innocence is safe, When power contests. Nor can they trespasse more, Whose only being was all crime, before.