Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T2: rome, caesar, senate, sulla, roman, consul, brutus, romans, men, marius.
Honoured, and noble! Good, and great Sejanus! O, most tame slavery, and fierce flattery! Silence. IF you, Conscript Fathers, with your children, bee in health, it is aboundantly well: wee with our friends here, are so. The care of the common-wealth, howsoeuer we are remoou'd in person, cannot be absent to our thought; although, oftentimes, euen to princes most present, the truth of their owne affaires is hid: then which, nothing fals out more miserable to a state, or makes the art of gouerning more difficult. But since it hath beene our ease-full happinesse to enioy both the aides, and industrie of so vigilant a Senate, wee professe to haue beene the more indulgent to our pleasures, not as being carelesse of our office, but rather secure of the necessitie. Neyther doe these common rumors of many, and infamous libels, published against our retirement, at all afflict vs; being born more out of mens ignorance, then their malice: and will, neglected, finde their owne graue quickly; whereas too sensibly acknowledg'd, it would make their obloquie ours. Nor doe we desire their authors (though found) bee censur'd, since in a free state (as ours) all men ought to enioy both their mindes, and tongues free. The lapwing, the lapwing.) Yet, in things, which shall worthily, and more neere concerne the maiestie of a prince, we shall feare to be so vnnaturally cruell to our owne fame, as to neglect them. True it is, Conscript Fathers, that wee haue raysed SEIANVS, from obscure, and almost vnknowne gentrie, How! how!) to the highest, and most conspicuous point of greatnesse, and (wee hope) deseruingly; yet, not without danger: it being a most bold hazard in that sou'raigne, who, by his particular loue to one, dares aduenture the hatred of all his other subiects. This touches, the bloud turnes.) But wee affie in your loues, and vnderstandings, and doe no way suspect the merit of our SEIANVS to make our fauours offensiue to any. O! good, good.) Though we could haue wished his zeale had runne a calmer course against AGRIPPINA, and our Nephewes, howsoeuer the opennesse of their actions, declared them delinquents; and, that he would haue remembred, no innocence is so safe, but it reioyceth to stand in the sight of mercie: The vse of which in vs, hee hath so quite taken away, toward them, by his loyall furie, as now our clemencie would be thought but wearied crueltie, if we should offer to exercise it. I thanke him, there I look'd for't. A good fox!) Some there bee, that would interpret this his publique seueritie to bee particular ambition; and that, vnder a pretext of seruice to vs, hee doth but remooue his owne lets: alleadging the strengths he hath made to himselfe, by the Praetorian souldiers, by his faction in Court, and Senate, by the offices hee holdes himselfe, and conferres on others, his popularitie, and dependents, his vrging (and almost driuing) vs to this our vnwilling retirement, and lastly his aspiring to be our sonne in-law. This 's strange!
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Honour'd, and noble! Good, and great SEIANVS! O, most tame slauerie, and fierce flatterie! Silence. IF you, Conscript Fathers, with your children, bee in health, it is aboundantly well: wee with our friends here, are so. The care of the common-wealth, howsoeuer we are remoou'd in person, cannot be absent to our thought; although, oftentimes, euen to princes most present, the truth of their owne affaires is hid: then which, nothing fals out more miserable to a state, or makes the art of gouerning more difficult. But since it hath beene our ease-full happinesse to enioy both the aides, and industrie of so vigilant a Senate, wee professe to haue beene the more indulgent to our pleasures, not as being carelesse of our office, but rather secure of the necessitie. Neyther doe these common rumors of many, and infamous libels, published against our retirement, at all afflict vs; being born more out of mens ignorance, then their malice: and will, neglected, finde their owne graue quickly; whereas too sensibly acknowledg'd, it would make their obloquie ours. Nor doe we desire their authors (though found) bee censur'd, since in a free state (as ours) all men ought to enioy both their mindes, and tongues free. The lapwing, the lapwing.) Yet, in things, which shall worthily, and more neere concerne the maiestie of a prince, we shall feare to be so vnnaturally cruell to our owne fame, as to neglect them. True it is, Conscript Fathers, that wee haue raysed SEIANVS, from obscure, and almost vnknowne gentrie, How! how!) to the highest, and most conspicuous point of greatnesse, and (wee hope) deseruingly; yet, not without danger: it being a most bold hazard in that sou'raigne, who, by his particular loue to one, dares aduenture the hatred of all his other subiects. This touches, the bloud turnes.) But wee affie in your loues, and vnderstandings, and doe no way suspect the merit of our SEIANVS to make our fauours offensiue to any. O! good, good.) Though we could haue wished his zeale had runne a calmer course against AGRIPPINA, and our Nephewes, howsoeuer the opennesse of their actions, declared them delinquents; and, that he would haue remembred, no innocence is so safe, but it reioyceth to stand in the sight of mercie: The vse of which in vs, hee hath so quite taken away, toward them, by his loyall furie, as now our clemencie would be thought but wearied crueltie, if we should offer to exercise it. I thanke him, there I look'd for't. A good fox!) Some there bee, that would interpret this his publique seueritie to bee particular ambition; and that, vnder a pretext of seruice to vs, hee doth but remooue his owne lets: alleadging the strengths he hath made to himselfe, by the Praetorian souldiers, by his faction in Court, and Senate, by the offices hee holdes himselfe, and conferres on others, his popularitie, and dependents, his vrging (and almost driuing) vs to this our vnwilling retirement, and lastly his aspiring to be our sonne in-law. This 's strange!