d man,
Bids you be safe: and to your constant doom
Of his deservings, offers you the surety
Of all the soldiers, tribunes, and centurions,
Received in our command.

Reg. Sejanus, Sejanus, Stand forth, Sejanus!

Sej. Am I call'd?

Mac.
Ay, thou,
Thou insolent monster, art bid stand.

Sej.
Why, Macro.
It hath been otherwise between you and I;
This court, that knows us both, hath seen a difference,
And can, if it be pleased to speak, confirm
Whose insolence is most.

Mac.
Come down, Typhoeus.
If mine be most, lo! thus I make it more;
Kick up thy heels in air, tear off thy robe,
Play with thy beard and nostrils. Thus 'tis fit
(And no man take compassion of thy state)
To use th' ingrateful viper, tread his brains
Into the earth.

Reg. Forbear.

Mac.
If I could lose
All my humanity now, 'twere well to torture
So meriting a traitor.-Wherefore, fathers,
Sit you amazed and silent; and not censure
This wretch, who, in the hour he first rebell'd
'Gainst Caesar's bounty, did condemn himself?
Phlegra, the field where all the sons of earth
Muster'd against the gods, did ne'er acknowledge
So proud and huge a monster.

Reg.
Take him hence;
And all the gods guard Caesar!

Tri. Take him hence.

Hat. Hence.

Cot. To the dungeon with him.

San. He deserves it.

Sen. Crown all our doors with bays.

San.
And let an ox,
With gilded horns and garlands, straight be led
Unto the Capitol----

Hat.
And sacrificed
To Jove, for Caesar's safety.

Tri.
All our gods
Be present still to Caesar!

Cot. Phoebus.

San. Mars.

Hat. Diana.

San. Pallas.

Sen.
Juno, Mercury,
All guard him!

Mac. Forth, thou prodigy of men! [Exit Sejanus, guarded.

Cot. Let all the traitor's titles be defaced.

Tri. His images and statues be pull'd down.

Hat. His chariot-wheels be broken.

Arr.
And the legs
Of the poor horses, that deseryed nought,
Let them be broken too!

[Exeunt Lictors, Praecones, Macro, Regulus, Trio,
Haterius, and Sanquinius: manent Lepidus, Arruntius,
and a few Senators.

Lep.
O violent change,
And whirl of men's affections!

Arr.
Like, as both
Their bulk