_Ner._ Nay, thou’rt dull: ’Twas thee I meant. _Anic._ Me, Cæsar! _Ner._ Dost remember Boasting to me that thou hadst sailor means To do a certain thing? _Anic._ Ay. _Ner._ Do it now. I’ll owe thee life and fortune. Canst thou be trusted? _Anic._ My love for Cæsar follows hand in hand With his command in this. _Ner._ Then do it, I say; 2620 No words, no explanation. Agrippina Will come to Baiæ: there have thou thy ship. _Anic._ I will have one at Bauli, one at Baiæ: If she take either it shall serve the turn. _Ner._ Go now contrive thy means; let nothing ’scape thee To me or any other: when ’tis done Hold thy head high. _Anic._ Cæsar, I go to do it. [_Exit._ _Ner._ Now comes my part: ay, though it vex my soul To stoop; tho’ this be Cæsar’s greatest wrong, That he must patch his faultless power with guile, And having all command, miss of his will 2631 But for a subterfuge .... yet for this once I’ll do it—’tis little; but to write a letter, Feign to discard Poppæa, as mistrusting Her love and character; and from that vantage I surely win my mother to come forth And join the court at Baiæ—she will come. ACT · V SCENE · 1 _Baiæ. A room in Agrippina’s villa; the back gives out on the sea, where a galley is seen moored to quay of villa. AGRIPPINA and FULVIA._ _AGRIPPINA._ Is not this charming, Fulvia? what a day! I feel I have never breathed spring air before. And how the people cheered! it did me good. 2640 Here’s my old seat. The villa’s looking well. Could but Domitia see us now! How smoothly Her little plot went off! My first suspicions, Fulvia, I am sure were wrong: this invitation Was most well meant; and see the tenderness Has even called up my tears. You cannot know What fond associations make this house A home indeed. I wish I had not refused To take the yacht at Bauli: ’twas an error, Over-precaution. _FULVIA._ Madam, I but told you 2650 The very words Seleucus.... [_A noise without._ _Agr._ What is that noise? _Ful._ ’Tis Cæsar coming with a company.