English poem
Tigellinus.
They have taken Cæsar’s gracious permission, and gone home. ’Tis late.
Ner. Why, who art thou to say ’tis late? Be seated, be seated. I’ll tell thee, Anicetus, More of my scheme anon; but for the present We keep Minerva’s feast at Baiæ; thither Must thou convey the court. Combine high pomp With masterly dispatch; our games shall reach The limit of invention, and ourselves Take part. To thee I say, come not behind.