<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:py="http://codespeak.net/lxml/objectify/pytype" py:pytype="TREE"><text><body><div type="edition" n="urn:cts:latinLit:phi1017.phi010.perseus-lat2" xml:lang="lat"><sp who="#seneca"><l n="565">brevique vires perdit extinctus suas. </l></sp><sp who="#nero"><speaker>Ner.</speaker><l n="566">Hanc esse vitae maximam causam reor,</l><l n="567">per quam voluptas oritur; interitu caret,</l><l n="568">cum procreetur semper humanum genus</l><l n="569">Amore grato, qui truces mulcet feras.</l><l n="570">hic mihi iugales praeferat taedas deus </l><l n="571">iungatque nostris igne Poppaeam toris.</l></sp><sp who="#seneca"><speaker>Sen.</speaker><l n="572">Vix sustinere possit hos thalamos dolor</l><l n="573">videre populi, sancta nec pietas sinat.</l></sp><sp who="#nero"><speaker>Ner.</speaker><l n="574">Prohibebor unus facere quod cunctis licet?</l></sp><sp who="#seneca"><speaker>Sen.</speaker><l n="575">Maiora populus semper a summo exigit. </l></sp><sp who="#nero"><speaker>Ner.</speaker><l n="576">Libet experiri, viribus fractus meis</l><l n="577">an cedat animis temere conceptus favor.</l></sp><sp who="#seneca"><speaker>Sen.</speaker><l n="578">Obsequere potius civibus placidus tuis.</l></sp><sp who="#nero"><speaker>Ner.</speaker><l n="579">Male imperatur, cum regit vulgus duces.</l></sp><sp who="#seneca"><speaker>Sen.</speaker><l n="580">Nihil impetrare cum valet, iuste dolet. </l></sp><sp who="#nero"><speaker>Ner.</speaker><l n="581">Exprimere ius est, ferre quod nequeunt preces?</l></sp><sp who="#seneca"><speaker>Sen.</speaker><l n="582" part="I">Negare durum est.</l></sp><sp who="#nero"><speaker>Ner.</speaker><l part="F">Principem cogi nefas.</l></sp><sp who="#seneca"><speaker>Sen.</speaker><l n="583" part="I">Remittat ipse.</l></sp><sp who="#nero"><speaker>Ner.</speaker><l part="F">Fama sed victum feret.</l></sp><sp who="#seneca"><speaker>Sen.</speaker><l n="584" part="I">Levis atque vana.</l></sp><sp who="#nero"><speaker>Ner.</speaker><l part="F">Sit licet, multos notat.</l></sp><sp who="#seneca"><speaker>Sen.</speaker><l n="585" part="I">Excelsa metuit.</l></sp><sp who="#nero"><speaker>Ner.</speaker><l part="F">Non minus carpit tamen. </l></sp><sp who="#seneca"><speaker>Sen.</speaker><l n="586">Facile opprimetur. merita te divi patris</l><l n="587">aetasque frangat coniugis, probitas pudor.,</l></sp><sp who="#nero"><speaker>Ner.</speaker><l n="588">Desiste tandem, iam gravis nimium mihi,</l><l n="589">instare: liceat facere quod Seneca improbat.</l><l n="590">et ipse populi vota iam pridem moror, </l><l n="591">cum portet utero pignus et partem mei.</l><l n="592">quin destinamus proximum thalamis diem?</l><pb n="p.417"/><l n="593">Tellure rupta Tartaro gressum extuli,</l><l n="594">Stygiam cruenta praeferens dextra facem</l></sp></div></body></text></TEI>