<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="#nero"><l n="832">ignes ruinae noxium populum premant</l><l n="833">turpisque egestas, saeva cum luctu fames.</l><l n="834">exultat ingens saeculi nostri bonis</l><l n="835">corrupta turba nec capit clementiam </l><l n="836">ingrata nostram ferre nec pacem potest,</l><l n="837">sed inquieta rapitur hinc audacia,</l><l n="838">hinc temeritate fertur in praeceps sua:</l><l n="839">malis domanda est et gravi semper iugo</l><l n="840">premenda, ne quid simile temptare audeat </l><l n="841">contraque sanctos coniugis vultus meae</l><l n="842">attollere oculos: fracta per poenas metu</l><l n="843">parere discet principis nutu sui.</l><l n="844">sed adesse cerno rara quem pietas virum</l><l n="845">fidesque castris nota praeposuit meis. </l></sp><milestone n="846" unit="card"/><sp who="#praefectus nero"><speaker>Praefectus Nero</speaker><l n="846">Populi furorem caede paucorum, diu</l><l n="847">qui restiterunt temere, compressum affero.</l></sp><sp who="#nero"><speaker>Ner.</speaker><l n="848">Et hoc sat est? sic miles audisti ducem?</l><l n="849">compressit! haec vindicta debetur mihi?</l></sp><sp who="#praefectus"><speaker>Praef.</speaker><l n="850">Cecidere motus impio ferro duces. </l></sp><sp who="#nero"><speaker>Ner.</speaker><l n="851">Quid illa turba, petere quae flammis meos</l><l n="852">ausa est penates, principi legem dare,</l><pb n="p.426"/><l n="853">abstrahere nostris coniugem caram toris,</l><l n="854">violare quantum licuit incesta manu</l><l n="855">et voce dira? debita poena vacat? </l></sp><sp who="#praefectus"><speaker>Praef.</speaker><l n="856">Poenam dolor constituet in cives tuos?</l></sp><sp who="#nero"><speaker>Ner.</speaker><l n="857">Constituet, aetas nulla quam famae eximat.</l></sp><sp who="#praefectus"><speaker>Praef.</speaker><l n="858">Tua temperet nos ira, non noster timor.</l></sp><sp who="#nero"><speaker>Ner.</speaker><l n="859">Iram expiabit prima quae meruit meam.</l></sp><sp who="#praefectus"><speaker>Praef.</speaker><l n="860">Quam poscat ede, nostra ne parcat manus. </l></sp><sp who="#nero"><speaker>Ner.</speaker><l n="861">Caedem sororis poscit et dirum caput.</l></sp></div></body></text></TEI>