Lepidus Monologue from Sejanus His Fall

From Sejanus His Fall by Ben Jonson

male · dramatic · 1:06 min

Who would depend upon the popular air, Or voice of men, that have to-day beheld That which, if all the gods had fore-declared, Would not have been believed, Sejanus’ fall? He, that this morn rose proudly, as the sun, And, breaking through a mist of clients’ breath, Came on, as gazed at and admired as he, When superstitious Moors salute his light! That had our servile nobles waiting him As common grooms; and hanging on his look, No less than human life on destiny! That had men’s knees as frequent as the gods; And sacrifices more than Rome had altars: And this man fall! fall? ay, without a look That durst appear his friend, or lend so much Of vain relief, to his changed state, as pity!

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