Monologue

Sejanus Monologue from Sejanus His Fall

From Sejanus His Fall by Ben Jonson

male · defiant · 1:23 min

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Let me adore my Æsculapius. Why, this indeed is physic! and outspeaks The knowledge of cheap drugs, or any use Can be made out of it! more comforting Than all your opiates, juleps, apozems, Magistral syrups, or—Be gone, my friend, Not barely styled, but created so; Expect things greater than thy largest hopes, To overtake thee: Fortune shall be taught To know how ill she hath deserv’d thus long, To come behind thy wishes. Go, and speed. (Exit Eudemus.) Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need. These fellows, by the favour of their art, Have still the means to tempt; oft-times the power. If Livia will be now corrupted, then Thou hast the way, Sejanus, to work out His secrets, who, thou know’st, endures thee not, Her husband, Drusus: and to work against them. Prosper it, Pallas, thou that better’st wit; For Venus hath the smallest share in it. Enter Tiberius and Drusus, attended.

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Sejanus expresses his confidence in his ambitions and the power he wields, while contemplating the potential betrayal of those around him, particularly in relation to Livia and Drusus.

30s · anticipation · ambition · power · betrayal · fate

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