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SCENE XIX.

Enter Fulvia.
Fulv.
What means my father?

Max.
To punish tyranny.

Val.
Is this the faith
Of Maximus?

Max.
Enough have I dissembled:
What though Æmilius ill perform'd my bidding,
Thou by this hand shalt perish.

Val.
Impious traitor!

Fulv.
That sword shall never reach the breast of Cæsar
Till first a father takes his daughter's life.

Max.
Augustus, perish!