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SCENE I.
CATILINE, BALBUS.CATILINE.
'Tis you; well, and what says the high-priest, Balbus?
Has Claudius yet dared to approach the temple?
BALBUS.
The high-priest sides with us, the net is spread;
Yet still the proscript hides him from thy vengeance,
Vainly expected at the temple's porch.
CATILINE.
Run to his freed-man, Sergius; seize his person,
Apply the torture, till th'extorted secret
Reveals th'asylum that conceals his master:
Yet fear I lest his courage brave the torture.
I know he is ambitious; offer him
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Mark well his every step; and seek meanwhile
Again to trace out Lænas, while I here
Await the coming of Valeria.
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