. History of Nero . nd danger necessarily involvedin an attempt to poison lier husband, sliecould not draw back. The work that wasbegun must be carried through now, shetliought, at all hazards, to its termination ;and she immediately set herself at work todevise some means of reaching her victimwith poison, which would avoid the taster al-together, and thus not be liable to any inter-ference on his j)art, dictated either by hisfidelity to his master or his fears for went, accordingly, to the emperorsphysician and found means to enlist him inher cause; and a plan was formed betweent
. History of Nero . nd danger necessarily involvedin an attempt to poison lier husband, sliecould not draw back. The work that wasbegun must be carried through now, shetliought, at all hazards, to its termination ;and she immediately set herself at work todevise some means of reaching her victimwith poison, which would avoid the taster al-together, and thus not be liable to any inter-ference on his j)art, dictated either by hisfidelity to his master or his fears for went, accordingly, to the emperorsphysician and found means to enlist him inher cause; and a plan was formed betweenthem which proved effectual in accomplishingher designs. The manner in which they con-trived it was this. The physician, at a timewhen the emperor was lying sick and in dis-tress upon his couch, came to him and pro-posed that he should open his mouth and al-low the physician to touch his throat with thetip of a feather, to promote vomiting, which 132 Nero. Poison administered by the physician. [ Claudius The Poisoning of Claudius. he said he thought v/ould reheve him. Theemperor yielded to this treatment, and thefeather was apphed. It had previously heendipped in a very virulent and fatal poison thus administered took effect, andClaudius, after passing the night in agony,died early in the morning. Of course, Agrippina, when her husbandsdying struggles were over, and she v/as satis-fied that life was extinct, experienced for the 5^ J Nero AN Empekor. 133 /.grlppina conceals her husbands death. raomeni a feeling of gratification and might have been expected, however, thatthe pangs of remorse, after the deed was per-petrated, would have followed very hard uponthe termination of her suspense and it was Ect so. Much still remained to bodone, and Apippina was fully prepared tomeet all the itsponsibilities of the crisis. Thedeath of her hxisband took place very early inthe morning, thi-i poisoning operations havingbeen performed t
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