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Rh. Hear me, last of men, last of ingrates!

. What need have I of your words? I desire your groans, perverse divinity. Here are the chains. See how I raise them; listen to the clank of the iron Who unbound you just now?

. Hercules.

. Hercules See whether he will repeat his service now that you are to be bound anew.

. You are raving.

. The sky gave you your first punishment, now earth will give you the second and the last. Not even Hercules will ever be able to break these fetters. See how I brandish them in the air, like feathers! for I represent the power of millennial despairs. All humanity is concentrated within me. Before I sink into the abyss, I will write upon this stone the epitaph of a world. I will summon