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112 PLIST. Nec abnuendum est, si dat imperium Deus.

THY. Nec appetendum. PLIST. Frater, ut regnes, rogat.

THY. Rogat? timendum est. errat hic aliquis dolus.

PLIST. Redire pietas, unde submota est, solet:

Reparatque vires justus amissas amor

THY. Amat Thyesten frater? æthereas prius

Perfundet Arctos pontus; & Siculi rapax

Consistet æstus unda, & lonio seges

Matura pelago surget; & lucem dabit

Nox atra terris: ante cum flammis aquæ,

Cum morte vita, cum mari ventus fidem

Fœdusque jungent. PLIST. Quam tamen fraudum times?

THY. Omnem. timori quem meo statuam modum?

Tantum potest, quantum odit. PLIST. In te quid potest?

THY. Pro me nihil jam metuo: vos facitis mihi

Atrea timendum. PLIST. Decipi captus times?

Serum est cavendi tempus in mediis malis.

THY. Eatur: uaum genitor hoc testor tamen,

Ego vos sequor, non duco. PLIST. Respiciet Deus

Bene cogitata. perge non dubio gradu.

ATR. lagis tenetur clusa dispositis fera.

Et ipsum, & una generis invisi indolem

Junctam parenti cerno. jam tuto in loco

Versantur odia: venit in nostras manus

Tandem Thyestes; venit, & totus quidem.

 PLIS. But we should not decline to accept it, if a deity bestows it on us.

THY. Nor does it become us, to hanker after it.

PLIS. Thy brother invites thee to reign.

THY. But why does he so ask? that is the very reason I fear, some snare is mixed up with this!

PLIS. Fraternal love often returns when it has only disappeared for a time, and an affection of this natural character soon makes up for former defection. 