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52. Much in love is he! A traitor to his friend is he become.

. Enough! if he is a villain as thou sayest.

. The alliance he is so much enamoured of is with a princess.

. Who gives his daughter to him? go on, I pray.

. Creon, who is lord of this land of Corinth.

. Lady, I can well pardon thy grief.

. I am undone, and more than that, am banished from the land.

. By whom? fresh woe this word of thine unfolds.

. Creon drives me forth in exile from Corinth.

. Doth Jason allow it? This too I blame him for.

. Not in words, but he will not stand out against it. O, I implore thee by this beard and by thy knees, in suppliant posture, pity, O pity my sorrows; do not see me cast forth forlorn, but receive me in thy country, to a seat within thy halls. So may thy wish by heaven's grace be crowned with a full harvest of offspring, and may thy life close in happiness! Thou knowest not the rare good luck thou findest here, for I will make thy childlessness to cease and cause thee to beget fair issue; so potent are the spells I know.

. Lady, on many grounds I am most fain to grant thee this thy boon, first for the gods' sake, next for the children whom thou dost promise I shall beget; for in respect of this I am completely lost. 'Tis thus with me; if e'er thou reach my land, I will attempt to champion thee as I am bound to do. Only one warning I do give thee first, lady; I will not from this land bear thee away, yet if of thyself thou reach my halls, there shalt thou bide in safety and I will never yield thee up to any man. But from