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Artemis, in whose fane I hold mine office.

And I by Heaven's King, reverèd Zeus.

What if thou fail thine oath, and do me wrong?

May I return not. If thou save me not?—

Alive in Argos may I ne'er set foot.

Hear now a matter overlooked of us.

Not yet is this too late, so it be fair.

This clearance grant me—if the ship be wrecked,

And in the sea-surge with the lading sink

The letter, and my life alone I save,

That then of this mine oath shall I be clear.

"For many a chance have many a shift" — hear mine:—

All that is written in the letter's folds