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134 just; but whoso hath good will to Thebes, he shall be honoured of me, in his life and in his death.

. Such is thy pleasure, Creon, son of Menoeceus, touching this city's foe, and its friend; and thou hast power, I ween, to take what order thou wilt, both for the dead, and for all us who live.

. See, then, that ye be guardians of the mandate.

. Lay the burden of this task on some younger man.

. Nay, watchers of the corpse have been found.

. What, then, is this further charge that thou wouldst give?

. That ye side not with the breakers of these commands.

. No man is so foolish that he is enamoured of death.

. In sooth, that is the meed; yet lucre hath oft ruined men through their hopes.

. My liege, I will not say that I come breathless from speed, or that I have plied a nimble foot; for often did my thoughts make me pause, and wheel round in my path, to return. My mind was holding large discourse with me; 'Fool, why goest thou to thy certain doom?' 'Wretch, tarrying again? And if Creon hears this from another, must not thou smart for it?' So debating, I went on my way with lagging steps, and thus a short road was made long. At last, however, it carried the day that I should come hither—to thee; and, though