MESSENGER.
His lease of power has ended in his grave.
JOCASTA.
What say'st thou, that King Polybus is dead?
MESSENGER.
If I speak false let death be my reward.
JOCASTA.
Fly, fly, my handmaid, bear unto your lord
This news without delay. O oracles,
Where are ye? Oedipus in exile lives
Lest he should slay this prince, and lo, this prince,
Untouched by him, in course of nature dies.
OEDIPUS (entering).
Jocasta, dearest partner of my life,
Why from the palace hast thou summoned me?