MESSENGER.
Strangers, I pray ye tell me if ye can
Where is the palace of King Oedipus;
Or better, where is Oedipus himself.
CHORUS.
This is the palace, in it is the king,
And there the mother of his children stands.
MESSENGER.
Blessed may she be, be all around her blessed,
If she indeed his honoured consort is.
JOCASTA.
Blessed be thou too, O stranger; such return
Thy courtesy demands; but let me know
Wherefore thou comest, what thou hast to tell.
MESSENGER.
Good news to thee, lady, and to thy lord.