Being sold a slave, constrained to bear the yoke:

And if the doom of this ill chance should come,

Great boon it is to meet with lords who own

Ancestral wealth. But whoso reap full crops

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They never dared to hope for, these in all,

And beyond measure, to their slaves are harsh:[[352]]

From us thou hast what usage doth prescribe.

Chor. So ends she, speaking words full clear to thee:

And seeing thou art in the toils of fate,