Cass. Ah me! O horror! What ill schemes she now?

What is this new great woe?

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Great evil plots she in this very house,

Hard for its friends to bear, immedicable;

And help stands far aloof.

Chor. These oracles of thine surpass my ken;

Those I know well. The whole town rings with them.[[356]]

Antistrophe IV

Cass. Ah me! O daring one! what work'st thou here,