In justest measure. By most righteous doom,

Who drugged the cup with curses to the brim,

Himself hath drunk damnation to the dregs.

Chorus.

Thou art a bold-mouthed woman. Much we marvel

To hear thee boast thy husband’s murder thus.

Clytemnestra.

Ye tempt me as a woman, weak, unschooled.

But what I say, ye know, or ought to know,

I say with fearless heart. Your praise or blame