Thou oft hast clung, the while thy baby gum

Sucked the nutritious milk.

Orestes.

What say’st thou, Pylades?

Shall I curtail the work, and spare my mother?

Pylades.

Bethink thee well; the Loxian oracles,

Thy sure-pledged vows, where are they, if she live?

Make every man thy foe, but fear the gods.

Orestes.