So Sparta would have shown.
Panth. If this be true,——
Cleom. If this indeed be true,
Then farewell, Sparta.
Cœn. Hear me out.—
He reaped no fruit of conquest but their blessings;
Nor staid three days in Sparta; summoned thence,
With sudden news, that a barbarian host
Was entered Macedonia,
And, like a mighty deluge rolling on,