'Twas he, that headed those, who forced her hence.

Cleom. Pantheus bleeds!

Panth. A scratch, a feeble dart,

At distance thrown by an Egyptian hand.

Crat. You heard me not; Cleanthes is——

Cleom. He was——no more, good mother;

He tore a piece of me away, and still

The void place aches within me.—O, my boy,

I have bad news to tell thee.

Cleon. None so bad,