[He sees Medea approaching.]
But lo, she comes, with fierce and threatening mien, to seek
An audience with us.
[To attendants.]
Slaves defend us from her touch
And pestilential presence! Bid her silence keep,
And learn to yield obedience to the king's commands.190
[To Medea.]
Go, speed thy flight, thou thing of evil, fell, and monstrous!
Medea: But tell me what the crime, my lord, or what the guilt