Medea. Set us front to front and let us strive;
And of this royal strife let Jason be the prize.
Jason: O'erwearied by my woes I yield. But be thou ware,
Medea, lest too often thou shouldst tempt thy fate.520
Medea: Yet fortune's mistress have I ever been.
Jason: But see,
With hostile front Acastus comes, on vengeance bent,
While Creon threatens instant death.
Medea: Then flee them both.
I ask thee not to draw thy sword against the king