And this dread day be buried deep in night.
FOOTNOTES:
[15] Reading, with period after meae.
[16] Reading, relicto, and substituting comma for semicolon.
ACT V
Messenger [comes running in from the direction of the palace]: Lo, all is lost! the kingdom totters from its base!
The daughter and the father lie in common dust!880
Chorus: By what snare taken?
Messenger: By gifts the common snare of kings.
Chorus: What harm could lurk in them?