But what would yonder messenger announce,
Who comes in haste, with woeful countenance?990
ACT IV
[Enter Messenger.]
Messenger: O slavery, thou hard and bitter lot,
Why must I voice these woes unspeakable?
Theseus: Fear not, but boldly tell the worst mischance;
For mine a heart not unprepared for grief.
Messenger: My tongue can find no words to voice its woe.955
Theseus: But speak, what evil fortune still besets