Arcas
I go! I go!—The King holds council—there
Will I seek tidings. Take, the while, this word:
Attempting deeds beyond thy power to do,
Thou nothing profitest thy friends, but mak'st
Our misery more, and thine own ruin sure.
[Arcas goes out.
The Chorus
I have heard, O Queen, how a prince, str. 1.
Agamemnon's son, in Mycenæ,
Orestes, died but in name,
Lived for the death of his foes.
Merope
Peace!
The Chorus
What is it?
Merope