CR. Yea, and still
I hold that counsel firm.
OED. How long is ’t now
Since Laius—
CR. What? I do not catch your drift.
OED. Vanished in ruin by a dire defeat?
CR. ’Twere long to count the years that come between.
OED. And did this prophet then profess his art?
CR. Wise then as now, nor less in reverence.
OED. Then at that season did he mention me?
CR. Not in my hearing.
OED. But, I may presume,
Ye held an inquisition for the dead?