Heracles.

So be it, then. Death won’t be far away.

And when I’ve found him and have punched his head,

I’ll make him come and take you off at once.

[Exit Heracles.

The Chorus, who appear to have borrowed their metre from “Atalanta in Calydon,” sing as follows:—

Chorus.

Is this really to put

An end to our cares,

To the toils where our foot