For I grow cold.

Phor. The Queen, Jocasta told me

It was her son by Laius.

Œd. O you gods—break, break not yet my heart,

Though my eyes burst, no matter, wilt thou tell me,

Or must I ask for ever? For what end?

Why gave she thee her child?

Phor. To murder it.

Œd. O more than savage! murder her own bowels

Without a cause.