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Show r 54, OED IP VS. Mufick firft. Then Sing. SThis to be fti \ through. I. Hear, ye \ullen Pow'rs below; Hear , ye taskers of the dead. x. You that boiling Cauldrons blow , You that fcum the molten Lead. x. You that pinch with red-hot Tongs ; I. You that drive the trembling Hods Of poor , poor Ghofts , With your fharpen'd Prongs ; i. You that thruft 'em off the brim; 3. You that plunge 'em when they fwim : I. Till they drown; Till they go On a row , Down , down , down , Ten thoufand, thoufand , thoufand fathoms fa, Chorus. TiU they drovm, &c. I. Mufick for a while Shall your Cares beguile : Wondring how your Pains were eas'd. 1. cA»d difdatning to be pleas'd; 3. TiU Aledo free the dead From their eternal bandi; Till the Snakes drop from her head , .And whip from out her hands. \. Come away, Do not ftay , But obey While we play , for HeU's broke up, and Ghofts have hol^ky, Chorus , Come away, &c. [ A flafh of Lightning : the Stage made bright; and the Ghofts arc Is paffing betwixt the Trees. I. lajus i 1. Lajus I 5. Lajus I O E D I P V S. ff I. Hear ! i. Hear ! 3. Hear ! Tir. Hear and appear : By the Fates that /pun thy thread % Cho. Which are three. Tir. By the Furies fierce , and dread ,• Cho. Which are three. Tir. By the Judges of the dead ,- Cho. Which are three. Three times three. Tir. By Hell's blue flame ,- By the Stygian Laket tAnd by Demogorgon'f Name , <At which Ghofts qual^e , Hear and appear. [The Ghoft of Lajus rifes arm'd in his Cha- " riot , as he was flain. cAnd behind his Chariot fit the three who were mwrder'd With him. Ghoft of Lajus. W h y haft thou drawn mc from my Pains below , T o fufTcr worfc above: to fee the Day, And Thebes more hated ? Hell is Heav'n to Thebes. For pity fend m c back, where I m a y hide, In willing Night, this ignominious Head : In hell I thun the publiclc Scorn,- and then They hunt m c for their Sport, and hoot m c as I Aj: Behold ev'n n o w they grin at m y gor'd Side, And chatter at m y Wounds. Tir. I pity thec: Tell but w h y Thebes is for thy Death accurfl, And I'll unbind the Charm. Ghoft. O fpare m y fhame. Tir. Are thefe two Innocent ? Ghoft. O f m y Death they arc. But he w h o holds m y C r o w n , O h , muft I fpeak! W a s doom'd to io what Nature- moft abhors. D 4 The |