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Show "\ Dioe. He much refembles ' _Her former Husband too Ak, Ialwayes thought fo. k By When twenty Wincers more have grizzl'd his black Lock He will be very Lajus , FERH tisd. [ 8903 o Creon So he will Mean time fhe ftands provided of 2 Luju More young and vigorous too, by twenty Springs Thefe Women are fuch cunning Parveyors Mark where their Appetites have once been pleas'ds b The fame refemblance i a younge Love " Lies brooding in their Fancies the fame Pleafures And urges their remembrance to defire ~ Dioc. Had merit, ‘not herdotage, been confider'd Then Creon had been Kin ;' but Oedspas A ftranger Creon. ‘That word ftranger, I confef Sounds harfhly in my Ears Dige. W n you The people prone gae i ar Creatures as in all general ills & To fudden change; the King in Wars abroad % 8 V The Queen a Woman, weak and unregarde » Buydice the Daughter of dead Lajus ~ A Princefs young and beautious, and unmarried Methinks from thefe disjoynted Propofition Something might be produc'd _Creon. The Gods have don Their part, by fending this commodious Plague But oh the Princefs! her hard heart is fhu By Adamantine Locks againft my Love le, Your claim to her is ftrong; you are betroth'd & Pyr. True; in her Nonage But that let's temov' Dioc. T heard the Prince of Argos, young Adraftis s, - B Wihen ‘e was hoftage her o " Creon. Oh name him not ! the bane of all my hopes e That hot-brain'd, head-long Warriour, has the Charm Of youth, ‘and fomewhat of 4 Eucky. rafthnefs 88 pleafe a Woma yer motre Fool than he That thoughtlefs Sex is caught by outward"for And empty noife, "and loves it felf in man & 4le. But fince the War brokeé ot about our Frontiers . He's now a Foe vo Thebes ~ Creon. But is not fo to her; fee, fhe appears 1 Once more I'll prove my Fortune - you infinuat 9 Kin |