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Show S 2. 4 From whence refounded thofecfalfe @racles; o "2 ~0 o fga i That robb'd my Love of; reft - if wemult pray, » ' -+ 1 Reear.in the ftreets brightt Altars-to¢he Gods Let Virgins hands adri the Sacrifices - . And not a gray-beard forging Pyielt comengar Topry into the bowels of the Vickim, And with his dotage mad thegaping World. . But fee, the OraclethatI will traffy o, belt kfl Efzrther; k fpulon = e e/ Now, Do o 416 JOU - jidsof k Ocd. O, to my arms, welcome, my dear efgeos; Ten thoufand: welcames;: (Q; my-Folter Father, o futurit (res, t ndead ot ] 1 2 beony sluothe Welcome as mercy to @ Mag qondemn'd ! - ) 0 1 Welcome to me aqeal As to a finking Marriner The lucky: Plank that bears -him to the fhore But fpeak, O tell me what fo might joy- 8 Is this thou bring'ft, which fo trapfperts Focaffe? Joc. Peace, peace, «Egeon; let Focaffatell him O that I could for ever Charmi as now My deareft Oedipus: Thy Royal Father Polybus, King of Corinth, is no,mere:. And fpeak in fhort, what my Fecaffals tranfport May over-do 5 Gath ki\ gy ,' \ pea 1 Whomoul R tur 2 Yor il 1hri e To know the truth; King Polybus is dead -‘;'\E‘ares it Oed. O all you Powlrs;, is't poflible ? 'whats dead But that the Tempeft of my-joy- may rife: . By juft degrees, and hit at laft the Stars Say, how, how dy'd he-2 Ha!! by Swardy by Fire Or Water? by Aflaffinates, or Poyfon ? fpeak Or did he languifh under {6me difeafe edge. Of no diftempen;; of no:blaftohe dy'ds But fell like Autumn-Fryitthat:melow'd.lang f‘ 3, th Ul e ! o ‘ : M "sf ThlS Dx iy Fate feem'd to wind him upifor, fourfcore -years's Yet frefhly ran he on ten Winters'more Till, like a Clock wonmaut sitihweating times The Wheels of weary life at laft ftoed:@ills i Oed. O, letme prefs thee in my youthful asmsy | ' And fmother thy oldiage'in:my embraces. Yes Thebans, yes Fooafta, yes Advaftus «4£ge. Since infew words, my Royal Lord, youas Ev'n wonder'd at, becaufediedroptne: fooness: L Ocd. Ha! can it bei?; oHgeoranfiverime, (;midfleof e fo True as the Gods, and affable as Men Enter - FEgeon, Kneeks T th M \3‘;‘ ,dm Sl W . ) Th@re's | "fin-fltahe KA ply h 1 }Wdfia}f |