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PROMETHEUS BOUND.
Pro. A marriage union will he form, whereof
He after shall repent.
Io.Divine or human?
If it be utterable, speak.
Pro.And wherefore
Should I determine which? It is not meet
That these things should be spoken.
Io.Shall he then
Be from his throne uprooted by his spouse?
Pro. Whose son shall be his sire's superior.
Io. Is there no refuge for him, from this fate?
Pro. No refuse, until I from fetter freed—
Io. And who shall free thee, if Jove will it not?
Pro. Fate hath appointed one from thee descended.
Io. How say'st thou? Shall my son deliver thee?
Pro. The third in generation after ten.18
Io. The prophecy is still obscure.
Pro.Nor seek
To learn thy proper woes.
