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Medea.
In heaven's name, leadst thou yet a childless life?
Ægeus.
Childless am I by some divine one's will.
Medea.
Hast thou a wife, or knowst no marriage-bed?
Ægeus.
I am not unharnessed to the marriage yoke.
Medea.
What then did Phœbus speak concerning sons?
Ægeus.
Words subtler than a man can puzzle out. 671 (675)
Medea.
Fits it I learn the sentence of the gods?
Ægeus.
Surely—the more that it needs crafty wit.
Medea.
What then declared he? Speak, if I may hear.
Ægeus.
I might not loose the wine-bag's jutting foot. 675 (679)
