vv. 1158–1167
OEDIPUS, KING OF THEBES
Oedipus.
’Fore heaven, thou shalt yet, if thou speak not true.
Shepherd.
’Tis more than death and darker, if I do.
Oedipus.
This dog, it seems, will keep us waiting.
Shepherd.
Nay,
I said at first I gave it.
Oedipus.
In what way
Came it to thee? Was it thine own child, or
Another’s?
Shepherd.
Nay, it never crossed my door:
Another’s.
Oedipus.
Whose? What man, what house, of these
About thee?
Shepherd.
In the name of God who sees,
Ask me no more!
Oedipus.
If once I ask again,
Thou diest.
Shepherd.
From the folk of Laïus, then,
It came.
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