Oedipus King of ThebesTranslated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes
And bow thee to their judgement, strength is near

vv. 218-245  [Pg 14]For help, and a great lightening of ill.

vv. 218-245  [Pg 14]

Thereof I come to speak, a stranger still

To all this tale, a stranger to the deed:

(Else, save that I were clueless, little need

Had I to cast my net so wide and far:)

Howbeit, I, being now as all ye are,

A Theban, to all Thebans high and low

Do make proclaim: if any here doth know

By what man's hand died Laïus, your King,

Labdacus' son, I charge him that he bring

To me his knowledge. Let him feel no fear

If on a townsman's body he must clear

Our guilt: the man shall suffer no great ill,

But pass from Thebes, and live where else he will.

[No answer.

Is it some alien from an alien shore

Ye know to have done the deed, screen him no more!

Good guerdon waits you now and a King's love


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