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PROMETHEUS BOUND
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Prometheus
Fate gives this duty to a child of thine!
Io
How? Shall a child of mine undo thy woes?
Prometheus
Yea, of thy lineage, thirteen times removed.
Io
Dark beyond guessing grows thine oracle.
Prometheus
Yea—seek not therefore to foreknow thy woes.
Io
As thou didst proffer hope, withdraw it not.
Prometheus
Two tales I have—choose! for I grant thee one.
Io
And which be they? reveal, and leave me choice.
Prometheus
I grant it: shall I in all clearness show
Thy future woes, or my deliverance?
