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The argument of the Tragedie
To scourge the cryme of vvicked Laius,And vvrecke the foule Incest of Oedipus,
The angry Gods styrred vp theyr sonnes, by strife
VVith blades embrevved to reaue eche others life:
The vvyfe, the mother, and the concubyne,
VVhose fearefull hart foredrad theyr fatall fine,
Hir sonnes thus dead, disdayneth longer lyfe,
And slayes hirself vvith selfsame bloudy knyfe:
The daughter she, surprisde vvyth childish dreade
(That durst not dye) a lothsome lyfe doth leade,
Yet rather chose to guyde hir banysht sire,
Than cruell Creon should haue his desire.
Creon is King, the type of Tyranny,
And Oedipus, myrrour of misery.
Fortunatus Infœlix.
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