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Chorus.
Persuade and entice us some other way
Where thou couldst prevail, but verily now 1099 (1085)
Thou hast forced on us words we cannot brook.
Wherefore then ask us such baseness to do?
Along with him do we make our choice
Whatever must needs be borne to bear;
For traitors have we been taught to loathe;
There is no disease 1105 (1090)
Which more than theirs we abhor.
Hermes.
Then remember of what I have warned you now,
And when ye are snared in your folly's toils
Do not blame it on fate, nor ever complain
As if Zeus had plunged you in unforeseen woe.
No truly, say that ye did it yourselves; 1111 (1096)
For with open eyes, and nor unawares
Nor stealthily, will ye be meshed in the net
Of Ate whence there is no escape,
Be meshed by your folly alone. 1115 (1100)
