Ah, what further news is there for me?

Old ServantWhether our master is in the same plight and shares thy misfortune, or thou art alone in thy misery. ChorusOn him, old sir, Loxias hath bestowed a son, and he is enjoying his good fortune apart from her.CreusaHerein hast thou declared a further evil crowning all, a grief for me to mourn.Old ServantThe child of whom thou speakest—is he some woman’s destined babe, or did the god declare the fate of one already born?ChorusA youth already born and grown to man’s estate doth Phoebus give to him; for I was there myself.CreusaWhat sayest thou? nor tongue nor lip should speak the word thou tellest me.Old ServantAnd me. But declare more clearly how this oracle is finding its fulfilment, and say who is the child.ChorusWhomso thy husband first should meet as he issued from the shrine, him the god gave him for his son.