<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:py="http://codespeak.net/lxml/objectify/pytype" py:pytype="TREE"><text><body><div type="edition" n="urn:cts:latinLit:phi1017.phi001.perseus-lat2" xml:lang="lat"><sp who="#hercules"><l n="1226">mansurus ibo. pectus o nimium ferum!—</l><l n="1227">quis vos per omnem, liberi, sparsos domum</l><l n="1228">deflere digne poterit? hic durus malis</l><l n="1229">lacrimare vultus nescit, huc arcum date,</l><l n="1230">date huc sagittas, stipitem huc vastum date. </l><l n="1231">tibi tela frangam nostra, tibi nostros, puer,</l><l n="1232">rumpemus arcus; at tuis stipes gravis</l><l n="1233">ardebit umbris; ipsa Lernaeis frequens</l><l n="1234">pharetra telis in tuos ibit rogos:</l><l n="1235">dent arma poenas, vos quoque infaustas meis </l><l n="1236">cremabo telis, o novercales manus.</l></sp><sp who="#amphitryon"><speaker>Amph.</speaker><l n="1237">Quis nomen usquam sceleris errori addidit?</l></sp><sp who="#hercules"><speaker>Herc.</speaker><l n="1238">Saepe error ingens sederis obtinuit locum.</l></sp><sp who="#amphitryon"><speaker>Amph.</speaker><l n="1239">Nunc Hercule opus est: perfer hanc molem mali.</l></sp><sp who="#hercules"><speaker>Herc.</speaker><l n="1240">Non sic furore cessit extinctus pudor, </l><l n="1241">populos ut omnes impio aspectu fugem.</l><l n="1242">arma, arma, Theseu, flagito propere mihi</l><l n="1243">subtracta reddi, sana si mens est mihi,</l><pb n="p.45"/><l n="1244">referte manibus tela; si remanet furor,</l><l n="1245">pater, recede: mortis inveniam viam. </l></sp><sp who="#amphitryon"><speaker>Amph.</speaker><l n="1246">Per sancta generis sacra, per ius nominis</l><l n="1247">utrumque nostri, sive me altorem vocas</l><l n="1248">seu tu parentem, perque venerandos piis</l><l n="1249">canos, senectae parce desertae, precor,</l><l n="1250">annisque fessis; unicum lapsae domus </l><l n="1251">firmamen, unum lumen afflicto malis</l><l n="1252">temet reserva. nullus ex te contigit</l><l n="1253">fructus laborum; semper aut dubium mare</l><l n="1254">aut monstra timui; quisquis in toto furit</l><l n="1255">rex saevus orbe, manibus aut aris nocens, </l></sp></div></body></text></TEI>