Chorus: Let not thyto man o'erleap the bounds Of , nor neglect thy wretched state: So my fondsuggests thou shalt beFrom these base chains, nor less inthan Jove. : Not thus — it is not in thethat thus These things should ; crush'd with a thousand wrongs, A thousand woes, I shall escape these chains. is stronger far than . Chorus: Who then isof necessity? Prometheus: The triple Fates and unforgetting Furies. Chorus: Must Jove then yield to their superior power? Prometheus: He no way shall escape his destined fate. Chorus: What, butempire, is his fate? Prometheus: Thou mayst not know this now: forbear to inquire. Chorus: Is it of moment what thou keep'st thus close? Prometheus: No more of this discourse; it is notNow to disclose that which requires the seal Of strictest ; by guarding which I shall escape theof these chains.

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