Aegeus: What shall I swear to do, from what refrain? tell me that.
Medea: Swear that thou wilt never of thyself expel me from thy land,
nor, whilst life is thine, permit any other, one of my foes maybe,
to hale me thence if so he will.
Aegeus: By Earth I swear, by the Sun-god's holy beam and by all the
host of heaven that I will stand fast to the terms I hear thee make.
Medea: 'Tis enough. If thou shouldst break this oath, what curse dost
thou invoke upon thyself?
Aegeus: Whate'er betides the impious.
Medea: Go in peace; all is well, and I with what speed I may, will
to thy city come, when I have wrought my purpose and obtained my wish.
(Aegeus and his retinue depart.)
Chorus: (chanting) May Maia's princely son go with thee on thy way
to bring thee to thy home, and mayest thou attain that on which thy
soul is set so firmly, for to my mind thou seemest a generous man,
O Aegeus.
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