Penny Dreadfuls, 1912 · page 50 of 118
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# Page Content Analysis This is a running prose page from what appears to be a dramatic text. The page displays dialogue between two characters—Jason and Medea—from Euripides' classical play *Medea*. Jason offers financial aid and assistance to the exiled Medea and their children, while Medea refuses his help, declaring she will accept nothing from him, calling the fruits of their union "unholy" and incapable of bringing blessing. The page number 34 appears at top left, suggesting this is from a longer published edition rather than a penny dreadful installment.
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$4 EURIPIDES JASON. By those vile curses on the royal halls Letloose.... MEDEA. On thy house also, as chance falls, Lam a living curse. JASON. Oh, peace! Enough Of these vain wars: I will no more thereof. If thou wilt take from all that I possess Aid for these babes and thine own helplessness Of exile, speak thy bidding. Here I stand Full-willed to succour thee with stintless hand, And send my signet to old friends that dwell On foreign shores, who will entreat thee well. Refuse, and thou shalt do a deed most vain. But cast thy rage away, and thou shalt gain Much, and lose little for thine anger’s sake. MEDEA. I will not seek thy friends. I will not take Thy givings. Give them not. Fruits of a stem Unholy bring no blessing after them. JASON. Now God in heaven be witness, all my heart Is willing, in all ways, to do its part Eomichbooks.com