Husband and wife speedily decided to act upon this premise, and continued their descent, casting stones behind them. […] The irate husband lost no time, but, seizing a net of linked steel, went in search of his runaway wife. […] The city was stormed and taken, the king slain, and his wife and children carried to Greece as captives. […] The messenger, carefully instructed beforehand, carried out the directions with such skill, that Amphitrite formally consented to become Neptune’s wife. […] In a fit of deluded frenzy, he pursued his wife and children as if they were wild beasts.