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- # CHAPTER LVII. They Hearken Unto A Voice From The Gods
## Overview
This entity represents Chapter 57 of the novel "Mardi: And a Voyage Thither." It is a textual chapter, extracted from a file, and is part of a larger collection. The chapter spans from line 7772 to 8144 of the source text.
## Context
This chapter is situated within Herman Melville's novel, [Mardi: And a Voyage Thither](arke:01KG8AJ8ZNB03D0FWFP362WQEN), which is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The text was extracted from the file named [mardi_vol2.txt](arke:01KG89J1954N2G0NAERBNJXEX9). This chapter follows [CHAPTER LVI. A Scene In The Land Of Warwicks, Or King-Makers](arke:01KG8AJTP2X0CKE1K3KK804Q71) and precedes [CHAPTER LVIII. They Visit The Extreme South Of Vivenza](arke:01KG8AJTP2P1B5NBRJY2DM0A6T).
## Contents
Chapter 57, titled "They Hearken Unto A Voice From The Gods," details the narrator's group's return voyage northward to a section of Vivenza. Upon landing, they find a prosperous and seemingly idyllic landscape. Their stay is interrupted by news of widespread political upheaval and revolution across Mardi, particularly in Franko, Porpheero, and other kingdoms. The chapter includes the discovery and reading of an anonymous scroll, which offers a philosophical discourse on the nature of republics, monarchies, and freedom, delivered as a "voice from the gods." The chapter concludes with the characters debating the authorship of this scroll, with suspicion falling on both King Media and Babbalanja. The chapter is divided into six chunks, detailing the unfolding events and the philosophical message.
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