RHESUS.
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Hector.
Yea, just thy claim is; I gainsay it not.
Fix any guerdon, save my royal power. 165
Dolon.
Thy burden of royalty I covet not.
Hector.
A child of Priam wed, become my kinsman.
Dolon.
No bride for me of folk too high for me!
Hector.
Ready lies gold, if thou wilt ask this meed.
Dolon.
That have I in mine halls: not wealth I lack. 170
Hector.
What wouldst thou then of treasures Ilium hoards?
Dolon.
Pledge me my gift, if thou destroy the foe.
Hector.
I will give. Ask aught save their chiefs for thralls.
Dolon.
Slay them: not Menelaus' life I ask.
Hector.
Sure, thou wouldst ask not of me Oïleus' son? 175
