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Bids thee with most divine integrity [170]
From heart of very heart, great Hector, welcome.
HECTOR
I thank thee, most imperious Agamemnon.
AGAMEMNON
(to Troilus) My well-famed lord of Troy, no less to you.
MENELAUS
Let me confirm my princely brother’s greeting:
You brace of warlike brothers, welcome hither. [175]
HECTOR
Who must we answer?
AENEAS
The noble Menelaus.
HECTOR
O, you, my lord? − By Mars his gauntlet, thanks!
Mock not that I affect th’untraded oath;
Your quondam wife swears still by Venus’ glove.
She’s well, but bade me not commend her to you. [180]
MENELAUS
Name her not now, sir; she’s a deadly theme.
HECTOR
O, pardon; I offend.
NESTOR
I have, thou gallant Trojan, seen thee oft,
Labouring for destiny, make cruel way
Through ranks of Greekish youth; and I have seen thee, [185]
As hot as Perseus, spur thy Phrygian steed,
And seen thee scorning forfeits and subduements,
