No pleasure have I known, nor scandal ill
With any other more than ... stains on bronze.[[319]]
Such is my vaunt, and being full of truth,
Not shameful for a noble wife to speak.[[320]] [Exit
Chor. [to Herald.] She hath thus spoken in thy hearing now
A goodly word for good interpreters.
But tell me, herald, tell of Menelaos,
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If, coming home again in safety he
Is with you, the dear strength of this our land.