Pyrrh. quodcumque libuit facere victori licet.
Agam. minimum decet libere cui multum licet.
Idly strumming on his tuneful lyre.
Pyrrh. Then mighty Hector, scornful of thy arms, Yet felt such wholesome fear of that same lyre, That our Thessalian ships were left in peace.
Agam. An equal peace did Hector's father find, When he betook him to Achilles' ships.
Pyrrh. 'Tis regal thus to spare a kingly life.
Agam. Why then didst thou a kingly life despoil?
Pyrrh. But mercy oft doth offer death for life.
Agam. Doth mercy now demand a maiden's blood?
Pyrrh. Canst thou proclaim such sacrifice a sin?