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"Go to, thou hast done well, my son Marko!
Hadst thou not done on this wise,
I had called thee my son no more. 100
Any Turk may become Vizier,
But there is no knight of prowess like unto Marko!"
Then he felt in his silken pockets,
And drew forth a thousand ducats,
And gave them to Kraljević Marko:
"This for thyself," quoth he, "Son Marko,
Go and drink wine to thy heart's content."
Marko took the thousand ducats,
And went forth of the imperial Divan.
Now the Sultan gave not Marko the ducats,110
That he should drink red wine,
But that he should get him out of his sight,
For of Marko's anger he was sore adread.
