"To the victors go the spoils." Spoils, meaning plunder. Jewellry, weapons, valuables taken from prisoners or corpses. What Saruman was saying was, whatever they are carrying when you capture them, I want it brought to me, not divided amongst yourselves! <P>In other words-- Saruman did not want Lurtz making off with The Ring, which he was after in the first place; but he wasn't going to tell Lurtz, "Find the Ring and bring it to me, " because he didn't want Lurtz knowing it was valuable and doing something else with it.<P>I don;t think Saruman gave a hoot whether the orcs abused the prisoners or not; but he wanted them to arrive with all of their belongings. Saruman wanted to do the plundering himself, and take the Ring.
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...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.
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