THE RAPE OF LVCRECE.
84582My husband is thy friend, for his
sake
spare me,
583Thy
selfe art mightie, for thine own
sake leaue me:
584My
selfe a weakling, do not then in
snare me.
585Thou look'
st not like deceipt, do not deceiue me.
586My
sighes like whirlewindes labor hence to heaue
(thee. 587 If euer man were mou'd with womās mones,
588 Be moued with my teares, my
sighes, my grones.
85589All which together like a troubled Ocean,
590Beat at thy rockie, and wracke-threatning heart,
591To
soften it with their continuall motion:
592For
stones di
ssolu'd to water do conuert.
593O if no harder then a
stone thou art,
594 Melt at my teares and be compa
ssionate,
595 Soft pittie enters at an iron gate.
86596In
TARQVINS likene
sse I did entertaine thee,
597Ha
st thou put on his
shape, to do him
shame?
598To all the Ho
st of Heauen I complaine me.
599Thou wrong
st his honor, woūd
st his princely name:
600Thou art not what thou
seem'
st, and if the
same,
601 Thou
seem'
st not what thou art, a God, a King;
602 For kings like Gods
should gouerne euery thing.
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