THE RAPE OF LVCRECE.
96666So let thy thoughts low va
ssals to thy
state,
667No more quoth he, by Heauen I will not heare thee.
668Yeeld to my loue, if not inforced hate,
669In
steed of loues coy tutch
shall rudelie teare thee.
670That done, de
spitefullie I meane to beare thee
671 Vnto the ba
se bed of
some ra
scall groome,
672 To be thy partner in this
shamefull doome.
97673This
said, he
sets his foote vppon the light,
674For light and lu
st are deadlie enemies,
675Shame folded vp in blind concealing night,
676When mo
st vn
seene, then mo
st doth tyrannize.
677The wolfe hath ceazd his pray, the poor lamb cries,
678 Till with her own white
fleece her voice controld,
679 Intombes her outcrie in her lips
sweet fold.
98680For with the nightlie linnen that
shee weares,
681He pens her piteous clamors in her head,
682Cooling his hot face in the cha
ste
st teares,
683That euer mode
st eyes with
sorrow
shed.
684O that prone lu
st should
staine
so pure a bed,
685 The
spots whereof could weeping puri
fie,
686 Her tears
should drop on them perpetuallie.
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