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.
  F