THE RAPE OF LVCRECE.
99687But
shee hath lo
st a dearer thing then life,
688And he hath wonne what he would loo
se againe,
689This forced league doth force a further
strife,
690This momentarie ioy breeds months of paine,
691This hot de
sire conuerts to colde di
sdaine;
692 Pure cha
stitie is ri
fled of her
store,
693 And lu
st the theefe farre poorer then before.
100694Looke as the full-fed Hound, or gorged Hawke,
695Vnapt for tender
smell, or
speedie
flight,
696Make
slow pur
suite, or altogether bauk,
697The praie wherein by nature they delight:
698So
surfet-taking
TARQVIN fares this night:
699 His ta
st delicious, in dige
stion
sowring,
700 Deuoures his will that liu'd by fowle deuouring.
101701O deeper
sinne then bottomele
sse conceit
702Can comprehend in
still imagination!
703Drunken De
sire mu
st vomite his receipt
704Ere he can
see his owne abhomination.
705While Lu
st is in his pride no exclamation
706 Can curbe his heat, or reine his ra
sh de
sire,
707 Till like a Iade,
self-will him
selfe doth tire.
And