THE RAPE OF LVCRECE.
1711191Deare Lord of that deare iewell I haue lo
st,
1192What legacie
shall I bequeath to thee?
1193My re
solution loue
shall be thy bo
st,
1194By who
se example thou reueng'd may
st be.
1195How
TARQVIN mu
st be v
s'd, read it in me,
1196 My
selfe thy friend will kill my
selfe thy fo,
1197 And for my
sake
serue thou fal
se
TARQVIN so.
1721198This briefe abridgement of my will I make,
1199My
soule and bodie to the skies and ground:
1200My re
solution Husband doe thou take,
1201Mine Honor be the knifes that makes my wound,
1202My
shame be his that did my Fame confound;
1203 And all my Fame that liues disbur
sed be,
1204 To tho
se that liue and thinke no
shame of me.
1731205Thou
COLATINE shalt ouer
see this will,
1206How was I ouer
seene that thou
shalt
see it?
1207My bloud
shall wa
sh the
sclander of mine ill,
1208My liues foule deed my lifes faire end
shall free it.
1209Faint not faint heart, but
stoutlie
say
so be it,
1210 Yeeld to my hand, my hand
shall conquer thee,
1211 Thou dead, both die, and both
shall vi
ctors be.
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