1511051O that is gone for which I
sought to liue,
1052And therefore now I need not feare to die,
1053To cleare this
spot by death (at lea
st) I giue
1054A badge of Fame to
sclanders liuerie,
1055A dying life, to liuing infamie:
1056 Poore helple
sse helpe, the trea
sure
stolne away,
1057 To burne the guiltle
sse casket where it lay.
1521058Well well deare
COLATINE, thou
shalt not know
1059The
stained ta
st of violated troth:
1060I will not wrong thy true a
ffe
ction
so,
1061To
flatter thee with an infringed oath:
1062This ba
stard gra
ffe
shall neuer come to growth,
1063 He
shall not boa
st who did thy
stocke pollute,
1064 That thou art doting father of his fruite.
1531065Nor
shall he
smile at thee in
secret thought,
1066Nor laugh with his companions at thy
state,
1067But thou
shalt know thy intre
st was not bought
1068Ba
sely with gold, but
stolne from foorth thy gate.
1069For me I am the mi
stre
sse of my fate,
1070 And with my tre
spa
sse neuer will di
spence,
1071 Till life to death acquit my for
st o
ffence.
1541072I will not poy
son thee with my attaint,
1073Nor fold my fault in cleanly coin'd excu
ses,
1074My
sable ground of
sinne I will not paint,
1075To hide the truth of this fal
se nights abu
ses.
1076My tongue
shall vtter all, mine eyes like
sluces,
1077 As from a mountaine
spring that feeds a dale,
1078 Shal gu
sh pure
streams to purge my impure tale.
1551079By this lamenting Philomele had ended
1080The well-tun'd warble of her nightly
sorrow,
1081And
solemne night with
slow
sad gate de
scended
1082To ouglie Hell, when loe the blu
shing morrow
1083Lends light to all faire eyes that light will borrow.
1084 But cloudie
LVCRECE shames her
selfe to
see,
1085 And therefore
still in night would cloi
stred be.