16106He
stories to her eares her husbands fame,
107Wonne in the
fields of fruitfull Italie:
108And decks with prai
ses Colatines high name,
109Made glorious by his manlie chiualrie,
110With brui
sed armes and wreathes of vi
ctorie,
111 Her ioie with heaued-vp hand
she doth expre
sse,
112 And wordle
sse
so greetes heauen for his
succe
sse.
17113Far from the purpo
se of his comming thither,
114He makes excu
ses for his being there,
115No clowdie
show of
stormie blu
string wether,
116Doth yet in his faire welkin once appeare,
117Till
sable Night mother of dread and feare,
118 Vppon the world dim darkne
sse doth di
splaie,
119 And in her vaultie pri
son,
stowes the daie.
18120For then is Tarquine brought vnto his bed,
121Intending wearine
sse with heauie
sprite:
122For after
supper long he que
stioned,
123With mode
st Lucrece, and wore out the night,
124Now leaden
slumber with liues
strength doth
fight,
125 And euerie one to re
st them
selues betake,
126 Saue theeues, and cares, and troubled minds that (wake.
19127As one of which doth Tarquin lie reuoluing
128The
sundrie dangers of his wils obtaining:
129Yet euer to obtaine his will re
soluing.
130Though weake-built hopes per
swade him to ab
stai
-(ning
131Di
spaire to gaine doth tra
ffique oft for gaining,
132 And when great trea
sure is the meede propo
sed,
133 Though death be adiū
ct, ther's no death
suppo
sed.
20134Tho
se that much couet are with gaine
so fond,
135That what they haue not, that which they po
sse
sse
136They
scatter and vnloo
se it from their bond,
137And
so by hoping more they haue but le
sse,
138Or gaining more, the pro
fite of exce
sse
139 Is but to
surfet, and
such griefes
su
staine,
140 That they proue bāckrout in this poore rich gain.