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.
1741212This plot of death when
sadlie
shee had layd,
1213And wip't the brini
sh pearle from her bright eies,
1214With vntun'd tongue
shee hoar
slie cals her mayd,
1215Who
se
swift obedience to her mi
stre
sse hies.
1216"For
fleet-wing'd duetie with thoghts feathers
flies,
1217 Poore
LVCRECE cheeks vnto her maid
seem
so,
1218 As winter meads when
sun doth melt their
snow.
1751219Her mi
stre
sse
shee doth giue demure good morrow,
1220With
soft
slow-tongue, true marke of mode
stie,
1221And
sorts a
sad looke to her Ladies
sorrow,
1222(For why her face wore
sorrowes liuerie.)
1223But dur
st not aske of her audaciou
slie,
1224 Why her two
suns were clowd ecclip
sed
so,
1225 Nor why her faire cheeks ouer-wa
sht with woe.