1861296Her maide is gone, and
shee prepares to write,
1297Fir
st houering ore the paper with her quill:
1298Conceipt and griefe an eager combat
fight,
1299What wit
sets downe is blotted
straight with will.
1300This is too curious good, this blunt and ill,
1301 Much like a pre
sse of people at a dore,
1302 Throng her inuentions which
shall go before.
1871303At la
st shee thus begins: thou worthie Lord,
1304Of that vnworthie wife that greeteth thee,
1305Health to thy per
son, next, vouch
safe t'a
fford
1306(If euer loue, thy
LVCRECE thou wilt
see,)
1307Some pre
sent
speed, to come and vi
site me:
1308 So I commend me, from our hou
se in griefe,
1309 My woes are tedious, though my words are briefe.
1881310Here folds
shee vp the tenure of her woe,
1311Her certaine
sorrow writ vncertainely,
1312By this
short Cedule
COLATINE may know
1313Her griefe, but not her griefes true quality,
1314Shee dares not thereof make di
scouery,
1315 Le
st he
should hold it her own gro
sse abu
se,
1316 Ere
she with bloud had
stain'd her
stain'd excu
se.
1891317Be
sides the life and feeling of her pa
ssion,
1318Shee hoords to
spend, when he is by to heare her,
1319When
sighs, & grones, & tears may grace the fa
shiō
1320Of her di
sgrace, the better
so to cleare her
1321From that
su
spiciō which the world might bear her.
1322 To
shun this blot,
shee would not blot the letter
1323 With words, till a
ction might becom thē better.
1901324To
see
sad
sights, moues more then heare them told,
1325For then the eye interpretes to the eare
1326The heauie motion that it doth behold,
1327When euerie part, a part of woe doth beare.
1328Tis but a part of
sorrow that we heare,
1329 Deep
sounds make le
sser noi
se thē
shallow foords,
1330 And
sorrow ebs, being blown with wind of words.