2611821Why
COLATINE, is woe the cure for woe?
1822Do wounds helpe wounds, or griefe helpe greeuous (deeds?
1823Is it reuenge to giue thy
selfe a blow,
1824For his fowle A
ct, by whom the faire wife bleeds?
1825Such childi
sh humor from weake minds proceeds,
1826 Thy wretched wife mi
stooke the matter
so,
1827 To
slaie her
selfe that
should haue
slaine her Foe.
2621828Couragious Romaine, do not
steepe thy hart
1829In
such relenting dew of Lamentations,
1830But kneele with me and helpe to beare thy part,
1831To row
se our Romaine Gods with inuocations,
1832That they will
su
ffer the
se abhominations.
1833 (Since Rome her
self in thē doth
stand di
sgraced,)
1834 By our
strong arms frō forth her fair
streets chaced.
2631835Now by the Capitoll that we adore,
1836And by this cha
st bloud
so vniu
stlie
stained,
1837By heauens faire
sun that breeds the fat earths
store,
1838By all our countrey rights in Rome maintained,
1839And by cha
st LVCRECE soule that late complained
1840 Her wrongs to vs, and by this bloudie knife,
1841 We will reuenge the death of this true wife.
2641842This
sayd, he
strooke his hand vpon his brea
st,
1843And ki
st the fatall knife to end his vow:
1844And to his prote
station vrg'd the re
st,
1845Who wondring at him, did his words allow.
1846Then ioyntlie to the ground their knees they bow,
1847 And that deepe vow which BRVTVS made before,
1848 He doth againe repeat, and that they
swore.
2651849When they had
sworne to this adui
sed doome,
1850They did conclude to beare dead LVCRECE thence,
1851To
shew her bleeding bodie thorough Roome,
1852And
so to publi
sh TARQVINS fowle o
ffence;
1853Which being done, with
speedie diligence,
1854 The Romaines plau
sibly did giue con
sent,
1855 To
TARQVINS euerla
sting bani
shment.