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THE RAPE OF LUCRECE THE RAPE OF LUCRECE William Shakespeare 1 THE RAPE OF LUCRECE TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE HENRY WRIOTHESLY,EARL OF SOUTHHAMPTON, AND BARON OF TICHFIELD. THE lve I dedicate to your lrdship is without end; whereof this pamphet, without beginning, is but a superfluous moty. The warrant I have of your honourable disposition, not the worth of my untutored lin, makes it asured of acceptance. What I have done is yours; what I have to do is yours; being part i all I have, devoted yours. Were my worth greater, my duty would sho greater; meantie, as it is, it is bound to your lrdship, to wh I wis long lfe, still lgthened with all happinss. Your lordsips in all duty, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. LUCIUS TARQUINIUS, for his excesive pride surnamed Superbus, after h had caused hi ow father-in-law Servius Tullius to be cruelly murdered, and, cotrary to the Roan laws and customs, not requirig or stayig for the peoples suffrage, had possssed himelf of the kingdom, went, accompanied with his sons and othr noblemen of Rom, to besiege Ardea. Durig wich sige the prinpal men of the army meeting one evening at the tet of Sextus Tarquinius, the kings son, in their discours after supper every one coended the virtues of hi own wife; among who Colatinus extolled the incoparable chastity of hi wife Lucretia. In that pleasant humur they all posted to Rom; and intending, by their secret and sudde arrival, to make trial of that whh every one had before avoucd, only Colatinus finds his wfe, though it were late i the night, spig amongst her maids: the other ladies were all found dancing and revellng, or in several disports Whereupon the noblemen yielded Collatinus the victory, and