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- # II. 540—560
## Overview
This section, labeled "II. 540—560," is a segment of a larger work, likely a poem or play, extracted from a file named "pdf-01KG6Q7Q25RHMFT3SJXPV18VFF.txt." It is part of the chapter titled "[THE RAPE OF LYGRECE.](arke:01KG6S4F3XW2RKF6WDXEATZYAA)" and belongs to the collection "[PDF Workflow Main Test 2026-01-30T00:26:53](arke:01KG6NWQ2H2K4PGG7H4ZHYCZ3Y)." The text within this section appears to be a dramatic or narrative passage, focusing on dialogue and emotional appeals.
## Context
This section is situated within the chapter "[THE RAPE OF LYGRECE.](arke:01KG6S4F3XW2RKF6WDXEATZYAA)," suggesting it is part of a narrative poem or play dealing with the subject of Lucretia's rape. It follows the section "[II. 519—539](arke:01KG6S5MK5PY7ENZRGD97ZJGDK)" and precedes "[II. 561—581](arke:01KG6S5MK897C5NW50KCAB5F5H)," indicating its sequential placement within the larger work. The text was extracted from the file "[pdf-01KG6Q7Q25RHMFT3SJXPV18VFF.txt](arke:01KG6S2X2EBB305ENM00G16GWA)" as part of a larger collection titled "[PDF Workflow Main Test 2026-01-30T00:26:53](arke:01KG6NWQ2H2K4PGG7H4ZHYCZ3Y)."
## Contents
The content of this section comprises a poetic passage, likely dialogue, where a character pleads for mercy and appeals to the honor and humanity of another. The lines express distress and a plea to be spared, referencing concepts such as hospitality, friendship, and divine law. The speaker implores the listener to "reward not Hospitality, With such black payment," and to "Mudde not the fountaine that gaue drinke to thee." The passage highlights the speaker's vulnerability and the moral implications of the listener's actions.
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# THE RAPE OF LVCRECE.
Her pittie-pleading eyes are fadlie fixed
In the remorseleffe wrinckles of his face.
Her modest eloquence with fighes is mixed,
W which to her Oratorie addes more grace.
Shee puts the period often from his place,
And midft the sentence fo her accent breakes,
That twife fhe doth begin ere once fhe fpeakes.
She coniures him by high Almightie loue,
By knighthood, gentrie, and fweete friendships orh,
By her vntimely teares, her husbands loue,
By holie humaine law, and common troth,
By Heauen and Earth, and all the power of both:
That to his borrowed bed he make retire,
And ftoope to Honor, not to fowle defire.
- Quoth fhee, reward not Hofpitalitie,
W Vith fuch black payment, as thou haft pretended,
- Mudde not the fountaine that gaue drinke to thee,
- Mar not the thing that cannot be amended.
- End thy ill ayme, before thy fhoote be ended.
He is no wood-man that doth bend his bow,
To ftrike a poore vnfeasonable Doe.
My
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- II. 540—560