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- # ll. 876—896
## Overview - What this is (type, form, dates, scope)
This is a section of text, likely a stanza or a group of lines, extracted from a larger document. It is labeled "ll. 876—896" indicating it contains lines 876 through 896 of a poem. The text was extracted on January 30, 2026, by the "structure-extraction-lambda" process. The section is part of a larger chapter within a collection of documents.
## Context - Background and provenance from related entities
This section is part of the chapter titled "THE RAPE OF LYGRECE." ([arke:01KG6S4F3XW2RKF6WDXEATZYAA]) within the collection [PDF Workflow Main Test 2026-01-30T00:26:53](arke:01KG6NWQ2H2K4PGG7H4ZHYCZ3Y). The text was extracted from the file [pdf-01KG6Q7Q25RHMFT3SJXPV18VFF.txt](arke:01KG6S2X2EBB305ENM00G16GWA). The section is preceded by "II. 855—875" ([arke:01KG6S5N5Q9V7Z3GSVPTXXM1E6]) and followed by "11. 897—917" ([arke:01KG6S5N5QV1WDMZ0QJYQP7K10]).
## Contents - What it contains, key subjects and details
The section contains a poem addressing "VVhen" and questioning the nature of time and opportunity, and their role in allowing injustice and suffering. The poem describes the suffering of the poor, the sick, and the widow, and contrasts it with the prevalence of "wrath, enuy, treason, rape, and murthers." It also mentions the characters "COLATINE" and "TARQVIN".
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# THE RAPE OF LVCRECE.
VVhen wilt thou be the humble suppliants frien!
And bring him where his suit may be obtained?
VVhen wilt thou sort an howre great strifes to end?
Or free that soule which wretchednes hath chained?
Giue phificke to the sicke, ease to the pained?
The poore, lame, blind, hault, crepe, cry out for
But they nere meet with oportunitie. (thee,
The patient dies while the Phifician sleepes,
The Orphane pines while the oppreffor feedes.
Iuftice is feafting while the widow weepes.
Aduife is sporting while infection breeds.
Thou graunt'st no time for charitable deeds.
VVrath, enuy, treason, rape, and murthers rages,
Thy heinous houres wait on them as their Pages.
VVhen Trueth and Vertue haue to do with thee,
A thouland croffes keepe them from thy aide:
They buie thy helpe, but finne nere giues a fee,
He gratis comes, and thou art well apaide,
As well to heare, as graunt what he hath saide.
My COLATINE would else haue come to me,
VVhen TARQVIN did, but he was staied by thee.
Guilty
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