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1、1594THERAPEOFLUCRECEbyWilliamShakespeareDEDICATIONTOTHERIGHTHONOURABLEHENRYWRIOTHESLEY,EARLOFSOUTHAMPTON,ANDBARONOFTITCHFIELDTheloveIdedicatetoyourlordshipiswithoutend:whereofthispamphlet,withoutbeginningisbutasuperfluousmoiety.ThewarrantIhaveofyourhonourable
2、disposition,nottheworthofmyuntutoredlines,makeitassuredofacceptance.WhatIhavedoneisyours;whatIhavetodoisyours;beingpartinallIhave,devotedyours.Weremyworthgreater,mydutywouldshowgreater;meantime,asitis,itisboundtoyourlordship,towhomIwishlonglifestilllengthened
3、withallhappiness.Yourlordship'sinallduty,WilliamShakespeareTHEARGUMENTLuciusTarquinius,forhisexcessivepridesurnamedSuperbus,afterhehadcausedhisownfather-in-lawServiusTulliustobecruellymurdered,and,contrarytotheRomanlawsandcustoms,notrequiringorstayingforthepe
4、ople'ssuffrages,hadpossessedhimselfofthekingdom,wentaccompaniedwithhissonsandothernoblemenofRome,tobesiegeArdea.DuringwhichsiegetheprincipalmenofthearmymeetingoneeveningatthetentofSextusTarquinius,theking'sson,intheirdiscoursesaftersuppereveryonecommendedthev
5、irtuesofhisownwife;amongwhomCollatinusextolledtheincomparablechastityofhiswifeLucretia.InthatpleasanthumourtheyallpostedtoRome;andintending,bytheirsecretandsuddenarrival,tomaketrialofthatwhicheveryonehadbeforeavouched,onlyCollatinusfindshiswife,thoughitwerela
6、teinthenight,spinningamongsthermaids:theotherladieswereallfounddancingandrevelling,orinseveraldisports.WhereuponthenoblemenyieldedCollatinusthevictory,andhiswifethefame.AtthattimeSextusTarquiniusbeinginflamedwithLucrece'beauty,yetsmotheringhispassionsforthepr
7、esent,departedwiththerestbacktothecamp;fromwhenceheshortlyafterprivilywithdrewhimself,andwas,accordingtohisestate,royallyentertainedandlodgedbyLucreceatCollatium.Thesamenighthetreacherouslystealethintoherchamber,violentlyravishedher,andearlyinthemorningspeede
8、thaway.Lucrece,inthislamentableplight,hastilydispatchethmessengers,onetoRomeforherfather,anothertothecampforCollatine.Theycame,theoneaccompaniedwithJuniusBrutus,theotherwithPubliusValeriu
