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1、THERAPEOFLUCRECETHERAPEOFLUCRECEWilliamShakespeare1THERAPEOFLUCRECETOTHERIGHTHONOURABLEHENRYWRIOTHESLY,EARLOFSOUTHHAMPTON,ANDBARONOFTICHFIELD.THEloveIdedicatetoyourlordshipiswithoutend;whereofthispamphlet,withoutbeginning,isbutasuperfluousmoiety.ThewarrantIhave
2、ofyourhonourabledisposition,nottheworthofmyuntutoredlines,makesitassuredofacceptance.WhatIhavedoneisyours;whatIhavetodoisyours;beingpartinallIhave,devotedyours.Weremyworthgreater,mydutywouldshowgreater;meantime,asitis,itisboundtoyourlordship,towhomIwishlonglife
3、,stilllengthenedwithallhappiness.Yourlordship'sinallduty,WILLIAMSHAKESPEARE.LUCIUSTARQUINIUS,forhisexcessivepridesurnamedSuperbus,afterhehadcausedhisownfather-in-lawServiusTulliustobecruellymurdered,and,contrarytotheRomanlawsandcustoms,notrequiringorstayingfort
4、hepeople'ssuffrages,hadpossessedhimselfofthekingdom,went,accompaniedwithhissonsandothernoblemenofRome,tobesiegeArdea.DuringwhichsiegetheprincipalmenofthearmymeetingoneeveningatthetentofSextusTarquinius,theking'sson,intheirdiscoursesaftersuppereveryonecommendedt
5、hevirtuesofhisownwife;amongwhomCollatinusextolledtheincomparablechastityofhiswifeLucretia.InthatpleasanthumourtheyallpostedtoRome;andintending,bytheirsecretandsuddenarrival,tomaketrialofthatwhicheveryonehadbeforeavouched,onlyCollatinusfindshiswife,thoughitwerel
6、ateinthenight,spinningamongsthermaids:theotherladieswereallfounddancingandrevelling,orinseveraldisports.WhereuponthenoblemenyieldedCollatinusthevictory,andhiswifethefame.AtthattimeSextusTarquiniusbeinginflamedwithLucrece'beauty,yetsmotheringhispassionsforthepre
7、sent,departedwiththerestbacktothecamp;fromwhenceheshortlyafterprivilywithdrewhimself,andwas,accordingtohisestate,royallyentertainedandlodgedbyLucreceatCollatium.Thesamenighthetreacherouslystealethintoherchamber,violentlyravishedher,andearlyinthemorningspeedetha
8、way.Lucrece,inthislamentableplight,hastilydispatchedmessengers,onetoRomeforherfather,anothertothecampforCollatine.Theycame,theoneaccompaniedwithJuniusBrutus,theotherwithPubl
