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Poem #162

De duabus Lucretiis. In Lucretiam Romanam sese interficientem
written [1530-10 — 1531-03] first edition [1531, spring or early summer]

Manuscript sources:
1copy in Latin, 16th-century, GCO, Hs 38, f. 2r
2copy in Latin, 16th-century, SBN, Strob. MS 38, f. 38v-39r


Early printed source materials:
1COMES p. D1v (in extenso)

Prints:
1KRZYCKI 1888 (in extenso)
2TOURNOY p. 76 (in extenso)

 

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In Lucretia, wife of Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus ⌊LucretiamLucretia, wife of Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus ⌋ Romanam sese interficientem

Cur petis haec stricto tua candida pectora ferro,
Cogis et has niveas in tua fata manus?
Visne pudicitiae causam polluta tueri,
Et vim testari quae tibi facta fuit?
5
Non poteris culpa (quamvis moriare) carere:
Amissi semper signa pudoris erunt.
Ante mori satius fuerat, quam ferre minantis
Tarquin the Proud (Lucius Tarquinius Superbus) (†495 BC), 535-509 BC King of Rome⌊TarquiniiTarquin the Proud (Lucius Tarquinius Superbus) (†495 BC), 535-509 BC King of Rome⌋ foedum turpis amoris opus.
Sed metuens telum quod dextra gessit adulter,
10
Cepisti quod sub veste latere solet.
Hocque voluptatis facinus quum dulce peregit
Coniugii laesa te fodis ense fide.
Et sic mentis inops properas corrupta sub Orcus a god of the underworld in Roman mythology⌊OrchumOrcus a god of the underworld in Roman mythology⌋,
Castarum specimen te tamen esse ferunt.