[XII. Susanna faire sometime]
Svsanna faire somtime of loue requested
Svsanna faire somtime of loue requested,
Susanna faire somtime of loue requested,
by two old men whom her sweet looks allur'd, was in her
hart full sad and sore molested, ful sad and sore molested,
seeing the force her chastity endur'd, to them
she said, if I by craft procur'd, do yeeld to you my body to abuse it,
I loose my soule, and if I shall refuse it, you will me
iudge to death reprochfully, but better it is in innocent to
chuse it, then by my fault t'offend my God on hye, then by my
fault, t'offend my God on hie.
