[XIX. Svsanna faire sometime of loue requested]
Svsanna faire sometime of loue requested
Svsanna faire sometime of loue requested,
sometime of loue requested, by two old
men whome her sweete lookes allur'd, was in was in her hart full sad
& sore molested, seing the force her chastitie endur'd, to them she
sayd, if I by craft procur'd, do yeld to you my body to abuse
it, I kill my soule, I kill my soule, & if I shal refuse it, you wil me
iudge to death reprochfully, but better it is, in innocēce to chuse
/it, in innocēce to chuse it, then by my fault, thē by my fault, t'offēd
my God on hye, then by my fault, t'offēd my God on hye.
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Song XX. is a repetition of Song XIX.