In mail of proof—her purity of soul[51]

She, for the future, of her strength convinced,

And that her honour was a rock, or mole,[N]

Exceeding sagely from that hour dispensed

With any kind of troublesome control;

But whether Julia to the task was equal

Is that which must be mentioned in the sequel.

LXXXIII.

Her plan she deemed both innocent and feasible,

And, surely, with a stripling of sixteen