Napè, free-born, whose cunning hath no border,[198]

Thy service for night's scapes is known commodious,

And to give signs dull wit to thee is odious.[199]

Corinna clips me oft by thy persuasion:

Never to harm me made thy faith evasion.

Receive these lines; them to my mistress carry;

Be sedulous; let no stay cause thee tarry,

Nor flint nor iron are in thy soft breast,

But pure simplicity in thee doth rest.10

And 'tis supposed Love's bow hath wounded thee;