Pro male formosa jussa parente mori?"
("Invidiæ" here means "discredit, odium.")
Elegia IV.[364]
Ad virum servantem conjugem.
Rude man, 'tis vain thy damsel to commend
To keeper's trust: their wits should them defend.
Who, without fear, is chaste, is chaste in sooth:
Who, because means want, doeth not, she doth.
Though thou her body guard, her mind is stained;