The bold Semiramis,[°] whose sides transfixt
With sonnes own blade, her fowle reproches spoke;
Faire Sthenoboea,[°] that her selfe did choke
With wilfull cord, for wanting of her will;
High minded Cleopatra,[°] that with stroke
Of Aspes sting her selfe did stoutly kill:
And thousands moe the like, that did that dongeon fill;
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Besides the endlesse routs of wretched thralles,