From guilt, and shame, by her last conduct, fled:

Her virtue long rebell'd in firm disdain,

And the sword pointed at her heart in vain;

But, when the slave was threaten'd to be laid

Dead by her side, her love of fame obey'd.

In meaner minds ambition works alone;

But with such art puts virtue's aspect on,

That not more like in feature and in mien,

[19]The god and mortal in the comic scene.

False Julius, ambush'd in this fair disguise,