Yet will I bear with the rare thefts of my dame the discreet,

Lest over-irk I give which still of fools is the fashion.

Often did Juno eke Queen of the Heavenly host

Boil wi' the rabidest rage at dire default of a husband

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Learning the manifold thefts of her omnivolent Jove,

Yet with the Gods mankind 'tis nowise righteous to liken,

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Rid me of graceless task fit for a tremulous sire.