Cipr. And all this while, forsooth,

The lady, of whose purity one test

Is her unblemisht unpublicity,

Is made a target for the common tongue

Of Antioch to shoot reproaches at

For stirring up two noblemen to blood.

From which she only can escape, forsooth,

By choosing one of two she cares not for

At once; or else, to mend the matter, when

He comes to claim her by the other’s blood.