That I believe, and take it.
LADY ELIZABETH CAREW
fl. 1613
4. Chorus from ‘Mariam’
’Tis not enough for one that is a wife
To keep her spotless from an act of ill;
But from suspicion she should free her life,
And bare herself of power as well as will.
’Tis not so glorious for her to be free,
As by her proper self restrain’d to be.