Then best depart betime, before defame
Begin to take from Elstride her good name.”
19.
“No wauering heart (sayd he) Locrinus beares,
No fayned flattery shall thy fayth deface:
Thy beauty, birth, fame, vertue, age and yeares,
Constrayne mee both thee and thyne hestes imbrace:[278]
I must of force geue thy requests a place,
For as they doe with reason good consent,
Euen so I graunt thee all thy whole intent.”