Which had committed facts adulterine,
Th’adulter slayne and eke his concubine,
Not so her cruell minde could bee content,
But in reuenge to slay the Innocent.
2.
What maruayle though shee were of such a minde,
So cruell not to spare her husband’s bastard small:
Sith that of gelosie wee often finde
Examples passing reason naturall.
Of Porrex mother, reade the life who shall,