575 SAMSON AGON1S TES; Took full poffeflion of me, and prevail'd ; Virtue, as I thought, truth, duty fo enjoining. 870 Sam. I thought where all thy circling wiles would In feign'd religion, fmopth hypocrify : [end; But had thy love, Rill odioufly pretended, Been, as it ought, fincere, it would have taught thee Far other reafonings, brought forth other deeds. 875 I, before all the daughters of my tribe, And of my nation, chofe thee from among My enemies, lov'd thee, as too well thou knew'ft, Too well, unbotom'd all my fecrets to thee, Not out of levity, but overpower'd 88o By thy requeft, who could deny thee nothing ; Yet now am judg'd an enemy. Why then Didft thou at firft receive me for thy hufband, Then, as fince then, thy country's foe profefs'd ? Being once a wife, for me thou waft to leave 885 Parents and country ; nor was I their fubjed, Nor under their proteCtion, but my own.; Thou mine, not theirs : if ought againft my life Thy country fought of thee, it fought unjuffly, Againft the law of Nature, law of nations, No more thy country, but an impious crew Of men confpiring to uphold their Rate By worse than hoaile deeds, violating the ends For which our country is a name io dear; Not therefore to be' obey'd. But zeal mov'd thee; 895 To pleafe thy Gods thou didft it ; Gods unable T' acquit themfelves and profecute their foes But by ungodly deeds, the contradiction Of their own deity, Gods cannot be ; Let's therefore to be pleas'd, obey'd, or fear.d. goo Thefe falfe pretexts and varnifh'd colors failing, Bare in thy guilt how foul muff thou appear ? Dal. In argument with men a woman ever Goes
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