The Hiftory of S AMPS0 N. ~ Ofthe~r own ruins, they fhaii ~eerly owe «: Themfelves unto thy goodnef&, and fhall knp\t( 'No other Patron, and acknowl~dge none ~ As their Redeemer; but thy love alone : 'we cannot read the Riddle, whereunto ~ We have engag'd ourgoods, and credits too ?· ' Entice thy jolly Bridegroom to ¥n~old 'The hidden mifiery (what can he wirhhold ' From the rare beauty offo rare a brow ! · . 'And when ~hou know'fi it, let thy fervants.know : ' what' ! daft thou frown? and mufi our eafie tryai,: ' At firfi, ·readHieroglyphicks of denial! ' And art thou filent tool Nay, we'l give o' r ' To tempt thy Bridal fondnefs any m~r~ ~ ' B~tray your lovely bu~bands f~~rets ? No, ' You'J firfi betray us, and our Land : But kno~, · ' ProudSampfonJ wif~, our f~ri~s fha~l make goo~ ' Our lofs ofwea~and honour in t~y blood : ' Where fair-imreaties fpendthemf~Ives·in vain, 'There fire fhall confume, or effe confirain. ~ Know then, falfe-hearted Bride, ifoar requeft ~ Can find no place within thy fullen breaft. ·· ' Our hands fhaii vindicate our loft defire, • · ~ Andburn thy'fathers houfe, aud thee, with fire. Thus having lodg'd her errand·inher ears, Thev left the room ; and her unto her fears : who thus be thought ; Hard is the cafe,iha,t t Mufi or betray my husbands truft, or die;· I have a Wolfe by th? ears : I dare be bold; Neither with fafety to let go, nor hold : · What fhal1 Ido!Tlrleir mfridsifl fulfil not, ~Tis deatfi, and to betray his rru{f}will not, Nay, fhould my lips demand, 11ercham~e~- his breath Will not refolve me ; then no way but death ·; · ·· The wager is not great; rather the firife ~~r~ ~n~ed in hi~ lofs, than inmy life ; ,- l I His
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