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<h4>To The<br>RIGHT HONOURABLE HENRY WRIOTHESLY,<br>EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON, AND BARON OF TITCHFIELD.</h4>
<h4>Dedication</h4>
 
<p>To The<br>RIGHT HONOURABLE HENRY WRIOTHESLY,<br>EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON, AND BARON OF TITCHFIELD.</p>


<p>THE love I dedicate to your Lordship is without end; whereof this
<p>THE love I dedicate to your Lordship is without end; whereof this
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whom I wish long life, still lengthened with all happiness.</p>
whom I wish long life, still lengthened with all happiness.</p>


<p>                        Your Lordship's in all duty,<br/>
<h4>The Argument.</h4>
 
                              WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.<br/>
 
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<h4>                       THE ARGUMENT.</h4>


<p>LUCIUS TARQUINIUS (for his excessive pride surnamed Superbus),
<p>LUCIUS TARQUINIUS (for his excessive pride surnamed Superbus),
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government changed from kings to consuls.</p>
government changed from kings to consuls.</p>


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<h4>The Rape of Lucrece</h4>


<p>From the besieged Ardea all in post,<br/>
<p>From the besieged Ardea all in post,<br/>