no
“dame hereafter living By my excuse shall claim excuse's giving,”
THE RAPE OF LUCRECE, 1714.
Not borrowed from Livy, i. 58 (of which no
translation had appeared whenLucrece was published); but, as
Malone observes,“Painter's novel furnished our author with
this sentiment. ‘As for my part, though I cleare my selfe of the offence, my body
shall feel the punishment, for no unchaste or ill woman shall hereafter impute no dishonest
act to Lucrece.’Palace of Pleasure, 1567, vol. i. f.
7.”
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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