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bare to her husband, being vnkindely abuſed by an vnchaſte lecher againſt her will, ſhe preſently ſlew her ſelfe in the preſence of many, rather then ſhe would offer her body againe to her husband, being but once defiled.
It is recorded of an Earle called Gunzales, that vpon the Kings diſpleaſure was committed to priſon, and his wife hauing libertie to viſite him in priſon, on a time ſhe cauſed him to put off his apparell, and to put on hers, and ſo by that meanes got out by the Porter, and ſhe remained in priſon, and ſo by this meanes hee eſcaped the angry rage of his Prince, and afterwards his wife was deliuered alſo.
Likewiſe it was no ſmall loue that Artymenos bare to her husband; for after his death ſhee built ſuch a famous Sepulchre (and beſtowed the greateſt part or her wealth theron) in ſo much as at this day it is called one of the ſeauen great wonders of the world.
Alſo Pliny makes mention of a Fiſher-man which dwelt neere vnto the Sea-ſide, and he fell ſicke of an vncurable diſeaſe, by which meanes hee endured ſuch torment and paine, that it would haue grieued any creature to behold him; his carefull and louing wife laboured and trauelled farre and neere to procure his health againe, but at laſt ſeeing all meanes in vaine, ſhee brake out with him in theſe words: Death at one time or another will come, and therefore rather then you ſhould any longer endure this miſerable life, I am content that both of vs preuent death before he come: ſo this poore grieued man did yeeld to her counſell, and they went forth to the top of an exceeding high rocke, and there this woman bound her ſelfe faſt to her husband, and from thence caſting
