Lucrece, Lucretia (n.)
[lu'krees] legendary Roman heroine, 6th-c BC, who killed herself after being raped by Tarquin
AYL III.ii.144[Celia, reading a poem about Rosalind] Sad Lucretia's modesty
Luc.317Lucretia's glove
Tit II.i.108[Aaron to Chiron and Demetrius] Lucrece was not more chaste / Than this Lavinia
Tit IV.i.63[Titus to Marcus, of Tarquin] That left the camp to sin in Lucrece' bed
TN II.v.92[Malvolio to himself, of Olivia's supposed letter] the impressure her Lucrece, with which she uses to seal
TS II.i.289[Petruchio to Katherina] she will prove a ... / Roman Lucrece for her chastity
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