You little think how your
cruelty will redound hereafter to my praise ; you may kill me in your fury, and my encomium will be this : ' Leucippe preserved her chastity despite of buccaneers, despite of Chaereas, despite of Sosthenes, and crown of all (for this would be but trifling commendation), she remained chaste despite even of Thersander, more lascivious than the most lustful pirate ; and he who could not despoil her of her honor, robbed her of her life.
Universal Anthology - v07
