Tarquin, son of the king of Rome, hears Collatine praise his wife’s virtue, rides to her house by night and rapes her. Lucrece, after long laments against Night, Time and Opportunity, summons her husband and father, tells them what happened and takes her own life, and the outrage leads to the overthrow of the Tarquins.
Shakespeare’s long narrative poem of 1594, dedicated to the Earl of Southampton. Download the free EPUB.