That slew themselves for suchë manner cas. 3371 As great a pity was it, or well more, The Theban maiden, that for Nicanór Herselfë slew, right for such manner woe. Another Theban maiden did right so; For one of Macedon had her oppress’d, She with her death her maidenhead redress’d. 3372 What shall I say of Niceratus’ wife, That for such case bereft herself her life? How true was eke to Alcibiades His love, that for to dien rather chese, 3373 Than for to suffer his body unburied be? Lo, what a wife was Alcesté?” quoth she. “What saith Homér of good Penelope? All Greecë knoweth of her chastity. Pardie, of Laodamía is written thus, That when at Troy was slain Protesilaus, 3374 No longer would she live after his day. The same of noble Porcia tell I may; Withoutë Brutus couldë she not live,