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ELOGIE OF CAMMA.
CAMMA Princess of Galatia, and the Wife of Sinnatus, was doubly Soveraign, and reigned by the right of her blood, and by that of her Face Her Beauty which was her first Crown, drew Suters to her, and furnished her with Combats: and these Combats rendred her Spint sit for War, and manifested her Courage and ••idelity. Her Vertue made Fortune Jealous, and her Beauty begot Love in Si∣norix. But not complying with Sinorix, and abandoning all to Fortune, she remained victorious over both Sollicitations and Services proving unsuccesseful to Sinorix, he employed Despair and Crimes: And per∣swaded that a vacant place would be weakly defended, and with lesse obstinacie, he murdered Sinnatus; and of his Bodie makes a step to his Bed and Throne. This Blow strengthened the Couragious Princesse instead of dejecting her. She gave no Ear to the bloody Ghost of Sin∣natus which summoned her; And before she would follow him resolved to revenge his Death.
After so soul and base a Treachery Sinorix renewed his addresses, and sweetned them with the Name of Marriage. He presented himself to Camma with all the Artifices and Disguisement, by which he thought to hide from her his Crime. She failed not to discern it through all his Arts and Disguises, and to scent the Murther and blood which remained still fresh upon him. Nevertheless the restrained her self: And for fear of losing her stroke if she lifted up her hand too high, she enclosed her Designe in her Heart with her Anger.
In sine, after many premeditated difficulties, and counterfeit irreso∣lutions she seigned to submit to the perswasions of her Kindred who sol∣licited her in Sinorix behalf; and gave them her Consent and Promise. At the assigned day for the Ceremonie of her Marriage, all things be∣ing ready for the Sacrifice, she took the cup in which poison was steep∣ed: And having out of respect poured forth two or three drops there∣of upon the Altar of the Goddess, she drank part of it, and gave the rest to Sinorix. The unhappy Creature expecting to taste the first sweets of his Marriage, drank there his Death, and the punishment of his Crime. Camma had the satisfaction to see him die with her: And having enjoyed two or three hours of her Revenge, and the Glory of her Fidelity, she went to carry the News of both to Sinnatus.