Fifty Godly and Learned Sermons (The Decades)

By this law also that kind of whoredom is prohibited which consisteth ¹in defloration of virgins, and violent rapes, by which children are perforce defiled and carried from their parents. There is difference betwixt a rape perforce, and the deflowering of a maid done without violence. Shechem defiled Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and although he desired to have the deflowered maid to his wife and to change his religion, yet notwithstanding he himself is slain by Levi and Simeon the brethren of Dinah, his city is raced and filled with the blood of murdered men, whose goods were ransacked and laid open to spoil. The history is extant in the 34. of Genesis. For the rape which Roderychus king of the Goths in Spain committed upon the daughter of one Julianus a lieutenant, all Spain in a manner was mingled with fire and blood. For Volaterranus in his second book of his Geography saith: Roderychus reigned three years, whose filthy lust brought an end aswell to the name, as to the quiet kingdom of the Goths in Spain, by means of the Saracens that invaded their land. For when it fell out that he had deflowered the daughter of one Julianus a lieutenant of that part of Mauritania that is called Tingitana, private grief did prick her father to seek revengement, whereto he used the commodity of the place. Wherefore Julianus doth privily call the Saracens out of Africa: who in the year of grace 714. under the conduct of their Captain Muzta being sent by Mirmomelinus their king at that time, entering in through the straits of Morocco did in two years space subdue all Spain almost ²except Asturia. In the space of which time it is reported that seven hundred thousand men on both sides were destroyed by that war: wherein also the king which had deflowered the virgin with all his nobility was utterly slain. In Israel for yt Levites ⟨p. 236⟩concubine, whom the citizens of Gibea of the tribe of Benjamin had violently ravished were 25000. Beniamites slain, beside them which perished from among the other eleven tribes, whose number amounted to 40000. men.

By this lawe also that kinde of whoredome is prohibited which consisteth ¹in defloratiō of virgins, and violent rapes, by which children are perforce defiled and carried from their parents. There is difference betwixt a rape perforce, and the deflowring of a mayde done without violence. Sichem defiled Dina the daughter of Iacob, and althoughe hée desired to haue the defloured mayde to his wife and to chaunge his religion, yet notwithstanding hée himselfe is slaine by Leui and Simeon the bretherne of Dina, his citie is raced and filled with the bloude of murdered men, whose goods were ransackte and layd open to spoile. The historie is extant in the 34. of Genesis. For the rape which Roderychus kinge of the Gothes in Spaine committed vppon the daughter of one Iulianus a liefetenaunt, all Spaine in a manner was mingled with fire and bloud. For Volaterranus in his second booke of his Geographie saith: Roderychus reigned three yeares, whose filthie lust brought an end aswell to the name, as to the quiet kingdome of the Gothes in Spaine, by meanes of the Saracenes that inuaded their land. For when it fell oute that hee had defloured the daughter of one Iulianus a lieftenaunte of that part of Mauritania that is called Tingitana, priuate griefe did pricke her father to seeke reuengement, whereto hee vsed the commoditie of the place. Wherefore Iulianus doth priuilie cal the Saracenes oute of Aphrica: whoe in the yeare of grace 714. vnder the conduicte of their Capitaine Muzta being sente by Mirmomelinus their king at that time, entring in through the streightes of Marrocko did in two yeares space subdue al Spaine almost