Lucrece:
1.i.e. a noble Roman womanwho committed suicide after her rape by Sextus Tarqinius,hence a type of chaste wife.Cf.Shakespeare's “The Rape of Lucrece”. 鲁克丽丝，一位罗马贵族妇女，为王子塞克斯特斯·塔昆涅斯强行污辱，愤而自尽，遂成为贞洁妻子的典型。莎士比亚长诗《鲁克丽丝受辱记》即叙此事。
△Shr.2.1.290(296): “And Roman Lucrece for her chastity；” 讲到她的贞洁，可以媲美罗马的鲁克丽丝。
Lucrece
2. i. e. the beautiful and chaste Roman matron,whosehead often appeared on ladies' seals in the 16th centu-ry鲁克丽丝，其头像常出现于16世纪英国妇女的印记中。
△Tw.2. 5. 105 (92): “And the impressure her Luc-rece，”蜡上还有她使用的鲁克丽丝图像。
Lucrece knife: knife with which Lucrece killed her-self for shame 鲁克丽丝之刀，（即）鲁克丽丝因受辱而自杀之刀。
△Tw.2.5.118 (105): “But silence,like a Lucreceknife,/With bloodless stroke my heart doth gore.”但是沉默，像一把鲁克丽丝之刀，不流血地刺中了我的心。