I have never sullied my own nameor my father’s name in the land of my captivity.“I am my father’s only daughter,and he has no other child to be his heir,Nor does he have a kinsman or close relativewhose wife I should wait to become.Seven husbands of mine have already died.Why then should I live any longer?But if it does not please you, Lord, to take my life,look favorably upon me and have pity on me,that I may never again listen to such reproaches!”