And that I never polluted my name, nor the name of my father, in the land of my captivity: I am the only daughter of my father, neither hath he any child to be his heir, neither any near kinsman, nor any son of his alive, to whom I may keep myself for a wife: my seven husbands are already dead; and why should I live? but if it please not thee that I should die, command some regard to be had of me, and pity taken of me, that I hear no more reproach.
and that I never disgraced my name or my father's name in this land of my exile. I am my father's only child, and he has no other child to be his heir, no close relative, no living son to whom I might keep myself as a wife; my seven husbands are already dead, so why should I go on living? But if it does not please you that I should die, command that I be shown some regard and pity, that I hear this reproach no more.
