A straunge and maruellous vse, which in old time was obserued in
Hidrvsa, where it was lawfull, with the licence of a magistrate ordayned
for that purpose, for every man, and woman that list, to kill them
selues.
[_Source and Origin._--Bandello, Part i., nov. 56.
_Parallels._--Belleforest, t. iv., f. 214.
_Painter._--I. ii. 61; II. ii. 50; III. ii. 98; IV. ii. 256.]