Ar't asleepe husband? A boulster lecture; stored with all variety of witty jeasts, merry tales, and other pleasant passages; extracted, from the choicest flowers of philosophy, poesy, antient and moderne history. Illustrated with examples of incomparable constancy, in the excellent history of Philocles and Doriclea. By Philogenes Panedonius.
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             Ar't asleepe husband? A boulster lecture; stored with all variety of witty jeasts, merry tales, and other pleasant passages; extracted, from the choicest flowers of philosophy, poesy, antient and moderne history. Illustrated with examples of incomparable constancy, in the excellent history of Philocles and Doriclea. By Philogenes Panedonius.
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               A
               BOVLSTER
               LECTVRE
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             This
             wife
             a
             wondrous
             racket
             meanes
             to
             keepe
             ,
          
           
             While
             th'
             Husband
             seemes
             to
             sleepe
             but
             do'es
             not
             sleepe
             :
          
           
             But
             she
             might
             full
             as
             well
             her
             Lecture
             smother
             ,
          
           
             For
             ent'ring
             one
             Eare
             ,
             it
             goes
             out
             at
             t'other
             .
          
        
         
           London
           .
           Printed
           for
           R.
           Best
           and
           are
           to
           bee
           sould
           at
           by
           〈…〉
           Houlbourns
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           Ar't
           asleepe
           Husband
           ?
           A
           BOULSTER
           LECTURE
           ;
           STORED
           With
           all
           variety
           of
           witty
           jeasts
           ,
           merry
           Tales
           ,
           and
           other
           pleasant
           passages
           ;
           EXTRACTED
           ,
           From
           the
           choicest
           flowers
           of
           Philosophy
           ,
           Poesy
           ,
           antient
           and
           moderne
           History
           .
           Illustrated
           with
           Examples
           of
           incomparable
           constancy
           ,
           in
           the
           excellent
           History
           of
           Philocles
           and
           Do●iclea
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Philogenes
             Panedonius
          
           .
        
         
           
             O
             nox
             longa
             !
             —
          
           
             Hor.
             
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           R.
           BISHOP
           ,
           for
           
             R.
             B.
          
           or
           his
           Assignes
           .
           1640.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           
             TO
             all
             modest
             Dames
          
           
             From
             TWEDE
             unto
             THAMES
             ,
          
           
             Who
             prize
             their
             good
             names
             above
             Nectar
             ;
          
           
             With
             a
             Paphian
             kisse
          
           
             Doe
             I
             tender
             them
             this
          
           
             To
             silence
             a
             
               Canopy
               Lecture
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             TO
             you
             ,
             this
             Booke
             may
             well
             addressed
             bee
          
           
             Since
             none
             from
             
               Bolster
               Lectures
            
             is
             more
             free
             :
          
           
             Be
             you
             then
             patronesse
             without
             offence
             ,
          
           
             And
             with
             a
             smile
             returne
             me
             recompence
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           HIS
           DAINTY
           DOXES
           .
        
         
           DAINTY
           fine
           Creatures
           ,
           —
           I
           will
           not
           sweare
           ,
           in
           good
           faith
           you
           be
           ;
           But
           —
           if
           in
           your
           censure
           you
           prove
           sweet
           to
           me
           ,
           I
           little
           care
           ,
           believe
           't
           ,
           how
           sowre
           you
           be
           .
           One
           thing
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           the
           World
           ha's
           a
           strange
           opinion
           of
           you
           :
           But
           let
           not
           this
           trouble
           you
           :
           for
           the
           most
           of
           those
           that
           sojourne
           in
           it
           ,
           are
           
             Walking
             Pictures
          
           ,
           or
           
             Puppy
             Motions
          
           .
           So
           you
           live
           without
           Scandall
           ,
           let
           the
           Constable
           of
           the
           Ward
           snore
           ,
           and
           Diogenes
           walke
           all
           the
           night
           o're
           with
           his
           Candle
           .
           Though
           he
           finde
           Works
           of
           lightnesse
           in
           Houses
           of
           darknesse
           :
           Single
           Skirmishes
           
           in
           blinde
           Alleys
           ,
           Back-stayres
           ,
           and
           long
           Entries
           :
           whole
           bunches
           of
           Cornucopia
           in
           his
           new-found
           Eutopia
           :
           Cleave
           you
           like
           Ticks
           to
           your
           own
           ,
           preserve
           your
           renowne
           ,
           and
           sing
           Hey
           downe
           a
           downe
           ,
           to
           the
           honour
           of
           our
           Towne
           .
        
         
           Thus
           ,
           neither
           to
           all
           ,
           nor
           to
           many
           ,
           but
           to
           very-very
           few
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           that
           Crue
           ,
           who
           are
           loyall
           and
           true
           ,
           bids
           Musaeus
        
         
           Adiew
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           SVBIECTS
           whereof
           it
           treats
           .
        
         
           
             1
             THe
             Excellency
             of
             Women
             in
             their
             Creation
             .
          
           
             2
             Their
             imitable
             vertues
             ,
             illustrated
             with
             Examples
             .
          
           
             3
             Their
             moderation
             of
             Passion
             .
          
           
             4
             Their
             Continency
             in
             assaults
             .
          
           
             5
             Their
             modesty
             in
             Count'nance
             ,
             Habit
             ,
             and
             expression
             of
             their
             Affection
             .
          
           
             6
             The
             violence
             of
             some
             Women
             used
             upon
             such
             as
             were
             Corrivals
             in
             their
             Choice
             ,
             inlarged
             with
             memorable
             Examples
             .
          
           
             7
             Their
             modest
             defence
             ,
             to
             allay
             those
             passionate
             extreames
             discovered
             
             in
             the
             former
             Subjects
             .
          
           
             8
             Their
             witty
             Aphorismes
             ,
             Apo●hegmes
             ,
             and
             Answers
             .
          
           
             9
             Their
             eminent
             Labours
             :
             And
             how
             they
             were
             Assistants
             in
             the
             exquisitest
             Workes
             that
             have
             beene
             formerly
             composed
             ,
             either
             for
             History
             ,
             or
             Poesy
             .
          
        
         
           Every
           one
           of
           which
           Subjects
           you
           shall
           finde
           interveined
           with
           choice
           variety
           of
           pleasing
           Tales
           ,
           and
           delightfull
           Stories
           ,
           to
           comply
           with
           the
           Fancy
           of
           the
           most
           curious
           and
           censorious
           Reader
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           TABLE
           ,
           OR
           Apt
           Disposure
           ,
           both
           in
           number
           and
           Order
           ,
           of
           all
           such
           materiall
           Points
           ,
           Tales
           ,
           and
           Stories
           ,
           as
           are
           here
           related
           ,
           or
           familiarly
           couched
           in
           this
           BOULSTER
           LECTURE
           .
        
         
           
             SECTION
             I.
             First
             ,
             of
             the
             Excellency
             of
             Women
             in
             their
             Creation
             .
             
               Pag.
               1.
            
             
          
           
             Under
             which
             Subject
             (
             to
             allay
             a
             fastidious
             houre
             ,
             and
             sweeten
             the
             Sequele
             of
             a
             more
             serious
             Story
             )
             are
             these
             Tales
             contained
             and
             continued
             .
          
           
             
               1
               THe
               Answer
               of
               a
               luke-warme
               Husband
               to
               his
               Neighbour
               ,
               being
               asked
               how
               his
               Wife
               did
               :
               Assuring
               him
               ,
               that
               for
               his
               
               part
               ,
               he
               was
               sicke
               ,
               because
               his
               wife
               was
               no
               ●●ker
               ;
               And
               what
               an
               heavy
               dolefull
               house
               hee
               had
               ;
               grounding
               their
               sorrowes
               upon
               two
               contrary
               feares
               .
            
             
               
                 Pag.
                 4
              
            
             
               2
               The
               Scholasticall
               Wooer
               .
            
             
               6
            
             
               3
               The
               amorous
               Graduate
               ,
               or
               the
               Pedanticall
               Suiter
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               4
               The
               Story
               of
               Apelles
               and
               Campaspe
               .
            
             
               9
            
             
               
                 5
                 Zeuxis
              
               his
               incomparable
               Art
               in
               the
               delineature
               of
               Crocous
               daughters
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               6
               Severall
               Posies
               derived
               from
               severall
               fancies
               ,
               writ
               in
               a
               Window
               with
               a
               Diamond
               .
            
             
               10
            
             
               7
               The
               Tale
               of
               the
               Maid
               ,
               who
               after
               a
               long
               and
               strait
               siege
               ,
               was
               enforced
               to
               expose
               her
               honour
               to
               the
               barbarous
               violence
               of
               an
               insulting
               Souldier
               .
            
             
               11
            
             
               8
               The
               ancient
               Vestals
               votive
               Order
               ,
               and
               with
               what
               austerity
               they
               preserved
               their
               honour
               .
               And
               of
               that
               heroicke
               Princesses
               resolution
               in
               defence
               of
               her
               honour
               .
            
             
               12
            
             
               9
               The
               ●ale
               of
               a
               Shrow
               ,
               and
               how
               shee
               encounter'd
               her
               Husband
               ,
               meeting
               him
               amongst
               other
               Goodfellowes
               at
               a
               Taverne
               doore
               .
            
             
               13
            
             
               10
               The
               Answer
               of
               a
               shroud
               Girle
               upon
               occasions
               of
               displeasure
               taken
               at
               her
               husband
               .
            
             
               14
            
             
               11
               Fields
               bring
               forth
               miscellaene
               graines
               ,
               and
               all
               ages
               women
               of
               mixt
               conditions
               ;
               instanced
               in
               our
               Roman
               Matrons
               .
            
             
               15
            
          
           
             
             
               Foure
               distinct
               motives
               to
               affection
               .
            
             
               
                 1
                 Beauty
              
               ;
               whose
               opposite
               is
               
                 Disdaine
                 .
                 15.
              
               and
               16
            
             
               
                 2
                 Agility
                 of
                 body
              
               ;
               whose
               opposite
               is
               
                 Liberty
                 .
                 15.
              
               and
               16
            
             
               
                 3
                 Quicknesse
                 of
                 wit
              
               ;
               whose
               opposite
               is
               
                 Distaste
                 .
                 15.
              
               and
               16
            
             
               
                 4
                 Gentlenesse
                 of
                 speech
              
               ;
               whose
               opposite
               is
               
                 Dissimulation
                 .
                 15.
              
               and
               16
            
          
           
             
               OF
               BEAUTY
               .
            
             
               Under
               which
               Branch
               ,
               are
               these
               Stories
               shrowded
               .
            
             
               
                 1
                 THe
                 passionate
                 Amorist
                 his
                 Canto
                 .
              
               
                 18
              
               
                 2
                 The
                 resolute
                 Gentlemans
                 Passado
                 .
              
               
                 19
              
               
                 3
                 The
                 Westerne
                 Pedlers
                 Daughter
                 ;
                 who
                 fed
                 her
                 Suiter
                 with
                 Consideration
                 ,
                 till
                 too
                 long
                 delay
                 brought
                 her
                 to
                 a
                 Conception
                 .
              
               
                 21
              
               
                 4
                 The
                 Story
                 of
                 that
                 great
                 Favorite
                 Flaviano
                 ,
                 and
                 why
                 he
                 disliked
                 his
                 Wife
                 .
              
               
                 22
              
               
                 5
                 Fancy
                 is
                 not
                 alwayes
                 grounded
                 on
                 beauty
                 :
                 
                 instanced
                 in
                 the
                 Pastorall
                 of
                 Nais
                 .
              
               
                 23
              
               
                 
                   6
                   Socrates
                
                 Glasse
                 .
              
               
                 ibid.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               DISDAINE
               .
            
             
               Under
               which
               Branch
               are
               these
               Stories
               shadowed
               .
            
             
               
                 1
                 THe
                 noble
                 Disposition
                 of
                 that
                 brave
                 Lady
                 Marcelles
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 discovery
                 of
                 her
                 affection
                 .
              
               
                 26
              
               
                 
                   2
                   Caesar
                
                 accompted
                 greater
                 in
                 Cleopatra's
                 victory
                 ,
                 than
                 in
                 the
                 discomfiture
                 of
                 her
                 Anthony
                 .
              
               
                 27
              
               
                 3
                 Memorable
                 Examples
                 of
                 Continency
                 in
                 both
                 Sexes
                 :
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 incomparable
                 beauty
                 and
                 chastity
                 of
                 Sputimia
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 4
                 The
                 glorious
                 Act
                 of
                 the
                 incomparable
                 Chiomara
                 .
              
               
                 28
              
               
                 5
                 The
                 excellent
                 Saying
                 of
                 a
                 religious
                 Votaresse
                 .
              
               
                 29
              
               
                 6
                 The
                 Tragicke
                 Disasters
                 of
                 three
                 unfortunate
                 Italian
                 Lovers
                 .
              
               
                 30
              
               
                 7
                 A
                 pittifull
                 passionate
                 Letter
                 of
                 a
                 rejected
                 Lover
                 to
                 his
                 Mistresse
                 .
              
               
                 31
              
               
                 8
                 A
                 desperate
                 adventure
                 entertained
                 by
                 a
                 passionate
                 Lover
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 9
                 The
                 resolution
                 of
                 a
                 discreet
                 Lover
                 in
                 the
                 disdaine
                 of
                 his
                 Mistresse
                 .
              
               
                 32.33
              
               
                 10
                 A
                 Tale
                 of
                 a
                 wanton
                 Widow
                 ,
                 and
                 her
                 answer
                 
                 to
                 a
                 stale
                 Batchler
                 ,
                 and
                 importunate
                 Suiter
                 :
                 with
                 the
                 Batchlers
                 witty
                 reply
                 in
                 disesteeme
                 of
                 her
                 fancy
                 .
              
               
                 35.36
              
            
          
           
             
               AGILITY
               OF
               BODY
               .
            
             
               Under
               which
               Branch
               are
               these
               Stories
               couched
               .
            
             
               
                 1
                 IN
                 the
                 Empire
                 of
                 Monomotapa
                 bounding
                 upon
                 the
                 kingdome
                 of
                 Congo
                 ,
                 among
                 all
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Emperors
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 the
                 most
                 valorous
                 in
                 name
                 are
                 his
                 Legions
                 of
                 women
                 .
              
               
                 38.39
                 .
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 2
                 The
                 Licentious
                 practises
                 of
                 the
                 insatiate
                 Messalina
                 in
                 her
                 
                   Antonine
                   Baths
                
                 .
              
               
                 40
              
               
                 
                   3
                   Cleopatra's
                
                 pearle
                 broaths
                 .
              
               
                 42
              
               
                 4
                 Where
                 a
                 strong
                 Constitution
                 accompanies
                 a
                 promising
                 feature
                 ,
                 there
                 needs
                 no
                 potions
                 to
                 procure
                 Love
                 ,
                 nor
                 powders
                 to
                 enable
                 nature
                 .
              
               
                 43
              
            
          
           
             
               LIBERTY
               .
            
             
               Under
               which
               Branch
               these
               Stories
               are
               closed
               .
            
             
               
                 1
                 OF
                 Liberty
                 in
                 Restraint
                 :
                 and
                 of
                 Restraint
                 in
                 Liberty
                 .
              
               
                 44
              
               
                 
                 2
                 Of
                 the
                 nimble
                 Monkey
                 in
                 Cheapside
                 .
              
               
                 45.
                 
              
               
                 3
                 The
                 Tale
                 of
                 the
                 Maid
                 ,
                 when
                 her
                 mother
                 found
                 her
                 suspiciously
                 in
                 a
                 corner
                 with
                 a
                 young
                 man
                 :
                 and
                 how
                 she
                 fitted
                 her
                 mother
                 ,
                 and
                 kept
                 trice
                 with
                 her
                 Lover
                 .
              
               
                 46
              
               
                 4
                 The
                 ●ale
                 of
                 the
                 Good
                 Wife
                 ,
                 when
                 her
                 husband
                 found
                 her
                 in
                 bed
                 with
                 a
                 Neighbour
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 5
                 The
                 Tale
                 of
                 the
                 Court-Gentlewoman
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 found
                 in
                 a
                 long
                 darke
                 Entry
                 with
                 a
                 young
                 Cavaliere
                 .
              
               
                 47
              
               
                 6
                 The
                 Tale
                 of
                 the
                 Bridegroome
                 ,
                 first
                 night
                 he
                 was
                 married
                 :
                 and
                 her
                 Bridall
                 Curtaine
                 Lecture
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 7
                 The
                 Widdowes
                 twitting
                 of
                 her
                 second
                 Husband
                 with
                 the
                 abilities
                 of
                 her
                 first
                 .
              
               
                 48
              
               
                 8
                 ☞
                 The
                 arrogant
                 Widdowers
                 proposal
                 upon
                 tearmes
                 of
                 marriage
                 :
                 and
                 the
                 Widdowes
                 peremptory
                 answer
                 to
                 his
                 unequall
                 demands
                 .
              
               
                 48.49
              
               
                 9
                 The
                 discreet
                 patient
                 Cuckold
                 .
              
               
                 49.50
              
               
                 10
                 The
                 converted
                 Curtezan
                 .
              
               
                 
                   50
                   ,
                   51
                
              
               
                 11
                 The
                 Tale
                 of
                 the
                 merry
                 Miller
                 and
                 his
                 wanton
                 Minton
                 .
              
               
                 52
              
               
                 12
                 The
                 Spirit
                 in
                 the
                 Vault
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Curtaine-confession
                 of
                 two
                 wanton
                 Wenches
                 to
                 two
                 suspitious
                 Husbands
                 .
              
               
                 52.53.54.55
                 .
                 &
                 56
              
               
                 13
                 The
                 Tale
                 of
                 a
                 delicate
                 Student
                 ,
                 who
                 made
                 his
                 Bed
                 his
                 Study
                 :
                 And
                 how
                 his
                 Bed-fellow
                 requited
                 him
                 with
                 like
                 curt'sy
                 .
              
               
                 56.57
              
               
                 
                 14
                 The
                 Humerous
                 Lady
                 ;
                 with
                 her
                 inglorious
                 end
                 suiting
                 well
                 with
                 her
                 distempered
                 quality
                 and
                 disdainefull
                 life
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 15
                 The
                 Northerne
                 Girles
                 answer
                 to
                 a
                 subtile
                 Opposer
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 16
                 The
                 reply
                 of
                 a
                 Barbers
                 Wife
                 to
                 her
                 Husband
                 upon
                 finding
                 her
                 it
                 'h
                 suds
                 .
              
               
                 58
              
               
                 17
                 The
                 answer
                 of
                 a
                 witty
                 Woman
                 to
                 a
                 discursive
                 Husband
                 ;
                 who
                 was
                 more
                 active
                 in
                 his
                 liberty
                 of
                 discourse
                 ,
                 than
                 performance
                 of
                 any
                 due
                 benevolence
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 18
                 A
                 Widdowes
                 answer
                 to
                 One
                 who
                 came
                 to
                 speake
                 with
                 her
                 Husband
                 ,
                 after
                 hee
                 was
                 dead
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 19
                 The
                 answer
                 of
                 a
                 good
                 Wife
                 to
                 her
                 Husband
                 ,
                 occasioned
                 upon
                 the
                 relation
                 of
                 the
                 nature
                 ,
                 quality
                 ,
                 and
                 disposition
                 of
                 a
                 Turke
                 .
              
               
                 58.59
              
               
                 20
                 Of
                 the
                 Women
                 of
                 Sio
                 .
              
               
                 
                   59
                   ,
                   60
                
              
               
                 21
                 The
                 Tale
                 of
                 a
                 fat
                 Farrier
                 and
                 a
                 bounsing
                 Hussy
                 ,
                 delivered
                 in
                 a
                 merry
                 Epigramme
                 .
              
               
                 
                   60
                   ,
                   61
                
              
               
                 22
                 The
                 Tale
                 of
                 an
                 Atturney's
                 Clarke
                 .
              
               
                 
                   62
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               QUICKNESSE
               OF
               WIT.
               
            
             
               Under
               which
               Branch
               are
               these
               Stories
               ranked
               .
            
             
               
                 1
                 THe
                 Tale
                 of
                 that
                 finitive
                 Girle
                 in
                 excuse
                 of
                 her
                 Lady
                 .
              
               
                 68
              
               
                 
                 2
                 Of
                 the
                 Curats
                 Wife
                 in
                 behalfe
                 of
                 her
                 Husband
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 3
                 Of
                 the
                 soft-temper'd
                 Gentlemans
                 answer
                 to
                 a
                 Ladies
                 demand
                 ,
                 when
                 hee
                 thought
                 his
                 Wife
                 would
                 be
                 brought
                 abed
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 4
                 The
                 arrogant
                 opinion
                 of
                 Velleius
                 the
                 Epicurean
                 .
              
               
                 69
              
               
                 5
                 Feminine
                 Disputants
                 should
                 bee
                 silenc'd
                 Ministers
                 :
                 they
                 flow
                 in
                 words
                 ,
                 but
                 droppe
                 in
                 matter
                 :
                 but
                 no
                 lesse
                 infinitely
                 erring
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 ,
                 than
                 barren
                 in
                 the
                 latter
                 .
              
               
                 17
              
               
                 6
                 The
                 eloquent
                 Lady
                 ,
                 who
                 though
                 a
                 foule
                 Delinquent
                 ,
                 caused
                 her
                 Audience
                 to
                 melt
                 with
                 compassion
                 ,
                 and
                 hold
                 her
                 innocent
                 .
              
               
                 ibid.
                 
              
               
                 7
                 A
                 resemblance
                 in
                 our
                 variety
                 of
                 wits
                 ,
                 to
                 diversity
                 of
                 Soyles
                 .
              
               
                 
                   p.
                   71
                
              
            
          
           
             
               DISTASTE
               .
            
             
               Under
               which
               Branch
               are
               these
               Stories
               displayed
               .
            
             
               
                 1
                 THe
                 Tale
                 of
                 a
                 wenching
                 Companion
                 ,
                 who
                 could
                 not
                 fare
                 well
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 must
                 cry
                 roast-meat
                 .
              
               
                 
                   74
                   ,
                   75
                   ,
                   76
                   ,
                   77
                   ,
                   78
                   ,
                   79
                   ,
                   80
                   ,
                
                 &
                 81
              
               
                 2
                 A
                 Story
                 related
                 to
                 like
                 purpose
                 ,
                 hapning
                 in
                 
                 our
                 owne
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 our
                 owne
                 Clime
                 .
              
               
                 
                   81
                   ,
                   82
                
                 ,
                 &
                 83.
                 
              
               
                 3
                 The
                 Tale
                 of
                 a
                 wanton
                 witty
                 Dame
                 ,
                 who
                 advised
                 her
                 Sweet-heart
                 ,
                 to
                 secure
                 them
                 the
                 better
                 from
                 her
                 Husbands
                 presence
                 ,
                 to
                 attire
                 his
                 Servant
                 in
                 a
                 Beares
                 skin
                 ,
                 &c.
                 which
                 Story
                 is
                 commended
                 to
                 the
                 relation
                 of
                 a
                 Poem
                 .
              
               
                 
                   84
                   ,
                   85
                
                 ,
                 &
                 86.
                 
              
               
                 4
                 The
                 fury
                 of
                 a
                 jealous
                 Dame
                 unto
                 her
                 Servant
                 ,
                 upon
                 finding
                 some
                 favours
                 bestowed
                 on
                 him
                 ,
                 in
                 her
                 Maids
                 Cabinet
                 .
              
               
                 86
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 5
                 The
                 Tale
                 of
                 the
                 Woman
                 who
                 accused
                 One
                 before
                 a
                 Iustice
                 for
                 a
                 Rape
                 .
              
               
                 
                   p.
                   87.
                
                 
              
               
                 6
                 The
                 Tragicall
                 intention
                 ,
                 but
                 Comicall
                 conclusion
                 of
                 a
                 Gentleman
                 ,
                 who
                 imployed
                 in
                 Service
                 abroad
                 ;
                 and
                 having
                 a
                 very
                 beautifull
                 Wife
                 ,
                 desired
                 to
                 be
                 satisfied
                 how
                 shee
                 behaved
                 her selfe
                 in
                 his
                 abscence
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 
                   p.
                   87
                   ,
                   88
                
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 7
                 The
                 easy
                 Credulity
                 of
                 a
                 lightly-perswaded
                 Gentleman
                 ,
                 who
                 chused
                 rather
                 to
                 incurre
                 the
                 worst
                 of
                 infamy
                 ,
                 than
                 harbour
                 the
                 least
                 suspicion
                 (
                 though
                 he
                 had
                 sufficient
                 occasion
                 )
                 of
                 his
                 Wifes
                 honesty
                 .
              
               
                 
                   89
                   ,
                   90
                
                 ,
                 &
                 91.
                 
              
               
                 8
                 The
                 Tale
                 of
                 a
                 Ioviall
                 good-fellow
                 ,
                 who
                 arm'd
                 himselfe
                 with
                 barley
                 broath
                 against
                 his
                 Wifes
                 shrewd
                 tongue
                 .
                 His
                 fearefull
                 vision
                 in
                 his
                 midnights
                 wandring
                 :
                 his
                 encounter
                 with
                 his
                 Wife
                 at
                 his
                 home
                 returning
                 .
                 All
                 which
                 are
                 lest
                 to
                 the
                 faithfull
                 relation
                 of
                 a
                 pleasant
                 Poem
                 .
              
               
                 
                   92
                   ,
                   93
                
                 ,
                 &
                 94.
                 
              
               
                 
                 9
                 Of
                 the
                 Man
                 ,
                 who
                 being
                 tane
                 tardy
                 ,
                 feign'd
                 himselfe
                 pursued
                 by
                 a
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 which
                 caus'd
                 him
                 to
                 fly
                 for
                 succour
                 to
                 his
                 Neighbours
                 bed
                 .
              
               
                 94
              
               
                 10
                 The
                 tale
                 of
                 an
                 Vniversity
                 Virago
                 .
              
               
                 
                   95
                   ,
                   96
                
              
               
                 11
                 The
                 Answer
                 of
                 a
                 brave
                 Blade
                 ,
                 being
                 in
                 company
                 of
                 a
                 bevy
                 of
                 joviall
                 Wenches
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 whitled
                 him
                 well
                 with
                 liquor
                 :
                 and
                 how
                 he
                 retorted
                 the
                 demand
                 of
                 a
                 braving
                 Blouse
                 too
                 too
                 enquisitive
                 after
                 his
                 actions
                 ,
                 to
                 her
                 owne
                 dishonour
                 .
              
               
                 
                   95
                   ,
                   96
                
              
               
                 12
                 How
                 a
                 sociable
                 Good-fellow
                 finding
                 his
                 Wife
                 laid
                 speechlesse
                 ,
                 return'd
                 her
                 ample
                 recompence
                 for
                 her
                 sullennesse
                 .
              
               
                 97
              
               
                 13
                 The
                 Answer
                 of
                 a
                 witty
                 Wench
                 to
                 One
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 a
                 familiar
                 One
                 ,
                 who
                 asked
                 her
                 the
                 reason
                 how
                 it
                 came
                 to
                 passe
                 that
                 her
                 Children
                 should
                 be
                 so
                 like
                 their
                 Father
                 ,
                 when
                 all
                 the
                 World
                 knew
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 many
                 Fathers
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 98
              
               
                 14
                 Of
                 a
                 trifling
                 Girle
                 who
                 was
                 cracking
                 nuts
                 ;
                 and
                 of
                 another
                 ill-nurtur'd
                 Tomboy
                 who
                 fell
                 to
                 catching
                 of
                 Flyes
                 ,
                 while
                 her
                 Sweet-heart
                 was
                 preferring
                 his
                 Suit.
                 
              
               
                 98
              
               
                 15
                 How
                 Alcibiades
                 drowned
                 Eupolis
                 in
                 the
                 Sea
                 ,
                 because
                 Eupolis
                 had
                 drowned
                 his
                 fame
                 so
                 often
                 upon
                 the
                 Stage
                 .
              
               
                 100
              
               
                 16
                 The
                 Story
                 of
                 the
                 Gentleman
                 and
                 his
                 sonne
                 beeing
                 Corrivals
                 to
                 one
                 Lady
                 ;
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Impreses
                 they
                 writ
                 with
                 Diamonds
                 in
                 a
                 Window
                 .
              
               
                 
                   p.
                   101
                
              
            
          
           
             
             
               GENTLENESSE
               OF
               SPEECH
               .
            
             
               Under
               which
               Branch
               are
               these
               Stories
               digested
               .
            
             
               
                 1
                 WHat
                 excellent
                 fruits
                 ,
                 this
                 
                   Gentle
                   Speech
                
                 graced
                 with
                 a
                 
                   pleasing
                   presence
                
                 have
                 produc'd
                 both
                 in
                 affairs
                 of
                 peace
                 and
                 warre
                 .
              
               
                 104
              
               
                 2
                 What
                 passionate
                 effects
                 that
                 sad
                 relation
                 of
                 Aeneas
                 wrought
                 in
                 the
                 heart
                 of
                 the
                 Carthaginian
                 Queene
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 3
                 Of
                 the
                 princely
                 presence
                 and
                 unaffected
                 Eloquence
                 of
                 Sophonisba
                 .
              
               
                 105
              
               
                 4
                 The
                 excellent
                 Commendation
                 of
                 a
                 Peere
                 of
                 this
                 Kingdome
                 ,
                 for
                 ability
                 of
                 discourse
                 and
                 perswasion
                 of
                 argument
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 5
                 The
                 deserving
                 praise
                 of
                 a
                 Burgomasters
                 Wife
                 .
              
               
                 108
              
               
                 6
                 The
                 Bridegroomes
                 funerall
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Bridall-Bra●le
                 .
              
               
                 
                   108
                   ,
                   109
                
                 ,
                 &
                 110
              
               
                 
                   7
                   Zantippes
                
                 Story
                 with
                 other
                 Vixons
                 of
                 the
                 like
                 quality
                 .
              
               
                 111
              
               
                 8
                 Aphorismes
                 extracted
                 from
                 Hippocrates
                 ,
                 and
                 applyed
                 to
                 our
                 present
                 purpose
                 .
              
               
                 112
              
               
                 9
                 How
                 a
                 Woman
                 was
                 wa●ned
                 from
                 her
                 inbred
                 Condition
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 kindnesse
                 wonne
                 to
                 a
                 sweet
                 disposition
                 .
              
               
                 
                   112
                   ,
                   113
                
              
               
                 
                 10
                 A
                 Tale
                 of
                 a
                 Falconer
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ib.
                   110
                
              
               
                 11
                 The
                 strange
                 opinion
                 begot
                 out
                 of
                 Custom
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 Muscovian
                 women
                 have
                 of
                 their
                 Husbands
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 doe
                 not
                 beat
                 them
                 :
                 And
                 of
                 an
                 heavy
                 designe
                 arising
                 thereon
                 .
              
               
                 
                   114
                   ,
                   115
                
                 ,
                 &
                 116.
                 
              
               
                 12
                 How
                 kisses
                 came
                 first
                 from
                 Trojan
                 Dames
                 ,
                 hoping
                 by
                 that
                 meanes
                 to
                 pacifie
                 their
                 incensed
                 Husbands
                 .
              
               
                 1●6
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 13
                 Excellent
                 Directions
                 for
                 our
                 forme
                 of
                 Speech
                 .
              
               
                 117
              
               
                 14
                 The
                 pratling
                 of
                 a
                 Fondling
                 to
                 her
                 Husband
                 :
                 And
                 of
                 the
                 Millanoises
                 his
                 confession
                 ,
                 that
                 his
                 Wifes
                 toungue
                 had
                 ever
                 a
                 charm
                 in
                 readinesse
                 to
                 unloose
                 his
                 purse
              
               
                 118
              
            
          
           
             
               DISSIMULATION
               .
            
             
               Under
               which
               Branch
               are
               these
               Stories
               discovered
               .
            
             
               
                 1
                 THe
                 sundry
                 Resemblances
                 of
                 Dissimulation
                 to
                 diverse
                 Creatures
                 .
              
               
                 119
              
               
                 2
                 The
                 nimble
                 Device
                 of
                 a
                 witty
                 Wife
                 ,
                 to
                 delude
                 her
                 Husband
                 .
              
               
                 120
              
               
                 3
                 The
                 like
                 instanced
                 upon
                 severall
                 occasions
                 .
              
               
                 121
              
               
                 
                   4
                   Dissimulation
                
                 expressed
                 in
                 Subjects
                 of
                 Passion
                 :
                 and
                 returned
                 in
                 the
                 Tale
                 of
                 a
                 passionate
                 
                 widdow
                 at
                 the
                 Buriall
                 of
                 her
                 Husband
                 .
              
               
                 122
              
               
                 5
                 The
                 Answer
                 of
                 a
                 Good
                 wife
                 to
                 her
                 Husband
                 ,
                 in
                 pointing
                 at
                 a
                 Cuckold
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 6
                 The
                 like
                 upon
                 Thames
                 ,
                 occasioned
                 upon
                 the
                 same
                 Subject
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ib.
                   &c.
                
                 
              
               
                 7
                 The
                 Answer
                 of
                 a
                 young
                 Bride
                 to
                 her
                 Bride-maid
                 upon
                 her
                 marriage
                 night
                 .
              
               
                 123
              
               
                 8
                 A
                 single
                 Womans
                 answer
                 to
                 her
                 Confessor
                 .
              
               
                 124
              
               
                 9
                 Historicall
                 passages
                 of
                 
                   Thomyris
                   ,
                   Penelope
                
                 and
                 Hypermnestra
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 &
                 125
              
               
                 10
                 The
                 Story
                 of
                 the
                 Hesperides
                 ,
                 with
                 their
                 Embleme
                 .
              
               
                 126
              
               
                 11
                 Of
                 a
                 subtill
                 Coy-Ducke
                 ,
                 who
                 dissemblingly
                 from
                 her
                 credulous
                 Husband
                 shrouded
                 her
                 staine
                 ,
                 till
                 a
                 more
                 publique
                 discovery
                 exposed
                 her
                 to
                 shame
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 12
                 The
                 constant
                 loyalty
                 ,
                 and
                 faithfull
                 s●crecy
                 of
                 a
                 noble
                 Italian
                 Lady
                 :
                 and
                 how
                 the
                 concealing
                 of
                 her
                 love
                 ,
                 became
                 the
                 deprivall
                 of
                 her
                 life
                 :
                 which
                 likewise
                 procured
                 his
                 death
                 ,
                 whom
                 she
                 did
                 entirely
                 love
                 .
              
               
                 
                   127
                   ,
                   128
                
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 13
                 A
                 familiar
                 manner
                 of
                 Wooing
                 betwixt
                 two
                 home-spunne
                 Lovers
                 .
              
               
                 129
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 14
                 When
                 Affection
                 comes
                 in
                 place
                 ,
                 Portion
                 is
                 ever
                 to
                 take
                 the
                 second
                 place
                 .
              
               
                 131
              
               
                 15
                 Love
                 is
                 not
                 to
                 bee
                 strangled
                 ,
                 but
                 easily
                 repelled
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 distance
                 allayed
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 only
                 distanced
                 ,
                 but
                 with
                 employments
                 wearied
                 .
              
               
                 132
              
               
                 16
                 The
                 Spee●h
                 of
                 a
                 brave
                 Spartan
                 Lady
                 ,
                 upon
                 
                 report
                 of
                 a
                 disloyall
                 act
                 done
                 by
                 her
                 indeared
                 Servant
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 17
                 Those
                 who
                 can
                 pretend
                 fancy
                 to
                 a
                 Lover
                 ,
                 and
                 reserve
                 a
                 Corner
                 of
                 their
                 heart
                 for
                 another
                 ,
                 are
                 resembled
                 to
                 
                   Paphlagonian
                   Partridges
                
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 said
                 to
                 have
                 two
                 hearts
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 18
                 The
                 nature
                 of
                 the
                 Iuniper
                 ;
                 resembled
                 to
                 a
                 loyall
                 Lover
                 .
              
               
                 133
              
               
                 19
                 Women
                 should
                 not
                 be
                 to
                 free
                 nor
                 open
                 in
                 the
                 impartment
                 of
                 their
                 fancy
                 :
                 instanced
                 in
                 a
                 Lady
                 ,
                 who
                 after
                 her
                 inconstancy
                 ,
                 ingaged
                 her
                 fancy
                 to
                 her
                 rejected
                 friends
                 discovery
                 .
              
               
                 134
              
               
                 20
                 A
                 pretty
                 Tale
                 of
                 a
                 discontented
                 Coople
                 ,
                 who
                 ,
                 to
                 mend
                 the
                 matter
                 ,
                 joyntly
                 resolved
                 to
                 bee
                 married
                 againe
                 .
              
               
                 
                   135
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 
              
               
                 21
                 The
                 choyce
                 of
                 a
                 merry
                 Greeke
                 touching
                 his
                 foure
                 Mistresses
                 ;
                 clozed
                 in
                 an
                 Epigram
                 .
              
               
                 
                   137
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 
              
               
                 22
                 The
                 brave
                 temper
                 of
                 a
                 Biscoy
                 in
                 the
                 expression
                 of
                 her
                 Love.
                 
              
               
                 138
              
               
                 23
                 Of
                 dissembling
                 Widdow-mourners
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 &
                 139
              
               
                 24
                 The
                 Story
                 of
                 the
                 Indian
                 woman
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ib.
                   &
                   140
                
              
               
                 25
                 A
                 conceited
                 Treatise
                 composed
                 by
                 an
                 Italian
                 ,
                 intitled
                 ,
                 
                   A
                   Supplication
                   to
                   Candle-light
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ib.
                   &
                   141
                
              
               
                 26
                 Choycest
                 Cates
                 cloy
                 the
                 soonest
                 .
              
               
                 142
              
               
                 27
                 Of
                 a
                 Wanton
                 Florentines
                 free
                 invitation
                 of
                 fresh
                 Servants
                 .
              
               
                 143
              
               
                 28
                 The
                 ch●ste
                 and
                 temperate
                 Soveraignty
                 of
                 
                 an
                 honour'd
                 Lady
                 .
              
               
                 ibid.
                 
              
               
                 
                   29
                   Contempt
                
                 or
                 Selfe-opinion
                 ,
                 the
                 sole
                 estrangers
                 of
                 affection
                 ;
                 made
                 cleare
                 by
                 an
                 experienc'd
                 relation
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ib.
                   &
                   144
                
              
               
                 
                   30
                   Theodora's
                
                 her
                 divine
                 discourse
                 to
                 a
                 loose
                 Lover
                 .
              
               
                 
                   145
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 
              
               
                 31
                 To
                 our
                 amorous
                 Surveyors
                 of
                 Belcone's
                 ,
                 and
                 profest
                 Courtiers
                 of
                 casements
                 ;
                 with
                 the
                 story
                 of
                 a
                 deluded
                 Gallant
                 in
                 the
                 quest
                 of
                 his
                 Mistresse
                 .
              
               
                 
                   146
                   ,
                   147
                   ,
                   148
                   ,
                   149
                   ,
                   &
                   150
                
              
               
                 32
                 The
                 like
                 story
                 (
                 but
                 interlaced
                 with
                 sundry
                 choice
                 passages
                 )
                 of
                 a
                 young
                 Prodigall
                 ,
                 who
                 found
                 his
                 owne
                 wife
                 in
                 the
                 habit
                 of
                 a
                 Curtezan
                 .
              
               
                 
                   150
                   ,
                   151
                   ,
                   152
                   ,
                   153
                   ,
                   &
                   154
                
              
               
                 33
                 The
                 famous
                 story
                 of
                 Isabella
                 ,
                 wife
                 to
                 
                   Luchino
                   Visconti
                
                 Lord
                 of
                 Millaine
                 ;
                 her
                 pretended
                 Pilgrimage
                 purposely
                 to
                 visit
                 her
                 deare
                 servant
                 Ugolino
                 :
                 which
                 caused
                 the
                 Millanoise
                 to
                 lay
                 siedge
                 to
                 Mantua
                 ,
                 though
                 afterwards
                 removed
                 by
                 the
                 mediation
                 of
                 friends
                 .
              
               
                 
                   155
                   ,
                   156
                
              
               
                 34
                 An
                 excellent
                 moderne
                 story
                 of
                 a
                 young
                 Gentleman
                 and
                 his
                 Lady
                 ;
                 how
                 after
                 a
                 long
                 division
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 strange
                 occasion
                 they
                 became
                 reconciled
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 one
                 in
                 affection
                 .
              
               
                 
                   156
                   ,
                   157
                   ,
                   158
                   ,
                   159
                   ,
                   &
                   160
                
              
               
                 35
                 The
                 Character
                 of
                 a
                 Gentleman
                 Vsher.
                 
              
               
                 
                   161
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 
              
               
                 36
                 Evill
                 society
                 the
                 staine
                 of
                 Gentry
                 .
              
               
                 ibid.
                 
              
               
                 
                 
                   37
                   Pleasure
                
                 and
                 Profit
                 make
                 up
                 the
                 best
                 Musick
                 .
              
               
                 167
              
            
          
        
         
           
             SECTION
             II.
             Imitable
             vertues
             in
             Women
             ;
             illustrated
             by
             Examples
             .
          
           
             Under
             which
             Subject
             are
             these
             Stories
             contained
             and
             continued
             .
          
           
             
               1HE
               descends
               to
               a
               serious
               survey
               or
               diligent
               display
               of
               every
               Cardinall
               Vertue
               .
               Wherein
               hee
               findes
               rare
               feminine
               instances
               in
               each
               kinde
               :
               and
               such
               as
               may
               deserve
               imitation
               of
               the
               
                 Stronger
                 Sexe
              
               .
            
             
               
                 168
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
          
           
             
               PRUDENCE
               .
            
             
               Under
               which
               kind
               ,
               are
               these
               Stories
               connexed
               .
            
             
               
                 1
                 OF
                 the
                 City
                 Cockney
                 ,
                 who
                 expected
                 a
                 continued
                 penthouse
                 in
                 all
                 her
                 Country-journey
                 .
              
               
                 
                 169
              
               
                 2
                 The
                 discreet
                 and
                 prudent
                 carriage
                 of
                 Thomyris
                 ,
                 in
                 her
                 besteading
                 of
                 the
                 Massagetes
                 ,
                 and
                 discomfiture
                 of
                 Cyrus
                 :
                 the
                 wise
                 mannagement
                 of
                 her
                 estate
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 whole
                 course
                 of
                 her
                 raigne
                 .
              
               
               
                 Her
                 witty
                 Inscription
                 upon
                 her
                 Tombe
                 .
              
               
                 
                   170
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 
              
               
                 3
                 The
                 wise
                 and
                 peaceable
                 Government
                 of
                 the
                 stately
                 Semyramis
                 .
              
               
                 
                   172
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 
              
               
                 4
                 The
                 glory
                 of
                 the
                 Amazonian
                 state
                 under
                 their
                 invincible
                 Penthisilea
                 .
              
               
                 
                   173
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 
              
               
                 5
                 The
                 wisedome
                 and
                 resolution
                 of
                 that
                 excellent
                 Sophonisba
                 .
              
               
                 
                   174
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 
              
               
                 6
                 Of
                 
                   Berenice
                   ;
                   Nicaula
                   ,
                   the
                   Sabean
                
                 Queene
                 ;
                 Sheba's
                 visit
                 of
                 King
                 Salomon
                 ;
                 The
                 prudence
                 of
                 royall
                 Hester
                 ,
                 in
                 preventing
                 her
                 peoples
                 danger
                 ;
                 And
                 of
                 Abigail
                 in
                 pacifying
                 Davids
                 anger
                 :
                 winding
                 up
                 this
                 linke
                 with
                 the
                 living
                 fame
                 of
                 our
                 renouned
                 Eliza
                 ,
                 who
                 made
                 her
                 Kingdome
                 (
                 this
                 hedged
                 Garden
                 )
                 an
                 Elisium
                 .
              
               
                 176
              
            
          
           
             
               JUSTICE
               .
            
             
               Under
               which
               linke
               are
               these
               Stories
               in
               wreathed
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   1
                   IUstice
                
                 an
                 Abstract
                 of
                 all
                 other
                 vertues
                 ,
                 illustrated
                 by
                 sundry
                 memorable
                 Sentences
                 ,
                 
                 delivered
                 by
                 such
                 women
                 as
                 were
                 held
                 not
                 only
                 professors
                 but
                 practisers
                 of
                 that
                 vertue
                 .
              
               
                 178
              
               
                 First
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Thracian
                 Lady
                 .
              
               
                 ibid.
                 
              
               
                 Secondly
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Alban
                 Lady
                 .
              
               
                 ibid.
                 
              
               
                 Thirdly
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Emperesse
                 in
                 her
                 patronage
                 of
                 Iustice.
                 
              
               
                 
                   ib.
                   &
                   179
                
              
               
                 Fourthly
                 ,
                 of
                 a
                 just
                 Mother
                 in
                 the
                 censure
                 of
                 her
                 daughter
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 Fiftly
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 resolution
                 of
                 those
                 Almaine
                 Sisters
                 .
              
               
                 180
              
               
                 Sixtly
                 ,
                 the
                 like
                 example
                 of
                 a
                 noble
                 Gentlewoman
                 in
                 our
                 owne
                 Coast.
                 
              
               
                 ibid.
                 
              
               
                 Seventhly
                 ,
                 the
                 noble
                 disposition
                 of
                 a
                 modest
                 Matron
                 .
              
               
                 ibid.
                 
              
               
                 Eightly
                 ,
                 the
                 advice
                 of
                 the
                 Sabine
                 women
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ib.
                   &
                   181
                
              
               
                 Ninthly
                 ,
                 the
                 impartiality
                 of
                 Aurelia
                 in
                 her
                 husbands
                 election
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 Justice
                 ,
                 when
                 corrupted
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 compared
                 to
                 the
                 Celedonie
                 stone
                 ;
                 when
                 equally
                 dispensed
                 ,
                 compared
                 to
                 the
                 Selenite
                 stone
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ibid.
                   &
                   182
                
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 Emperour
                 Basils
                 time
                 was
                 found
                 neither
                 Plaintiffe
                 to
                 accuse
                 ,
                 nor
                 Defendant
                 to
                 answer
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Princesse
                 Decree
                 against
                 litigious
                 Plaintiffes
                 .
              
               
                 ibid.
                 
              
               
                 Iustice
                 resembled
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Evening
                   Starre
                
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
             
               TEMPERANCE
               .
            
             
               Under
               which
               linke
               are
               inchaced
               these
               Stories
               .
            
             
               
                 1
                 THe
                 excellent
                 saying
                 of
                 a
                 Lady
                 in
                 the
                 attemperature
                 of
                 her
                 affection
                 :
                 occasioned
                 from
                 Livia's
                 and
                 Lucilia's
                 different
                 passions
                 .
              
               
                 184
              
               
                 2
                 This
                 vertue
                 pitcheth
                 mainly
                 upon
                 three
                 Objects
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     1
                     Irascible
                     .
                     ibid.
                     
                  
                   
                     2
                     Concupiscible
                     .
                     ibid.
                     
                  
                   
                     3
                     Intelligible
                     .
                     ibid.
                     
                  
                
              
               
                 3
                 For
                 Commanders
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 ,
                 are
                 instanced
                 
                   Architas
                   ,
                   Chilo
                
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 noble
                 Lady
                 .
              
               
                 185
              
               
                 4
                 For
                 Commanders
                 in
                 the
                 second
                 ,
                 a
                 discreet
                 Ethnick
                 Lady
                 ;
                 the
                 incomparable
                 Armenia
                 .
              
               
                 186
              
               
                 5
                 Their
                 command
                 over
                 their
                 desires
                 in
                 contempt
                 of
                 
                   Honour
                   ,
                   Habit
                   ,
                   Appetite
                
                 ,
                 instanced
                 in
                 many
                 excellent
                 Ladies
                 :
                 not
                 without
                 just
                 ,
                 reproofe
                 of
                 that
                 famous
                 
                   Italian
                   Domenico
                   Silvio
                
                 his
                 wife
                 ,
                 who
                 preferred
                 luscious
                 fare
                 before
                 her
                 fame
                 ,
                 light
                 consorts
                 before
                 her
                 honour
                 .
              
               
                 
                   187
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 
              
               
                 6
                 The
                 Romans
                 made
                 Recluses
                 of
                 their
                 owne
                 Howses
                 .
              
               
                 190
              
               
                 7
                 What
                 temperance
                 the
                 ancient
                 Romans
                 observed
                 
                 in
                 their
                 abstinence
                 from
                 wine
                 .
              
               
                 ibid.
                 
              
               
                 8
                 The
                 diversion
                 of
                 their
                 passion
                 ;
                 their
                 zeale
                 to
                 reputation
                 .
              
               
                 191
              
               
                 9
                 For
                 Commanders
                 in
                 the
                 last
                 ,
                 He
                 refers
                 them
                 to
                 his
                 Eight
                 Section
                 ,
                 wherein
                 their
                 witty
                 Aphorismes
                 are
                 contained
                 .
              
               
                 192
              
            
          
           
             
               FORTITUDE
               .
            
             
               Under
               which
               linke
               are
               inchained
               these
               Stories
               .
            
             
               
                 1
                 OF
                 Epicharia
                 ,
                 that
                 famous
                 Libertine
                 of
                 Rome
                 .
              
               
                 
                   193
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 
              
               
                 2
                 Of
                 Leaena
                 ,
                 though
                 a
                 prostitute
                 ,
                 secret
                 and
                 resolute
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 3
                 The
                 speech
                 of
                 a
                 discreet
                 Gentlewoman
                 .
              
               
                 195
              
               
                 4
                 The
                 exhortation
                 of
                 a
                 person
                 of
                 high
                 quality
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 of
                 our
                 owne
                 Country
                 ,
                 addressed
                 to
                 her
                 husband
                 about
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 his
                 sonne
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ibid.
                   &
                   c..
                
                 
              
               
                 5
                 What
                 women
                 aptest
                 to
                 reteine
                 secrets
                 .
              
               
                 ibid.
                 
              
               
                 6
                 The
                 strange
                 cautious
                 flight
                 of
                 Geese
                 in
                 their
                 passage
                 from
                 Cilicia
                 over
                 the
                 mountaine
                 Taurus
                 .
              
               
                 197
              
               
                 7
                 Dionysius
                 his
                 strait
                 command
                 for
                 beheading
                 Bryas
                 .
              
               
                 198
              
               
                 8
                 A
                 sweet
                 consort
                 the
                 only
                 allayer
                 of
                 griefe
                 and
                 augmenter
                 of
                 comfort
                 :
                 their
                 secrecy
                 ,
                 their
                 
                 husbands
                 safety
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   ibid.
                   &c.
                
                 
              
               
                 9
                 The
                 speech
                 of
                 a
                 discreet
                 Grecian
                 ,
                 touching
                 secrecy
                 of
                 counsell
                 .
              
               
                 ibid.
                 
              
               
                 10
                 No
                 better
                 Innes
                 for
                 Curtaine
                 conference
                 to
                 lodge
                 in
                 ,
                 than
                 at
                 the
                 Signes
                 of
                 Harpocrates
                 and
                 Anacharses
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 11
                 Excellent
                 instruction
                 in
                 matters
                 of
                 Secrecy
                 .
              
               
                 201
              
               
                 
                   12
                   Milo
                
                 was
                 not
                 halfe
                 so
                 strong
                 in
                 bearing
                 a
                 Bull
                 ;
                 as
                 Stilpho
                 in
                 opposing
                 his
                 own
                 will.
                 
              
               
                 ibid.
                 
              
               
                 13
                 The
                 
                   Wife
                   of
                   Bath
                
                 ,
                 upon
                 whose
                 Tale
                 ,
                 the
                 Author
                 at
                 request
                 of
                 some
                 noble
                 Friends
                 ,
                 hath
                 lately
                 annexed
                 his
                 illustrations
                 ,
                 was
                 nothing
                 nice
                 ,
                 in
                 telling
                 the
                 World
                 what
                 liked
                 a
                 Woman
                 best
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 14
                 How
                 wittily
                 a
                 Gentlewoman
                 covered
                 her
                 jealousy
                 .
              
               
                 202
              
               
                 15
                 How
                 commendable
                 it
                 is
                 for
                 women
                 to
                 decline
                 their
                 minds
                 from
                 an
                 apish
                 imitation
                 of
                 fashions
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 16
                 The
                 humerous
                 Lady
                 ;
                 who
                 ever
                 wore
                 the
                 best
                 cloaths
                 ,
                 when
                 she
                 came
                 lea
                 in
                 sight
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ibid.
                   &c.
                
                 
              
               
                 17
                 When
                 opportunity
                 and
                 youth
                 meet
                 together
                 :
                 the
                 Combat
                 makes
                 a
                 glorious
                 Conqueror
                 ,
                 instanced
                 in
                 Penelope
                 .
              
               
                 ib.
                 
              
               
                 18
                 What
                 Women
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 of
                 noblest
                 ranke
                 ,
                 to
                 their
                 lasting
                 glory
                 ,
                 have
                 in
                 our
                 own
                 Country
                 ,
                 by
                 their
                 continued
                 widdow-hood
                 ,
                 honoured
                 their
                 Husbands
                 memory
                 .
              
               
                 204
              
               
                 
                 19
                 The
                 devout
                 Meditation
                 and
                 constant
                 resolution
                 of
                 a
                 young
                 Gentlewoman
                 :
                 with
                 a
                 farewell
                 to
                 all
                 vanity
                 upon
                 her
                 Conversion
                 .
              
               
                 
                   205
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
             SECTION
             III.
             Their
             Moderation
             of
             Passion
             .
          
           
             Under
             which
             Subject
             are
             these
             Stories
             presented
             .
          
           
             
               1THe
               unexemplary
               Disaster
               at
               Cannae
               .
            
             
               
                 210
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               2
               The
               patience
               of
               
                 Octavia
                 ,
                 Porcia
                 ,
                 Tanaquila
              
               ,
               whose
               well-composed
               temper
               raised
               her
               Tarquin
               from
               a
               subject
               to
               an
               Emperour
               .
            
             
               
                 ibid.
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               3
               The
               temperate
               moderation
               of
               Caecilia
               and
               Cornelia
               .
            
             
               
                 ibid
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               4
               Instances
               of
               our
               owne
               ,
               in
               a
               most
               loyall
               Wife
               ,
               who
               was
               distasted
               by
               her
               Husband
               only
               because
               she
               was
               his
               wife
               .
            
             
               215
            
             
               5
               Women
               may
               bee
               too
               insensible
               of
               injuries
               ,
               aswell
               as
               too
               apprehensive
               .
            
             
               
                 p.
                 216
              
            
             
               
               6
               Houses
               are
               neither
               to
               bee
               governed
               by
               Shrews
               nor
               Sheepe
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               7
               A
               legendary
               Story
               of
               a
               patient
               Votaresse
               .
            
             
               
                 ib.
                 &
                 217
                 ,
                 218
                 ,
                 &
                 219
              
            
             
               8
               A
               Discourse
               of
               such
               Women
               who
               thought
               they
               had
               Spirits
               stout
               enough
               to
               revenge
               ,
               &
               Power
               enough
               to
               second
               that
               revenge
               ,
               yet
               held
               they
               it
               their
               highest
               honour
               to
               
                 moderate
                 passion
              
               with
               a
               recollected
               temper
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               9
               A
               Colonels
               attestation
               of
               his
               wifes
               calme
               disposition
               .
            
             
               220
            
             
               10
               A
               Virago
               ,
               quite
               of
               another
               nature
               .
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               11
               The
               Syracusans
               strong
               testimony
               of
               his
               Wifes
               temper
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               12
               Losse
               of
               estate
               more
               sufferable
               than
               losse
               of
               good
               name
               :
               instanced
               in
               the
               resolution
               of
               a
               noble
               Roman
               Lady
               .
            
             
               221
            
             
               13
               A
               Gentlewomans
               answer
               to
               a
               perfect
               Courtier
               ,
               laying
               siege
               to
               her
               honour
               .
            
             
               222
            
             
               14
               Mildnesse
               begets
               in
               women
               ,
               a
               neare
               resemblance
               with
               that
               well-disposed
               feminine
               Monarchy
               of
               Bees
               :
               they
               have
               honey
               to
               sweeten
               their
               stings
               .
            
             
               223
            
             
               15
               No
               vertue
               more
               ennobles
               a
               
                 rationall
                 soule
              
               than
               this
               
                 Moderation
                 of
                 Passion
              
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             SECTION
             IV.
             Their
             Continency
             in
             assaults
             .
          
           
             Under
             which
             Subject
             are
             these
             Stories
             related
             .
          
           
             
               
                 1
                 SOPHRONIA'S
              
               modest
               answer
               to
               a
               Wanton
               Suiter
               .
            
             
               225.226
            
             
               
                 2
                 Scipio
              
               commended
               for
               returning
               to
               Allantius
               his
               Spouse
               ,
               after
               such
               time
               as
               her
               beauty
               was
               presented
               to
               him
               for
               a
               booty
               .
            
             
               
                 ib.
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               3
               The
               like
               of
               Alexander
               ,
               for
               sparing
               Darius
               wife
               and
               his
               three
               Daughters
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               4
               What
               a
               firme
               tye
               
                 Conjugall
                 love
              
               held
               ,
               even
               among
               Ethnicks
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               5
               The
               Tragicall
               story
               of
               Camma
               wife
               to
               Synattus
               and
               Synorix
               .
            
             
               
                 ib.
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               6
               The
               resolute
               answer
               of
               a
               
                 Noble
                 Captive
              
               to
               a
               Generall
               :
               And
               what
               a
               fortunate
               issue
               crowned
               both
               their
               desires
               .
            
             
               
                 229
                 ,
                 230
              
            
             
               7
               The
               constant
               affection
               of
               a
               vertuous
               Maid
               :
               with
               her
               Answer
               to
               her
               father
               touching
               her
               Choice
               .
            
             
               
                 ib.
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               
               8
               The
               story
               of
               those
               dainty
               Dalmatian
               virgins
               :
               shewing
               with
               what
               continency
               they
               resisted
               the
               assaults
               of
               their
               commanding
               Enemies
               .
            
             
               
                 ib.
                 &
                 233
              
            
             
               9
               The
               like
               of
               those
               Scythian
               women
               ,
               who
               after
               their
               Husbands
               discomfiture
               ,
               chused
               rather
               to
               expose
               themselves
               to
               death
               and
               danger
               ,
               than
               forfeit
               their
               honour
               .
            
             
               
                 ib.
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               10
               Instances
               in
               Women
               ,
               who
               wained
               their
               fancies
               from
               those
               whom
               they
               once
               loved
               :
               And
               this
               he
               confirmes
               with
               a
               pleasant
               Story
               hapning
               betwixt
               two
               Lovers
               upon
               the
               yeelding
               up
               of
               Brada
               .
            
             
               
                 ibid.
                 &
                 235
                 ,
                 236
                 ,
                 237.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             SECTION
             V.
             Their
             Modesty
             in
             Count'nance
             ,
             Habit
             ,
             and
             Expression
             of
             their
             Affection
             .
          
           
             
               COUNTENANCE
               .
            
             
               Under
               which
               Subject
               are
               these
               Stories
               ●mopiled
               .
            
             
               
                 1NOne
                 can
                 say
                 they
                 have
                 modest
                 minds
                 ,
                 so
                 long
                 as
                 they
                 have
                 immodest
                 eyes
                 .
              
               
                 239
              
               
                 2
                 Light
                 Habits
                 suite
                 not
                 well
                 with
                 grave
                 hearts
                 :
                 nor
                 wandring-eyes
                 with
                 setled
                 minds
                 .
              
               
                 ibid.
                 
              
               
                 3
                 He
                 inveyes
                 against
                 painting
                 ,
                 poudring
                 ,
                 purfling
                 :
                 and
                 strengthneth
                 his
                 reproofe
                 with
                 the
                 testimonies
                 of
                 S.
                 Hierom
                 ,
                 S.
                 
                   Cyprian
                   ,
                   S.
                   Ambrose
                
                 ,
                 S.
                 
                   Nazianzene
                   ,
                   Clemens
                   ,
                   Pet.
                   Martyr
                   ,
                   Tertullian
                   ,
                   Scultetus
                   ,
                   Petrarch
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   240
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 
              
               
                 4
                 A
                 pleasant
                 passage
                 betwixt
                 a
                 Bedlamer
                 and
                 
                 a
                 phantastick
                 Girle
                 .
              
               
                 
                   242
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   5
                   ☞
                   Lacides
                
                 Prince
                 of
                 Argos
                 ,
                 accounted
                 lascivious
                 for
                 his
                 sleeke
                 lookes
                 ,
                 and
                 mincing
                 gate
                 .
              
               
                 244
              
               
                 6
                 So
                 was
                 Pompeie
                 for
                 scratching
                 his
                 head
                 with
                 one
                 finger
                 .
              
               
                 ibid.
                 
              
               
                 
                   7
                   Augustus
                
                 discovered
                 the
                 dispositions
                 of
                 his
                 daughters
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 places
                 where
                 they
                 frequented
                 ;
                 the
                 company
                 with
                 which
                 they
                 conversed
                 .
              
               
                 ibid.
                 
              
               
                 8
                 The
                 directions
                 of
                 a
                 Roman
                 Matron
                 to
                 her
                 daughters
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ib.
                   &
                   245
                
              
               
                 9
                 Th●
                 composed
                 Count'nance
                 ,
                 and
                 constant
                 ●●desty
                 of
                 a
                 young
                 maid
                 ,
                 both
                 in
                 the
                 presence
                 and
                 absence
                 of
                 her
                 choice
                 .
              
               
                 246
              
               
                 10
                 The
                 modesty
                 of
                 that
                 incomparable
                 Aemilia
                 .
              
               
                 247
              
            
          
           
             
               HABIT
               .
            
             
               
                 1
                 THe
                 Habit
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 ,
                 the
                 Anatomy
                 of
                 the
                 mind
                 .
              
               
                 248
              
               
                 2
                 The
                 answer
                 of
                 a
                 Lady
                 of
                 this
                 Kingdome
                 to
                 a
                 Peere
                 who
                 came
                 to
                 visit
                 her
                 ,
                 asking
                 her
                 why
                 she
                 appeared
                 still
                 a
                 mourner
                 ?
              
               
                 
                   ib.
                   &
                   2●9
                
              
               
                 3
                 The
                 Answer
                 of
                 an
                 Outlandish
                 woman
                 to
                 one
                 of
                 our
                 own
                 Natives
                 ,
                 touching
                 following
                 of
                 fashions
                 .
              
               
                 250.
                 
              
               
                 4
                 A
                 Divine
                 Answer
                 return'd
                 by
                 an
                 excellent
                 Lady
                 to
                 an
                 impertinent
                 Objection
                 .
              
               
                 ibid.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
             
               EXPRESSION
               OF
               AFFECTION
               .
            
             
               
                 1
                 THe
                 Expressive
                 and
                 most
                 Emphaticall
                 Speeches
                 of
                 
                   Aurelia
                   ,
                   Sulpitia
                
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 brave
                 Burgundian
                 Lady
                 .
              
               
                 251
              
               
                 2
                 A
                 rare
                 expression
                 of
                 affection
                 in
                 a
                 young
                 Maid
                 :
                 and
                 how
                 in
                 a
                 disguise
                 following
                 her
                 Lover
                 she
                 dyed
                 of
                 a
                 fever
                 .
              
               
                 
                   252
                   &c.
                
                 
              
               
                 3
                 A
                 passionate
                 story
                 of
                 a
                 deeply
                 inamoured
                 Girle
                 .
              
               
                 
                   ib●●
                   .
                   255
                
              
               
                 4
                 The
                 modest
                 affection
                 of
                 majestick
                 Marcella
                 .
              
               
                 ibid.
                 
              
               
                 5
                 A
                 woman
                 should
                 neither
                 be
                 too
                 forward
                 ,
                 nor
                 〈…〉
                 ,
                 nor
                 too
                 easy
                 in
                 the
                 expression
                 of
                 her
                 fancy
                 :
                 shadowed
                 in
                 two
                 posies
                 .
              
               
                 
                   256
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             SECTION
             VI.
             The
             violence
             of
             some
             Women
             used
             upon
             such
             as
             were
             Corrivals
             in
             their
             choice
             :
             with
             Examples
             .
          
           
             Under
             which
             Subject
             are
             these
             Stories
             recorded
             .
          
           
             
               
                 1
                 ITALY
              
               ,
               a
               tragick
               Theater
               of
               such
               Presentments
               .
            
             
               
                 258
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               2
               The
               jealouse
               Lady
               ,
               who
               stab'd
               her
               Favorite
               .
            
             
               
                 ib.
                 &
                 260.
              
               
            
             
               3
               The
               Ladies
               Duell
               .
            
             
               
                 261
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               4
               The
               cunning
               plot
               of
               Madam
               D'Alveare
               ,
               to
               discover
               her
               Servants
               familiarity
               with
               another
               .
            
             
               
                 263
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               5
               The
               Corrivals
               bloody
               banquet
               .
            
             
               268.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             SECTION
             VII
             .
             Their
             modest
             defence
             .
          
           
             Under
             which
             Subject
             are
             these
             Stories
             confined
             .
          
           
             
               1THe
               different
               affections
               and
               effects
               of
               Lucilia
               and
               
                 Livia
                 ;
                 Phedra
              
               and
               Dejanira
               .
            
             
               271
            
             
               2
               Good
               intentions
               many
               times
               produce
               heavy
               events
               :
               and
               now
               and
               then
               mischievous
               plots
               ,
               Comicall
               ends
               :
               with
               instances
               of
               the
               latter
               ,
               in
               Olympia's
               uniust
               suite
               to
               her
               sonne
               Alexander
               :
               And
               Mandanes
               Dreame
               .
               Of
               the
               former
               ,
               in
               ●litemnestra
               and
               Aegystus
               :
               unfortunate
               Agrippina
               in
               the
               hopes
               she
               conceived
               ,
               and
               breeding
               she
               bestowed
               on
               Nero.
               
            
             
               
                 ib.
                 272
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               3
               Of
               an
               over-kind
               Duck
               ,
               who
               kill'd
               her
               too
               ticklish
               Sweet-heart
               with
               kindnesse
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               4
               A
               Review
               of
               all
               such
               Tragick
               Examples
               as
               were
               presented
               in
               the
               last
               Section
               .
            
             
               274
            
             
               
               5
               Their
               just
               Apology
               in
               defence
               of
               their
               Continency
               and
               Constancy
               .
            
             
               275
            
             
               6
               A
               custome
               amongst
               the
               Romans
               of
               breaking
               their
               Bride-waines
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               
                 7
                 Plato's
              
               difference
               betwixt
               two
               kinds
               of
               Venus
               :
               with
               the
               application
               of
               that
               Fiction
               ,
               and
               Morall
               to
               all
               modest
               Women
               :
               in
               the
               regulation
               of
               their
               
                 Thoughts
                 ,
                 Words
              
               and
               Actions
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               8
               The
               Counsels
               of
               mellifluous
               Bernard
               and
               sententious
               Seneca
               ,
               with
               all
               instancy
               recommended
               to
               them
               .
            
             
               279
            
             
               9
               By
               making
               Heaven
               their
               Object
               ;
               whatsoever
               is
               lesse
               than
               Heaven
               ,
               becomes
               their
               Subject
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               10
               We
               should
               be
               Pythagoreans
               to
               all
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               Peripatetians
               to
               Christ.
               
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               11
               The
               young
               Gallants
               encounter
               with
               his
               wanton
               Mistresse
               ,
               in
               Erasmus
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               12
               A
               view
               of
               such
               Errors
               wherewith
               Women
               are
               taxed
               :
               As
               their
               Ambition
               after
               honour
               ,
               pleasantly
               instanced
               :
               with
               an
               Other
               ,
               who
               desired
               rather
               to
               have
               her
               husband
               nimbly
               agile
               ,
               than
               aged
               and
               honourable
               .
               Their
               frequent
               to
               Court-Maskes
               and
               other
               publick
               State-shows
               .
               Their
               
                 Working
                 affection
              
               upon
               any
               
                 moving
                 action
              
               .
               Their
               proclivity
               to
               change
               their
               choice
               ;
               wherein
               occasionally
               Bodin
               is
               confuted
               .
               Their
               short
               and
               feigned
               funerall
               teares
               ,
               over
               their
               
                 Husbands
                 
                 Graves
              
               .
               Their
               
                 Unbounded
                 desires
              
               .
               Their
               easy
               inclination
               to
               temptation
               ;
               an
               Objection
               assoiled
               in
               the
               very
               first
               Section
               .
               Their
               longing
               affection
               after
               a
               promising
               proportion
               .
               Their
               inconstancy
               in
               their
               desire
               of
               Change
               ;
               with
               their
               jealousy
               in
               the
               enjoyment
               of
               their
               Choice
               .
               Their
               perspective
               Pattentary
               Sedands
               ,
               wherein
               they
               desire
               rather
               to
               see
               than
               to
               be
               seene
               .
               All
               which
               groundlesse
               aspersio●s
               and
               corky
               objections
               are
               so
               clearely
               refell●d
               ▪
               as
               these
               Timonists
               or
               feminine
               T●tters
               are
               enforced
               to
               come
               off
               with
               dishonour
               :
               with
               an
               acknowledgement
               of
               their
               error
               ,
               a
               disclaiming
               of
               their
               Censure
               .
               Their
               easy
               simplicity
               an
               excuse
               to
               their
               error
               :
               how
               misconstruction
               ,
               rather
               through
               ignorance
               th●●●
               malice
               ,
               makes
               them
               subject
               to
               mistakes
               :
               with
               a
               merry
               example
               to
               that
               purpose
            
             
               
                 279
                 ,
                 280
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               13
               A
               〈◊〉
               vindicating
               of
               them
               against
               their
               〈◊〉
               ,
               who
               taxe
               them
               of
               pride
               :
               by
               bringing
               in
               their
               toyes
               ▪
               tyres
               ,
               and
               dressings
               ▪
               w●●ples
               ,
               wyres
               ,
               and
               curlings
               ;
               〈◊〉
               ,
               poudrings
               ,
               and
               purflings
               upon
               the
               stage
               .
            
             
               289
            
             
               14
               The
               〈◊〉
               of
               Lessius
               and
               Alagora
               ,
               in
               〈…〉
               women
               may
               use
               painting
               and
               〈…〉
               without
               sinne●
               in
               which
               〈…〉
               himselfe
               spa●●ng
               ,
               to
               〈…〉
            
             
               
                 ib.
                 &
                 290
              
            
             
               
               15
               the
               Authors
               opinion
               is
               ,
               that
               none
               of
               these
               Criticks
               would
               so
               injuriously
               hate
               ,
               nor
               maliciously
               write
               against
               women
               ,
               but
               that
               they
               have
               beene
               lightly
               hurt
               ,
               or
               wantonly
               wounded
               by
               some
               women
               .
            
             
               291
            
             
               16
               He
               closeth
               this
               Section
               with
               a
               twofold
               exhortation
               :
               the
               one
               ,
               to
               encourage
               women
               to
               sleight
               these
               malicious
               affronts
               squeaz'd
               from
               the
               pen
               of
               Calumny
               :
               the
               other
               ,
               to
               ad●vise
               them
               to
               stand
               upon
               their
               guard
               ,
               seeing
               no
               place
               can
               be
               so
               free
               from
               occasion
               ,
               as
               to
               promise
               it selfe
               security
               .
            
             
               
                 ib.
                 &c.
              
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             SECTION
             VIII
             .
             Their
             witty
             Aphorismes
             ,
             Apothegms
             ,
             and
             Answers
             .
          
           
             Under
             which
             Subject
             are
             these
             Stories
             contracted
             .
          
           
             
               1WOmen
               recorded
               for
               their
               wisdome
               in
               allaying
               their
               Husbands
               affliction
               .
            
             
               294
            
             
               2
               Others
               for
               their
               brave
               composed
               spirits
               ,
               in
               scorning
               to
               stoupe
               though
               they
               were
               crushed
               with
               affliction
               .
            
             
               
                 ib.
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               3
               Others
               so
               farre
               from
               coynesse
               ,
               as
               they
               run
               into
               all
               hazards
               ,
               to
               seize
               themselves
               of
               the
               Object
               of
               their
               affection
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               4
               Others
               such
               loving
               kinde
               Turtles
               ,
               as
               they
               could
               not
               endure
               the
               absence
               of
               their
               owne
               :
               nor
               conceive
               any
               defects
               or
               infirmities
               in
               their
               owne
               .
            
             
               297
            
             
               5
               The
               loyall
               answer
               of
               a
               loving
               Bride
               to
               her
               Husband
               ,
               occasioned
               upon
               our
               late
               distractions
               in
               Scotland
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               6
               ☞
               A
               discourse
               of
               Aphorismes
               ,
               arising
               from
               Anacreontick
               Spirits
               ;
               illustrated
               
               by
               Instances
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               7
               The
               strange
               question
               of
               a
               Trades-mans
               wife
               at
               a
               Gossips
               feast
               .
            
             
               
                 ib.
                 &
                 299
              
            
             
               8
               The
               Tale
               of
               a
               reverend
               old
               Bencher
               ,
               and
               his
               Shreeking
               Lady
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               9
               The
               pleasant
               importunity
               of
               an
               amorous
               Tomboy
               ,
               to
               her
               Sweet-heart
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               10
               A
               witty
               Girles
               Receipt
               to
               a
               broken
               Tradesman
               .
            
             
               
                 ib.
                 &
                 300
              
            
             
               11
               The
               
                 hot-brain'd
                 Calacute
              
               ,
               and
               his
               jealous
               humour
               :
               with
               his
               Ladies
               religious
               answer
               .
            
             
               
                 ib.
                 &
                 301
              
            
             
               12
               The
               desperate
               Male-content
               .
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               13
               With
               these
               stories
               ,
               He
               retires
               from
               the
               Booths
               of
               Suburra
               ,
               and
               repaires
               to
               the
               Temple
               of
               Viriplaca
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               14
               Others
               who
               extracted
               from
               those
               indented
               lines
               of
               their
               decayed
               Beauty
               ,
               Emblemes
               ,
               and
               Lectures
               of
               mortality
               .
            
             
               302
            
             
               15
               Instances
               in
               the
               first
               ;
               Theogena
               wife
               to
               Agathocles
               ;
               and
               Sulpitia
               .
            
             
               
                 294.
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               16
               Instances
               in
               the
               second
               ;
               Lovely
               Lydia
               ,
               and
               brave-Spirited
               Martia
               .
            
             
               
                 ib.
                 &
                 296
              
            
             
               17
               Instances
               in
               the
               third
               ;
               Marcella
               and
               Chariclea
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               18
               Instances
               in
               the
               fourth
               ;
               
                 Caja
                 Tranquilla
                 ,
                 Ruth
                 ,
                 Armenia
                 ,
              
               and
               Hieros
               heroick
               Consort
               .
            
             
               297
            
             
               19
               Instances
               in
               the
               last
               ;
               Bellingeria
               and
               Eugenia
               .
            
             
               302
            
             
               
               
                 20
                 Aphorismes
                 ,
                 Apothegmes
              
               ,
               and
               Answers
               of
               an
               other
               nature
               ;
               beginning
               with
               that
               pertty
               pert
               Girles
               answer
               to
               her
               Mother
               .
            
             
               
                 ib.
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               21
               That
               bold
               Wanton
               who
               left
               her
               child
               to
               the
               care
               and
               charge
               of
               the
               Parish
               .
            
             
               303
            
             
               22
               ☞
               That
               witty
               wenches
               shrewd
               answer
               to
               a
               cassock'd
               Dunses
               encounter
               .
            
             
               
                 ib.
                 &
                 304
              
            
             
               23
               That
               good-wifes
               reply
               to
               her
               Husbands
               pretended
               progresse
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               24
               The
               Good-wises
               answer
               to
               a
               Chymick
               Doctor
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             SECTION
             IX
             .
             Their
             Eminent
             Labours
             ;
             And
             how
             they
             were
             Assistants
             in
             the
             exquisitest
             Workes
             that
             have
             been
             formerly
             composed
             ,
             eyther
             for
             History
             or
             Poesy
             .
          
           
             Under
             which
             Subject
             are
             these
             Stories
             concluded
             .
          
           
             
               1WHat
               happinesse
               attends
               those
               men
               who
               cast
               their
               Lots
               in
               
                 faire
                 fields
              
               :
               and
               what
               infelicity
               accompanieth
               the
               contrary
               .
            
             
               
                 306
                 307
              
            
             
               2
               A
               Catalogue
               of
               such
               creatures
               ,
               whose
               sweet
               nature
               and
               choice
               temper
               have
               both
               with
               modesty
               and
               majesty
               tender'd
               their
               Consorts
               a
               
                 Boulster
                 Lecture
              
               .
            
             
               308
            
             
               
                 3
                 Zenobia
              
               ,
               beside
               other
               Princely
               Tasks
               ,
               made
               an
               abridgement
               of
               the
               Alexandrian
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Orientall
               H●stories
               .
            
             
               
                 ib.
                 ●09
              
            
             
               
               4
               What
               inward
               beauty
               upon
               their
               Sexe
               ,
               bestowed
               that
               vertuous
               Cornelia
               ,
               mother
               to
               the
               victorious
               
                 Gracchus
                 ;
                 Portia
                 ,
                 Brutus
              
               his
               wife
               ;
               Cleobula
               ,
               daughter
               to
               Cleobulus
               ,
               one
               of
               the
               seven
               Sages
               of
               Greece
               ;
               the
               daughter
               of
               
                 Pythagoras
                 ;
                 Theano
              
               daughter
               to
               
                 Metapontus
                 ;
                 Phemone
              
               ,
               that
               mysterious
               Sibill
               ,
               who
               first
               gave
               life
               to
               an
               Heroicke
               verse
               ;
               
                 Sulpitia
                 ,
                 Calanus
              
               his
               wife
               ;
               Hortensia
               ,
               daughter
               to
               the
               famous
               Orator
               
                 Hortensius
                 ;
                 Edesia
              
               of
               
                 Alexandria
                 ;
                 Corinnathia
              
               ,
               who
               contended
               for
               the
               Laurell
               with
               
                 Pindarus
                 ;
                 Paula
                 ,
                 Seneca's
              
               wife
               ;
               
                 Argengentaria
                 Pollia
              
               ,
               or
               Polla
               ,
               wife
               to
               Lucan
               ;
               and
               his
               assistant
               in
               his
               highest
               &
               heroick'st
               composures
               ?
            
             
               
                 309
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               5
               Such
               as
               these
               might
               make
               good
               Companions
               to
               
                 pray
                 ,
                 play
              
               ,
               and
               converse
               with
               .
            
             
               312
            
             
               6
               Mouth-lovers
               are
               but
               Month-lovers
               :
               when
               their
               Honey-month
               is
               done
               ,
               their
               love-threed
               is
               spun
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               7
               Modest
               Matrons
               will
               admit
               no
               youthfull
               parliance
               :
               nor
               stoupe
               to
               any
               uncomely
               dalliance
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               8
               Those
               loves
               quickly
               expire
               and
               dye
               ,
               which
               receive
               their
               only
               infusion
               by
               the
               eye
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               9
               Lovers
               easily
               deluded
               ,
               when
               by
               their
               Sense
               only
               directed
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               10
               A
               Curtezans
               Anatomy-Lecture
               .
            
             
               
                 313
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               11
               Love
               grounded
               on
               Sence
               ,
               produceth
               jealousy
               ;
               jealousy
               revenge
               .
            
             
               315
            
             
               
               12
               These
               very
               moderne
               times
               afford
               Ladies
               ,
               so
               highly
               enriched
               with
               unequall'd
               abilities
               both
               by
               Art
               and
               Nature
               as
               they
               have
               deservingly
               acquired
               ,
               &
               constantly
               reteined
               that
               select
               style
               of
               
                 THE
                 WITS
              
               .
               Their
               desire
               is
               ,
               to
               have
               their
               Muses
               rather
               buskin'd
               than
               busked
               .
               Sweet
               and
               dainty
               Ayres
               ,
               their
               choicest
               cares
               .
            
             
               316
            
             
               13
               Others
               we
               have
               ,
               though
               not
               altogether
               so
               happy
               for
               strength
               of
               fancy
               ,
               yet
               no
               lesse
               usefull
               in
               another
               faculty
               :
               by
               reading
               Principles
               of
               House-wivery
               to
               their
               well
               order'd
               family
               .
            
             
               
                 ib.
                 &
                 317
              
            
             
               14
               These
               welcome
               their
               husbands
               home
               with
               a
               smile
               :
               and
               entertaine
               his
               friend
               without
               a
               thought
               of
               ill
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               15
               To
               gaine
               themselves
               more
               improvement
               ,
               they
               taske
               themselves
               to
               some
               imploiment
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               16
               They
               read
               not
               to
               dispute
               ,
               but
               to
               live
               :
               not
               to
               talke
               ,
               but
               to
               know
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               17
               A
               man
               ill-married
               ,
               (
               and
               finding
               in
               himselfe
               a
               willingnesse
               to
               suffer
               )
               may
               boast
               that
               he
               possesses
               in
               the
               person
               of
               his
               wife
               ,
               all
               necessary
               qualities
               to
               be
               put
               into
               the
               List
               of
               Martyrs
               .
            
             
               318
            
             
               A
               man
               well-married
               is
               so
               far
               from
               that
               opinion
               ,
               as
               he
               ha's
               a
               Consort
               ever
               ready
               to
               afford
               him
               sweet
               Musick
               without
               Division
               .
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               18
               In
               the
               conclusion
               of
               this
               Section
               ,
               he
               exhorts
               Ladies
               to
               reteine
               a
               memory
               and
               resemblance
               
               of
               those
               he
               ha's
               described
               :
               and
               he
               shall
               acknowledge
               this
               his
               Labour
               and
               Service
               addressed
               to
               them
               ,
               highly
               requited
               .
            
             
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               1
               Menippus
               
                 his
                 Madrigall
                 ,
                 to
                 his
                 Coy-duck
                 ,
              
               Clarabell
               .
            
             
               
                 2
                 Loves
                 Festivall
                 at
                 Lusts
                 Funerall
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Ar't
           asleep
           Husband
           ?
           A
           BOULSTER
           LECTURE
           ,
           Stored
           with
           all
           variety
           of
           witty
           Jests
           ,
           merry
           Tales
           ,
           and
           other
           pleasant
           passages
           ;
           extracted
           from
           the
           choycest
           Flowers
           of
           Philosophy
           ,
           Poesy
           ,
           ancient
           and
           moderne
           History
           .
        
         
           
             SECTION
             I.
             The
             Excellency
             of
             Women
             in
             their
             Creation
             .
          
           
             DIscourses
             taking
             life
             from
             purest
             and
             refinedst
             Subjects
             ,
             beget
             ever
             in
             the
             Reader
             most
             affection
             ,
             in
             the
             Hearer
             most
             attention
             .
             Now
             ,
             what
             Subject
             more
             pure
             than
             that
             which
             is
             of
             the
             most
             affable
             nature
             ,
             amiable
             feature
             ,
             
             and
             pliable
             temper
             ?
             A
             smooth
             thinne
             skin
             promiseth
             (
             saith
             the
             Philosopher
             )
             a
             free
             and
             ingenuous
             disposition
             :
             And
             where
             shall
             we
             find
             this
             philosophicall
             Idaea
             ,
             but
             in
             a
             woman
             ?
             This
             caused
             the
             Oracle
             to
             give
             sentence
             in
             a
             businesse
             which
             highly
             imported
             the
             Spartan
             State
             :
             that
             the
             approaching
             calamity
             of
             their
             principall
             Citie
             could
             not
             possibly
             be
             diverted
             ,
             but
             by
             scattering
             the
             
               purest
               dust
            
             upon
             their
             Altars
             ,
             which
             all
             their
             countrey
             afforded
             .
             Upon
             which
             Answer
             ,
             it
             was
             long
             debated
             ,
             what
             dust
             the
             Oracle
             meant
             by
             ,
             to
             expiate
             the
             fury
             of
             the
             Gods
             :
             where
             ,
             as
             it
             ever
             falls
             out
             in
             affaires
             of
             that
             nature
             ,
             as
             many
             men
             ,
             so
             many
             minds
             :
             Some
             ,
             and
             those
             were
             rich
             Groundlins
             ,
             who
             preferred
             Wealth
             before
             Wit
             ,
             and
             esteemed
             Gold
             for
             the
             most
             absolute
             Good
             ;
             were
             of
             opinion
             that
             the
             Oracle
             meant
             by
             the
             
               purest
               dust
            
             ,
             the
             foile
             of
             Gold.
             Others
             ,
             that
             no
             
               purer
               dust
            
             could
             bee
             scattered
             on
             their
             Altars
             ,
             than
             the
             ashes
             of
             such
             honest
             and
             pious
             Patriots
             ,
             who
             had
             exposed
             themselves
             to
             whatsoever
             Fortune
             could
             inflict
             upon
             them
             ,
             to
             secure
             their
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             become
             her
             safetie
             who
             bred
             them
             .
             Other
             mettall-men
             there
             were
             ,
             who
             closed
             with
             that
             relation
             of
             Plutarch
             ;
             who
             reporteth
             ,
             that
             when
             Dionysius
             the
             Tyrant
             asked
             the
             Wisemen
             of
             his
             Court
             ,
             which
             Copper
             was
             the
             best
             ,
             Antiphon
             answered
             very
             readily
             ,
             
             that
             in
             his
             opinion
             ,
             that
             was
             the
             most
             excellent
             ,
             and
             the
             dust
             most
             restorative
             ,
             whereof
             the
             Athenians
             had
             made
             the
             pictures
             of
             those
             Tyrants
             ,
             which
             ,
             for
             their
             Countries
             delivery
             from
             such
             an
             insupportable
             tyranny
             ,
             Armodius
             and
             Aristogyton
             had
             dispatched
             to
             their
             succeeding
             glory
             .
             But
             in
             the
             end
             ,
             making
             recourse
             to
             the
             most
             esteemed
             Sage
             in
             all
             Greece
             ,
             they
             were
             told
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             the
             Dust
             of
             a
             Virgin
             ;
             which
             was
             no
             sooner
             scattered
             ,
             than
             their
             maladie
             was
             removed
             .
             What
             excellent
             Cures
             have
             beene
             produced
             ,
             what
             happie
             deliveries
             effected
             by
             these
             meanes
             ,
             may
             appeare
             every
             where
             in
             the
             Poets
             :
             As
             in
             
               Andromeda
               ,
               Polyxena
               ,
               Iphigenia
            
             .
             This
             confirmes
             that
             pure
             mould
             of
             a
             Virgin
             :
             that
             refined
             dust
             ,
             or
             substance
             of
             her
             Composition
             :
             reflecting
             ever
             upon
             
               the
               Excellency
               of
               Women
               in
               their
               Creation
               .
            
             Yet
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             objected
             ,
             Man
             deserves
             precedency
             ,
             because
             in
             his
             Creation
             he
             had
             priority
             .
             It
             is
             confest
             :
             yet
             might
             Woman
             seeme
             (
             if
             we
             may
             safely
             incline
             to
             the
             opinion
             of
             some
             Rabbies
             )
             to
             have
             a
             preeminence
             in
             the
             manner
             of
             her
             Creation
             :
             For
             whereas
             Dust
             gave
             Man
             his
             Composition
             ;
             Woman
             took
             hers
             from
             Mans
             perfection
             .
             Yea
             ,
             but
             the
             Matter
             shee
             was
             made
             of
             ,
             fore-told
             what
             shee
             would
             bee
             .
             Shee
             was
             made
             of
             a
             Crookt
             Subject
             ,
             a
             Rib
             :
             and
             out
             of
             her
             crooked
             disposition
             (
             will
             some
             say
             ,
             who
             stand
             
             ill-affected
             to
             the
             Salique
             state
             )
             shee
             will
             not
             stick
             to
             tyrannize
             over
             a
             sheepish
             husband
             ,
             and
             give
             him
             rib-roast
             .
             A
             poore
             Objection
             !
             An
             equall
             and
             ingenuous
             exposition
             would
             rather
             frame
             this
             conclusion
             :
             That
             the
             Subject
             whereof
             she
             was
             made
             ,
             begot
             not
             in
             her
             a
             crookednesse
             ,
             but
             pliablenesse
             of
             nature
             :
             ever
             ready
             to
             bend
             her
             will
             ,
             and
             apply
             her
             affection
             to
             the
             mould
             of
             Man
             :
             not
             cruelly
             to
             domineere
             ,
             but
             constantly
             to
             adhere
             to
             her
             Mate
             .
             Well
             did
             that
             wisest
             of
             Kings
             observe
             this
             ;
             when
             he
             so
             definitely
             concluded
             :
             
               Where
               a
               woman
               is
               not
               ,
               the
               house
               grones
               .
            
             This
             differed
             much
             from
             the
             opinion
             of
             that
             hard-hearted
             man
             ,
             whereof
             I
             have
             sometimes
             heard
             this
             Tale
             ;
             
               Who
               being
               one
               day
               asked
               by
               his
               Neighbour
               ,
               how
               it
               was
               with
               him
               at
               home
               ,
               and
               how
               his
               sick
               wife
               did
               ,
               made
               this
               answer
               :
               Surely
               ,
               Neighbour
               ,
               the
               case
               is
               pitifull
               :
               my
               wife
               she
               feares
               shee
               shall
               die
               ,
               and
               I
               feare
               she
               shall
               not
               die
               ,
               which
               makes
               an
               heavie
               doleful
               house
               .
            
             Thus
             grounded
             they
             their
             sorrows
             upon
             two
             cōtrary
             fears
             .
             That
             divine
             Plato
             ,
             whom
             even
             in
             his
             cradle
             Bees
             fed
             with
             honey
             ,
             to
             give
             a
             presage
             to
             his
             sweet
             Philosophy
             ;
             retained
             a
             better
             conceipt
             of
             so
             necessary
             a
             Consort
             :
             
               When
               he
               closed
               his
               Desires
               in
               this
               Orison
               So
               I
               may
               have
               but
               my
               eyes
               to
               read
               with
               ,
               a
               mind
               to
               conceive
               ,
               a
               memory
               to
               retaine
               whatsoever
               ▪
               
               I
               shall
               reade
               or
               conceive
               ;
               and
               a
               Woman
               to
               serve
               me
               ,
               that
               what
               necessity
               shall
               injoyne
               ,
               I
               may
               seasonably
               receive
               ,
               what
               fortune
               soever
               encounter
               mee
               ,
               though
               she
               assayle
               me
               ,
               she
               cannot
               soyle
               me
               ;
               though
               she
               assault
               me
               ,
               she
               cannot
               foile
               me
               .
            
             Hee
             is
             a
             weake
             Proficient
             in
             Philosophy
             ,
             who
             enjoying
             the
             freedome
             of
             his
             
               inner
               house
            
             ,
             cannot
             smile
             at
             adversity
             .
             When
             Philogenes
             heard
             ,
             how
             without
             society
             the
             world
             was
             a
             wildernesse
             ;
             The
             Maxime
             is
             true
             ,
             said
             hee
             ,
             if
             you
             meane
             a
             mixt
             society
             ;
             without
             which
             all
             Society
             would
             soone
             become
             a
             wildernesse
             .
             But
             will
             some
             harsh
             Timonist
             or
             Women-hater
             ,
             say
             ;
             Well
             had
             it
             been
             for
             the
             world
             ,
             if
             there
             had
             never
             been
             an
             Eve
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             it
             was
             her
             Consent
             that
             brought
             a
             staine
             to
             the
             perfection
             and
             integrity
             of
             our
             state
             .
             Yet
             for
             all
             this
             ,
             if
             you
             will
             beleeve
             that
             ancient
             Cabalist
             ,
             who
             shew'd
             himselfe
             an
             exquisite
             discourser
             and
             discusser
             of
             conjecturall
             Causes
             ;
             he
             will
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             in
             his
             opinion
             ,
             the
             Woman
             shewed
             not
             so
             much
             levity
             in
             consenting
             to
             the
             Serpent
             ;
             as
             the
             Man
             did
             facility
             in
             giving
             eare
             to
             the
             Woman
             .
             Shee
             expostulated
             the
             cause
             with
             the
             S●rpent
             ,
             e're
             shee
             consented
             :
             Whereas
             hee
             ,
             without
             any
             more
             adoe
             ,
             weakly
             received
             ,
             what
             shee
             so
             unhappily
             offered
             .
             Howsoever
             ,
             neither
             of
             them
             are
             to
             be
             excused
             ;
             the
             one
             
             in
             not
             resisting
             the
             Serpents
             subtilty
             (
             an
             act
             ,
             no
             doubt
             ,
             of
             greater
             difficulty
             ;
             )
             the
             other
             in
             inclining
             to
             the
             Womans
             perswasion
             ,
             which
             might
             have
             been
             prevented
             with
             more
             facility
             .
          
           
             What
             an
             excellent
             State
             accompanies
             the
             presence
             of
             a
             goodly
             Woman
             ?
             What
             attractive
             beauty
             in
             the
             eye
             ?
             What
             an
             admirable
             disposure
             in
             the
             contexture
             of
             every
             part
             ?
             So
             as
             I
             cannot
             sufficiently
             wonder
             at
             the
             stupidity
             of
             that
             meere
             Scholasticall
             Wooer
             ;
             
               who
               being
               in
               the
               way
               of
               preferment
               ,
               received
               a
               very
               free
               welcome
               from
               a
               Gentleman
               nearly
               neighbouring
               ,
               whose
               ayme
               it
               was
               to
               bring
               him
               into
               acquaintance
               with
               a
               kinswoman
               of
               his
               ,
               hoping
               it
               would
               be
               a
               competent
               advancement
               for
               her
               ,
               by
               matching
               them
               together
               .
               All
               accesse
               ,
               which
               promised
               all
               good
               successe
               ,
               was
               admitted
               him
               ;
               with
               such
               opportunity
               ,
               as
               might
               have
               induced
               another
               Zenocrates
               to
               enter
               into
               a
               parley
               of
               love
               .
               But
               heare
               how
               this
               amorous
               Scholler
               acquitted
               himselfe
               ,
               as
               if
               his
               Soule
               by
               a
               strange
               transmigration
               had
               passed
               into
               that
               dull
               Zenophanes
               ,
               or
               Zenophanes
               into
               his
               ,
               in
               thinking
               love
               to
               be
               composed
               of
               Earth
               !
               One
               winter-evening
               was
               this
               Quintilian
               with
               that
               lovely
               Damsell
               left
               together
               ;
               purposely
               (
               if
               there
               were
               left
               any
               beatings
               of
               love
               in
               his
               
               pulse
               )
               to
               break
               the
               matter
               unto
               her
               .
               She
               ,
               poore
               wench
               ,
               long
               expected
               from
               this
               Predicament
               of
               fancie
               some
               pleasing
               encounter
               or
               other
               ;
               but
               nothing
               was
               done
               by
               this
               dumbe
               Oratour
               .
               Stilnesse
               there
               was
               on
               both
               sides
               ,
               without
               the
               least
               motion
               ;
               till
               such
               time
               as
               shee
               playing
               and
               toying
               a
               little
               with
               her
               foot
               ,
               appearing
               a
               little
               out
               of
               her
               skirts
               ;
               she
               received
               from
               her
               affectionate
               Scholler
               ,
               after
               some
               fearfull
               pumping
               ,
               this
               lovely
               piece
               of
               Rhetorick
               :
               
                 Surely
                 Mistresse
                 ,
                 you
                 have
                 a
                 goodly
                 faire
                 foot
                 ,
                 God
                 bee
                 praised
                 .
              
            
             How
             meanly
             was
             beauty
             bestowed
             ,
             to
             become
             an
             object
             to
             his
             dull
             fancie
             ,
             who
             knew
             not
             how
             to
             value
             it
             ?
             Though
             ,
             no
             doubt
             ,
             with
             that
             excellent
             Geometrician
             ,
             he
             could
             well
             enough
             gather
             by
             the
             proportion
             of
             her
             foot
             ,
             the
             entire
             feature
             ;
             which
             would
             wound
             him
             as
             deadly
             to
             the
             heart
             ,
             as
             Achilles
             was
             wounded
             in
             his
             heele
             .
             Nor
             had
             that
             
               great
               Graduate
            
             any
             more
             respect
             to
             beauty
             ,
             when
             he
             entertained
             it
             with
             so
             dis-joynted
             and
             unbeseeming
             a
             treaty
             ▪
             as
             being
             one
             evening
             left
             with
             a
             select
             company
             of
             noble
             Ladies
             ,
             to
             bestow
             some
             houres
             in
             such
             delightfull
             discourse
             ,
             as
             might
             not
             cloy
             the
             curious
             palate
             of
             so
             prepared
             an
             Audience
             ;
             suddenly
             ,
             as
             one
             newly
             awakt
             from
             an
             Endymion
             slumber
             ,
             he
             accoasts
             their
             gentele
             ears
             with
             this
             improper
             Dialect
             :
             
               I
               have
               read
               much
               
               Greeke
               ,
               yet
               read
               I
               never
               what
               was
               Greeke
               for
               a
               paire
               of
               tongues
               .
            
             This
             unexpected
             passage
             was
             returned
             with
             a
             generall
             jeere
             ;
             but
             having
             the
             grace
             not
             to
             understand
             what
             they
             laughed
             at
             ,
             he
             held
             on
             in
             his
             old
             Philosophicall
             dumpe
             ,
             while
             his
             impertinent
             Greek
             phrase
             made
             them
             merry
             Greekes
             all
             that
             night
             .
             Truth
             is
             ,
             to
             a
             competible
             eye
             nothing
             more
             intimately
             moving
             than
             Beauty
             ;
             nor
             any
             Lecture
             working
             more
             to
             mortality
             ,
             than
             deformity
             .
             For
             these
             Anagrams
             to
             
               good
               faces
            
             are
             such
             impressive
             stamps
             ;
             as
             some
             have
             made
             of
             them
             wonderfull
             use
             .
             
               Deformiores
               afficiunt
               ,
               quo
               formosiores
               minùs
               alliciant
               .
            
             They
             affected
             only
             to
             converse
             with
             Deformity
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             have
             lesse
             familiarity
             with
             Beauty
             .
             Now
             ,
             if
             such
             use
             might
             be
             made
             of
             the
             rubbish
             ,
             what
             might
             be
             expected
             from
             a
             purer
             mettall
             ?
             Reflect
             then
             a
             little
             upon
             this
             Idaea
             ;
             imagine
             with
             your selfe
             that
             such
             a
             piece
             were
             drawne
             and
             presented
             to
             the
             full
             body
             ,
             which
             might
             as
             really
             enamour
             and
             captivate
             the
             Senses
             ;
             as
             ever
             
               Io
               ,
               Danae
            
             ,
             or
             Semele
             ,
             did
             their
             Iupiter
             ;
             or
             any
             other
             amorous
             feature
             entranced
             a
             poeticall
             Lover
             .
             It
             is
             the
             eye
             that
             conveyes
             love
             to
             the
             heart
             ;
             Curious
             Models
             to
             dull
             Spectators
             ,
             move
             small
             admiration
             ,
             and
             consequently
             leave
             but
             a
             weak
             impression
             .
             To
             see
             a
             Campaspe
             portrayed
             in
             her
             colours
             ;
             her
             veines
             
             ●nazured
             ;
             her
             sweet
             smiles
             shadowed
             ;
             her
             ●ove-enthralling
             eyes
             sparkled
             ;
             and
             all
             these
             with
             a
             native
             Art
             ,
             and
             artfull
             colour
             displayed
             ,
             would
             make
             their
             Apelles
             to
             doe
             what
             he
             did
             :
             Whence
             we
             reade
             ,
             that
             Alexander
             ,
             that
             worlds
             Monarch
             ,
             not
             onely
             affecting
             ,
             but
             admiring
             the
             Art
             of
             Apelles
             ;
             to
             parallel
             his
             skill
             with
             an
             equall
             subject
             ;
             commanded
             him
             on
             a
             time
             to
             paint
             Campa●pe
             naked
             ,
             who
             was
             then
             held
             the
             beauty
             of
             that
             age
             ;
             which
             Apelles
             having
             done
             ,
             his
             Pencill
             purchased
             him
             a
             pensive
             heart
             ,
             fal●ing
             in
             love
             with
             her
             who
             was
             his
             Picture
             ,
             and
             whose
             love
             hee
             despaired
             to
             compasse
             ever
             :
             which
             Alexander
             having
             perceived
             ,
             he
             gave
             him
             her
             .
             The
             like
             incomparable
             Art
             was
             showne
             by
             Zeuxes
             ,
             upon
             the
             beauties
             of
             Croton's
             five
             Daughters
             ;
             which
             Pictures
             tooke
             more
             hearts
             ,
             than
             his
             Grapes
             had
             before
             deceived
             Birds
             .
             But
             lest
             that
             Apelles
             ,
             of
             whom
             I
             have
             spoke
             so
             much
             ,
             as
             one
             regardlesse
             of
             his
             owne
             praise
             ,
             should
             finde
             fault
             with
             me
             ,
             as
             sometimes
             hee
             did
             with
             Protogenes
             ,
             for
             that
             he
             could
             not
             hold
             his
             hand
             from
             the
             Table
             ;
             (
             A
             right
             English
             fault
             ,
             I
             must
             confesse
             ,
             whose
             fate
             and
             fault
             it
             hath
             beene
             ever
             ,
             not
             to
             leave
             their
             work
             when
             it
             was
             well
             ,
             nor
             their
             game
             when
             it
             was
             at
             fairest
             :
             )
             I
             intend
             to
             passe
             from
             the
             Picture
             to
             the
             Feature
             :
             making
             mention
             of
             such
             remarkable
             occurrents
             ,
             as
             hold
             good
             
             relation
             to
             our
             Discourse
             :
             and
             what
             may
             tender
             any
             conceiving
             Reader
             ,
             variety
             of
             delight
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             sometimes
             read
             written
             in
             a
             window
             with
             a
             Diamond
             ,
             by
             one
             ,
             it
             seemed
             ▪
             who
             was
             not
             setled
             in
             his
             Choice
             ,
             but
             like
             a
             wanton-wavering
             Wooer
             ,
             had
             fixt
             on
             many
             Objects
             ,
             but
             on
             none
             such
             as
             yet
             hee
             could
             like
             ;
             these
             lines
             :
             
               
                 If
                 I
                 might
                 chuse
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 which
                 were
                 best
                 ,
              
               
                 Shee
                 that
                 is
                 naked
                 ,
                 or
                 is
                 neatly
                 drest
                 .
              
            
             Which
             lines
             in
             another
             pane
             of
             the
             window
             directly
             opposite
             to
             the
             former
             ,
             I
             found
             thus
             answered
             :
             
               
                 If
                 I
                 might
                 chuse
                 ,
                 I
                 'de
                 have
                 her
                 such
                 an
                 one
                 ,
              
               
                 As
                 shee
                 was
                 first
                 created
                 ,
                 bone
                 on
                 bone
                 :
              
               
                 And
                 in
                 that
                 naked-native
                 posture
                 have
                 her
                 ,
              
               
                 When
                 th'Serpent
                 with
                 an
                 Apple
                 did
                 deceive
                 her
                 .
              
            
             It
             seemes
             he
             would
             have
             had
             her
             as
             she
             was
             in
             her
             integrity
             and
             perfection
             :
             but
             at
             that
             time
             ,
             I
             must
             tell
             him
             ,
             though
             shee
             were
             naked
             ,
             she
             nor
             any
             other
             could
             not
             then
             discover
             it
             .
             Her
             unspotted
             Innocence
             became
             her
             garment
             of
             Purity
             and
             brightnesse
             .
             No
             Fig-leaves
             then
             needed
             ;
             nor
             any
             Covert
             to
             shroud
             her
             from
             his
             sight
             ,
             whom
             she
             afterwards
             offended
             .
             But
             it
             may
             be
             his
             wanton
             thoughts
             gave
             themselves
             more
             liberty
             .
             His
             wish
             was
             to
             have
             one
             naked
             ,
             to
             enjoy
             without
             
             delay
             ,
             what
             his
             heart
             so
             much
             affected
             .
             But
             loose
             desires
             are
             to
             bee
             barred
             by
             and
             maine
             from
             true
             Loves
             lists
             .
             Sensuall
             Love
             finds
             ever
             the
             shortest
             period
             in
             pleasure
             .
             That
             onely
             promiseth
             a
             continuate
             delight
             ,
             which
             grounds
             her
             affection
             on
             Reason
             rather
             than
             Sense
             .
             Where
             ,
             though
             Sinne
             can
             never
             be
             without
             a
             short
             perfunctory
             delight
             ,
             yet
             may
             there
             (
             probably
             )
             be
             delight
             arising
             from
             the
             proclivity
             of
             Sense
             ,
             without
             much
             Sinne.
             Which
             makes
             me
             call
             to
             mind
             a
             Tale
             which
             I
             have
             heard
             ,
             not
             altogether
             improper
             for
             this
             Argument
             ;
             and
             it
             was
             this
             .
             There
             was
             sometimes
             a
             Maid
             of
             admired
             beauty
             and
             approved
             fame
             ,
             who
             ,
             after
             a
             long
             and
             strait
             Siege
             of
             a
             garrison
             Towne
             wherein
             she
             dwelt
             ,
             became
             exposed
             with
             other
             Virgins
             to
             the
             violence
             and
             fury
             of
             the
             Souldiers
             .
             One
             of
             these
             ,
             having
             deflowred
             this
             Maid
             ,
             demanded
             of
             her
             how
             she
             felt
             her selfe
             ?
             
               Oh
               ,
               quoth
               shee
               ,
               never
               had
               poore
               distressed
               Maid
               more
               pleasure
               with
               lesse
               sinne
               .
            
             Meaning
             ,
             that
             as
             the
             Act
             was
             farre
             from
             her
             consent
             ,
             so
             it
             was
             free
             from
             sinne
             ,
             which
             is
             ever
             accompanied
             with
             consent
             .
             For
             whatsoever
             is
             forced
             ,
             is
             from
             the
             Will
             estranged
             ;
             without
             which
             ,
             sinne
             cannot
             properly
             be
             said
             to
             be
             committed
             .
             This
             the
             
               Ancient
               Vestals
            
             received
             for
             authentique
             :
             Who
             ,
             though
             they
             were
             by
             the
             strictnesse
             of
             their
             votive
             Order
             ,
             never
             to
             
             infringe
             that
             sacred
             Vow
             which
             they
             had
             professed
             :
             nor
             consort
             with
             any
             ,
             that
             might
             beget
             suspicion
             of
             a
             loose
             affection
             :
             yet
             if
             the
             extremity
             of
             Warre
             should
             ingage
             that
             encloyster'd
             Society
             to
             the
             Souldiers
             fury
             ;
             they
             were
             exempted
             from
             censure
             ;
             adjudgeing
             their
             resolves
             to
             be
             pure
             ;
             inviolated
             their
             Vowes
             ,
             though
             enforced
             acts
             had
             distained
             their
             honour
             :
             yet
             were
             they
             not
             to
             returne
             to
             their
             former
             Order
             :
             for
             they
             held
             Vesta
             dishonoured
             by
             such
             a
             Sister
             .
          
           
             But
             you
             ,
             brave
             
               English
               Ladies
            
             ,
             whose
             happiness
             it
             is
             to
             close
             both
             your
             actions
             and
             affections
             in
             one
             pure
             Orbe
             ;
             you
             ,
             whose
             immixed
             thoughts
             ,
             cannot
             partake
             of
             an
             irregular
             love
             ;
             nor
             can
             sort
             with
             a
             subject
             of
             lightnesse
             ;
             nor
             labour
             to
             attract
             a
             strangers
             love
             with
             a
             luring
             eye
             ;
             nor
             imparadise
             a
             deluded
             Amorist
             with
             a
             dissembling
             favour
             ;
             nor
             confine
             a
             light
             Passengers
             eye
             to
             a
             loose-displayed
             breast
             ;
             nor
             soveraignise
             over
             a
             captiv'd
             Lover
             ,
             in
             holding
             his
             
               aie
               mees
            
             your
             best
             melody
             ;
             nor
             to
             open
             your
             windowes
             to
             get
             suiters
             ;
             nor
             to
             offer
             your
             first
             Sacrifice
             to
             your
             Glasse
             ,
             or
             Cerusse
             box
             .
             You
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             who
             hold
             Reputation
             such
             an
             unvaluable
             Gemme
             ,
             as
             an
             Empire
             should
             not
             command
             it
             ;
             nor
             the
             extreames
             of
             Fortune
             ,
             even
             unto
             death
             ,
             impeach
             it
             .
             You
             ,
             who
             with
             much
             confidence
             can
             say
             with
             that
             Heroick
             Princesse
             ,
             
               I
               know
               how
               to
               dye
               ,
               but
               not
               to
               lose
               
               mine
               honour
               .
            
             You
             ,
             in
             whose
             chaste
             breasts
             ,
             as
             in
             precious
             Cabinets
             of
             selectedst
             vertues
             ,
             are
             stored
             all
             graces
             :
             such
             ,
             who
             hold
             in
             their
             highest
             scorne
             to
             converse
             with
             a
             light
             favourite
             ,
             or
             to
             be
             sollicited
             in
             such
             a
             Suite
             as
             may
             detract
             from
             your
             honour
             .
             You
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             are
             those
             faire
             and
             noble
             Patronesses
             ,
             to
             whom
             I
             addresse
             this
             Lab●ur
             .
             You
             are
             none
             of
             our
             
               Curtain
               Lecturers
            
             ,
             who
             disquiet
             the
             rest
             of
             your
             Husbands
             .
             Nor
             know
             you
             how
             to
             call
             them
             up
             into
             the
             Garret
             ,
             to
             give
             them
             gentle
             correction
             .
             You
             have
             a
             better
             ,
             and
             farre
             more
             gentele
             way
             to
             reclaime
             them
             .
             Milde
             and
             temperate
             be
             your
             Reasonings
             ;
             wooing
             and
             winning
             be
             your
             teares
             ;
             and
             after
             a
             vertuous
             and
             well-composed
             treaty
             ,
             you
             are
             ready
             to
             close
             with
             them
             upon
             such
             faire
             termes
             ,
             as
             the
             penance
             you
             enjoyne
             them
             is
             no
             suffering
             ;
             for
             your
             sweet-tempered
             Natures
             chuse
             rather
             to
             suffer
             with
             them
             .
             Farre
             unlike
             to
             that
             Shrow
             ,
             who
             meeting
             her
             husband
             amongst
             other
             good
             fellows
             at
             a
             Taverne
             doore
             ,
             and
             seeing
             him
             beare
             the
             Badge
             of
             that
             red-fac'd
             Ensigne
             from
             whence
             hee
             came
             ;
             
               after
               many
               words
               of
               disgrace
               and
               reproach
               ,
               willed
               him
               to
               goe
               mend
               his
               colour
               ,
               pale-fac'd
               Rascall
               as
               he
               was
               .
            
             No
             ;
             your
             education
             ha's
             better
             improv'd
             you
             ;
             your
             inbred
             graces
             more
             highly
             ennobled
             you
             ;
             your
             tender
             care
             of
             your
             husbands
             esteeme
             so
             truely
             inform'd
             
             you
             ,
             as
             you
             prize
             nothing
             more
             than
             to
             preserve
             it
             untainted
             ;
             or
             if
             at
             any
             time
             questioned
             ,
             constantly
             to
             defend
             it
             .
             In
             which
             respect
             ,
             you
             differ
             farre
             from
             that
             shrewd
             Girle
             ,
             who
             having
             taken
             occasion
             of
             displeasure
             at
             her
             husband
             ,
             told
             him
             plainly
             one
             day
             ,
             
               That
               since
               he
               had
               plaid
               her
               that
               prank
               ,
               hee
               would
               confesse
               ere
               long
               ,
               that
               the
               Signe
               was
               in
               Aries
               when
               they
               two
               were
               married
               .
            
             But
             for
             you
             ,
             unblemished
             Beauties
             ,
             who
             hold
             nothing
             comparably
             precious
             to
             a
             continent
             Soule
             :
             as
             your
             minds
             become
             devoted
             wholly
             to
             goodnesse
             :
             so
             you
             must
             give
             mee
             leave
             to
             interveine
             my
             Discourse
             with
             others
             of
             your
             Sex
             ,
             who
             fall
             so
             farre
             short
             of
             your
             perfection
             ,
             as
             it
             might
             seeme
             strange
             to
             reason
             ,
             that
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Mould
             should
             produce
             Subjects
             of
             such
             different
             Natures
             .
             For
             as
             much
             then
             ,
             as
             Contraries
             ,
             when
             most
             opposed
             ,
             are
             best
             discovered
             :
             And
             that
             Venus
             Picture
             never
             shewed
             more
             beauty
             ,
             than
             when
             it
             was
             accompanied
             by
             Naïs
             deformity
             ;
             to
             revive
             the
             living
             memory
             of
             your
             Honours
             ,
             we
             intend
             to
             bring
             upon
             the
             Stage
             (
             though
             closed
             from
             vulgar
             eyes
             by
             a
             Curtain
             )
             the
             too
             forward
             discourses
             of
             such
             ,
             who
             distemper
             their
             Husbands
             quiet
             with
             their
             Conventuall
             Lectures
             ,
             and
             that
             at
             uncanonicall
             houres
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             disturbance
             of
             private
             peace
             ,
             and
             ill
             example
             of
             all
             young-married
             
             Couples
             .
             Nor
             can
             this
             be
             holden
             for
             invective
             :
             The
             reproofe
             of
             those
             that
             are
             evill
             ,
             cannot
             but
             highly
             improve
             the
             behaviour
             of
             those
             who
             are
             good
             .
             And
             in
             all
             ages
             ,
             as
             Harvests
             have
             their
             Miscellaue
             graines
             ,
             so
             have
             we
             ever
             had
             and
             must
             have
             ,
             severally-mixt
             Conditions
             .
             Rome
             had
             many
             eminent
             families
             ;
             from
             whence
             were
             derived
             Matrons
             adorned
             with
             exquisite
             vertues
             .
             
               Octavia
               ,
               Porcia
               ,
               Caecilia
               ,
               Cornelia
               ,
            
             all
             famous
             Matrons
             ,
             whose
             succeeding
             vertues
             were
             left
             for
             imitable
             mirrours
             to
             their
             Successours
             .
             Yet
             in
             that
             Age
             ,
             wherein
             Morall
             goodnesse
             was
             in
             most
             request
             ,
             and
             wherein
             nothing
             was
             esteemed
             better
             ,
             than
             to
             live
             and
             dye
             to
             their
             Countries
             honour
             ;
             that
             flourishing
             Citie
             ,
             the
             Princesse
             of
             many
             renowned
             States
             ,
             had
             an
             impatient
             Flavia
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             a
             discreet
             Octavia
             ;
             a
             wanton
             Laelia
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             a
             Continent
             Cornelia
             ;
             an
             immodest
             Semphronia
             ,
             aswel
             as
             a
             shame-fast
             Scribonia
             ;
             a
             Faustina
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             a
             Cinna
             ;
             a
             Messalina
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             a
             Cincinna
             .
          
           
             Now
             to
             insist
             more
             usefully
             on
             this
             Subject
             ;
             we
             have
             proposed
             to
             our selves
             to
             enter
             into
             a
             Discourse
             of
             foure
             distinct
             Motives
             to
             affection
             :
             which
             in
             their
             own
             nature
             beget
             affection
             ;
             but
             inverted
             ,
             expresse
             to
             life
             their
             owners
             disposition
             .
             The
             first
             shall
             be
             Beauty
             ;
             a
             Pearle
             in
             the
             eye
             ,
             and
             a
             Pinion
             to
             the
             heart
             :
             The
             second
             ,
             
               Agility
               of
               body
            
             ;
             
             which
             begets
             in
             the
             owner
             a
             desire
             of
             liberty
             .
             The
             third
             ,
             
               Quicknesse
               of
               Wit
            
             ;
             which
             ,
             being
             not
             well
             seasoned
             ,
             oft-times
             breeds
             occasion
             of
             distaste
             .
             The
             fourth
             ,
             
               Gentlenesse
               of
               Speech
            
             ;
             an
             excellent
             Ornament
             ,
             and
             worth
             entertaining
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             not
             shrowded
             or
             palliated
             with
             dissembling
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             first
             then
             ,
             because
             every
             gracefull
             accomplishment
             or
             perfection
             falling
             from
             it selfe
             ,
             declines
             from
             what
             it
             was
             ,
             and
             presents
             some
             dangerous
             imperfection
             which
             before
             it
             had
             not
             ,
             we
             oppose
             Disdaine
             ,
             being
             found
             for
             most
             part
             an
             individuall
             Adjunct
             to
             Beauty
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             second
             we
             oppose
             Liberty
             :
             for
             what
             youthfull
             bodies
             ,
             unlesse
             Mortification
             hath
             confin'd
             and
             impal'd
             their
             affections
             ,
             by
             devoting
             them
             to
             retirement
             ,
             in
             affecting
             a
             Collegiat
             or
             Cloystrall
             life
             in
             their
             very
             first
             ripenings
             of
             Nature
             ,
             but
             being
             of
             Ability
             ,
             they
             desire
             Liberty
             ?
          
           
             To
             the
             third
             ,
             wee
             oppose
             Distaste
             .
             For
             Quicke
             and
             prompt
             Wits
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             not
             with
             discretion
             seasoned
             ,
             they
             become
             so
             freely
             licentious
             ,
             as
             they
             lose
             more
             friends
             than
             they
             purchase
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             fourth
             and
             last
             ,
             we
             oppose
             Dissimulation
             ;
             a
             quality
             whereto
             our
             Whitest
             tongues
             are
             commonly
             subject
             .
             Of
             each
             of
             these
             we
             purpose
             to
             Discourse
             in
             order
             ,
             ever
             giving
             Beauty
             her
             due
             character
             ,
             when
             she
             
             is
             Vertues
             follower
             :
             And
             to
             allay
             more
             serious
             discourse
             with
             other
             pleasing
             passages
             of
             wit
             :
             you
             shall
             finde
             each
             of
             these
             Subjects
             accompanyed
             with
             choyce
             Tales
             ▪
             such
             as
             may
             beget
             a
             modest
             laughter
             ;
             and
             from
             equall
             judgements
             receive
             a
             faire
             Censure
             .
          
           
             
               BEAUTY
               .
            
             
               BEAUTY
               is
               a
               pleasing
               Object
               to
               the
               eye
               ,
               
               improved
               by
               the
               apprehension
               of
               Fancy
               ,
               and
               conveyed
               to
               the
               heart
               by
               the
               Optick
               part
               .
               If
               the
               Owner
               that
               enjoyes
               it
               ,
               know
               it
               :
               it
               begets
               in
               her
               a
               dis-esteeme
               and
               contempt
               of
               inferiour
               features
               .
               None
               can
               serve
               Eccho
               but
               Narcissus
               .
               What
               a
               scornefull
               eye
               shee
               casts
               upon
               common
               persons
               ,
               or
               a
               Plebeian
               presence
               ?
               Shee
               could
               finde
               in
               her
               heart
               to
               bee
               angry
               with
               the
               wind
               ,
               for
               dealing
               so
               roughly
               with
               her
               veile
               ,
               or
               ho●sing
               up
               her
               skirts
               ;
               and
               scourge
               those
               Aeolian
               scouts
               for
               being
               so
               saucy
               .
               She
               wonders
               that
               Venus
               should
               be
               for
               a
               Goddesse
               recorded
               ,
               and
               she
               never
               remembred
               .
               When
               she
               sees
               our
               countrey-Beauties
               ,
               with
               a
               scornefull
               pity
               she
               lookes
               on
               them
               ,
               and
               returnes
               her
               judgement
               thus
               :
               "
               Alas
               ,
               poore
               home-spun
               beauties
               !
               A
               civill
               requisite
               curtsy
               shee
               will
               not
               deagne
               to
               bestow
               
               on
               more
               deserving
               lips
               than
               her
               owne
               :
               with
               a
               seeming
               aversenesse
               she
               forgets
               that
               winning
               salute
               of
               those
               Noble
               Trojan
               Ladies
               ;
               holding
               it
               too
               high
               a
               favour
               to
               afford
               a
               lip
               to
               the
               compleatest
               Lover
               .
               This
               that
               passionate
               Amorist
               well
               discovered
               in
               this
               Canto
               :
               
                 
                   
                     Beautious
                     was
                     Shee
                     ,
                     but
                     too
                     coy
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Glorious
                     in
                     her
                     tyres
                     and
                     toyes
                     ,
                  
                   
                     But
                     too
                     way-ward
                     for
                     that
                     Boy
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Who
                     in
                     Action
                     Spheard
                     his
                     joyes
                     .
                  
                   
                     Love-tales
                     shee
                     could
                     deagne
                     to
                     heare
                     ,
                  
                   
                     And
                     relate
                     them
                     weeke
                     by
                     weeke
                     ,
                  
                   
                     But
                     to
                     kisse
                     when
                     you
                     came
                     neare
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Lippe
                     was
                     turn'd
                     into
                     the
                     cheeke
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Beauty
                     that
                     is
                     too
                     precize
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Though
                     it
                     should
                     attractive
                     be
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Darting
                     beamelins
                     from
                     her
                     eyes
                     ,
                  
                   
                     'T
                     were
                     no
                     Adamant
                     to
                     me
                     :
                  
                   
                     Shee
                     it
                     is
                     I
                     onely
                     love
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Shee
                     it
                     is
                     I
                     onely
                     seeke
                     ,
                  
                   
                     That
                     do'es
                     bill
                     it
                     like
                     a
                     Dove
                     ,
                  
                   
                     And
                     will
                     make
                     her
                     lippe
                     her
                     cheeke
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Honour
                     is
                     a
                     rising
                     baite
                     ,
                  
                   
                     But
                     not
                     rudely
                     to
                     be
                     pull'd
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Give
                     me
                     Her
                     at
                     any
                     rate
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Who
                     loves
                     to
                     be
                     kist
                     and
                     cull'd
                     :
                  
                   
                     Countrey
                     Ducks
                     scorne
                     to
                     be
                     nice
                  
                   
                     To
                     those
                     Swaines
                     their
                     fancy
                     seeke
                     ,
                  
                   
                   
                     Though
                     their
                     honour
                     they
                     doe
                     prize
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Lippe
                     they
                     tender
                     ,
                     not
                     their
                     cheeke
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Thus
                     can
                     Sheepheards
                     Swainlings
                     love
                     ,
                  
                   
                     And
                     expresse
                     what
                     they
                     desire
                     ;
                  
                   
                     Live
                     to
                     love
                     ,
                     and
                     love
                     to
                     prove
                  
                   
                     Height
                     and
                     h●at
                     of
                     Cupids
                     fire
                     .
                  
                   
                     When
                     a
                     Sill●bub
                     they
                     make
                  
                   
                     While
                     their
                     youngsters
                     woo
                     and
                     seeke
                  
                   
                     For
                     their
                     love
                     ,
                     they
                     may
                     partake
                  
                   
                     Of
                     their
                     lippe
                     as
                     well
                     as
                     cheeke
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               Now
               did
               that
               incensed
               Gentleman
               shew
               lesse
               passion
               upon
               the
               like
               re-greet
               from
               a
               disdainfull
               Lady
               ▪
               whose
               long
               practise
               in
               painting
               ,
               and
               delicate
               tooth
               together
               ,
               had
               so
               corrupted
               her
               breath
               ,
               as
               Cocytus
               could
               not
               have
               a
               worser
               savour
               .
               
                 
                   A
                   Lady
                   gave
                   me
                   once
                   her
                   cheeke
                   to
                   kisse
                   ,
                
                 
                   Being
                   no
                   lesse
                   than
                   I
                   my selfe
                   did
                   wish
                   :
                
                 
                   For
                   this
                   I
                   'le
                   say
                   ,
                   and
                   binde
                   it
                   with
                   an
                   oath
                   ,
                
                 
                   Her
                   cheeke
                   tastes
                   sweeter
                   farre
                   than
                   do'e's
                   her
                   mouth
                   .
                
              
               But
               there
               is
               nothing
               so
               much
               discovereth
               the
               vaine
               Pride
               of
               these
               Beauties
               ,
               as
               a
               coynesse
               to
               their
               Servants
               in
               their
               wooing
               and
               winning
               .
               If
               they
               affect
               you
               ,
               that
               affection
               must
               bee
               so
               shrowded
               and
               shadowed
               ,
               as
               Lynceus
               eyes
               could
               not
               disclose
               it
               .
               Walke
               from
               them
               ,
               their
               eyes
               are
               on
               you
               ;
               walke
               to
               them
               ,
               their
               eyes
               are
               from
               you
               .
               There
               is
               no
               
               argument
               ,
               be
               it
               never
               so
               well-relishing
               ,
               nor
               sorting
               with
               their
               liking
               ,
               that
               they
               will
               give
               eare
               to
               :
               no
               posture
               ,
               be
               it
               never
               so
               gracefull
               ,
               they
               will
               afford
               an
               eye
               to
               .
               Opposition
               suiteth
               best
               with
               their
               condition
               .
               To
               a
               stranger
               they
               will
               shew
               themselves
               familiar
               ;
               to
               you
               ,
               whose
               intimacy
               hath
               got
               a
               roome
               in
               their
               hearts
               ,
               they
               will
               seeme
               a
               stranger
               .
               If
               you
               appeare
               merry
               ,
               it
               must
               bee
               expounded
               trifling
               childishnesse
               ;
               if
               grave
               ,
               Stoick
               sullennesse
               .
               It
               were
               a
               gift
               above
               apprehension
               ,
               in
               every
               particular
               to
               fit
               their
               humour
               .
               And
               yet
               they
               must
               be
               humour'd
               ,
               or
               they
               are
               lost
               for
               ever
               .
               This
               would
               make
               any
               man
               thinke
               ,
               if
               he
               cast
               his
               cards
               aright
               ,
               that
               a
               mans
               only
               sweet
               Bed-fellow
               ,
               were
               a
               Bed
               without
               a
               fellow
               .
               But
               that
               would
               spoile
               all
               humane
               society
               :
               better
               an
               inconvenience
               than
               a
               mischiefe
               :
               better
               one
               perish
               ,
               than
               a
               multitude
               .
               Beauty
               is
               no
               such
               Phoenix
               ,
               as
               she
               can
               generate
               from
               her
               owne
               ashes
               .
               Suppose
               her
               then
               (
               disdainfull
               thing
               )
               resolved
               to
               take
               one
               (
               though
               with
               a
               queasy
               stomach
               ;
               )
               and
               such
               an
               one
               ,
               as
               of
               all
               her
               choice
               shee
               could
               not
               entertaine
               a
               worse
               .
               And
               this
               youth
               she
               rather
               affects
               ,
               because
               all
               her
               friends
               dis-relish
               him
               :
               For
               she
               measures
               not
               her
               Love
               by
               others
               discretion
               ,
               nor
               her
               fancy
               by
               the
               line
               of
               others
               direction
               .
               Shee
               is
               too
               wise
               to
               bee
               taught
               ;
               and
               if
               she
               repent
               ,
               it
               shall
               be
               at
               leasure
               :
               and
               if
               shee
               have
               cause
               to
               put
               finger
               
               ith'eye
               ,
               she
               will
               chuse
               rather
               to
               dye
               ,
               than
               discover
               it
               to
               any
               other
               .
               Yet
               for
               all
               this
               ,
               through
               a
               seeming
               indifferency
               and
               coldnesse
               of
               affection
               ,
               the
               marriage-day
               must
               be
               protracted
               by
               them
               ,
               till
               they
               cannot
               endure
               Whale-bone
               ,
               becomming
               as
               Pregnant
               as
               Nature
               could
               make
               them
               .
               This
               makes
               me
               remember
               the
               Tale
               of
               the
               Westerne
               Pedler
               ;
               who
               ,
               having
               one
               daughter
               ,
               was
               sought
               after
               by
               many
               amorous
               Suiters
               :
               but
               one
               amongst
               the
               rest
               she
               preferred
               in
               her
               choice
               :
               feeding
               his
               longing
               appetite
               with
               hopes
               ,
               and
               following
               her
               fathers
               course
               ,
               who
               had
               got
               in
               his
               time
               as
               much
               by
               Consideration
               as
               Principall
               ;
               told
               him
               ever
               and
               anon
               that
               shee
               would
               
                 consider
                 of
                 it
              
               :
               till
               at
               last
               her
               Consideration
               falling
               into
               a
               Conception
               ,
               and
               being
               asked
               the
               selfe-same
               question
               ,
               she
               never
               returned
               any
               other
               than
               that
               she
               would
               still
               take
               it
               into
               her
               Consideration
               :
               
                 Oh
                 ,
                 quoth
                 her
                 Suiter
                 ,
                 being
                 guilty
                 of
                 the
                 Bill
                 ▪
                 consider
                 your
                 pregnant
                 present
                 state
                 ,
                 and
                 your
                 
                   Consideration
                   ,
                   Comater
                
                 ,
                 comes
                 too
                 late
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               of
               all
               others
               ,
               there
               is
               nothing
               to
               be
               admired
               more
               in
               this
               their
               trifling
               with
               Love
               ,
               than
               those
               nice
               conditions
               they
               stand
               upon
               ;
               which
               ,
               though
               their
               hearts
               stand
               indifferent
               ,
               whether
               they
               be
               ever
               observed
               or
               no
               ;
               they
               will
               peremptorily
               conclude
               ,
               without
               assent
               to
               such
               conditions
               ,
               no
               Bargaine
               .
               Now
               ,
               the
               principall
               Article
               must
               be
               ,
               that
               
               He
               who
               is
               prickt
               to
               be
               the
               man
               ,
               must
               hold
               his
               Distance
               :
               Too
               much
               familiarity
               breeds
               contempt
               ;
               and
               to
               avoid
               this
               :
               He
               must
               observe
               a
               kind
               of
               reverend
               state
               in
               her
               presence
               ;
               Give
               her
               way
               in
               all
               arguments
               of
               discourse
               :
               And
               for
               as
               much
               as
               her
               brave
               disposition
               retaines
               in
               it selfe
               thoughts
               of
               Majesty
               ,
               shee
               must
               have
               her
               Side
               for
               her selfe
               and
               her
               women
               ,
               or
               what
               Male
               she
               pleaseth
               ;
               divided
               Beds
               ;
               seasons
               of
               repairing
               one
               to
               another
               ;
               that
               every
               new
               visit
               may
               seeme
               a
               fresh
               kind
               of
               wooing
               .
               In
               which
               Encounter
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               to
               shew
               himselfe
               importunate
               in
               his
               Suite
               ,
               so
               is
               his
               spouse
               to
               shew
               her selfe
               reluctant
               to
               his
               desires
               .
               But
               the
               issue
               proves
               fearfull
               :
               for
               her
               long
               practise
               of
               Soveraignty
               over
               his
               weaknesse
               ,
               brings
               this
               
                 Faire
                 one
              
               to
               that
               passe
               ;
               as
               she
               begins
               to
               distaste
               him
               .
               Though
               the
               man
               be
               tollerable
               for
               his
               part
               ,
               and
               of
               promising
               satisfaction
               ,
               she
               cannot
               brooke
               him
               ;
               yet
               if
               you
               should
               aske
               her
               the
               cause
               ,
               it
               is
               onely
               this
               ;
               
                 Hee
                 is
                 her
                 Husband
              
               .
               Like
               that
               great
               favorite
               Flaviano
               ,
               who
               having
               taken
               to
               wife
               a
               noble
               Florentine
               Lady
               ;
               grew
               in
               short
               time
               to
               dislike
               her
               :
               and
               being
               asked
               the
               reason
               why
               he
               could
               not
               affect
               her
               ,
               being
               every
               way
               so
               brave
               and
               compleat
               a
               Lady
               ?
               
                 I
                 grant
                 ,
                 said
                 hee
                 ,
                 her
                 parts
                 deserve
                 love
                 ;
                 and
                 as
                 I
                 live
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 none
                 breathing
                 that
                 I
                 could
                 more
                 constantly
                 love
                 ,
                 did
                 she
                 not
                 beare
                 that
                 name
                 which
                 I
                 so
                 
                 much
                 loath
                 :
                 and
                 being
                 further
                 demanded
                 ,
                 what
                 name
                 that
                 was
                 ?
                 O
                 ,
                 replyed
                 he
                 with
                 a
                 sigh
                 ,
                 
                   A
                   Wife
                
                 !
              
            
             
               Neither
               for
               all
               this
               would
               I
               have
               you
               to
               mistake
               me
               ,
               as
               if
               I
               restrained
               affection
               onely
               to
               Beauty
               :
               for
               I
               have
               knowne
               Fancy
               taken
               as
               much
               ,
               though
               not
               so
               often
               ,
               with
               Deformity
               ,
               as
               ever
               it
               was
               with
               Beauty
               .
               Yea
               ,
               One
               in
               whom
               not
               so
               much
               as
               the
               least
               glympse
               or
               shew
               of
               favour
               appeared
               ,
               ha's
               wrought
               no
               lesse
               impressive
               Effects
               in
               the
               heart
               of
               a
               deluded
               Lover
               ,
               than
               if
               shee
               had
               been
               the
               Astrophel
               of
               the
               age
               ;
               which
               the
               Poet
               seemes
               to
               confirme
               by
               his
               owne
               personall
               experience
               :
               
                 
                   Naïs
                   I
                   love
                   ,
                   and
                   most
                   men
                   wonder
                   why
                   ,
                
                 
                   For
                   none
                   sees
                   ought
                   worth
                   love
                   in
                   her
                   but
                   I.
                   
                
              
               To
               close
               then
               this
               first
               Subject
               ;
               as
               it
               was
               Socrates
               rule
               to
               his
               Schollers
               ,
               to
               present
               unto
               them
               their
               outward
               physnomies
               in
               a
               Glasse
               :
               where
               ,
               if
               any
               of
               them
               were
               of
               a
               pleasing
               and
               amiable
               complexion
               ,
               his
               exhortation
               to
               them
               was
               ,
               that
               so
               good
               faces
               should
               not
               be
               blemished
               with
               the
               moles
               of
               Vices
               ;
               but
               as
               they
               were
               outwardly
               beautifull
               ,
               so
               they
               should
               be
               inwardly
               gracefull
               :
               But
               if
               any
               of
               his
               Schollers
               chanc't
               to
               be
               hard-favoured
               ,
               his
               advice
               was
               ,
               that
               they
               should
               supply
               that
               deformity
               with
               an
               inward
               beauty
               .
               Be
               it
               your
               care
               on
               whom
               Nature
               hath
               so
               freely
               bestowed
               her
               bounty
               ;
               by
               adorning
               you
               
               with
               a
               gracefull
               presence
               ,
               to
               second
               it
               with
               those
               inward
               graces
               ,
               which
               give
               accomplishment
               to
               the
               best
               beauty
               .
               And
               though
               the
               purest
               cloth
               may
               have
               his
               brack
               ;
               the
               preciousest
               pearle
               her
               flaw
               :
               if
               any
               such
               inherent
               blemish
               darken
               those
               inward
               graces
               ,
               be
               it
               your
               endevour
               to
               rectifie
               that
               error
               by
               a
               timely
               censure
               :
               that
               bestowing
               more
               cost
               on
               the
               Instrument
               ,
               than
               the
               Case
               ;
               on
               the
               pith
               ,
               than
               the
               rinde
               :
               That
               Gemme
               which
               be●ore
               seem'd
               blemished
               ,
               may
               be
               so
               polished
               ;
               as
               others
               induced
               to
               imitate
               your
               patterne
               ,
               like
               lines
               leading
               to
               one
               center
               ,
               may
               desire
               nothing
               more
               than
               to
               be
               your
               Followers
               ,
               in
               whom
               they
               see
               both
               an
               inward
               and
               outward
               Faire
               so
               harmoniously
               closing
               together
               .
               And
               so
               I
               descend
               from
               this
               attractive
               object
               of
               Beauty
               ,
               to
               that
               humour
               ,
               or
               opinionate
               errour
               ,
               which
               most
               commonly
               accompanies
               it
               ,
               and
               ever
               detracts
               most
               from
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               DISDAINE
               .
            
             
               THe
               severall
               pass●ges
               through-out
               this
               entire
               Section
               ,
               are
               partly
               extracted
               from
               
                 Ariosto
                 ,
                 Tasso
                 ,
                 Boc●act
                 ,
                 Rheginus
                 ,
                 A●●aeus
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               And
               intend●d
               by
               them
               to
               cast
               a
               glowing
               shame
               upon
               those
               times
               wherein
               they
               lived
               :
               and
               on
               those
               persons
               at
               whom
               they
               aymed
               .
               Meaning
               by
               these
               lighter
               
               Stories
               to
               reprove
               their
               lightnesse
               ;
               and
               not
               to
               introduce
               any
               corruption
               of
               manners
               .
               This
               it
               was
               that
               reduced
               those
               Epyrotes
               and
               Laconians
               to
               such
               strict
               civill
               Order
               ,
               by
               presenting
               those
               Obscrenities
               of
               the
               time
               in
               so
               free
               a
               posture
               ,
               as
               by
               a
               discreet
               recollection
               of
               themselves
               ,
               they
               became
               ashamed
               of
               their
               Errour
               :
               which
               Retractation
               in
               few
               yeares
               highly
               conduced
               to
               thier
               honour
               .
               And
               this
               it
               was
               which
               the
               Poet
               so
               nearely
               struck
               upon
               in
               these
               enlivened
               ayres
               :
               
                 
                   It
                   is
                   our
                   best
                   of
                   Art
                   ,
                   sometimes
                   to
                   write
                
                 
                   Light
                   lines
                   to
                   tax
                   such
                   persons
                   as
                   bee
                   light
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   with
                   a
                   glowing
                   and
                   vermilion
                   shame
                
                 
                   To
                   make
                   them
                   be
                   more
                   cautious
                   of
                   their
                   fame
                   :
                
                 
                   Which
                   once
                   impeach'd
                   can
                   hardly
                   be
                   regain'd
                   ,
                
                 
                   So
                   deepe
                   a
                   dye
                   holds
                   reputation
                   stain'd
                   .
                
              
            
             
               DISDAINE
               is
               an
               humour
               bred
               from
               an
               over-weening
               opinion
               or
               selfe-conceit
               of
               some
               extraordinary
               worth
               ,
               
               arising
               from
               person
               ,
               place
               ,
               or
               power
               .
               Personall
               ,
               as
               from
               outward
               gifts
               ,
               or
               inward
               graces
               ;
               Locall
               ,
               as
               from
               office
               or
               dignity
               ;
               Magisteriall
               ,
               as
               from
               power
               or
               authority
               .
               Of
               the
               First
               are
               we
               onely
               to
               discourse
               ;
               for
               Officiall
               or
               Magisteriall
               Government
               suites
               not
               properly
               with
               our
               feminine
               regiment
               .
            
             
               It
               was
               an
               excellent
               argument
               of
               a
               noble
               
               disposition
               in
               that
               brave
               Lady
               Marcelles
               ,
               who
               gave
               this
               attestation
               of
               her
               Sex
               and
               Countrey
               ,
               to
               her
               owne
               fame
               and
               Nationall
               glory
               .
               
                 It
                 is
                 not
                 the
                 property
                 of
                 an
                 Italian
                 Lady
                 ,
                 to
                 answer
                 Love
                 with
                 scorne
                 ,
                 or
                 fancy
                 with
                 Disdaine
                 .
                 If
                 our
                 Servants
                 oblation
                 be
                 love
                 ,
                 we
                 can
                 sacrifice
                 to
                 them
                 the
                 like
                 .
              
               This
               Lady
               ,
               though
               admired
               for
               her
               beauty
               ,
               scorn'd
               with
               Disdaine
               to
               entertaine
               fancy
               ;
               or
               to
               glory
               in
               the
               distresse
               of
               a
               dispassionate
               Lover
               :
               or
               to
               relate
               amongst
               creatures
               of
               her
               owne
               Sex
               what
               disgraces
               she
               had
               put
               on
               her
               discarded
               Servant
               .
               In
               which
               Triumph
               both
               former
               and
               present
               times
               have
               been
               sufficiently
               practised
               .
               Our
               renounedst
               Heroës
               have
               found
               store
               of
               such
               coy
               Mistresses
               .
               Fulvia
               knew
               how
               to
               domineere
               over
               her
               
                 Pompey
                 ;
                 Cleopatra
              
               ,
               in
               the
               infancy
               of
               their
               love
               ,
               over
               her
               
                 M.
                 Antony
                 ;
                 Cressida
              
               over
               her
               
                 Troylus
                 ;
                 Hellena
              
               ,
               (
               to
               the
               subversion
               of
               a
               populous
               State
               )
               over
               her
               
                 Menelaus
                 ;
                 Phedra
              
               over
               her
               
                 Theseus
                 ;
                 Omphale
              
               over
               her
               Alcides
               .
               These
               knew
               the
               strength
               of
               their
               beauty
               ;
               and
               what
               power
               there
               was
               in
               one
               amorous
               glance
               to
               inchain
               Fancy
               .
               These
               were
               so
               farre
               from
               avoyding
               occasion
               to
               tempt
               ,
               as
               their
               onely
               exercise
               was
               to
               catch
               wandring
               eyes
               ;
               and
               to
               lay
               baits
               by
               adulterate
               beauties
               ,
               how
               they
               might
               surprize
               an
               effeminate
               Servant
               ,
               and
               make
               his
               life
               a
               perpetuall
               servitude
               .
               Although
               ,
               
               they
               encounter'd
               with
               some
               ,
               from
               whom
               they
               received
               a
               repulse
               with
               shame
               .
               For
               even
               that
               princely
               Cleopatra
               ,
               who
               had
               all
               the
               Art
               to
               procure
               love
               :
               and
               whose
               presence
               retained
               that
               winning
               Majesty
               ,
               as
               State
               contended
               with
               Beauty
               ,
               and
               closing
               together
               ,
               promised
               no
               lesse
               than
               over
               the
               victoriou'st
               Monarch
               a
               commanding
               Soveraignty
               :
               when
               she
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               after
               the
               discomfiture
               of
               her
               Antony
               ,
               and
               her
               then
               approaching
               period
               to
               her
               former
               glory
               ,
               kneeled
               at
               the
               feet
               of
               Caesar
               ,
               laying
               baits
               for
               his
               eyes
               ;
               but
               in
               vaine
               ;
               her
               beauties
               were
               beneath
               that
               Princes
               chastity
               .
               Others
               we
               might
               here
               instance
               ;
               who
               were
               so
               farre
               from
               Disdaine
               ;
               as
               rather
               than
               they
               would
               be
               an
               occasion
               to
               tempt
               another
               by
               meanes
               of
               beauty
               ,
               they
               chused
               to
               disfigure
               themselves
               to
               remove
               all
               motives
               to
               Fancy
               .
               And
               of
               this
               Moderation
               ,
               (
               or
               if
               you
               please
               to
               bestow
               on
               it
               so
               gracefull
               a
               Title
               as
               Mortification
               )
               we
               might
               here
               produce
               examples
               ,
               and
               those
               memorable
               in
               both
               Sexes
               .
               Incredible
               is
               the
               Story
               which
               
                 Valerius
                 Maximus
              
               reporteth
               of
               that
               young
               man
               Sputimia
               ,
               whose
               beauty
               did
               so
               incomparably
               become
               him
               ,
               as
               it
               occasioned
               many
               women
               to
               lust
               after
               him
               :
               which
               this
               noble
               youth
               no
               sooner
               perceived
               ,
               than
               he
               wounded
               his
               face
               ,
               that
               by
               the
               Scar
               he
               sustained
               ,
               his
               beauty
               might
               become
               more
               blemished
               ,
               and
               consequently
               ,
               all
               occasion
               
               of
               lusting
               after
               it
               ,
               clearely
               removed
               .
            
             
               The
               like
               resolution
               shewed
               many
               noble
               Ladies
               ,
               during
               those
               raging
               persecutions
               ,
               where
               neither
               viduall
               ,
               conjugall
               ,
               nor
               virgin
               estate
               ,
               were
               they
               never
               so
               much
               strengthned
               with
               modesty
               ,
               nor
               magnanimity
               ,
               could
               oppose
               themselves
               against
               Souldiers
               fury
               ,
               nor
               Tyrants
               insolency
               .
               Where
               ,
               woe
               shall
               finde
               some
               flying
               ,
               in
               defence
               of
               their
               honour
               ,
               to
               desert
               and
               remote
               caves
               ;
               chusing
               rather
               to
               become
               a
               prey
               to
               wilde
               beasts
               ,
               than
               to
               expose
               their
               unblemished
               honour
               to
               the
               Barbarous
               cruelty
               of
               savage
               Miscreants
               .
               These
               found
               a
               hand
               ever
               ready
               to
               strike
               ,
               to
               prevent
               a
               staine
               :
               preferring
               an
               honourable
               death
               before
               an
               ignominious
               life
               .
               This
               might
               be
               instanced
               ,
               with
               much
               admiration
               ,
               in
               that
               one
               act
               of
               the
               incomparable
               Chiomara
               ,
               a
               constant
               Consort
               to
               an
               unfortunate
               Prince
               ;
               who
               upon
               discomfiture
               of
               the
               Gallo-Graecians
               (
               a
               Province
               so
               styled
               from
               her
               mixt
               inhabitants
               )
               being
               ravished
               by
               a
               Roman
               Captaine
               ,
               gave
               a
               memorable
               example
               of
               conjugall
               vertue
               ;
               for
               she
               cut
               off
               the
               fellows
               head
               from
               his
               shoulders
               ,
               and
               escaping
               from
               her
               Guard
               ,
               brought
               it
               to
               her
               Lord
               and
               Husband
               .
            
             
               Others
               we
               shall
               likewise
               finde
               ,
               purposely
               to
               preserve
               their
               honour
               ,
               discolouring
               their
               faces
               ,
               to
               make
               them
               seeme
               more
               deformed
               to
               the
               insolent
               Souldier
               .
               There
               was
               
               nothing
               more
               hatefull
               to
               them
               than
               that
               beauty
               ,
               which
               might
               probably
               ingage
               their
               persons
               to
               an
               act
               of
               infamy
               .
               To
               these
               I
               might
               adde
               that
               excellent
               saying
               of
               a
               religious
               Votaresse
               ,
               who
               understanding
               one
               to
               be
               much
               inamoured
               of
               her
               ,
               call'd
               him
               aside
               and
               told
               him
               :
               
                 Sir
                 ,
                 I
                 honour
                 you
                 so
                 much
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 chosen
                 rather
                 to
                 suffer
                 ,
                 than
                 by
                 my
                 beauty
                 to
                 make
                 you
                 a
                 prisoner
                 :
                 Wherewith
                 discovering
                 her
                 face
                 ,
                 in
                 complexion
                 much
                 altered
                 ,
                 by
                 some
                 colours
                 which
                 she
                 had
                 caused
                 to
                 be
                 laid
                 upon
                 it
                 :
                 hee
                 vowed
                 to
                 relinquish
                 his
                 suit
                 ,
                 imagining
                 that
                 shee
                 had
                 poysoned
                 her
                 face
                 ,
                 to
                 waine
                 him
                 from
                 his
                 affection
                 .
                 This
                 he
                 had
                 no
                 sooner
                 said
                 ,
                 then
                 shee
                 ran
                 to
                 a
                 spring
                 neare
                 adjoyning
                 to
                 wash
                 it
                 off
                 :
                 See
                 ,
                 said
                 shee
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 the
                 same
                 I
                 was
                 ;
                 but
                 you
                 are
                 much
                 better
                 :
                 for
                 now
                 you
                 are
                 brought
                 to
                 see
                 your
                 errour
                 ,
                 in
                 being
                 so
                 much
                 taken
                 with
                 a
                 skin-deepe
                 beauty
                 ,
                 which
                 onely
                 consists
                 in
                 dye
                 and
                 colour
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               ,
               howsoever
               that
               memorable
               Marcelles
               ,
               of
               whom
               wee
               formerly
               made
               so
               honourable
               a
               mention
               ,
               seemed
               in
               defence
               both
               of
               her selfe
               and
               Sex
               ,
               to
               inveigh
               against
               Disdain
               ;
               holding
               it
               the
               most
               unwomanly
               quality
               that
               could
               be
               ,
               to
               have
               an
               heart
               steeled
               against
               the
               perswasions
               of
               an
               affectionate
               Servant
               :
               Ariosto
               ,
               that
               ingenious
               Poet
               ,
               can
               informe
               us
               sufficiently
               of
               many
               hard-hearted
               
               Ladies
               in
               Italy
               ;
               who
               prided
               themselves
               in
               nothing
               more
               ,
               than
               to
               make
               their
               unhappy
               Lovers
               ,
               Tragick
               Subjects
               :
               while
               Some
               of
               them
               raved
               with
               Orestes
               ,
               transforming
               Fancy
               to
               a
               phrensy
               ;
               and
               amongst
               many
               other
               ,
               whose
               heavy
               Fates
               brought
               them
               to
               unhappy
               ends
               ;
               he
               brings
               in
               three
               distressed
               Lovers
               murdered
               with
               Disdaine
               :
               The
               first
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               the
               rest
               ,
               under
               a
               borrowed
               name
               ,
               he
               calls
               Infeliche
               :
               who
               to
               discover
               his
               infelicity
               ,
               and
               make
               his
               name
               and
               fate
               pertake
               in
               one
               qua●ity
               ,
               is
               presented
               weeping
               ,
               and
               so
               long
               till
               he
               ha's
               left
               no
               eyes
               to
               shed
               a
               teare
               .
               The
               next
               ,
               is
               his
               Inamorato
               ,
               whose
               Disdainfull
               choice
               brought
               him
               to
               that
               disaster
               ,
               as
               hee
               vowed
               with
               an
               intentive
               fixing
               of
               his
               eyes
               upon
               the
               Sun-beames
               ,
               day
               by
               day
               ,
               never
               to
               looke
               off
               that
               Object
               ,
               till
               the
               reflex
               of
               the
               Sunne
               had
               consum'd
               his
               sight
               .
               The
               third
               ,
               his
               Desperato
               ;
               one
               who
               scorn'd
               to
               protract
               time
               ,
               or
               make
               truce
               with
               Death
               :
               for
               upon
               his
               Ladies
               scornefull
               answer
               ,
               as
               one
               Despairing
               of
               all
               future
               fortune
               ,
               because
               estranged
               from
               her
               favour
               ;
               he
               leapes
               headlong
               from
               a
               Rock
               ;
               which
               gave
               a
               period
               to
               his
               unhappy
               love
               .
            
             
               Disdain
               then
               ,
               it
               seems
               ,
               hath
               soveraigniz'd
               in
               every
               countrey
               :
               while
               poore
               distressed
               Lovers
               ,
               rest
               of
               all
               hope
               ,
               abandoned
               health
               ,
               rather
               than
               live
               a
               languishing
               life
               .
               So
               as
               ,
               being
               so
               farre
               imbarked
               in
               this
               subject
               ,
               I
               
               must
               needs
               in
               this
               place
               acquaint
               you
               with
               a
               Letter
               ,
               writ
               ,
               it
               may
               well
               seeme
               ,
               by
               a
               perplexed
               home-spun
               Lover
               ;
               who
               impatient
               to
               admit
               any
               other
               complement
               in
               his
               lines
               ,
               than
               what
               might
               to
               life
               best
               depaint
               his
               sorrow
               ,
               proceedeth
               thus
               :
               
                 
                   
                     DEarest
                     Duckling
                     ,
                     be
                     it
                     knowne
                     to
                     you
                     ,
                     and
                     to
                     all
                     People
                     ,
                     that
                     I
                     have
                     pissed
                     bloud
                     three
                     dayes
                     and
                     three
                     nights
                     since
                     I
                     last
                     saw
                     you
                     ,
                     and
                     received
                     that
                     unwomanly
                     relentlesse
                     answer
                     from
                     you
                     :
                     so
                     as
                     your
                     harsh
                     and
                     untoward
                     quality
                     was
                     the
                     onely
                     cause
                     (
                     blinke-eyed
                     Cupid
                     forgive
                     you
                     )
                     of
                     this
                     my
                     misery
                     and
                     malady
                     .
                     Let
                     it
                     now
                     suffice
                     you
                     ,
                     that
                     I
                     am
                     utterly
                     undone
                     by
                     you
                     :
                     while
                     I
                     live
                     to
                     subscribe
                     (
                     and
                     loath
                     am
                     I
                     to
                     live
                     such
                     a
                     Scribe
                     )
                  
                   
                     
                       Your
                       most
                       unfortunate
                       Servant
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
               No
               lesse
               ruefull
               was
               the
               case
               of
               that
               pitifully-complaining
               Lover
               ,
               who
               discovered
               his
               Judaicall
               passion
               in
               this
               manner
               :
               
                 
                   I
                   lov'd
                   a
                   Wench
                   ,
                   and
                   she
                   a
                   coy
                   Precisian
                   ,
                
                 
                   Her
                   scorne
                   of
                   love
                   brought
                   me
                   to
                   Circumcision
                   ;
                
                 
                   If
                   Circumcision
                   be
                   the
                   way
                   to
                   woo
                   ,
                
                 
                   I
                   would
                   my
                   Wench
                   had
                   my
                   Praeputium
                   too
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   since
                   my
                   Choyce
                   makes
                   mee
                   an
                   haplesse
                   man
                   ,
                
                 
                   England
                   adieu
                   ,
                   I
                   'm
                   now
                   for
                   Amsterdam
                   :
                
                 
                 
                   Where
                   I
                   may
                   finde
                   what
                   here
                   I
                   cannot
                   move
                   ,
                
                 
                   Affection
                   in
                   a
                   
                     Family
                     of
                     Love.
                  
                   
                
              
               Though
               afterwards
               repenting
               himselfe
               of
               such
               a
               rash
               resolution
               ,
               he
               salves
               it
               with
               this
               conclusion
               :
               
                 
                   Yet
                   my
                   Coy-duck
                   ,
                   take
                   my
                   resolve
                   with
                   you
                   ;
                
                 
                   "
                   Losse
                   of
                   no
                   Jewell
                   can
                   make
                   me
                   turne
                   Jew
                   :
                
                 
                   But
                   if
                   you
                   'l
                   have
                   a
                   Circumcised
                   one
                   ,
                
                 
                   "
                   My
                   fore-skin
                   onely
                   shall
                   bee
                   yours
                   or
                   none
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Lowest
                   ,
                   but
                   not
                   unloyall'st
                   of
                   your
                   Servants
                   .
                
              
            
             
               Farre
               lesse
               hot
               in
               his
               Love
               ,
               but
               more
               discreet
               in
               his
               Choyce
               ,
               appeared
               that
               Seignior
               ;
               who
               having
               pretended
               love
               to
               a
               Shrow
               ,
               though
               shee
               seemed
               a
               Sheepe
               ,
               fell
               so
               highly
               in
               her
               books
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               end
               she
               became
               a
               Soliciter
               to
               her
               Suiter
               ,
               importuning
               him
               much
               to
               marry
               her
               ;
               to
               whom
               in
               a
               poeticall
               straine
               hee
               returned
               this
               answer
               ,
               covertly
               shadowed
               under
               the
               person
               of
               another
               :
               
                 
                   My
                   Wench
                   o're
                   me
                   presuming
                   to
                   have
                   power
                   ,
                
                 
                   Will'd
                   me
                   goe
                   with
                   her
                   hand
                   in
                   hand
                   to
                   th'
                   Tower.
                
                 
                   For
                   what
                   ,
                   
                     said
                     I
                  
                   ?
                   To
                   cloze
                   our
                   marriage
                   rite
                   ;
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   to
                   see
                   th'
                   Lions
                   ,
                   't
                   were
                   a
                   better
                   sight
                   :
                
                 
                 
                   For
                   th'
                   
                     Lion
                     ,
                     Tigre
                     ,
                     Leopard
                     ,
                     Panther
                     ,
                     Beare
                     ,
                  
                
                 
                   Are
                   all
                   meeke
                   Creatures
                   to
                   my
                   Minivere
                   .
                
              
               Closing
               the
               aversion
               of
               his
               love
               with
               this
               resolve
               :
               
                 
                   I
                   'd
                   rather
                   cope
                   with
                   Lions
                   in
                   a
                   Grate
                   ,
                
                 
                   Than
                   in
                   a
                   Bed
                   with
                   my
                   imperious
                   Kate.
                   
                
              
            
             
               One
               more
               I
               will
               onely
               here
               insert
               ,
               and
               so
               descend
               to
               the
               next
               subject
               :
               which
               I
               have
               occasionally
               heard
               related
               of
               a
               wanton
               widdow
               ,
               who
               scornefully
               and
               in
               a
               jeering
               way
               ,
               disclosed
               that
               Disdaine
               which
               shee
               lodged
               in
               her
               heart
               .
               An
               ancient
               Batchler
               ,
               who
               had
               been
               ignorant
               before
               ,
               what
               the
               working
               of
               Love
               was
               ,
               or
               what
               effects
               it
               produc'd
               ;
               having
               had
               formerly
               good
               accesse
               to
               her
               house
               in
               her
               husbands
               time
               ;
               which
               promised
               him
               ,
               as
               he
               thought
               ,
               no
               lesse
               successe
               now
               after
               his
               death
               :
               made
               one
               day
               suite
               to
               this
               widdow
               ;
               she
               ,
               neither
               gave
               him
               great
               hope
               ,
               nor
               any
               just
               cause
               to
               despaire
               .
               And
               thus
               his
               cold
               suite
               continued
               ,
               till
               she
               falling
               aboord
               with
               a
               more
               amiable
               and
               affectionate
               Suiter
               ;
               one
               ,
               whose
               rising-youth
               both
               seconded
               her
               expectance
               ,
               and
               promised
               more
               performance
               :
               One
               day
               ,
               amongst
               the
               rest
               ,
               upon
               more
               familiarity
               betwixt
               them
               ,
               shee
               began
               to
               acquaint
               him
               how
               such
               a
               Batchlers-button
               had
               her
               in
               chace
               ,
               and
               if
               his
               arguments
               did
               not
               disswade
               her
               ,
               for
               ought
               shee
               knew
               ,
               shee
               
               meant
               to
               make
               him
               her
               Choice
               .
               This
               shee
               never
               intended
               ,
               for
               her
               affection
               begunne
               now
               to
               be
               free
               towards
               this
               active
               youth
               ;
               and
               to
               scorne
               nothing
               more
               ,
               than
               a
               doublet
               with
               a
               Monsieurs
               Belly
               ;
               a
               payre
               of
               Trunk-hose
               ;
               an
               inclining
               hamme
               ,
               and
               a
               mouted
               beard
               ;
               for
               so
               was
               this
               old
               Batchler
               accommodated
               .
               Notwithstanding
               all
               this
               ,
               her
               young
               choice
               feared
               much
               to
               suffer
               a
               defeat
               ;
               which
               to
               prevent
               ,
               so
               soone
               as
               he
               came
               to
               his
               chamber
               ,
               rapt
               with
               a
               poetick
               fury
               ,
               or
               amorous
               fancy
               ,
               he
               addresseth
               these
               Lines
               unto
               her
               :
               
                 
                   
                     DORICLES
                     to
                     DULCINA
                     .
                  
                   
                     Deare
                     ,
                     where
                     is
                     thy
                     discretion
                     to
                     ingage
                  
                   
                     Thy
                     matchlesse
                     beauty
                     to
                     decrepit
                     age
                     ?
                  
                   
                     Dew-dropping
                     Violets
                     hang
                     downe
                     their
                     head
                     ,
                  
                   
                     When
                     their
                     prime
                     Leaves
                     are
                     too
                     much
                     moistened
                     ;
                  
                   
                     But
                     thy
                     pure-featur'd
                     Orbe
                     shall
                     never
                     finde
                  
                   
                     Any
                     such
                     pearled
                     moisture
                     in
                     a
                     Rinde
                     .
                  
                   
                     Beleeve
                     me
                     ,
                     Sweet
                     ,
                     no
                     colour
                     may
                     beseem
                  
                   
                     Thy
                     Virgin-veile
                     worse
                     than
                     a
                     
                       Frost
                       on
                       greene
                    
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               This
               Letter
               sent
               and
               delivered
               to
               her
               hand
               ,
               who
               had
               already
               devoted
               her
               heart
               ;
               the
               selfe-same
               day
               she
               chanc't
               to
               leave
               it
               upon
               the
               drawing-cupboord
               ,
               while
               she
               went
               
               into
               her
               Orchard
               to
               take
               a
               walke
               :
               Her
               over-worne
               wooer
               ,
               as
               one
               impatient
               of
               longer
               delay
               ,
               came
               ,
               as
               it
               happened
               ,
               that
               same
               time
               into
               her
               chamber
               ,
               as
               he
               was
               formerly
               accustomed
               to
               doe
               ;
               where
               finding
               this
               Letter
               open
               ,
               and
               directed
               with
               an
               amorous
               inscription
               ,
               he
               dispenced
               so
               farre
               with
               civility
               ,
               and
               her
               patience
               ,
               now
               in
               her
               absence
               ,
               as
               to
               peruse
               the
               contents
               :
               which
               did
               not
               a
               little
               nettle
               him
               :
               howbeit
               ,
               to
               shroud
               all
               things
               with
               as
               much
               secrecy
               as
               he
               could
               ,
               he
               held
               it
               discretion
               ;
               and
               to
               discover
               no
               passion
               ,
               till
               he
               saw
               further
               occasion
               .
               While
               he
               stood
               thus
               conversing
               with
               his
               owne
               thoughts
               :
               The
               Mistresse
               of
               his
               thoughts
               came
               in
               ,
               never
               so
               much
               as
               suspecting
               the
               discovery
               of
               her
               friends
               Letter
               .
               After
               some
               conference
               betwixt
               them
               ,
               he
               renewes
               his
               suite
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               best
               Rhetorick
               that
               the
               Termes
               of
               Law
               could
               afford
               ,
               he
               enforceth
               his
               love-plea
               ;
               but
               his
               long
               impertinent
               preamble
               was
               soone
               cut
               short
               with
               this
               tart
               answer
               :
               
                 Sir
                 ,
                 quoth
                 shee
                 ,
                 for
                 you
                 to
                 spin
                 Penelopes
                 web
                 ,
                 is
                 to
                 no
                 purpose
                 :
                 it
                 were
                 well
                 you
                 fixt
                 your
                 affection
                 some
                 other
                 way
                 ;
                 for
                 I
                 must
                 freely
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 vow'd
                 that
                 no
                 Gray-horse
                 shall
                 ever
                 stand
                 more
                 in
                 my
                 stable
                 .
              
               To
               which
               unexpected
               answer
               ,
               he
               return'd
               this
               resolute
               reply
               :
               
                 And
                 I
                 vow
                 ,
                 faire
                 Mistresse
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 preferre
                 this
                 conceit
                 before
                 your selfe
                 .
              
               Which
               said
               ,
               
               without
               more
               sollicitancy
               of
               love
               ,
               he
               tooke
               his
               leave
               .
               But
               comming
               home
               ,
               and
               remembring
               the
               Letter
               ,
               which
               hee
               verily
               thought
               was
               the
               argument
               which
               gave
               life
               to
               her
               answer
               ;
               hee
               held
               it
               fit
               ,
               under
               an
               unknowne
               name
               ,
               to
               returne
               that
               young
               Gamester
               a
               reply
               ;
               which
               ,
               after
               many
               invocations
               of
               his
               Melpomene
               ,
               the
               fittingst
               consort
               for
               loves
               melancholy
               ,
               hee
               addressed
               in
               this
               modest
               manner
               :
               
                 
                   
                     SENE●IO'S
                     Answer
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       Thou
                       that
                       of
                       youth
                       doest
                       vainely
                       boast
                       ,
                    
                     
                       Know
                       ,
                       Buds
                       are
                       soonest
                       nipt
                       with
                       frost
                       :
                    
                     
                       Though
                       thou
                       be
                       fresh
                       ,
                       more
                       faire
                       than
                       I
                       ;
                    
                     
                       Yet
                       stumps
                       doe
                       live
                       ,
                       when
                       flowers
                       dye
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Though
                       thou
                       be
                       young
                       ,
                       and
                       I
                       be
                       old
                       ,
                    
                     
                       Though
                       thy
                       veines
                       hot
                       ,
                       and
                       my
                       blood
                       cold
                       ,
                    
                     
                       Though
                       youth
                       be
                       moist
                       ,
                       and
                       age
                       be
                       dry
                       ;
                    
                     
                       Yet
                       Embers
                       live
                       ,
                       when
                       flames
                       doe
                       dye
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       The
                       tender
                       Plant
                       is
                       eas'ly
                       broke
                       ,
                    
                     
                       But
                       who
                       can
                       shake
                       the
                       sturdy
                       Oake
                       ?
                    
                     
                       Thinke
                       thou
                       thy
                       fortune
                       still
                       doth
                       cry
                       ,
                    
                     
                       O
                       foole
                       ,
                       to
                       morrow
                       ,
                       thou
                       mayst
                       dye
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
               But
               having
               thus
               farre
               discovered
               the
               effects
               of
               Disdaine
               ;
               and
               displayed
               the
               danger
               of
               this
               Humour
               with
               variety
               of
               instances
               ,
               
               to
               afford
               more
               solace
               to
               the
               Reader
               ,
               I
               purpose
               now
               to
               descend
               ,
               in
               the
               same
               methodicall
               way
               ,
               to
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Subjects
               ,
               as
               they
               shall
               arise
               in
               order
               .
            
          
           
             
               AGILITY
               OF
               BODY
               .
            
             
               AGILITY
               
                 of
                 body
              
               proceedeth
               from
               a
               quicknesse
               or
               vivacity
               of
               spirit
               ,
               
               enlivened
               by
               a
               sweet
               and
               equall
               temperature
               of
               the
               Humours
               .
               This
               appeared
               in
               the
               exact
               temperature
               of
               that
               Universall
               Monarch
               ,
               the
               invincible
               Alexander
               :
               whose
               body
               was
               of
               that
               excellent
               composition
               ,
               as
               like
               a
               sweet
               perfume
               ,
               or
               some
               odoriferous
               confection
               ,
               it
               sent
               forth
               a
               sweet
               smell
               wheresoever
               it
               was
               .
               The
               like
               we
               reade
               of
               that
               beautifull
               Alcibiades
               ,
               whom
               Plutarch
               reports
               ,
               to
               be
               the
               best
               favoured
               Boy
               in
               all
               Athens
               ;
               one
               of
               such
               Agility
               ,
               as
               he
               bore
               away
               the
               prize
               in
               every
               mastery
               :
               of
               a
               winning
               complexion
               ,
               and
               performing
               constitution
               .
               Albeit
               ,
               hee
               was
               never
               more
               outwardly
               beautified
               ,
               than
               hee
               was
               by
               too
               free
               and
               frequent
               consorting
               with
               his
               Curtezan
               Timandra
               ,
               blemished
               .
               His
               faire
               face
               begot
               him
               a
               foule
               fame
               .
               His
               
                 Agility
                 of
                 body
              
               ,
               the
               gage
               of
               infamy
               .
               Agile
               and
               active
               women
               we
               reade
               of
               in
               all
               Ages
               ;
               
               such
               as
               even
               in
               in
               publick
               managements
               of
               warre
               ,
               shewed
               themselves
               both
               for
               spirit
               and
               action
               to
               surpasse
               the
               effeminacy
               of
               their
               Sex.
               This
               might
               we
               instance
               in
               that
               warlike
               Semyramis
               ,
               the
               puissant
               Thomyris
               ,
               the
               undaunted
               Menalippe
               ,
               the
               couragious
               Antiope
               ,
               the
               heroïck
               Hippolite
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               Empire
               of
               Monomotapa
               ,
               bounding
               upon
               the
               Kingdome
               of
               Congo
               ,
               among
               all
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Emperours
               Souldiers
               ,
               the
               most
               valorous
               in
               name
               are
               his
               Legions
               of
               women
               ,
               whom
               hee
               esteemeth
               very
               highly
               ,
               and
               accounteth
               them
               as
               the
               very
               sinewes
               and
               strength
               of
               his
               military
               forces
               .
               These
               women
               doe
               burne
               their
               left
               paps
               with
               fire
               ,
               because
               they
               should
               be
               no
               hinderance
               unto
               them
               in
               their
               shooting
               ;
               after
               the
               use
               and
               manner
               of
               the
               ancient
               Amazons
               ,
               that
               are
               so
               greatly
               celebrated
               by
               the
               Historiographers
               of
               former
               prophane
               memories
               .
               For
               their
               weapons
               ,
               they
               practise
               bowes
               and
               arrowes
               :
               They
               are
               very
               quicke
               and
               swift
               ,
               lively
               and
               couragious
               ,
               very
               cunning
               in
               shooting
               ;
               but
               especially
               and
               above
               all
               ,
               venturous
               and
               constant
               in
               fight
               .
               And
               that
               their
               Prowesse
               might
               be
               seconded
               by
               Policy
               :
               In
               their
               battels
               they
               use
               a
               warlike
               kind
               of
               craft
               and
               subtilty
               :
               For
               they
               have
               a
               custome
               to
               make
               a
               shew
               that
               they
               would
               fly
               and
               run
               away
               ,
               as
               though
               they
               were
               vanquished
               and
               discomfited
               ;
               but
               they
               will
               diverse
               times
               
               turne
               themselves
               backe
               ,
               and
               vex
               their
               enemies
               mightily
               with
               the
               shot
               of
               their
               arrows
               .
               And
               when
               they
               see
               their
               Adversaries
               so
               greedy
               of
               the
               victory
               ,
               that
               they
               begin
               ●o
               disperse
               and
               scatter
               themselves
               ,
               then
               will
               they
               suddenly
               turne
               againe
               upon
               them
               ,
               and
               with
               great
               courage
               and
               fie●cenesse
               make
               a
               cruell
               slaughter
               of
               them
               .
               So
               that
               partly
               with
               their
               swiftnesse
               ,
               and
               partly
               with
               their
               deceitfull
               wiles
               ,
               and
               other
               cunning
               shifts
               of
               warre
               ,
               with
               which
               long
               custome
               and
               continuance
               have
               made
               them
               familiar
               ,
               they
               are
               greatly
               feared
               in
               all
               those
               parts
               neare
               which
               they
               inhabite
               :
               retaining
               in
               them
               those
               masculine
               spirits
               ,
               as
               they
               hold
               it
               not
               sufficient
               onely
               to
               defend
               their
               owne
               ,
               unlesse
               they
               inlarge
               it
               by
               their
               Enemies
               spoile
               .
            
             
               They
               doe
               enjoy
               by
               the
               Kings
               good
               favour
               certaine
               Countries
               where
               they
               dwell
               alone
               by
               themselves
               :
               and
               sometimes
               they
               choose
               certaine
               men
               at
               their
               owne
               pleasure
               ,
               such
               as
               best
               likes
               them
               both
               for
               favour
               and
               feature
               ,
               with
               whom
               they
               doe
               keepe
               company
               for
               generations
               sake
               :
               So
               that
               ▪
               if
               they
               bring
               forth
               Male-children
               ,
               they
               send
               them
               home
               to
               their
               fathers
               housen
               :
               but
               if
               they
               be
               Female
               ,
               they
               reserve
               them
               to
               themselves
               ,
               and
               breed
               them
               in
               the
               exercise
               of
               warre
               .
            
             
               So
               lightly
               doe
               they
               affect
               any
               sensuall
               pleasure
               ,
               as
               they
               would
               not
               admit
               it
               ,
               were
               it
               not
               to
               preserve
               Society
               :
               and
               to
               continue
               
               their
               flourishing
               Feminine
               government
               to
               a
               succeeding
               Posterity
               .
            
             
               But
               wee
               are
               to
               finde
               other
               exercises
               for
               these
               
                 Agile
                 Bodies
              
               ;
               yet
               modestly
               ;
               not
               such
               as
               that
               Soile
               to
               her
               Sex
               ,
               the
               insatiate
               Messalina
               practised
               in
               her
               
                 Antonine
                 Bathes
              
               .
               These
               would
               strike
               a
               glowing
               shame
               in
               a
               chaste
               cheeke
               .
               Nor
               will
               we
               receive
               into
               the
               List
               of
               our
               Discourse
               ,
               the
               least
               mention
               of
               any
               hard-hearted
               woman
               ;
               for
               our
               Penne
               is
               addressed
               rather
               to
               pencile
               their
               praise
               ,
               than
               detract
               any
               way
               from
               their
               fame
               .
               For
               what
               ,
               though
               some
               women
               have
               bestowed
               their
               Agility
               onely
               upon
               Cruelty
               ,
               tyrannizing
               above
               the
               softnesse
               or
               delicacy
               of
               their
               Sex
               ;
               Every
               Larke
               may
               have
               his
               crest
               (
               to
               use
               that
               old
               proverbe
               of
               Symonides
               )
               but
               every
               wench
               hath
               not
               the
               same
               mole
               ,
               though
               the
               same
               mould
               .
               What
               though
               Orpheus
               were
               torne
               in
               peeces
               by
               women
               ?
               Hippolitus
               guiltlesly
               m●rdered
               by
               a
               woman
               ?
               Hercules
               poysoned
               by
               a
               woman
               ?
               The
               Capitol
               betrayed
               by
               a
               woman
               ?
               Few
               or
               none
               of
               all
               these
               acts
               ,
               but
               with
               an
               e●sy
               exposition
               ,
               might
               admit
               Apologies
               .
               For
               first
               ,
               what
               those
               women
               did
               to
               Orpheus
               ,
               might
               upon
               the
               first
               glance
               seeme
               cruelty
               ;
               yet
               he
               may
               thanke
               himselfe
               for
               effeminating
               their
               youth
               with
               his
               melody
               ;
               the
               onely
               moving
               Scene
               which
               brought
               on
               his
               Tragedy
               .
               Next
               ,
               for
               Phedra
               ,
               though
               her
               f●●t
               admit
               the
               worst
               Apology
               ;
               had
               she
               not
               
               lov'd
               so
               much
               ,
               she
               had
               not
               become
               so
               wilde
               .
               The
               lover
               is
               ever
               blinded
               ,
               nay
               madded
               with
               affection
               towards
               the
               object
               beloved
               .
               It
               is
               not
               given
               to
               us
               ,
               to
               love
               and
               to
               be
               wise
               .
               Discretion
               is
               admitted
               for
               a
               Directrice
               in
               all
               affaires
               ,
               excepting
               love
               :
               yea
               ,
               though
               the
               Object
               of
               her
               love
               was
               unjust
               :
               Love
               hath
               alwayes
               challenged
               a
               priviledge
               in
               acts
               of
               Justice
               .
               Thirdly
               ,
               for
               Deianira's
               poysoning
               of
               her
               dearest
               Hercules
               ;
               'las
               ,
               if
               there
               were
               poyson
               in
               too
               much
               affection
               ;
               shee
               was
               guilty
               of
               it
               :
               render
               her
               ,
               as
               shee
               was
               ,
               deluded
               .
               Glad
               would
               shee
               have
               been
               to
               enjoy
               him
               solely
               ,
               by
               weining
               him
               from
               his
               unlawfull
               love
               of
               Omphale
               .
               There
               was
               no
               venome
               in
               this
               .
               Though
               the
               issue
               prov'd
               fatall
               ;
               firme
               was
               her
               faith
               ,
               her
               love
               loyall
               .
               Lastly
               ,
               though
               that
               treacherous
               Tarpeia
               might
               be
               as
               strongly
               charged
               with
               Censures
               ,
               as
               she
               was
               pressed
               downe
               with
               Targets
               :
               All
               Historians
               are
               not
               of
               one
               opinion
               ,
               touching
               the
               moving
               cause
               of
               her
               Treason
               .
               It
               was
               not
               hope
               of
               gold
               ,
               nor
               of
               bracelets
               ,
               but
               the
               affectionate
               embraces
               of
               an
               amorous
               youth
               ,
               who
               had
               already
               surprized
               her
               heart
               ,
               and
               why
               not
               then
               by
               her
               meanes
               ,
               as
               well
               the
               Capitol
               ?
            
             
               Nor
               is
               it
               discretion
               ,
               as
               I
               conceive
               ,
               in
               man
               to
               reflect
               upon
               these
               ,
               by
               way
               of
               aspersion
               .
               None
               ever
               of
               their
               Sex
               committed
               so
               foule
               a
               crime
               ,
               as
               to
               burne
               Diana's
               Temple
               ,
               and
               that
               
               was
               done
               by
               the
               masculine
               spirit
               of
               an
               Herostratus
               .
               None
               amongst
               them
               so
               treacherous
               ,
               as
               to
               betray
               their
               owne
               Lady
               ,
               to
               usurpe
               an
               unjust
               soveraignty
               ;
               yet
               was
               this
               done
               by
               a
               Nabarzanes
               .
               None
               so
               cruell
               ,
               as
               to
               embrue
               their
               hands
               in
               the
               blood
               of
               their
               owne
               Alliance
               for
               filthy
               gaine
               ;
               yet
               was
               this
               done
               by
               Pygmalion
               upon
               
                 Sycheus
                 .
                 Idaea
              
               ,
               indeed
               ,
               was
               cruell
               in
               perswading
               her
               
                 Phineus
                 ,
                 Aegenors
              
               unfortunate
               son
               ,
               and
               Arcadies
               unhappy
               Prince
               ,
               to
               put
               out
               his
               childrens
               eyes
               ,
               which
               he
               had
               by
               his
               first
               wife
               Cleopatra
               :
               but
               if
               she
               were
               cruell
               in
               perswading
               ,
               he
               was
               more
               unnaturall
               in
               consenting
               .
               Tullia
               ,
               indeed
               ,
               shewed
               her selfe
               an
               unnaturall
               childe
               ,
               in
               causing
               her
               charriot
               to
               be
               hurried
               over
               the
               dead
               corpse
               of
               her
               discomfited
               father
               :
               yet
               was
               her
               usurping
               Tarquin
               as
               unjust
               ,
               to
               plant
               his
               Empire
               in
               blood
               ,
               which
               shortly
               expired
               to
               his
               dishonour
               .
               In
               these
               then
               ,
               let
               us
               hold
               both
               Sexes
               ,
               as
               equall
               delinquents
               .
            
             
               But
               these
               
                 Agile
                 bodies
              
               are
               none
               of
               those
               Bona-roba's
               that
               wee
               are
               now
               to
               converse
               with
               :
               Cleopatra's
               Pearle-broths
               ,
               and
               licentious
               bankets
               become
               our
               Subjects
               .
               We
               must
               present
               such
               active
               spirits
               ,
               as
               were
               those
               of
               Penthisilaea's
               and
               Antiope's
               ,
               who
               in
               an
               amorous
               encounter
               would
               mee●
               their
               brave
               metall'd
               Macedons
               ,
               and
               returne
               with
               equally-conferred
               favours
               ,
               equall
               honours
               .
            
             
             
               These
               were
               Ladies
               ,
               who
               had
               never
               taken
               Physick
               to
               restore
               their
               decayed
               strength
               ,
               nor
               been
               in
               custome
               with
               their
               Apothecary
               for
               a
               Potion
               to
               procure
               love
               ,
               or
               a
               Powder
               to
               enable
               nature
               .
               Nature
               had
               given
               them
               that
               strength
               ,
               as
               no
               Art
               could
               improve
               their
               state
               .
               Suppose
               them
               then
               comming
               in
               paires
               ,
               to
               receive
               their
               first
               fruits
               .
               But
               you
               must
               imagine
               them
               withall
               ,
               taking
               the
               ayre
               ,
               tracing
               the
               fields
               ,
               and
               traversing
               the
               diapred
               meads
               ,
               where
               they
               are
               as
               ready
               to
               take
               as
               give
               :
               To
               take
               a
               Green-gowne
               ,
               as
               to
               give
               a
               Sillibub
               :
               for
               if
               you
               should
               barre
               them
               of
               Liberty
               ,
               they
               could
               finde
               small
               employment
               for
               
                 Agility
                 of
                 body
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               LIBERTY
               .
            
             
               LIBERTY
               points
               at
               two
               Objects
               properly
               ,
               
               Mind
               ,
               and
               Body
               .
               The
               former
               ,
               the
               better
               ,
               because
               purer
               .
               For
               restraint
               of
               Minde
               is
               a
               miserable
               servitude
               .
               For
               the
               other
               ,
               many
               suffer
               restraint
               of
               Body
               ,
               who
               fully
               and
               freely
               enjoy
               
                 inward
                 Liberty
              
               .
               This
               the
               Noble
               Pibrach
               proveth
               in
               his
               
                 Paradox
                 of
                 Liberty
              
               ,
               with
               the
               benefit
               of
               imprisonment
               to
               a
               Mind
               winged
               with
               Contemplations
               heauenly
               .
               Which
               that
               restrained
               Lyrick
               no
               lesse
               merrily
               chanted
               :
               
               
                 
                   
                     Good
                     men
                  
                   and
                   true
                   ,
                   will
                   you
                   be
                   pleas'd
                   to
                   come
                
                 
                   And
                   see
                   a
                   man
                   laid
                   in
                   a
                   living
                   Tombe
                   ?
                
                 
                   Come
                   ,
                   you
                   shall
                   finde
                   mee
                   here
                   ,
                   and
                   finding
                   see
                
                 
                   My
                   cause
                   is
                   good
                   ,
                   how'ere
                   it
                   fare
                   with
                   mee
                   .
                
                 
                   For
                   I
                   am
                   none
                   of
                   these
                   that
                   e're
                   did
                   feed
                
                 
                   (
                   Like
                   Bankrupt
                   Brats
                   ,
                   who
                   breake
                   before
                   they
                   need
                   )
                
                 
                   On
                   others
                   substance
                   ,
                   and
                   doe
                   make
                   a
                   prey
                
                 
                   Of
                   simple
                   Snakes
                   ,
                   that
                   are
                   more
                   poore
                   than
                   they
                   .
                
              
               Annexing
               these
               as
               a
               soveraigne
               receipt
               to
               his
               undeserved
               restraint
               :
               
                 
                   
                   He
                   that
                   thinks
                   I
                   'm
                   restrain'd
                   ,
                   whos'ere
                   he
                   bee
                   ,
                
                 
                   Let
                   him
                   know
                   this
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   as
                   free
                   as
                   hee
                   :
                
                 
                   For
                   though
                   my
                   Body
                   be
                   restrain'd
                   ,
                   I
                   finde
                   
                
                 
                   An
                   unrestrained
                   freedome
                   in
                   my
                   minde
                   ;
                
                 
                   "
                   Birds
                   in
                   a
                   cage
                   sing
                   with
                   a
                   sorry
                   heart
                   ,
                
                 
                   "
                   But
                   I
                   doe
                   feele
                   no
                   such
                   thing
                   for
                   my
                   part
                   .
                
              
            
             
               We
               are
               to
               hold
               then
               many
               free
               ,
               who
               are
               bound
               ;
               many
               bound
               ,
               who
               are
               free
               .
               Those
               who
               are
               ingag'd
               to
               Earth
               ,
               hold
               nothing
               more
               miserable
               ,
               than
               to
               suffer
               restraint
               of
               body
               ;
               the
               reason
               is
               ,
               all
               their
               Lights
               and
               Liberties
               looke
               outward
               :
               whereas
               those
               ,
               
               who
               make
               Heaven
               their
               Haven
               ,
               finde
               no
               calme
               but
               in
               a
               composed
               mind
               :
               no
               freedome
               ,
               but
               in
               their
               Inner-roome
               .
               But
               the
               Creatures
               ,
               whereof
               we
               are
               now
               to
               discourse
               ,
               being
               carried
               away
               much
               by
               Sense
               ,
               crave
               nothing
               more
               than
               outward
               Liberty
               ;
               without
               which
               ,
               how
               should
               they
               enjoy
               the
               benefit
               of
               their
               darling
               Sense
               ?
               For
               they
               hold
               
                 Agile
                 bodies
              
               no
               fit
               stuffe
               to
               make
               Hermits
               .
               But
               admit
               ,
               they
               should
               be
               coop't
               up
               ,
               the
               Cat
               ,
               for
               want
               of
               a
               Consort
               ,
               will
               play
               with
               her
               owne
               tayle
               .
               As
               that
               nimble
               Monkey
               in
               Cheapside
               did
               ;
               who
               playing
               her
               Tricks
               .
               above
               ,
               while
               her
               husband
               was
               selling
               his
               trinkets
               below
               :
               made
               an
               assay
               to
               lay
               her
               heele
               on
               her
               necke
               ;
               which
               she
               did
               ;
               but
               like
               the
               Weasil
               in
               the
               Fable
               ,
               could
               not
               get
               it
               back
               againe
               :
               till
               at
               last
               ,
               after
               long
               strugling
               ,
               falling
               out
               a
               bed
               upon
               the
               floore
               ,
               her
               husband
               affrighted
               with
               the
               noise
               ,
               caused
               his
               Foreman
               to
               runne
               up
               staires
               to
               know
               what
               the
               matter
               was
               :
               who
               returning
               backe
               ,
               assured
               his
               Master
               ,
               that
               she
               was
               either
               bewitched
               ,
               or
               turn'd
               into
               an
               Ou
               beast
               .
            
             
               Liberty
               is
               the
               very
               key
               that
               opens
               to
               Opportunity
               :
               which
               must
               be
               had
               ;
               for
               a
               kind
               natur'd
               wench
               will
               see
               light
               thorow
               a
               small
               hole
               ;
               yea
               ,
               and
               with
               twirling
               of
               their
               Apron-string
               ,
               have
               as
               ready
               an
               answer
               ,
               if
               at
               any
               time
               taken
               napping
               ,
               as
               if
               a
               longer
               time
               had
               given
               them
               provision
               .
            
             
             
               The
               Tale
               of
               a
               countrey-maid
               ,
               (
               for
               our
               Stories
               must
               fix
               on
               all
               Sexes
               ,
               States
               ,
               and
               Places
               )
               falls
               pat
               to
               this
               purpose
               :
               Who
               ,
               when
               her
               Mother
               found
               her
               suspiciously
               in
               a
               corner
               with
               a
               young
               man
               :
               
                 O
                 mother
                 (
                 quoth
                 shee
                 )
                 I
                 knew
                 where
                 you
                 would
                 seeke
                 me
                 !
              
               But
               she
               fitted
               her
               mother
               afterwards
               with
               a
               penny-worth
               ;
               for
               being
               hopelesse
               of
               all
               opportunity
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               her
               mothers
               jealousy
               ,
               she
               comes
               in
               running
               one
               day
               crying
               ,
               
                 -
                 hey
                 Ginger
                 ,
                 hey
                 —
                 What
                 meanes
                 the
                 Girle
                 ,
                 quoth
                 her
                 mother
                 ?
                 why
                 ,
                 Swine
                 are
                 in
                 our
                 Pease
                 ,
                 mother
                 ,
                 —
                 hey
                 Ginger
                 ,
                 hey
                 .
                 The
                 Mother
                 suspected
                 nothing
                 ,
                 but
                 bade
                 the
                 carrian
                 make
                 haste
                 with
                 a
                 wenian
                 ;
                 which
                 she
                 needed
                 not
                 ,
                 for
                 she
                 and
                 Ginger
                 went
                 to
                 meet
                 her
                 sweet-heart
                 in
                 a
                 Pease-rigge
                 ,
                 where
                 ,
                 no
                 doubt
                 ,
                 before
                 she
                 returned
                 ,
                 she
                 found
                 them
                 fully
                 codded
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               like
               Tale
               there
               is
               of
               a
               Good-wife
               ,
               who
               being
               found
               by
               her
               husband
               in
               bed
               with
               her
               Neighbour
               ;
               told
               him
               ,
               that
               she
               did
               it
               for
               love
               of
               him
               ,
               to
               save
               him
               a
               labour
               ,
               and
               withall
               ,
               to
               know
               whether
               other
               men
               had
               a
               stone
               at
               rigge
               ,
               as
               he
               had
               ,
               which
               made
               her
               suspect
               him
               for
               a
               Monster
               .
               
            
             
               The
               Tale
               of
               the
               Court-gentlewoman
               (
               to
               make
               a
               faire
               survey
               of
               Ci●y
               ,
               Court
               ,
               and
               Country
               )
               may
               take
               place
               in
               the
               next
               Story
               :
               Who
               being
               found
               in
               a
               long
               darke
               entry
               with
               a
               young
               Cavaliere
               :
               Her
               answer
               was
               ,
               
               
                 That
                 in
                 good-sooth
                 ,
                 there
                 came
                 such
                 a
                 dampe
                 before
                 her
                 eyes
                 ,
                 such
                 a
                 beating
                 in
                 her
                 Pulse
                 ,
                 such
                 a
                 working
                 on
                 her
                 Sense
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 a
                 shaking
                 Palsy
                 thorow
                 every
                 part
                 ,
                 as
                 shee
                 verily
                 thought
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 some
                 Spirit
                 that
                 wrought
                 on
                 her
                 weaknesse
                 :
                 neither
                 durst
                 shee
                 cry
                 ,
                 lest
                 shee
                 should
                 scarre
                 the
                 Spirit
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               of
               all
               Stories
               ,
               there
               was
               no
               Activity
               ,
               sure
               ,
               a
               wanting
               in
               those
               two
               joviall
               Bridallers
               ;
               neither
               justly
               could
               the
               One
               find
               much
               fault
               with
               the
               Other
               ,
               having
               been
               ,
               by
               all
               probability
               ,
               both
               guilty
               :
               This
               Bride-groome
               ,
               first
               night
               he
               was
               married
               ,
               after
               such
               time
               as
               hee
               had
               given
               his
               Bride
               that
               Nuptiall
               benevolence
               which
               was
               requisite
               ;
               presently
               ,
               turning
               himselfe
               on
               his
               right
               side
               ,
               fell
               a
               praying
               :
               His
               Bride
               intending
               Action
               more
               than
               Devotion
               ,
               addressed
               her selfe
               to
               him
               ,
               in
               this
               Bridall
               
                 Curtaine
                 Lecture
              
               .
               
                 Sweet-heart
                 ,
                 why
                 turne
                 you
                 so
                 soone
                 from
                 me
                 ?
                 are
                 you
                 so
                 soone
                 weary
                 of
                 me
                 ?
                 Pray
                 thee
                 chick
                 ,
                 what
                 art
                 '
                 doing
                 ?
                 Praying
                 ,
                 Con●y
                 ,
                 said
                 he
                 .
                 For
                 what
                 ,
                 Pigs-nie
                 ,
                 said
                 shee
                 ?
                 For
                 his
                 well-fare
                 ,
                 replyed
                 he
                 ,
                 who
                 made
                 me
                 so
                 
                   good
                   way
                
                 .
              
               What
               other
               answer
               she
               made
               to
               this
               frumpe
               ,
               I
               have
               not
               heard
               ,
               saving
               only
               this
               :
               
                 Go
                 to
                 ,
                 husband
                 ,
                 it
                 seemes
                 you
                 are
                 cunning
                 .
              
            
             
               You
               were
               told
               a
               Tale
               in
               our
               Discourse
               before
               ,
               of
               a
               wanton
               Widdow
               ,
               and
               her
               answer
               
               to
               a
               stale
               Batchler
               ,
               and
               importunate
               Suiter
               :
               His
               resolute
               reply
               upon
               her
               repulse
               :
               With
               the
               occasion
               of
               that
               Widdowes
               answer
               from
               a
               Poëm
               writ
               by
               an
               amorous
               young
               Gallant
               (
               which
               he
               likewise
               answered
               )
               who
               disswaded
               her
               to
               lye
               
                 frost
                 upon
                 greene
              
               .
               
               And
               sure
               that
               Widdow
               was
               a
               feather
               of
               the
               same
               wing
               ,
               who
               finding
               nothing
               so
               as
               she
               expected
               ,
               at
               least
               ,
               what
               her
               
                 Agility
                 of
                 body
              
               required
               ,
               twitted
               her
               second
               husband
               with
               the
               ability
               of
               her
               first
               ,
               telling
               him
               ,
               
                 that
                 she
                 had
                 a
                 husband
                 would
                 have
                 made
                 a
                 chamber-pot
                 roare
                 .
              
            
             
               That
               arrogant
               Widdower
               discover'd
               himselfe
               too
               speedily
               ,
               to
               become
               a
               speeding
               wooer
               :
               who
               encountring
               a
               rich
               Widdow
               ,
               and
               one
               of
               a
               sufficient
               pleasing
               feature
               ,
               to
               beautifie
               her
               fortunes
               :
               Told
               her
               ,
               that
               hee
               could
               well
               find
               in
               his
               heart
               to
               make
               her
               his
               Bride
               ,
               but
               he
               thought
               good
               first
               ,
               to
               impart
               to
               her
               three
               things
               ,
               which
               she
               might
               looke
               to
               finde
               from
               him
               ,
               if
               ever
               she
               enjoy'd
               him
               :
               and
               to
               acquaint
               her
               all
               the
               better
               with
               his
               humour
               ,
               they
               were
               these
               .
               
                 First
                 was
                 ,
                 that
                 whether
                 he
                 had
                 cause
                 or
                 no
                 cause
                 abroad
                 ,
                 Shee
                 might
                 be
                 sure
                 of
                 a
                 Bridall-brawle
                 when
                 he
                 came
                 home
                 .
                 Second
                 was
                 ,
                 Hee
                 would
                 eat
                 his
                 meat
                 alone
                 .
                 Third
                 was
                 ,
                 He
                 would
                 lye
                 with
                 her
                 but
                 once
                 i
                 th'
                 month
                 .
                 Why
                 ,
                 these
                 are
                 tolerable
                 humours
                 ,
                 answer'd
                 this
                 witty
                 Widdow
                 :
                 And
                 so
                 you
                 
                 will
                 give
                 way
                 to
                 other
                 three
                 things
                 which
                 I
                 shall
                 desire
                 ,
                 this
                 shall
                 be
                 no
                 occasion
                 of
                 breach
                 betwixt
                 us
                 .
                 Whereto
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 had
                 promised
                 his
                 free
                 assent
                 ,
                 were
                 they
                 of
                 what
                 condition
                 soever
                 :
                 Sir
                 ,
                 said
                 shee
                 ,
                 whereas
                 you
                 say
                 ,
                 you
                 must
                 needs
                 brawle
                 when
                 you
                 come
                 home
                 :
                 you
                 shall
                 not
                 need
                 ,
                 for
                 I
                 will
                 prevent
                 you
                 .
                 Secondly
                 ,
                 whereas
                 you
                 must
                 eat
                 your
                 meat
                 alone
                 ,
                 doe
                 so
                 ,
                 and
                 spare
                 not
                 :
                 but
                 I
                 must
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 then
                 feed
                 on
                 my
                 reversions
                 ;
                 for
                 as
                 I
                 satisfie
                 your
                 humour
                 ,
                 so
                 must
                 you
                 satisfie
                 mine
                 too
                 ,
                 and
                 give
                 me
                 leave
                 to
                 bee
                 your
                 Taster
                 .
                 Thirdly
                 ,
                 whereas
                 you
                 will
                 but
                 lye
                 with
                 me
                 once
                 a
                 month
                 ,
                 take
                 your
                 pleasure
                 ;
                 but
                 I
                 must
                 tell
                 you
                 withall
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 will
                 not
                 ,
                 another
                 shall
                 :
                 for
                 I
                 shall
                 have
                 a
                 months
                 mind
                 to
                 another
                 .
              
               This
               answer
               so
               miserably
               perplexed
               this
               humorous
               Wooer
               ;
               as
               he
               took
               leave
               of
               his
               Widdow
               ,
               and
               never
               revived
               his
               Suit
               after
               that
               time
               to
               her
               .
            
             
               He
               shew'd
               himselfe
               a
               discreet
               Capricorne
               ;
               who
               being
               made
               acquainted
               by
               an
               intimate
               Servant
               of
               his
               ,
               that
               his
               wife
               abus'd
               his
               bed
               :
               and
               if
               he
               pleased
               ,
               he
               should
               with
               his
               owne
               eyes
               see
               such
               a
               Cumrade
               of
               hers
               embracing
               her
               in
               naked
               bed
               :
               
                 Servant
                 ,
                 said
                 he
                 ,
                 Such
                 a
                 Sight
                 cannot
                 please
                 me
                 well
                 ;
                 yet
                 shall
                 it
                 please
                 mee
                 to
                 discover
                 her
                 shame
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 her
                 shame
                 quicken
                 my
                 revenge
                 .
              
               The
               opportunate
               houre
               being
               come
               ,
               whereof
               
               his
               Servant
               had
               given
               him
               notice
               ,
               by
               a
               private
               passage
               ,
               and
               without
               company
               he
               rusheth
               suddenly
               into
               the
               chamber
               ,
               where
               he
               saw
               too
               personally
               presented
               the
               act
               of
               his
               dishonour
               :
               yet
               shewed
               he
               such
               an
               incomparable
               temper
               ,
               as
               calling
               his
               astonish'd
               Brancher
               unto
               him
               ,
               without
               more
               passion
               ,
               thus
               accoasted
               him
               :
               
                 Sir
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 take
                 a
                 course
                 with
                 you
              
               :
               and
               with
               that
               hee
               shuts
               him
               in
               his
               Closet
               ;
               and
               calling
               his
               Servant
               to
               him
               ,
               grievously
               chid
               him
               ;
               and
               withall
               told
               him
               ,
               how
               he
               had
               abused
               him
               ,
               in
               making
               him
               jealous
               of
               his
               wifes
               honour
               without
               just
               cause
               :
               
                 For
                 ,
                 see
                 ,
                 quoth
                 he
                 ,
                 how
                 she
                 poore
                 Girle
                 lyes
                 alone
                 without
                 a
                 Bed-fellow
                 :
                 whereas
                 thy
                 lavish
                 tongue
                 suggested
                 to
                 my
                 too
                 credulous
                 eare
                 a
                 conceipt
                 of
                 that
                 which
                 I
                 now
                 see
                 ,
                 poore
                 innocent
                 Soule
                 ,
                 was
                 the
                 least
                 of
                 her
                 thought
                 !
              
               And
               to
               confirme
               the
               strength
               of
               this
               seeming
               passion
               ,
               he
               puts
               his
               man
               from
               him
               ,
               and
               would
               by
               no
               perswasion
               after
               that
               time
               entertain
               him
               .
               Thus
               salved
               he
               his
               wives
               credit
               by
               relinquishing
               his
               servant
               ;
               and
               abstaining
               from
               inflicting
               the
               least
               revenge
               upon
               her
               Minion
               confined
               to
               his
               Closet
               .
               Onely
               ,
               Hee
               ever
               after
               that
               time
               divorc'd
               her
               from
               his
               bed
               :
               but
               in
               all
               other
               respects
               us'd
               her
               as
               a
               loyall-affectionate
               Bride
               .
            
             
               Hee
               was
               moulded
               to
               as
               good
               a
               temper
               ,
               who
               pretending
               one
               day
               an
               occasion
               of
               
               going
               from
               home
               ,
               purposely
               to
               try
               some
               conclusion
               of
               his
               wifes
               private
               affection
               :
               comming
               secretly
               home
               about
               dead
               time
               of
               the
               night
               ,
               found
               what
               he
               had
               more
               reason
               to
               suspect
               than
               expect
               ;
               his
               roome
               supplied
               by
               an
               active
               Youth
               ;
               whose
               Batchler
               life
               made
               him
               more
               ready
               to
               incroach
               upon
               others
               possessions
               ,
               than
               closed
               either
               with
               his
               honour
               ,
               or
               the
               Owners
               reputation
               .
               His
               wife
               steeled
               with
               re●olution
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               freedome
               of
               affection
               ;
               tells
               her
               amazed
               Husband
               ,
               that
               what
               was
               done
               could
               not
               be
               undone
               .
               
                 O
                 thou
                 unsatiate
                 One
                 ,
                 quoth
                 He
                 ,
                 if
                 
                   indifferent
                   benevolen●e
                
                 would
                 have
                 served
                 thee
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 sure
                 it
                 was
                 never
                 a
                 wanting
                 thee
                 !
                 It
                 is
                 true
                 ,
                 Husband
                 ,
                 said
                 she
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 body
                 may
                 be
                 sooner
                 wearied
                 ,
                 than
                 the
                 desire
                 satisfied
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 sense
                 sated
                 .
                 The
                 appetite
                 is
                 best
                 pleased
                 with
                 variety
                 :
                 whereas
                 ,
                 the
                 daintiest
                 Viands
                 ever
                 dished
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 beget
                 satiety
                 .
                 But
                 bee
                 advised
                 by
                 me
                 ,
                 Husband
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 shall
                 be
                 amended
                 :
                 For
                 your
                 hornes
                 ,
                 Sir
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 farre
                 better
                 for
                 you
                 to
                 
                   shroud
                   them
                
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 
                   blow
                   them
                
                 :
                 Cover
                 these
                 ,
                 and
                 my
                 continence
                 of
                 life
                 hereafter
                 shall
                 amply
                 redeeme
                 my
                 honor
                 :
              
               With
               which
               promise
               ,
               Her
               Husband
               (
               good
               man
               )
               became
               so
               well
               contented
               ,
               as
               his
               patience
               begot
               in
               his
               wife
               a
               love
               to
               goodnesse
               :
               So
               as
               ,
               the
               Comick
               conclusion
               of
               their
               life
               clozed
               with
               much
               happinesse
               .
            
             
             
               That
               good-wife
               was
               of
               a
               merry
               humour
               ,
               who
               ,
               after
               the
               Miller
               had
               taken
               his
               moulter
               ,
               and
               by
               all
               likelyhood
               had
               done
               her
               a
               pleasure
               in
               grinding
               her
               too
               neare
               the
               Louder
               :
               could
               not
               containe
               her selfe
               ,
               but
               returning
               backe
               ,
               and
               finding
               her
               Husband
               at
               home
               ,
               cryed
               still
               —
               
                 With
                 ô
                 the
                 lusty
                 Miller
              
               !
               Her
               Husband
               mufing
               much
               at
               his
               wifes
               mad
               humour
               :
               Sure
               I
               beleeve
               ,
               said
               he
               ,
               the
               Miller
               ha's
               
                 done
                 thee
              
               :
               yes
               ,
               I
               warrant
               you
               ,
               Husband
               ,
               quoth
               she
               ,
               and
               would
               have
               
                 done
                 you
              
               too
               ,
               if
               you
               had
               been
               there
               .
               And
               as
               she
               begun
               ,
               so
               shee
               continued
               her
               canting
               humour
               ;
               
                 With
                 ô
                 the
                 lusty
                 Miller
              
               !
            
             
               That
               confident
               good-man
               received
               Satisfaction
               to
               the
               full
               of
               his
               wifes
               demeanure
               ;
               who
               praising
               her
               one
               day
               above
               comparison
               ,
               to
               one
               of
               his
               Neighbours
               :
               He
               advised
               him
               not
               to
               be
               altogether
               so
               opinionate
               of
               her
               honesty
               ;
               but
               rather
               to
               try
               some
               conclusion
               whether
               she
               was
               
                 in
                 deed
              
               ,
               what
               shee
               appeard
               in
               show
               :
               For
               ,
               said
               hee
               ,
               many
               can
               subtilely
               shadow
               their
               shame
               ,
               and
               delude
               the
               world
               with
               a
               colour
               ,
               and
               yet
               keepe
               a
               bit
               for
               their
               Friend
               in
               a
               corner
               .
               Be
               counsell'd
               then
               by
               mee
               ,
               and
               I
               will
               teach
               you
               a
               way
               to
               resolve
               you
               of
               all
               doubts
               ;
               and
               it
               shall
               be
               thus
               .
               At
               night
               when
               you
               are
               in
               bed
               with
               your
               wife
               ,
               you
               shall
               aske
               of
               her
               ,
               if
               ever
               shee
               had
               use
               of
               any
               man
               beside
               your selfe
               ;
               and
               if
               she
               deny
               it
               ,
               as
               there
               is
               scarce
               
               one
               of
               a
               thousand
               that
               will
               at
               first
               confesse
               it
               ,
               leave
               the
               rest
               to
               my
               device
               ;
               and
               if
               shee
               doe
               not
               discover
               it
               ,
               being
               guilty
               of
               it
               ,
               discard
               me
               for
               ever
               :
               nay
               ,
               I
               will
               never
               conjure
               more
               ,
               but
               burne
               my
               bookes
               to
               save
               you
               a
               labour
               .
               This
               Device
               her
               Husband
               approved
               ;
               and
               now
               when
               night
               approached
               ,
               he
               puts
               those
               Interrogatories
               to
               her
               ,
               as
               he
               was
               directed
               :
               
                 Demanding
                 of
                 her
                 ,
                 if
                 ever
                 she
                 knew
                 any
                 man
                 but
                 himselfe
                 ?
                 Who
                 I
                 ,
                 Husband
                 ,
                 quoth
                 She
                 ?
                 I
                 hope
                 you
                 have
                 no
                 such
                 opinion
                 of
                 me
                 .
                 No
                 ,
                 Duck
                 said
                 he
                 ;
                 but
                 I
                 desir'd
                 to
                 be
                 resolved
                 :
                 I
                 may
                 set
                 my
                 rest
                 then
                 on
                 this
                 ,
                 thou
                 never
                 wrong'd
                 me
                 !
                 Never
                 ,
                 quoth
                 shee
                 .
                 Yes
                 once
                 ,
                 answer'd
                 her
                 Neighbour
                 ,
                 being
                 purposely
                 shrowded
                 in
                 the
                 Chimney-corner
                 .
                 Shee
                 ,
                 poore
                 Soule
                 ,
                 being
                 surprized
                 with
                 feare
                 at
                 the
                 voyce
                 she
                 did
                 heare
                 ,
                 ingenuously
                 confessed
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Spirit
                 said
                 true
                 :
                 &
                 that
                 she
                 had
                 indeed
                 once
                 transgressed
                 the
                 bounds
                 of
                 modesty
                 ,
                 but
                 it
                 was
                 only
                 to
                 purchase
                 his
                 liberty
                 .
                 For
                 your
                 hard-hearted
                 Creditor
                 ,
                 carelesse
                 of
                 your
                 ruine
                 ,
                 having
                 laid
                 you
                 fast
                 upon
                 an
                 Execution
                 ,
                 came
                 unto
                 mee
                 and
                 promised
                 me
                 your
                 freedome
                 for
                 one
                 nights
                 Lodging
                 .
                 Why
                 ,
                 sayes
                 her
                 Husband
                 ,
                 this
                 transgression
                 argued
                 an
                 Act
                 of
                 affection
                 ;
                 and
                 deserves
                 a
                 kisse
                 beside
                 a
                 pardon
                 .
                 Well
                 ,
                 Chick
                 ,
                 said
                 he
                 ,
                 thou
                 never
                 then
                 offendedst
                 in
                 this
                 kind
                 but
                 once
                 ,
                 
                 No
                 ,
                 never
                 but
                 once
                 .
                 Yes
                 twice
                 ,
                 said
                 the
                 former
                 Devill
                 in
                 the
                 vault
                 .
                 Trust
                 me
                 ,
                 Husband
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 true
                 ,
                 quoth
                 she
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 the
                 Spirit
                 had
                 not
                 put
                 me
                 in
                 mind
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 I
                 had
                 quite
                 forgot
                 it
                 .
                 But
                 this
                 too
                 was
                 rather
                 for
                 your
                 love
                 than
                 any
                 lust
                 .
                 For
                 one
                 day
                 when
                 a
                 roguish
                 Serjeant
                 came
                 to
                 arrest
                 you
                 ,
                 after
                 I
                 had
                 convey'd
                 you
                 up
                 into
                 the
                 Garret
                 ,
                 to
                 save
                 you
                 ,
                 and
                 satisfie
                 him
                 ,
                 I
                 lay
                 with
                 him
                 :
                 but
                 all
                 this
                 was
                 rather
                 to
                 secure
                 you
                 ,
                 than
                 any
                 desire
                 I
                 had
                 to
                 him
                 .
                 Why
                 ,
                 all
                 this
                 ,
                 said
                 her
                 Husband
                 ,
                 highly
                 contents
                 mee
                 .
                 Thou
                 never
                 then
                 wrongedst
                 me
                 more
                 than
                 twice
                 ?
                 Trust
                 me
                 ,
                 Husband
                 ,
                 never
                 but
                 twice
                 .
                 Yes
                 thrice
                 ,
                 said
                 that
                 Neighbourly
                 Familiar
                 in
                 the
                 Chimney-corner
                 .
                 Nay
                 ,
                 if
                 thou
                 wer
                 't
                 all
                 the
                 Spirits
                 in
                 Hell
                 ,
                 said
                 his
                 wife
                 ,
                 thou
                 lyest
                 ,
                 for
                 I
                 never
                 wronged
                 him
                 that
                 way
                 but
                 twice
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               next
               day
               ,
               after
               this
               Spirit
               had
               returned
               to
               his
               shape
               ,
               he
               laugh'd
               above
               measure
               ,
               to
               remember
               how
               he
               had
               served
               his
               credulous
               Neighbour
               :
               Which
               to
               requite
               ,
               you
               shall
               heare
               how
               he
               used
               this
               jeering
               Spirit
               in
               the
               like
               nature
               .
            
             
               
                 Neighbour
                 ,
                 said
                 he
                 ,
                 I
                 commend
                 your
                 device
                 in
                 discovering
                 my
                 wifes
                 folly
                 :
                 and
                 now
                 I
                 am
                 f●e●d
                 of
                 my
                 jealousy
                 :
                 I
                 pray
                 you
                 ,
                 let
                 mee
                 now
                 play
                 the
                 Spirit
                 to
                 your
                 wife
                 ,
                 as
                 you
                 have
                 done
                 to
                 mine
                 .
                 With
                 all
                 
                 my
                 heart
                 Neighbour
                 ,
                 said
                 he
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 thank
                 you
                 too
                 :
                 but
                 I
                 am
                 confident
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 voyce
                 out
                 of
                 a
                 vault
                 will
                 detect
                 my
                 wife
                 of
                 any
                 vice
                 .
                 But
                 pursue
                 your
                 plot
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 give
                 you
                 free
                 ingresse
                 and
                 egresse
                 ,
                 as
                 you
                 gave
                 me
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               very
               next
               night
               he
               conveyes
               himselfe
               privately
               betwixt
               the
               Arras
               ;
               whiles
               He
               ,
               who
               presented
               before
               the
               part
               of
               a
               Spirit
               ▪
               is
               now
               to
               converse
               with
               a
               parcell
               of
               his
               Flesh
               ;
               
                 Asking
                 her
                 ,
                 whether
                 she
                 ever
                 lay
                 with
                 any
                 one
                 but
                 himselfe
                 ?
                 To
                 which
                 question
                 shee
                 as
                 peremptorily
                 answered
                 ,
                 that
                 shee
                 had
                 never
                 .
                 Yes
                 Once
                 ,
                 Ecchoed
                 that
                 under-pentis'd
                 Spirit
                 :
                 at
                 the
                 noise
                 of
                 which
                 voyce
                 ,
                 this
                 conscious
                 Bona-roba
                 trembled
                 and
                 confessed
                 ,
                 That
                 she
                 had
                 once
                 indeed
                 layne
                 with
                 a
                 Begger
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 she
                 out
                 of
                 meere
                 charity
                 had
                 given
                 Harbour
                 ;
                 and
                 hee
                 poore
                 thankfull
                 man
                 ,
                 to
                 requite
                 her
                 ,
                 desired
                 to
                 returne
                 her
                 one
                 curtsy
                 for
                 another
                 .
              
               This
               Begger
               stuck
               deepe
               in
               his
               stomach
               ,
               but
               whether
               he
               could
               or
               no
               digest
               it
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               remedy
               ,
               he
               must
               beare
               it
               .
               Yet
               to
               be
               resolved
               better
               ,
               hee
               proceeds
               further
               :
               
                 I
                 hope
                 wife
                 ,
                 you
                 never
                 did
                 this
                 but
                 once
                 ;
                 Never
                 but
                 Once
                 .
                 Yes
                 twice
                 ,
                 hallow'd
                 the
                 Spirit
                 .
                 O
                 the
                 memory
                 of
                 these
                 Spirits
                 ,
                 said
                 she
                 !
                 Truly
                 ,
                 I
                 had
                 like
                 to
                 have
                 forgot
                 it
                 .
                 I
                 must
                 confesse
                 ,
                 I
                 had
                 one
                 time
                 doings
                 with
                 a
                 Pedler
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 gave
                 him
                 a
                 dozen
                 of
                 Tinne
                 
                 Buttons
                 of
                 your
                 doublet
                 for
                 his
                 labour
                 .
                 These
                 were
                 but
                 meane
                 Tradesmen
                 for
                 thee
                 to
                 truck
                 with
                 ,
                 said
                 her
                 Husband
                 .
                 But
                 Thou
                 didst
                 never
                 trade
                 after
                 this
                 manner
                 more
                 than
                 twice
                 ?
                 Never
                 but
                 twice
                 .
                 yes
                 thrice
                 ,
                 bellowed
                 the
                 Spirit
                 ;
                 yea
                 thrice
                 ,
                 and
                 thrice
                 ,
                 thou
                 moppe-fac'd
                 Incubus
                 (
                 quoth
                 she
                 )
                 and
                 more
                 than
                 all
                 you
                 Haggs
                 have
                 Hornes
                 in
                 your
                 lower
                 region
                 .
              
               And
               with
               that
               ,
               whipping
               out
               a
               bed
               ,
               as
               if
               this
               Spirit
               of
               phrensy
               had
               wrought
               some
               strange
               operation
               in
               Her
               body
               ,
               and
               drawing
               neare
               to
               her
               Close-stoole
               which
               stood
               shrowded
               under
               the
               Arras
               ;
               instead
               of
               it
               she
               fell
               upon
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               on
               whom
               for
               want
               of
               her
               stoole
               of
               ease
               ,
               she
               eased
               her selfe
               sufficiently
               ,
               till
               that
               ayry
               Spirit
               resolv'd
               it selfe
               to
               a
               substantiall
               body
               .
            
             
               He
               showd
               himselfe
               a
               soft
               delicate
               Student
               ,
               who
               being
               in
               bed
               with
               his
               wife
               call'd
               for
               his
               Booke
               .
               Which
               his
               Wife
               observing
               ,
               call'd
               likewise
               for
               her
               Wheele
               .
               Why
               ,
               what
               doe
               you
               meane
               said
               he
               ?
               To
               fall
               to
               my
               Worke
               ,
               as
               you
               doe
               to
               your
               Booke
               :
               And
               may
               you
               speed
               as
               I
               spinne
               .
               Meane
               time
               ,
               I
               have
               spun
               a
               faire
               threed
               to
               become
               his
               Bride
               ,
               who
               makes
               his
               Study
               of
               his
               Bed.
               But
               if
               you
               had
               made
               right
               use
               of
               all
               the
               Problemes
               you
               have
               read
               ,
               you
               might
               have
               found
               that
               a
               Study
               was
               a
               place
               for
               you
               to
               conceive
               in
               ;
               but
               a
               Bed
               for
               me
               .
               I
               could
               wish
               you
               Husband
               ,
               to
               turne
               over
               
               a
               new
               leafe
               ,
               lest
               I
               in
               time
               turne
               Haggard
               and
               check
               at
               your
               love
               .
            
             
               Which
               caused
               this
               effeminate
               Scholler
               ,
               for
               feare
               of
               his
               Wifes
               displeasure
               ,
               never
               to
               to
               suffer
               his
               Booke
               communicate
               with
               his
               Bed
               thereafter
               .
            
             
               It
               was
               sometimes
               my
               fortune
               to
               bee
               knowne
               to
               a
               brave-domineering
               Lady
               ,
               whose
               Will
               was
               her
               Law
               ,
               though
               there
               was
               no
               Law
               in
               her
               Will.
               For
               her
               only
               
                 sweet
                 humour
              
               ,
               was
               ever
               to
               be
               
                 out
                 of
                 humour
              
               :
               being
               never
               better
               pleass'd
               ,
               than
               to
               be
               displeas'd
               .
               Her
               Messe
               was
               ever
               serv'd
               up
               with
               store
               of
               Ponts
               .
               Her
               
                 best
                 Cloaths
              
               were
               sure
               to
               bee
               worne
               on
               Worst-dayes
               :
               and
               if
               any
               Neighbour
               of
               quality
               came
               to
               visit
               her
               ,
               she
               would
               feigne
               her selfe
               feverish
               and
               out
               of
               temper
               .
               This
               humerous
               Madam
               ,
               as
               one
               cloyed
               with
               commanding
               ,
               and
               now
               after
               the
               death
               of
               her
               noble
               Spouse
               ,
               twitted
               with
               the
               dishonour
               of
               her
               second
               matching
               :
               When
               she
               could
               not
               revenge
               her selfe
               of
               reproch
               ,
               tooke
               revenge
               of
               her selfe
               ;
               by
               dying
               no
               lesse
               estranged
               from
               remorce
               ,
               than
               shee
               lived
               at
               distance
               from
               repute
               .
            
             
               It
               was
               a
               pretty
               apish
               answer
               of
               that
               Northerne
               girle
               ;
               who
               being
               asked
               by
               one
               ,
               how
               She
               ,
               being
               so
               small
               and
               slender
               ,
               durst
               adventure
               on
               a
               Man
               so
               strong
               and
               of
               so
               large
               a
               stature
               ?
               
                 O
                 ,
                 quoth
                 she
                 ,
                 a
                 little
                 Worme
                 may
                 lye
                 under
                 a
                 great
                 stone
                 !
              
            
             
             
               It
               was
               a
               shrewde
               reply
               which
               that
               Barbers
               wise
               returned
               her
               husband
               ;
               who
               finding
               her
               scowling
               ,
               louring
               and
               all
               out
               of
               temper
               ,
               and
               inquiring
               the
               cause
               of
               that
               lumpish
               humour
               ?
               
                 Good
                 man
                 ,
                 said
                 she
                 ,
                 you
                 need
                 little
                 be
                 so
                 inquisitive
                 after
                 this
                 :
                 for
                 whom
                 ,
                 I
                 pray
                 you
                 ,
                 had
                 you
                 ever
                 under
                 your
                 hands
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 brought
                 not
                 into
                 th'
                 sudds
                 ?
                 'T
                 is
                 true
                 ,
                 wife
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 never
                 lest
                 them
                 i'
                 th'
                 sudds
                 .
                 O
                 husband
                 ,
                 reply'd
                 she
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 should
                 soone
                 leave
                 these
                 sudds
                 ,
                 would
                 you
                 but
                 once
                 leave
                 me
                 !
              
            
             
               A
               wanton
               discursive
               husband
               ,
               when
               he
               had
               rioted
               so
               freely
               in
               his
               talke
               ,
               as
               modest
               eares
               grew
               weary
               in
               the
               discovery
               of
               his
               youthfull
               liberty
               ;
               his
               wife
               being
               then
               and
               there
               present
               :
               
                 O
                 husband
                 ,
                 quoth
                 she
                 ,
                 were
                 you
                 as
                 free
                 in
                 your
                 Course
                 ,
                 as
                 you
                 are
                 in
                 your
                 Discourse
                 ,
                 you
                 would
                 make
                 an
                 excellent
                 Courser
                 to
                 breed
                 on
                 !
              
            
             
               That
               Widdow
               was
               in
               a
               merry-mourning
               mood
               ,
               who
               having
               beene
               Surviver
               to
               many
               husbands
               :
               and
               being
               asked
               by
               one
               ,
               who
               upon
               occasion
               came
               to
               inquire
               of
               her
               husband
               ,
               who
               was
               likewise
               lately
               dead
               :
               
                 Which
                 of
                 my
                 husbands
                 ,
                 Sir
                 ,
                 doe
                 you
                 meane
                 of
                 ?
                 For
                 I
                 can
                 assure
                 you
                 ,
                 Sir
                 ,
                 at
                 this
                 time
                 ,
                 my
                 Husbands
                 are
                 all
                 alike
                 able
                 to
                 dispatch
                 your
                 occasions
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               seeing
               Birds
               of
               one
               feather
               will
               flock
               together
               ;
               That
               Tale
               which
               I
               have
               sometimes
               
               heard
               of
               one
               ,
               will
               passe
               well
               enough
               for
               current
               amongst
               the
               rest
               .
               A
               late-arrived
               Traveller
               ,
               who
               had
               authority
               to
               speake
               of
               strange
               things
               ,
               by
               the
               priviledge
               of
               his
               Charter
               ,
               relating
               the
               nature
               ,
               quality
               and
               disposition
               of
               a
               Turke
               :
               and
               how
               his
               usuall
               Course
               was
               to
               have
               foure
               Meales
               a
               day
               :
               and
               every
               day
               to
               noone
               it
               with
               his
               wife
               .
               The
               good
               woman
               hearing
               this
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               her
               husband
               ,
               and
               impatient
               of
               holding
               any
               longer
               :
               
                 O
                 husband
                 ,
                 
                   quoth
                   she
                
                 ,
                 you
                 would
                 make
                 an
                 ill
                 Turke
                 !
                 Not
                 al-altogether
                 so
                 ,
                 
                   answered
                   her
                   husband
                
                 ;
                 Give
                 me
                 but
                 so
                 many
                 meales
                 ,
                 and
                 thou
                 shalt
                 finde
                 me
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 strongest
                 Turkish
                 Males
                 that
                 ever
                 English
                 Gennet
                 bore
                 .
              
            
             
               Should
               I
               here
               relate
               the
               servile
               condition
               of
               those
               Women
               of
               Sio
               ;
               Whose
               Husbands
               preferre
               base
               lucre
               before
               their
               Wifes
               honor
               :
               prostituting
               their
               bodies
               to
               shame
               ,
               in
               hope
               of
               gaine
               :
               as
               I
               should
               display
               the
               one
               full
               of
               agility
               ,
               so
               should
               I
               deblazon
               the
               other
               hunting
               after
               base
               commodity
               .
               But
               as
               the
               Eliots
               were
               wont
               to
               bring
               forth
               their
               Slaves
               drunke
               ,
               and
               acting
               all
               their
               obscene
               and
               brutish
               parts
               ,
               purposely
               to
               deterre
               their
               children
               from
               the
               like
               filthinesse
               ;
               and
               implant
               in
               them
               a
               native
               horror
               to
               such
               unmanly
               loosenesse
               :
               so
               I
               will
               give
               you
               here
               a
               touch
               of
               the
               slavish
               condition
               of
               those
               inhabitants
               ,
               to
               weine
               the
               most
               mercenary
               
               Palliard
               from
               the
               like
               qualities
               .
               You
               are
               to
               understand
               then
               ,
               That
               the
               Women
               of
               Sio
               are
               the
               most
               beautefull
               Dames
               of
               all
               the
               Greekes
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               greatly
               given
               to
               Venery
               ;
               Their
               husbands
               are
               their
               Pandars
               ,
               and
               when
               they
               see
               any
               Stranger
               arrive
               ,
               they
               will
               presently
               demand
               if
               hee
               would
               have
               a
               Mistresse
               :
               and
               so
               they
               make
               Whoores
               of
               their
               owne
               Wives
               ,
               and
               are
               contented
               for
               a
               little
               gaine
               to
               weare
               hornes
               :
               such
               are
               the
               base
               mindes
               of
               these
               ignominious
               Cuckolds
               .
               A
               base
               traffick
               for
               money
               ,
               to
               make
               a
               barter
               of
               Honour
               .
               There
               appeared
               farre
               more
               freedome
               of
               spirit
               ,
               and
               no
               lesse
               agility
               of
               body
               in
               that
               fat
               Farrier
               and
               his
               bounsing
               Hussy
               ;
               who
               meeting
               in
               a
               Forrest
               ,
               and
               both
               addressed
               for
               pleasure
               :
               after
               long
               parliance
               ,
               concluded
               to
               preserve
               the
               wenches
               modesty
               ,
               who
               seemed
               loath
               to
               doe
               ought
               uncivilly
               ;
               that
               hee
               should
               blow
               her
               downe
               ,
               for
               otherwise
               she
               would
               not
               incline
               to
               his
               motion
               :
               But
               how
               the
               Forrester
               composed
               this
               Controversy
               ,
               I
               leave
               to
               the
               Poet
               to
               deliver
               to
               you
               in
               this
               Epigramme
               for
               me
               .
            
             
               
                 
                 
                   Sith
                   Smug
                
                 (
                 a
                 wanton
                 Farrier
                 )
                 there
                 was
                 ,
              
               
                 Who
                 made
                 appointment
                 with
                 a
                 Country
                 lasse
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 'gainst
                 the
                 time
                 from
                 market
                 she'ist
                 returne
                 ,
              
               
               
                 He
                 would
                 keepe
                 toutch
                 and
                 doe
                 her
                 a
                 good
                 turne
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 place
                 where
                 these
                 two
                 lovely
                 Mates
                 should
                 meet
              
               
                 Was
                 a
                 vast
                 forrest
                 unfrequent'd
                 with
                 feet
              
               
                 Of
                 any
                 passenger
                 ,
                 save
                 such
                 as
                 were
              
               
                 Rangers
                 so'th
                 '
                 chace
                 ,
                 'mongst
                 which
                 a
                 Forrester
              
               
                 Vpon
                 occasion
                 chanc't
                 to
                 come
                 that
                 way
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 heard
                 ,
                 Eve-dropper-like
                 ,
                 what
                 they
                 did
                 say
                 ;
              
               
                 Their
                 place
                 of
                 meeting
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 maids
                 consent
                 ,
              
               
                 Which
                 he
                 resolv'd
                 as
                 quickly
                 to
                 prevent
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 being
                 under
                 shade
                 securely
                 sconst
                 ,
              
               
                 Which
                 place
                 he
                 had
                 elected
                 for
                 the
                 non'st
                 ,
              
               
                 He
                 stayes
                 to
                 see
                 th'
                 returne
                 of
                 this
                 same
                 Lasse
                 ,
              
               
                 Which
                 (
                 as
                 she
                 wish't
                 )
                 did
                 quickly
                 come
                 to
                 passe
                 :
              
               
                 For
                 Maids
                 that
                 know
                 not
                 what
                 't
                 is
                 to
                 consent
              
               
                 To
                 a
                 lost
                 Maiden-head
                 ,
                 nor
                 what
                 is
                 ment
              
               
                 By
                 giving
                 of
                 a
                 green-gowne
                 ,
                 sooner
                 will
              
               
                 Assent
                 to
                 ill
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 know
                 no
                 ill
                 ,
              
               
                 Than
                 such
                 as
                 have
                 of
                 active
                 pleasures
                 store
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 well
                 were
                 they
                 experienc'd
                 in
                 't
                 before
                 .
              
               
               
                 Yea
                 ,
                 such
                 will
                 never
                 deale
                 unlesse
                 they
                 smell
              
               
                 ●ome
                 hope
                 of
                 gaine
                 ,
                 or
                 like
                 the
                 Trader
                 well
                 .
              
               
                 At
                 last
                 the
                 Maid
                 having
                 her
                 market
                 made
                 ,
              
               
                 (
                 Perhaps
                 farre
                 sooner
                 than
                 her
                 Parents
                 bade
                 )
              
               
                 With
                 clothes
                 tuckt
                 up
                 returns
                 with
                 speedy
                 pace
                 ,
              
               
                 Downe
                 by
                 the
                 Forrest
                 to
                 th'
                 appointed
                 place
                 :
              
               
                 Where
                 Smug
                 the
                 Farrier
                 lay
                 all
                 this
                 while
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 he
                 the
                 Maid
                 might
                 of
                 her
                 gem
                 beguile
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 you
                 had
                 seene
                 what
                 meeting
                 there
                 was
                 then
              
               
                 Betwixt
                 these
                 two
                 ,
                 you
                 would
                 have
                 vow'd
                 no
                 men
              
               
                 Of
                 any
                 ranke
                 or
                 order
                 were
                 so
                 good
                 ,
              
               
                 As
                 
                   Lemnian
                   ▪
                   Lemmons
                
                 unto
                 womanhood
                 .
              
               
                 So
                 humble
                 was
                 the
                 Horseleach
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 please
              
               
                 The
                 shamefast
                 Maid
                 ,
                 he
                 oft
                 fell
                 on
                 his
                 knees
                 ,
              
               
                 While
                 pattring
                 paltry
                 Love-spels
                 on
                 her
                 lips
                 ,
              
               
                 Downe
                 fall
                 his
                 breeches
                 from
                 his
                 naked
                 hips
                 :
              
               
               
                 And
                 all
                 this
                 while
                 ,
                 poor
                 soule
                 ,
                 she
                 stood
                 stock
                 still
                 ;
              
               
                 Not
                 thinking
                 (
                 on
                 my
                 conscience
                 )
                 good
                 or
                 ill
                 .
              
               
                 At
                 last
                 the
                 jolly
                 Smith
                 (
                 when
                 all
                 was
                 showne
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 he
                 could
                 show
                 )
                 will'd
                 th'
                 Maid
                 to
                 to
                 lay
                 her
                 downe
              
               
                 Vpon
                 a
                 shady
                 banke
                 ,
                 which
                 with
                 all
                 sorts
              
               
                 Of
                 flowres
                 was
                 checkerd
                 fit
                 for
                 Venus
                 sports
                 .
              
               
                 She
                 (
                 though
                 she
                 were
                 resolv'd
                 no
                 ill
                 could
                 bee
              
               
                 By
                 lyng
                 downe
                 )
                 yet
                 in
                 her
                 modestie
              
               
                 Would
                 not
                 unto
                 his
                 motion
                 so
                 assent
                 ,
              
               
                 Yet
                 let
                 him
                 
                   blow
                   her
                   downe
                
                 shee
                 was
                 content
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 short-breath'd
                 Smith
                 (
                 for
                 he
                 was
                 wondrous
                 fat
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 stuff'd
                 withall
                 )
                 makes
                 me
                 no
                 bones
                 of
                 that
                 ,
              
               
                 But
                 Aeolus-like
                 ,
                 puffs
                 up
                 his
                 cheeks
                 well-growne
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 hee
                 no
                 sooner
                 blows
                 than
                 shee
                 was
                 downe
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Forrester
                 ,
                 who
                 all
                 this
                 time
                 had
                 stood
              
               
                 Vnder
                 a
                 shady
                 covert
                 of
                 the
                 wood
                 .
              
               
                 Steps
                 in
                 ,
                 when
                 th'
                 Smith
                 his
                 smelting
                 should
                 begin
                 ,
              
               
               
                 Saying
                 ,
                 all
                 Wind-falls
                 they
                 were
                 due
                 to
                 him
                 .
                 
              
               
                 Many
                 such
                 Smiths
                 our
                 Anvile-Annals
                 show
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 present
                 times
                 may
                 show
                 as
                 many
                 now
                 .
              
            
             
               To
               inlay
               this
               our
               Lecture
               with
               mixt
               stories
               ,
               I
               shall
               adde
               one
               only
               Tale
               of
               a
               spritely
               Male
               ,
               who
               ,
               for
               love
               of
               a
               Female
               lost
               his
               Maile
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               runne
               post-naked
               down
               Sautry-laine
               .
            
             
               There
               was
               an
               Atturneys
               Clarke
               ,
               who
               comming
               along
               with
               his
               Master
               by
               Stanegate-Hole
               ,
               (
               or
               the
               Pursers
               prize
               )
               and
               hovering
               a
               little
               behind
               his
               Master
               ,
               purposely
               to
               ease
               himselfe
               :
               tyed
               his
               Gelding
               to
               a
               Stake
               in
               the
               Hedge
               ,
               and
               went
               over
               into
               the
               Thicket
               adjoyning
               :
               where
               he
               no
               sooner
               enter'd
               ,
               than
               he
               perceived
               a
               dainty
               young
               wench
               ,
               of
               an
               amiable
               presence
               ,
               cheerefull
               countenance
               ,
               &
               a
               wooing
               eye
               ,
               beckning
               unto
               him
               ,
               as
               if
               she
               affected
               nothing
               more
               than
               dalliance
               :
               The
               Clarke
               ,
               whose
               heate
               of
               youth
               prompted
               him
               on
               ,
               though
               his
               Masters
               speed
               call'd
               him
               back
               ,
               friendly
               and
               freely
               accoasted
               her
               ,
               preferring
               his
               owne
               sport
               before
               his
               Masters
               speed
               .
               But
               while
               they
               were
               clozing
               up
               their
               youth-full
               bargaine
               ,
               two
               lusty
               Takers
               leapt
               out
               of
               a
               Brake
               and
               surprized
               him
               ,
               calling
               him
               to
               a
               sharpe
               account
               
               for
               the
               dishonour
               hee
               had
               offered
               their
               Sister
               :
               Hee
               ,
               who
               had
               no
               time
               admitted
               him
               to
               put
               in
               his
               plea
               ,
               besought
               them
               that
               hee
               might
               bee
               dismist
               :
               which
               Motion
               they
               inclined
               to
               ,
               but
               by
               no
               meanes
               till
               he
               had
               
                 payd
                 his
                 fees
              
               .
               To
               bee
               short
               ,
               they
               stript
               him
               naked
               to
               his
               skinne
               ;
               seazed
               on
               his
               Port-Mantua
               :
               and
               tying
               his
               hands
               behind
               him
               ,
               mounted
               him
               Mother-naked
               as
               hee
               was
               ,
               into
               his
               Sadle
               .
               His
               Gelding
               ,
               missing
               his
               Masters
               horse
               ,
               fell
               a
               galloping
               and
               neying
               after
               him
               .
               The
               Master
               with
               an
               other
               fellow-traveller
               ,
               hearing
               such
               a
               noyse
               and
               clattering
               behind
               them
               ,
               though
               a
               good
               distance
               from
               them
               ,
               looking
               back
               ,
               might
               see
               one
               in
               White
               with
               great
               speed
               pursuing
               them
               :
               They
               imagining
               it
               to
               be
               one
               in
               White
               Armour
               ,
               put
               spurrs
               to
               their
               Horses
               :
               where
               all
               along
               Sautry-laine
               ,
               this
               eagre
               chace
               continued
               :
               the
               man
               harmelesly
               following
               ;
               they
               fearefully
               flying
               :
               till
               they
               got
               to
               Stilten
               ,
               where
               they
               thought
               themselves
               happy
               in
               such
               an
               Harbour
               :
               where
               they
               reposed
               ,
               till
               that
               Armed-man
               appeared
               a
               Naked-man
               ;
               whom
               we
               will
               leave
               to
               the
               correction
               of
               his
               Master
               :
               to
               whom
               he
               made
               a
               free
               discovery
               of
               his
               mis-fortune
               ,
               and
               consequently
               deserved
               more
               favour
               .
            
             
               With
               which
               Tale
               wee
               will
               close
               this
               Subject
               of
               Liberty
               ,
               descending
               to
               the
               next
               ,
               
               though
               confined
               to
               a
               narrower
               Scope
               ,
               yet
               of
               more
               ingenuity
               .
            
          
           
             
               QUICKNESSE
               OF
               WIT.
               
            
             
               
               QUICKNESSE
               OF
               WIT
               ,
               consists
               in
               a
               pregnant
               present
               conceipt
               ,
               arising
               from
               an
               happy
               fancy
               or
               strength
               of
               apprehension
               ,
               having
               an
               answer
               ready
               to
               any
               objection
               :
               or
               a
               pleasing
               delightfull
               humour
               in
               bandying
               jests
               one
               to
               another
               .
               Which
               are
               divided
               into
               Festive
               ,
               or
               Civile
               :
               Both
               ,
               if
               seasonably
               used
               ,
               and
               without
               danger
               of
               any
               personall
               toutch
               ,
               freely
               received
               ;
               Though
               the
               Orator
               hold
               ,
               that
               the
               former
               is
               ally'd
               to
               vanity
               ,
               one
               degree
               nearer
               than
               the
               latter
               .
            
             
               These
               Quicke-wits
               are
               best
               exprest
               in
               present
               extremities
               .
               I
               have
               knowne
               some
               wits
               of
               our
               time
               ,
               held
               it
               their
               greatest
               honour
               ,
               to
               contest
               in
               arguments
               of
               Wit
               with
               Women
               :
               Nor
               have
               they
               held
               it
               lesse
               honour
               to
               gravell
               them
               .
               The
               conquest
               was
               not
               so
               virile
               ,
               that
               it
               should
               reteine
               any
               such
               esteeme
               :
               But
               in
               these
               Duello's
               of
               wit
               ,
               I
               have
               observed
               some
               of
               these
               selfe-opinionate
               ones
               ,
               faile
               so
               farre
               in
               their
               expectance
               ,
               as
               they
               ever
               merited
               least
               praise
               ,
               where
               they
               were
               most
               confident
               of
               an
               undoubted
               prize
               .
               
               A
               just
               judgement
               !
               That
               wherein
               Wits
               are
               most
               presuming
               ,
               they
               should
               ever
               appeare
               most
               failing
               .
               It
               is
               true
               ,
               what
               the
               Apologue
               sometimes
               observed
               ;
               Epimetheans
               are
               to
               bee
               found
               in
               every
               place
               ,
               but
               it
               were
               rare
               to
               finde
               any
               one
               of
               all
               Prometheus
               race
               .
               To
               foresee
               what
               may
               befall
               ,
               is
               an
               eye
               surpassing
               the
               lower
               verge
               :
               yea
               ,
               we
               shall
               finde
               the
               pregnantst
               piercingst
               wits
               many
               times
               most
               blinded
               in
               what
               imports
               them
               most
               .
               Apt
               to
               pry
               into
               others
               secrets
               ,
               but
               neglectfull
               of
               their
               owne
               ▪
               A
               censorious
               quick-sighted
               Argus
               to
               others
               Counsells
               :
               A
               blind
               Tyresias
               in
               the
               Survey
               of
               their
               own
               .
               It
               is
               a
               rare
               felicity
               to
               enjoy
               a
               quick-wit
               ,
               &
               to
               have
               Humility
               to
               manage
               it
               .
               More
               have
               perish'd
               by
               it
               ,
               than
               procur'd
               them
               safety
               from
               it
               .
               Ripe
               early
               Wits
               are
               soonest
               blasted
               ;
               as
               rarest
               beauties
               quickliest
               blemished
               .
               Wherein
               those
               are
               ever
               most
               erring
               ,
               that
               are
               most
               given
               to
               talking
               :
               especially
               ,
               in
               observances
               ,
               regreets
               ,
               salutations
               ,
               complements
               :
               which
               ,
               many
               times
               fall
               out
               unhappily
               to
               those
               who
               most
               affect
               them
               ;
               &
               following
               the
               current
               of
               Court-Rhetorick
               ,
               mistake
               the
               termes
               :
               or
               through
               ignorance
               of
               the
               true
               Dialect
               of
               Speech
               ,
               fall
               into
               ridiculous
               absurdities
               ,
               by
               mistaking
               words
               ,
               or
               inverting
               the
               use
               of
               them
               ;
               familiar
               errors
               to
               most
               of
               our
               affected
               Speakers
               .
               This
               may
               necessarily
               seeme
               to
               introduce
               the
               Tale
               of
               that
               Finitive
               Girl●
               ;
               
               who
               comming
               downe
               from
               her
               Lady
               to
               a
               Gentleman
               ;
               and
               desirous
               to
               excuse
               her
               Lady
               ,
               that
               shee
               could
               not
               presently
               bee
               at
               leasure
               to
               receive
               his
               Message
               ;
               requested
               him
               ,
               that
               till
               her
               Lady
               was
               ready
               to
               dispatch
               him
               ,
               he
               would
               be
               pleased
               to
               goe
               along
               with
               her
               and
               take
               some
               procreation
               in
               the
               Garden
               .
               Which
               could
               not
               chuse
               but
               puzle
               him
               asmuch
               to
               answer
               ,
               as
               shee
               poore
               wench
               ,
               was
               simply
               forward
               in
               her
               liberall
               offer
               .
            
             
               Nor
               had
               that
               Curats
               wife
               any
               ill
               meaning
               ,
               how
               ere
               her
               words
               might
               be
               misconstrued
               ,
               who
               comming
               to
               her
               Land-ladies
               house
               ,
               and
               being
               asked
               of
               her
               ;
               
                 How
                 happens
                 it
                 that
                 all
                 this
                 while
                 you
                 have
                 no
                 children
                 Neighbour
                 ?
                 Verily
                 ,
                 quoth
                 she
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 the
                 motion
                 of
                 the
                 spirit
                 wee
                 do
                 both
                 our
                 endeavour
                 .
              
            
             
               Nor
               did
               that
               soft-temper'd
               Gentleman
               ,
               show
               any
               great
               propriety
               of
               speech
               ,
               nor
               pertinency
               of
               answer
               ,
               when
               comming
               to
               the
               house
               of
               a
               neare-neighbouring
               Lady
               ,
               and
               being
               demanded
               of
               her
               ,
               
                 How
                 long
                 his
                 wife
                 reckoned
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 shee
                 would
                 bee
                 brought
                 abed
                 ?
              
               For
               want
               of
               a
               better
               answer
               ,
               suffering
               both
               in
               his
               tongue
               and
               conceit
               a
               fever
               ,
               made
               this
               reply
               ;
               
                 Even
                 when
                 your
                 Lady-ship
                 pleaseth
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               to
               speake
               generally
               of
               quick-wits
               ,
               they
               are
               naturally
               bold
               :
               which
               many
               
               times
               endangers
               the
               owners
               discretion
               .
               There
               is
               no
               Discourse
               ,
               wherein
               he
               will
               not
               have
               an
               Oare
               .
               No
               Argument
               ,
               wherein
               he
               holds
               not
               himselfe
               fit
               to
               be
               a
               Moderator
               .
               Yet
               ,
               in
               this
               he
               so
               farre
               over-shoots
               himselfe
               ,
               as
               he
               findes
               it
               more
               prejudiciall
               for
               man
               to
               be
               accompanied
               by
               selfe
               conceipt
               ,
               than
               to
               be
               indued
               with
               a
               meane
               ,
               but
               humble
               conceipt
               .
               It
               was
               the
               Saying
               of
               a
               daring
               Stoick
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               in
               all
               things
               so
               well
               resolved
               ,
               as
               there
               was
               nothing
               wherein
               he
               so
               much
               as
               doubted
               :
               Which
               was
               likewise
               the
               arrogant
               opinion
               of
               Velleius
               the
               Epicurian
               .
               His
               confidence
               had
               so
               strengthned
               him
               ,
               as
               no
               opinion
               of
               error
               could
               surprize
               him
               :
               Imagining
               his
               knowledge
               to
               bee
               lyable
               to
               no
               error
               ,
               so
               firmely
               and
               irremoveably
               sixt
               was
               he
               to
               an
               opinionate
               humour
               .
               But
               he
               who
               fooles
               himselfe
               with
               such
               an
               arrogant
               confidence
               ,
               ever
               fails
               most
               in
               his
               expectance
               .
               He
               is
               most
               wise
               ,
               who
               is
               lest
               opinionately
               wise
               .
               For
               he
               that
               seekes
               to
               be
               more
               wise
               than
               he
               can
               bee
               ,
               shall
               bee
               found
               to
               bee
               lesse
               wise
               than
               hee
               should
               be
               .
            
             
               But
               now
               ,
               whereas
               many
               women
               have
               singular
               quick-wits
               ;
               it
               is
               very
               rare
               for
               any
               such
               to
               have
               them
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               know
               them
               .
               It
               is
               commonly
               seene
               therefore
               in
               publique
               Assemblies
               ,
               how
               apt
               they
               are
               to
               give
               occasion
               of
               discourse
               :
               and
               how
               willingly
               they
               embrace
               any
               Argument
               to
               exercise
               their
               
               Wits
               on
               .
               And
               in
               this
               they
               have
               a
               great
               advantage
               of
               the
               stronger
               Sexe
               :
               For
               whatsoever
               they
               object
               by
               way
               of
               reason
               ,
               receives
               a
               more
               favourable
               construction
               ,
               than
               others
               may
               probably
               expect
               .
               For
               indifferent
               things
               delivered
               ,
               where
               little
               is
               expected
               ;
               begets
               more
               admiration
               in
               the
               hearer
               ,
               than
               where
               more
               solid
               Arguments
               are
               handled
               ,
               but
               by
               such
               where
               nothing
               lesse
               could
               be
               expected
               .
               Indeed
               ,
               the
               greatest
               error
               that
               can
               bee
               found
               in
               these
               feminine
               Disputants
               ;
               you
               shall
               observe
               some
               of
               them
               (
               ever
               teserving
               our
               best
               esteeme
               for
               the
               discreetest
               and
               selectedst
               ones
               )
               to
               flow
               in
               words
               ,
               but
               droppe
               in
               matter
               .
               Copiously
               shall
               you
               find
               them
               worded
               ;
               but
               for
               matter
               penuriously
               stored
               .
               Howbeit
               ,
               their
               very
               presence
               ever
               accompanies
               their
               discourse
               with
               an
               applausive
               grace
               .
            
             
               I
               have
               in
               my
               time
               seene
               a
               Woman
               brought
               before
               a
               Judiciall
               Seate
               ;
               where
               she
               was
               accused
               of
               enormious
               crimes
               :
               and
               such
               ,
               as
               before
               she
               laboured
               to
               vindicate
               her
               owne
               honour
               ,
               begot
               in
               her
               Spectators
               an
               hatefull
               horror
               :
               yet
               no
               sooner
               had
               she
               delivered
               her
               owne
               misfortunes
               ;
               the
               undeserved
               extremities
               of
               her
               Adversaries
               ;
               the
               disrespect
               she
               bare
               to
               life
               ;
               the
               tender
               care
               to
               redeeme
               her
               fame
               ;
               than
               she
               begot
               teares
               in
               those
               who
               before
               did
               spite
               her
               :
               a
               noble
               Compassion
               in
               such
               ,
               who
               before
               did
               hate
               
               her
               .
               Now
               ,
               if
               a
               quick-wit
               ,
               prompt
               speech
               ,
               and
               prepared
               spirit
               wrought
               such
               effects
               in
               actions
               of
               that
               quality
               ,
               what
               might
               they
               produce
               in
               affaires
               of
               true
               worth
               and
               magnanimity
               ?
            
             
               It
               is
               true
               ,
               what
               an
               excellent
               Moralist
               well
               observed
               :
               that
               it
               fareth
               with
               wits
               ,
               as
               with
               diversity
               of
               Soyles
               .
               Some
               are
               naturally
               so
               fruitfull
               ,
               that
               if
               they
               should
               be
               manured
               or
               marled
               ,
               they
               would
               grow
               over
               with
               weedes
               .
               Many
               such
               luxuriant
               Wits
               there
               be
               ;
               who
               ,
               the
               more
               they
               are
               fed
               ,
               the
               more
               are
               they
               famished
               .
               These
               must
               bee
               kept
               Sharpe
               ,
               or
               they
               will
               not
               mount
               .
               Others
               there
               be
               ,
               who
               must
               be
               forced
               ,
               or
               they
               are
               starved
               ,
               but
               these
               partake
               not
               of
               such
               whereof
               wee
               have
               here
               discoursed
               .
            
             
               To
               dwell
               longer
               on
               these
               I
               shall
               not
               need
               ,
               seeing
               the
               
                 Triall
                 of
                 wits
              
               will
               sufficiently
               informe
               you
               .
               Wee
               will
               descend
               then
               from
               those
               benefits
               accruing
               to
               quick-wits
               discreetly
               mannaged
               ,
               to
               those
               distasts
               they
               beget
               by
               being
               too
               lavishly
               vented
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               DISTASTE
               .
            
             
               
               PRECIOUSEST
               things
               have
               ever
               the
               worst
               keepers
               :
               which
               proverbe
               is
               made
               good
               even
               in
               this
               Subject
               .
               There
               was
               never
               good
               Wit
               ,
               saith
               the
               profound
               Stagyrian
               ,
               without
               some
               mixture
               of
               folly
               .
               Nay
               ,
               the
               best
               Wits
               have
               the
               vicioust
               parts
               .
               Dangerous
               tooles
               to
               be
               in
               mad
               mens
               hands
               .
            
             
               Let
               us
               reflect
               a
               little
               then
               upon
               that
               
                 Noble
                 Sexe
              
               ,
               whereto
               we
               are
               to
               addresse
               our
               discourse
               :
               and
               in
               these
               rich
               Mineralls
               of
               Wit
               ,
               observe
               if
               those
               purest
               and
               precioust
               metals
               are
               not
               blemished
               with
               some
               foile
               .
               Quicke
               and
               piercing
               be
               these
               feminine
               wits
               :
               which
               being
               well
               disposed
               ,
               incomparably
               beseeme
               them
               .
               For
               as
               that
               Relater
               sometimes
               delivering
               a
               passionate
               Speech
               ,
               expressed
               every
               passage
               so
               emphatically
               ,
               as
               he
               begot
               a
               generall
               Compassion
               in
               his
               Hearers
               ;
               till
               ,
               in
               t●e
               end
               ,
               Concluding
               his
               whole
               discourse
               ,
               hee
               demanded
               of
               them
               what
               they
               thought
               of
               such
               an
               Orator
               ?
               Their
               answer
               was
               ,
               they
               could
               admire
               nothing
               more
               .
               
                 Nor
                 can
                 you
                 doe
                 ought
                 lesse
                 ,
                 replyed
                 hee
                 ,
                 comming
                 wholly
                 from
                 the
                 sweet
                 pen
                 of
                 a
                 Woman
                 .
              
            
             
             
               Every
               Action
               ,
               saith
               the
               Philosopher
               ,
               hath
               two
               helves
               or
               handles
               .
               And
               we
               shall
               finde
               these
               two
               metalld
               wits
               strike
               upon
               the
               same
               Shelves
               .
               The
               one
               more
               apt
               for
               projecting
               ,
               the
               other
               for
               discoursing
               .
               This
               tart
               ;
               That
               dangerous
               .
               As
               for
               our
               old
               
                 Beldame
                 wits
              
               ,
               wee
               will
               let
               them
               rust
               in
               the
               sheath
               :
               Their
               Plots
               are
               ever
               casting
               for
               Husbands
               for
               their
               Daughters
               :
               or
               how
               they
               may
               gather
               a
               little
               more
               uselesse
               trash
               into
               their
               knapsacks
               :
               which
               they
               enjoy
               with
               as
               much
               content
               ,
               as
               those
               who
               live
               in
               continuall
               want
               .
               Our
               Stories
               must
               take
               life
               from
               more
               youthfull
               Madeona's
               .
               Such
               ,
               as
               to
               purchase
               the
               persons
               whom
               they
               lov'd
               ;
               and
               whose
               fidelity
               they
               had
               sufficiently
               approv'd
               ;
               tooke
               upon
               them
               disguises
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               enjoy
               the
               fruits
               of
               their
               affection
               with
               lesse
               suspition
               .
               Others
               becomming
               Pages
               to
               those
               who
               were
               foes
               to
               their
               Lovers
               ;
               to
               make
               those
               whom
               they
               lov'd
               ,
               happy
               Conquerours
               .
               Others
               exposing
               themselves
               for
               Slaves
               ,
               to
               secure
               their
               Sweet-hearts
               States
               .
               Of
               which
               sorts
               ,
               you
               may
               furnish
               your selves
               with
               Instances
               plenteously
               both
               in
               our
               ancient
               Roman
               and
               our
               latter
               Italian
               Stories
               .
               All
               which
               ,
               as
               they
               pitched
               upon
               love
               ,
               so
               closed
               they
               for
               most
               part
               with
               Comick
               ends
               .
            
             
               But
               of
               all
               others
               ,
               there
               are
               no
               Plots
               more
               desperately
               dangerous
               ,
               then
               those
               which
               are
               grounded
               on
               Iealousie
               :
               which
               in
               all
               ages
               
               hath
               brought
               forth
               such
               implacable
               Revenge
               ,
               as
               nothing
               could
               finde
               it
               a
               period
               without
               blood
               .
               But
               our
               desire
               is
               not
               to
               rivell
               your
               eyes
               with
               teares
               ;
               nor
               to
               close
               our
               
                 Curtaine
                 Lecture
              
               with
               a
               funerall
               pile
               :
               But
               to
               furnish
               you
               with
               fresh
               Messes
               of
               merry
               mates
               ,
               where
               the
               effects
               of
               Iealousie
               or
               Revenge
               shall
               winde
               themselves
               up
               in
               mirth
               .
               I
               will
               begin
               with
               the
               Tale
               of
               a
               Wenching
               Companion
               ,
               who
               could
               not
               fare
               well
               but
               he
               must
               cry
               roast-meat
               :
               For
               having
               received
               a
               fair
               and
               free
               entertainment
               from
               three
               severall
               witty
               Wantons
               in
               his
               Parish
               ;
               it
               could
               not
               suffice
               him
               to
               enjoy
               them
               but
               he
               must
               boast
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               so
               defame
               them
               .
               These
               three
               merry
               Gossips
               practised
               one
               day
               how
               they
               might
               pay
               him
               home
               in
               his
               own
               Coin
               :
               and
               how
               they
               might
               each
               of
               them
               affright
               him
               most
               ,
               and
               harme
               him
               least
               .
            
             
               The
               first
               ,
               being
               a
               Barbers
               wife
               ,
               was
               long
               in
               the
               suds
               ,
               till
               she
               had
               wrought
               what
               she
               had
               so
               long
               sought
               ;
               which
               the
               better
               to
               bring
               to
               passe
               ,
               with
               an
               affable
               invitation
               she
               cheers
               her
               youngker
               ,
               and
               wils
               him
               not
               to
               breake
               with
               her
               :
               for
               such
               a
               day
               would
               her
               husband
               be
               imployed
               in
               trimming
               some
               Burgesse
               against
               such
               a
               festivall
               day
               ,
               and
               no
               time
               more
               opportunate
               for
               his
               safe
               ingresse
               and
               ●gr●sse
               .
               The
               time
               is
               observed
               ,
               all
               things
               ●●●ted
               :
               but
               while
               these
               two
               amorous
               factors
               
               are
               in
               naked
               imbraces
               ,
               enjoying
               each
               other
               ,
               by
               a
               private
               practice
               with
               her
               Maid
               ,
               in
               comes
               the
               Barber
               .
               Hee
               perceiving
               nothing
               ,
               chid
               his
               Dame
               ,
               for
               spending
               so
               much
               time
               in
               her
               bed
               ;
               bidding
               her
               arise
               for
               shame
               ,
               for
               (
               said
               hee
               )
               I
               have
               trimm'd
               two
               gentlemen
               already
               :
               yea
               ,
               Husband
               (
               quoth
               shee
               )
               but
               I
               would
               know
               him
               that
               trimms
               you
               .
               —
               But
               you
               promis'd
               me
               ,
               one
               day
               ,
               Husband
               ,
               to
               payre
               my
               toes
               ,
               do
               it
               now
               for
               me
               ,
               and
               I
               wil
               rise
               instantly
               .
               The
               good
               simple
               Barber
               ,
               conscious
               of
               no
               such
               things
               as
               his
               wife
               had
               practised
               ,
               began
               to
               give
               an
               edge
               to
               his
               razor
               ,
               while
               his
               witty
               wife
               whisphering
               underneath
               ,
               willed
               the
               Currier
               to
               put
               out
               his
               feet
               ,
               and
               to
               fall
               low
               in
               the
               bed
               ,
               for
               fear
               of
               discovery
               .
               Which
               the
               poor
               trembling
               Snake
               did
               accordingly
               .
               —
               O
               cut
               me
               nearer
               ,
               quoth
               the
               Barbers
               wife
               :
               till
               he
               went
               so
               near
               the
               quick
               ,
               as
               the
               Palsie-shaking
               Cavalier
               feeling
               more
               than
               hee
               durst
               finde
               fault
               with
               ,
               to
               free
               himselfe
               from
               feare
               of
               further
               torture
               ,
               bit
               the
               Barbers
               wife
               into
               the
               shoulder
               .
               This
               procured
               a
               shreeke
               from
               the
               wife
               ;
               and
               caus'd
               the
               Husband
               to
               lay
               aside
               his
               tool
               .
               So
               taking
               along
               with
               him
               some
               Camphier
               Bals
               for
               which
               he
               came
               thither
               ,
               hee
               left
               this
               shaking
               Shark
               with
               his
               Subtill
               Syren
               together
               :
               the
               one
               trembling
               for
               fear
               ;
               the
               other
               laughing
               at
               his
               fever
               .
            
             
               The
               next
               was
               of
               the
               Lemnian
               Order
               ,
               
               a
               black-Smiths
               wife
               ;
               One
               ,
               who
               could
               forge
               and
               hammer
               any
               thing
               cunningly
               ,
               to
               compasse
               her
               pleasure
               .
               And
               shee
               must
               play
               her
               Pranks
               too
               ;
               which
               the
               better
               to
               effect
               ,
               this
               Lady
               Venus
               pretends
               that
               her
               Vulcan
               is
               to
               play
               the
               Farrier
               abroad
               ,
               and
               therefore
               privately
               invites
               this
               Martiall
               younker
               to
               her
               house
               ,
               to
               play
               the
               part
               of
               a
               stout
               and
               stiffe
               Warriour
               at
               home
               .
               Such
               a
               pleasing
               occasion
               requires
               all
               expedition
               :
               Love
               loosens
               fetters
               ,
               and
               transforms
               feet
               to
               feathers
               to
               seize
               upon
               such
               a
               purchase
               .
               The
               way
               hee
               findes
               easie
               ;
               his
               free
               accesse
               promiseth
               all
               successe
               :
               He
               is
               not
               only
               admitted
               ,
               but
               permitted
               to
               do
               what
               hee
               list
               .
               But
               an
               unexpected
               storme
               alters
               this
               Calme
               :
               while
               these
               two
               lye
               billing
               like
               two
               loving
               Payres
               ,
               she
               heares
               her
               Husbands
               boisterous
               tongue
               below
               the
               stayres
               :
               It
               is
               high
               time
               then
               for
               her
               now
               or
               never
               to
               ply
               her
               anvile
               ,
               or
               feele
               the
               fury
               of
               her
               Farrier
               :
               which
               to
               prevent
               (
               no
               wit
               comparable
               to
               a
               womans
               at
               a
               dead
               lift
               )
               she
               opens
               a
               Chest
               which
               stood
               close
               to
               her
               bed
               ;
               and
               puts
               in
               her
               Paramour
               by
               the
               head
               and
               shoulders
               :
               and
               locks
               it
               fast
               ,
               when
               she
               has
               done
               :
               Up
               comes
               the
               Husband
               ,
               chasing
               like
               an
               Horse-leach
               ,
               and
               fretting
               like
               gumm'd
               grogran
               ,
               to
               finde
               his
               wife
               i
               th'
               Cloth-market
               at
               that
               time
               o
               th'
               day
               .
               But
               poor
               wench
               ,
               she
               feigns
               herselfe
               sick
               ,
               giving
               such
               a
               passionate
               grace
               to
               her
               counterfeit
               
               groane
               ,
               as
               her
               simple
               Actaeon
               imagined
               her
               to
               be
               sick
               indeed
               .
               He
               ,
               to
               comfort
               his
               sweet
               Dulip
               ,
               asks
               her
               what
               she
               would
               have
               ,
               and
               where
               her
               paine
               held
               her
               most
               ?
               O
               ,
               at
               my
               stomack
               ,
               Husband
               ,
               at
               my
               stomack
               ;
               I
               finde
               a
               great
               loathing
               at
               my
               stomack
               .
               —
               Where
               's
               the
               
                 Aqua
                 vitae
              
               bottle
               ,
               said
               the
               Smith
               ?
               that
               will
               either
               recover
               thee
               or
               nothing
               .
               O
               ,
               in
               that
               Chest
               ,
               Husband
               ,
               but
               I
               know
               not
               where
               the
               key
               is
               ;
               the
               griefe
               of
               my
               stomack
               h
               'as
               made
               me
               quite
               forget
               my selfe
               .
               Marry
               ,
               quoth
               he
               ,
               but
               I
               will
               breake
               it
               up
               with
               my
               hammer
               and
               pincers
               ;
               —
               I
               will
               not
               loose
               my
               Coy-Duck
               for
               a
               little
               labour
               .
               As
               they
               were
               thus
               communing
               ,
               and
               hee
               preparing
               his
               tooles
               to
               breake
               up
               the
               Chest
               ,
               or
               this
               Paramours
               Cabbin
               ,
               you
               may
               partly
               imagine
               what
               a
               pitifull
               perplexitie
               ,
               that
               inchested
               Lecher
               was
               in
               :
               Which
               hee
               discovered
               ,
               for
               being
               not
               able
               to
               containe
               himselfe
               any
               longer
               ,
               the
               chinks
               of
               the
               Chest
               disclosed
               his
               feare
               by
               the
               distillation
               of
               his
               Water
               .
               Which
               the
               disssembling
               sick
               Dame
               perceiving
               ;
               Oh
               ,
               quoth
               she
               ,
               Husband
               ,
               you
               may
               now
               save
               that
               labour
               ,
               for
               by
               the
               jogging
               you
               have
               made
               ,
               you
               have
               spilt
               all
               the
               Water
               :
               and
               I
               thanke
               God
               ,
               I
               am
               at
               better
               ●ase
               then
               I
               was
               .
            
             
               This
               highly
               cheered
               the
               good
               man
               to
               see
               his
               wife
               so
               well
               recovered
               :
               while
               she
               after
               the
               departure
               of
               her
               Husband
               releaseth
               the
               prisoner
               ;
               
               who
               came
               forth
               like
               a
               drown'd
               Rat
               ,
               and
               without
               scarce
               taking
               leave
               of
               his
               jeering
               Minion
               ,
               run
               downe
               stayres
               in
               a
               pelting
               chafe
               ,
               vowing
               ever
               after
               to
               be
               more
               wary
               of
               preferring
               such
               a
               Didapper
               to
               his
               Choice
               .
            
             
               But
               carnall
               repentance
               holds
               no
               long
               residence
               .
               The
               third
               merry
               Gossip
               ,
               being
               a
               Feather
               of
               the
               same
               Wing
               ,
               and
               had
               purposed
               to
               render
               her
               Wanton
               Tell-tale
               the
               like
               Wage
               :
               sends
               one
               Evening
               to
               this
               
                 Fly-blowne
                 Flesh-Fly
              
               ,
               acquainting
               him
               how
               her
               Husband
               ,
               (
               being
               an
               Excellent
               Painter
               ,
               and
               such
               an
               One
               as
               not
               a
               Rush-bearing
               or
               May-Morish
               in
               all
               that
               Parish
               could
               subsist
               without
               him
               )
               was
               to
               go
               a
               good
               way
               (
               as
               she
               pretended
               )
               stay
               a
               long
               time
               from
               home
               about
               setting
               forth
               of
               a
               Pageant
               ;
               so
               as
               ,
               hee
               might
               enjoy
               the
               freedome
               of
               her
               love
               securely
               ,
               without
               the
               least
               suspition
               of
               any
               within
               her
               family
               .
               The
               Joviall
               youngker
               forgetfull
               of
               his
               late
               feare
               ,
               and
               desirous
               to
               second
               her
               ayme
               ,
               whose
               love
               was
               his
               lure
               ;
               with
               winged
               speed
               fits
               himselfe
               for
               this
               Loves
               adventure
               :
               where
               he
               no
               sooner
               arrives
               ,
               than
               he
               is
               received
               with
               all
               expressions
               of
               familiarity
               and
               privacy
               of
               favour
               .
               Though
               she
               were
               a
               a
               Painters
               wife
               ,
               and
               one
               practised
               much
               in
               adulterate
               varnish
               ,
               hee
               found
               her
               affection
               laid
               on
               with
               such
               Colours
               ,
               as
               they
               were
               in
               graine
               and
               admitted
               no
               staine
               :
               for
               nothing
               was
               deny'd
               him
               ,
               
               that
               could
               bee
               desir'd
               by
               him
               .
               Hee
               found
               more
               agility
               and
               quicknesse
               in
               this
               amorous
               Creature
               ,
               than
               ever
               Pygmalion
               could
               doe
               in
               his
               artfull
               (
               but
               as
               then
               un-enlivened
               feature
               .
               )
               Prometheus
               his
               fire
               had
               infused
               such
               heat
               ;
               as
               never
               more
               active
               nor
               virile
               love
               accompanied
               Ida's
               seat
               ,
               nor
               Eryca's
               grove
               ,
               than
               that
               love-entranced
               Myrmidon
               did
               enjoy
               in
               the
               seazure
               of
               his
               
                 Pegge
                 Painters
              
               love
               .
            
             
               But
               were
               there
               no
               flaw
               in
               a
               Picture
               ,
               Art
               might
               worthily
               admire
               her selfe
               ,
               and
               esteeme
               her
               worke
               an
               Architype
               of
               Nature
               .
               Men
               would
               in
               time
               become
               Zanies
               and
               surfet
               in
               the
               Sweets
               of
               pleasure
               ,
               if
               there
               were
               no
               Alloes
               to
               immix
               it selfe
               with
               it
               ,
               and
               allay
               the
               quality
               of
               it
               in
               some
               measure
               .
               This
               that
               sensuall
               Amorist
               felt
               ,
               heard
               and
               understood
               ;
               when
               ready
               stript
               to
               imbath
               himselfe
               in
               his
               Stove
               (
               or
               if
               you
               will
               )
               Stue
               of
               delights
               :
               that
               perfidious
               Phidias
               (
               for
               so
               no
               doubt
               our
               youthfull
               Gamester
               held
               him
               )
               was
               heard
               below
               :
               what
               a
               pickle
               then
               may
               you
               imagine
               this
               sou●'t
               Gurnet
               was
               in
               ,
               at
               the
               resound
               of
               his
               voice
               ?
               But
               some
               present
               course
               must
               be
               taken
               ,
               to
               secure
               this
               unfortunate
               Goat
               ,
               or
               there
               is
               no
               more
               life
               to
               be
               expected
               ,
               than
               in
               a
               Picture
               which
               Art
               onely
               formed
               .
               But
               a
               device
               this
               Wanton
               ha's
               in
               readinesse
               ,
               to
               revenge
               her
               wrong
               ;
               and
               with
               some
               feare
               to
               her
               Bed-fellow
               ,
               
               shroud
               both
               their
               lightnesse
               .
               The
               Plot
               is
               this
               :
               She
               wills
               him
               stirre
               his
               stumps
               ;
               and
               follow
               those
               directions
               shee
               prescribes
               him
               .
               Hee
               must
               now
               of
               a
               living
               Creature
               become
               a
               dying
               Picture
               :
               he
               must
               hang
               behinde
               the
               Doore
               for
               something
               ,
               and
               bee
               as
               mute
               as
               if
               he
               hung
               there
               for
               nothing
               .
               Mother-naked
               hee
               hangs
               there
               by
               the
               Arms
               ;
               while
               the
               Painter
               ,
               who
               knowes
               little
               of
               the
               Drift
               or
               practice
               either
               ,
               enters
               the
               Chamber
               ,
               and
               contrary
               to
               the
               custome
               of
               the
               Countrey
               ,
               begins
               to
               read
               his
               Wife
               a
               
                 Curtaine
                 Lecture
              
               ;
               but
               shee
               ,
               tender
               of
               her
               honour
               ,
               puts
               up
               all
               with
               patience
               :
               telling
               him
               withall
               ,
               that
               though
               she
               lov'd
               to
               take
               her
               ease
               ,
               it
               was
               not
               altogether
               without
               pro●it
               ;
               she
               could
               bargaine
               in
               her
               bed
               ,
               that
               would
               pay
               for
               washing
               her
               sheetes
               .
               And
               to
               make
               this
               good
               ,
               looke
               (
               quoth
               she
               )
               behinde
               the
               door
               ,
               what
               a
               Picture
               I
               have
               bargain'd
               for
               at
               the
               second
               or
               third
               hand
               !
               Tell
               me
               now
               in
               good
               sadnesse
               ,
               did
               you
               ever
               see
               any
               one
               nearer
               to
               life
               ?
               Peruse
               every
               vein
               ,
               sinnew
               ,
               member
               ,
               artery
               ;
               and
               then
               resolve
               me
               ,
               if
               ever
               you
               saw
               an
               exacter
               piece
               of
               Symmetry
               ?
               Trust
               me
               ,
               said
               the
               Painter
               ,
               the
               Work
               is
               very
               lively
               ,
               only
               I
               find
               one
               disproportionable
               part
               ,
               which
               our
               best
               Artists
               have
               ever
               held
               a
               great
               deformity
               .
               Now
               ,
               the
               onely
               blemish
               which
               I
               finde
               in
               this
               Picture
               ,
               is
               ,
               that
               the
               one
               Codde
               hangeth
               
               longer
               then
               the
               other
               ;
               which
               I
               shall
               rectify
               forthwith
               .
               The
               Aguish-supposed
               Picture
               ,
               fearing
               much
               that
               the
               Painter
               was
               fetching
               his
               knife
               or
               some
               other
               Instrument
               in
               use
               ,
               to
               correct
               that
               error
               ;
               which
               if
               hee
               did
               ,
               he
               were
               undone
               for
               ever
               :
               just
               as
               the
               incensed
               Painter
               turned
               his
               back
               ,
               leapt
               the
               the
               scarred
               Skaledrake
               from
               off
               the
               hinges
               of
               the
               Door
               :
               running
               naked
               through
               the
               open
               street
               ,
               to
               preserve
               his
               Genitories
               from
               the
               stake
               .
            
             
               Now
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               aske
               you
               ,
               which
               you
               verily
               thinke
               of
               all
               these
               put
               him
               in
               most
               feare
               ,
               and
               harm'd
               him
               least
               ;
               for
               so
               you
               may
               suspect
               mee
               that
               I
               relate
               these
               purposely
               to
               sell
               you
               a
               Bargaine
               .
               No
               ,
               the
               discovery
               of
               these
               sleights
               was
               onely
               to
               set
               forth
               the
               Levity
               or
               want
               of
               Secrecy
               in
               those
               ,
               who
               should
               be
               most
               strong
               :
               with
               the
               strength
               of
               their
               Revenge
               ,
               whose
               Sex
               argues
               them
               to
               be
               most
               weake
               .
            
             
               A
               Story
               to
               like
               purpose
               in
               our
               owne
               time
               and
               in
               our
               owne
               Clime
               I
               have
               heard
               ;
               and
               it
               was
               thus
               .
               A
               loose
               Libertine
               ,
               who
               car'd
               little
               for
               ingaging
               his
               honour
               ,
               so
               hee
               might
               be
               Master
               of
               his
               pleasure
               .
               Amongst
               many
               others
               ,
               to
               whom
               his
               irregular
               desires
               ,
               had
               tender'd
               love
               and
               service
               ;
               it
               hapned
               that
               there
               was
               a
               Gentlemans
               wife
               of
               good
               accompt
               and
               approved
               fame
               ,
               whose
               affection
               he
               strongly
               sollicited
               :
               Many
               repulses
               
               he
               received
               ,
               but
               his
               impudence
               put
               him
               on
               afresh
               ;
               renuing
               still
               his
               siege
               ,
               hoping
               in
               time
               to
               become
               seazd
               of
               the
               Hold.
               At
               last
               ,
               when
               shee
               could
               by
               no
               meanes
               disswade
               him
               from
               his
               uncivill
               Suite
               ,
               she
               seemingly
               consented
               to
               his
               request
               :
               yet
               acquainting
               him
               withall
               ,
               that
               her
               Honour
               was
               such
               a
               precious
               Gemme
               ,
               as
               shee
               desired
               to
               have
               the
               Fame
               of
               it
               preserved
               ,
               though
               it
               were
               privately
               blemished
               :
               If
               then
               hee
               meant
               to
               enjoy
               her
               ,
               he
               must
               bee
               conveyed
               secretly
               into
               her
               Chamber
               :
               which
               hee
               ,
               with
               much
               willingnesse
               inclined
               to
               .
               The
               Night
               is
               appointed
               ;
               the
               manner
               of
               Conveying
               him
               contrived
               :
               a
               Trunke
               provided
               ;
               to
               seaze
               him
               of
               what
               he
               so
               incomparably
               desired
               .
               Meane
               time
               ,
               shee
               acquaints
               her
               Husband
               with
               the
               whole
               Plot
               :
               Who
               infinitely
               longs
               for
               the
               approach
               of
               that
               Night
               ,
               to
               discover
               to
               his
               shame
               ,
               his
               odious
               lust
               :
               as
               the
               wanton
               Lecher
               was
               impatient
               of
               that
               tedious
               day
               ,
               to
               enjoy
               the
               shaken
               fruits
               of
               his
               ranging
               love
               .
               The
               Porter
               receives
               his
               hire
               ,
               and
               directions
               from
               her
               :
               willing
               him
               to
               set
               the
               Trunke
               upon
               end
               against
               the
               Wall
               :
               and
               in
               such
               manner
               ,
               as
               his
               feet
               might
               stand
               upward
               ,
               and
               his
               head
               downeward
               .
            
             
               Long
               ,
               may
               you
               imagine
               ,
               did
               this
               incoffin'd
               Puffin
               lye
               there
               incased
               ,
               before
               hee
               was
               opened
               :
               at
               last
               the
               Husband
               comes
               in
               ,
               
               and
               looking
               about
               him
               ,
               demands
               whose
               Trunke
               that
               was
               ?
               A
               Friends
               ,
               answers
               she
               .
               What
               Friend
               ,
               said
               hee
               ?
               No
               friend
               should
               have
               any
               Trunke
               or
               any
               such
               matter
               in
               my
               Chamber
               ,
               but
               it
               were
               fitting
               that
               you
               made
               me
               first
               acquainted
               what
               it
               were
               ,
               and
               for
               what
               end
               it
               came
               hither
               .
               For
               I
               have
               beene
               partly
               made
               privy
               to
               your
               tricks
               before
               ,
               Minion
               ,
               quoth
               hee
               ,
               seeming
               inraged
               :
               I
               will
               therefore
               make
               bold
               to
               see
               what
               trumpery
               you
               have
               here
               ;
               and
               breake
               it
               open
               ,
               if
               I
               may
               not
               receive
               so
               much
               favour
               from
               you
               as
               to
               have
               the
               key
               .
               She
               seemingly
               dissembled
               all
               things
               ,
               beseeching
               him
               to
               bee
               content
               ,
               and
               spare
               the
               Secrecies
               of
               that
               Trunke
               :
               but
               the
               more
               her
               subtilty
               importun'd
               him
               :
               the
               more
               did
               her
               delayes
               seemingly
               provoke
               him
               .
               To
               bee
               short
               ,
               the
               Trunke
               is
               opened
               ,
               where
               this
               loose
               Lecher
               could
               not
               inwardly
               bee
               more
               polluted
               ,
               than
               his
               fayre
               Sattin
               Suite
               (
               whose
               inside
               partak't
               intirely
               of
               Sathan
               )
               was
               found
               hatefully
               scummered
               .
               Now
               ,
               with
               what
               dishonour
               he
               was
               kick't
               out
               o
               th'
               Chamber
               ,
               I
               leave
               it
               to
               you
               ,
               if
               you
               had
               your
               wives
               besieged
               in
               like
               manner
               ,
               to
               censure
               .
            
             
               But
               amorous
               eares
               ,
               no
               doubt
               ,
               would
               be
               more
               delighted
               with
               hearing
               Devices
               of
               an
               other
               nature
               :
               as
               for
               instance
               ,
               to
               heare
               the
               Party
               beloved
               cast
               a
               bait
               how
               she
               may
               deceive
               a
               suspicious
               eye
               ,
               to
               cloze
               her
               owne
               
               content
               ,
               and
               crowne
               the
               long-wished
               desires
               of
               her
               lover
               .
            
             
               That
               Tale
               of
               a
               wanton
               witty
               Dame
               will
               sound
               well
               in
               such
               eares
               ,
               who
               advised
               her
               Sweet-heart
               ,
               to
               secure
               them
               the
               better
               from
               her
               Husbands
               presence
               ,
               to
               attire
               his
               Servant
               in
               a
               Beares
               skinne
               ;
               being
               a
               Beast
               ,
               which
               of
               all
               others
               he
               most
               feared
               and
               hated
               .
               The
               Story
               I
               commend
               to
               the
               relation
               of
               this
               Poeme
               .
            
             
               
                 A
                 wily
                 wench
                 there
                 was
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 read
                 ,
                 )
              
               
                 Who
                 us'd
                 to
                 Capricorne
                 her
                 Husbands
                 head
                 ;
              
               
                 Which
                 he
                 suspecting
                 ,
                 lay
                 in
                 privy
                 wait
              
               
                 To
                 catch
                 the
                 Knave
                 ,
                 and
                 keepe
                 his
                 wife
                 more
                 strait
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 all
                 in
                 vaine
                 :
                 they
                 day
                 by
                 day
                 did
                 mate
                 it
                 ,
              
               
                 Yet
                 could
                 his
                 four
                 eyes
                 never
                 take
                 them
                 at
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 subtill
                 wench
                 perceiving
                 ,
                 how
                 they
                 should
              
               
                 At
                 last
                 prevented
                 be
                 ,
                 do
                 all
                 they
                 could
                 :
              
               
                 For
                 now
                 Italian-like
                 ,
                 her
                 Husband
                 grew
              
               
                 Horne-mad
                 (
                 I
                 wis
                 )
                 and
                 kept
                 her
                 in
                 a
                 Mew
                 :
              
               
                 Invent'd
                 a
                 trick
                 ,
                 which
                 to
                 accomplish
                 better
                 ,
              
               
                 Vnto
                 her
                 friend
                 shee
                 closely
                 sent
                 a
                 letter
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 thus
                 it
                 was
                 ;
                 "
                 Friend
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 know
                 by
                 me
                 ,
              
               
               
                 "
                 My
                 Husband
                 keepes
                 me
                 farre
                 more
                 narrowly
              
               
                 "
                 Then
                 he
                 was
                 wont
                 ;
                 so
                 as
                 ,
                 to
                 tell
                 you
                 true
                 ,
              
               
                 "
                 You
                 cannot
                 come
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 nor
                 I
                 to
                 you
                 .
              
               
                 "
                 Yet
                 spite
                 of
                 his
                 eyes
                 and
                 as
                 many
                 more
                 ,
              
               
                 "
                 Wee
                 'l
                 use
                 those
                 pleasures
                 which
                 wee
                 us'd
                 before
                 :
              
               
                 "
                 Onely
                 be
                 wise
                 ,
                 and
                 second
                 what
                 I
                 wish
                 ;
              
               
                 "
                 Which
                 to
                 expresse
                 (
                 my
                 friend
                 )
                 know
                 this
                 it
                 is
                 .
              
               
                 "
                 My
                 Husband
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 hates
                 the
                 horne
                 to
                 weare
              
               
                 "
                 Of
                 all
                 the
                 Badges
                 forth
                 ,
                 so
                 feares
                 he
                 th'
                 Beare
              
               
                 "
                 More
                 then
                 all
                 other
                 Beasts
                 which
                 doe
                 frequent
              
               
                 "
                 The
                 Heathy
                 Forrests
                 spacious
                 Continent
                 .
              
               
                 "
                 If
                 thou
                 wilt
                 right
                 me
                 then
                 ,
                 and
                 pepper
                 him
                 ,
              
               
                 "
                 Cover
                 thy
                 Servant
                 in
                 a
                 false
                 Beares
                 skinne
                 :
              
               
                 "
                 And
                 come
                 to
                 morrw
                 ,
                 as
                 thou
                 us'd
                 before
                 ,
              
               
                 "
                 Tying
                 thy
                 Servant
                 to
                 my
                 Chamber
                 doore
                 .
              
               
                 After
                 this
                 quaint
                 direction
                 he
                 attir'd
              
               
                 His
                 man
                 in
                 Beare-skinne
                 as
                 shee
                 had
                 desir'd
                 ;
              
               
                 Entring
                 the
                 Chamber
                 ,
                 he
                 received
                 is
              
               
               
                 With
                 many
                 a
                 smile
                 ,
                 back-fall
                 ,
                 and
                 sweetned
                 kisse
                 :
              
               
                 For
                 they
                 're
                 secure
                 of
                 all
                 that
                 was
                 before
                 ,
              
               
                 Having
                 a
                 Beare
                 that
                 kept
                 the
                 Buffe
                 from
                 doore
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Wi●tall
                 foole
                 no
                 sooner
                 incling
                 had
                 ,
              
               
                 Then
                 up
                 the
                 Staires
                 hee
                 ran
                 as
                 hee
                 were
                 mad
                 :
              
               
                 But
                 seeing
                 none
                 but
                 th'
                 Beare
                 to
                 entertaine
                 him
                 ,
              
               
                 
                 Of
                 Hornes
                 he
                 never
                 after
                 did
                 complaine
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               There
               bee
               other
               extreames
               of
               love
               which
               fall
               by
               degrees
               into
               mortall
               hate
               :
               hammering
               upon
               nothing
               more
               than
               revenge
               :
               and
               these
               tragicke
               effects
               are
               ever
               hatcht
               from
               jealous
               spirits
               :
               which
               the
               Tragedian
               seemes
               to
               discover
               in
               a
               passionate
               admiration
               :
               
                 How
                 boundlesse
                 is
                 the
                 height
                 of
                 womans
                 hate
              
               !
               This
               that
               jealous
               Dame
               published
               to
               all
               the
               World
               ;
               when
               finding
               one
               day
               in
               a
               Cabinet
               of
               her
               Maids
               ,
               divers
               especiall
               Love-tokens
               and
               affectionate
               Favours
               ,
               which
               shee
               had
               bestowed
               upon
               a
               Servant
               of
               hers
               who
               s●ood
               strongly
               interessed
               in
               her
               love
               ;
               became
               so
               violent
               in
               her
               hate
               towards
               him
               ,
               whom
               before
               shee
               preferred
               before
               all
               the
               World
               ;
               as
               the
               very
               next
               time
               ,
               that
               he
               presented
               his
               service
               unto
               her
               ,
               hee
               was
               pistal'd
               by
               her
               ,
               without
               ever
               so
               much
               as
               expostulating
               
               with
               him
               the
               ground
               of
               her
               distaste
               .
            
             
               Nor
               will
               wee
               leave
               this
               onely
               heere
               :
               As
               mortall
               ,
               though
               lesse
               fatall
               was
               that
               womans
               malicious
               pursuit
               of
               revenge
               ,
               (
               to
               give
               an
               instance
               in
               actions
               of
               baser
               brood
               )
               who
               accused
               one
               before
               a
               Justice
               for
               a
               Rape
               .
               The
               discreet
               Justice
               perceiving
               that
               the
               ground
               of
               her
               accusation
               proceeded
               rather
               from
               malice
               than
               any
               just
               cause
               ,
               wished
               her
               to
               bee
               well
               advised
               before
               shee
               impeached
               him
               of
               such
               a
               Crime
               :
               for
               ,
               said
               the
               Justice
               ,
               I
               am
               halfe
               perswaded
               ,
               in
               regard
               of
               the
               honest
               report
               and
               repute
               of
               the
               man
               ,
               that
               hee
               is
               cleare
               .
               —
               But
               tell
               mee
               in
               good
               earnest
               ,
               said
               the
               Justice
               ,
               did
               hee
               ravish
               thee
               indeed
               ?
               Yes
               ,
               quoth
               shee
               ,
               
                 I
                 'le
                 take
                 my
                 Corporall
                 Oath
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 though
                 your
                 Worship
                 will
                 not
                 beleeve
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 hee
                 ha's
                 ravishd
                 mee
                 twenty
                 times
                 at
                 least
                 ,
                 before
                 ever
                 I
                 came
                 before
                 your
                 Worship
                 .
              
            
             
               Those
               who
               are
               addicted
               to
               melancholly
               ,
               are
               ever
               esteemed
               most
               witty
               :
               and
               these
               most
               subject
               to
               Jealousy
               :
               On
               which
               humour
               ,
               of
               all
               others
               ▪
               the
               Devill
               (
               as
               Guido
               observeth
               )
               worketh
               for
               his
               owne
               purpose
               most
               powerfully
               .
               This
               might
               appeare
               by
               the
               Story
               of
               that
               perplexed
               Gentleman
               ;
               who
               being
               imployed
               in
               service
               abroad
               ;
               and
               having
               a
               very
               beautifull
               Wife
               ,
               desired
               to
               bee
               satisfied
               how
               shee
               behaved
               her selfe
               in
               his
               absence
               :
               To
               bee
               resolvd
               
               herein
               ,
               hee
               makes
               recourse
               to
               a
               Negromancer
               ;
               Who
               ,
               after
               some
               little
               time
               ,
               shewed
               him
               a
               Glasse
               ,
               wherein
               hee
               presented
               to
               his
               view
               ,
               his
               Lady
               in
               full
               proportion
               ,
               and
               a
               young
               Cavalero
               with
               his
               breeches
               downe
               entring
               her
               Chamber
               :
               This
               amazed
               him
               much
               ,
               for
               as
               he
               was
               naturally
               addicted
               to
               jealousie
               ,
               so
               this
               so
               fully
               confirmed
               and
               strengthened
               his
               conceipt
               ,
               as
               hee
               could
               scarcely
               containe
               himselfe
               from
               picking
               at
               the
               eyes
               of
               his
               Lady
               presented
               in
               the
               Glasse
               :
               And
               to
               second
               his
               conceipt
               with
               revenge
               ,
               he
               begs
               leave
               of
               the
               Generall
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               obtaine
               so
               much
               favour
               as
               to
               leave
               the
               Garrison
               for
               a
               season
               ,
               and
               returne
               home
               into
               his
               Countrey
               ,
               to
               dispose
               of
               sundry
               affayres
               which
               at
               that
               time
               required
               his
               personall
               attendance
               .
               Way
               being
               given
               him
               ,
               he
               returnes
               home
               :
               where
               ,
               though
               passion
               would
               scarce
               admit
               a
               parliance
               ,
               he
               thought
               good
               to
               call
               his
               wife
               aside
               ;
               and
               with
               much
               abruptnesse
               of
               speech
               ,
               fire
               and
               fury
               in
               his
               eyes
               ;
               he
               askes
               her
               what
               Company
               she
               had
               in
               her
               Bed-chamber
               such
               a
               day
               ?
               She
               at
               the
               first
               ,
               much
               amated
               ,
               yet
               knowing
               her
               own
               innocency
               to
               be
               without
               the
               reach
               of
               scandal
               ,
               at
               last
               recollecting
               her
               dispersed
               and
               distracted
               thoughts
               ,
               shee
               call'd
               to
               minde
               who
               at
               that
               time
               accompanied
               her
               :
               Upon
               which
               recollection
               ,
               she
               return'd
               him
               this
               answer
               :
               
                 O
                 Deare
                 Sir
                 ,
                 let
                 not
                 the
                 Devill
                 delude
                 
                 you
                 ;
                 I
                 well
                 remember
                 ,
                 how
                 your
                 owne
                 Brother
                 ,
                 that
                 very
                 day
                 ,
                 came
                 into
                 my
                 Chamber
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 I
                 lay'd
                 a
                 plaister
                 upon
                 his
                 boile
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 on
                 his
                 thigh
                 .
              
               This
               so
               well
               satisfi'd
               him
               ,
               as
               his
               fury
               was
               turned
               to
               affability
               and
               sweetnesse
               :
               repenting
               him
               sore
               ,
               that
               ever
               hee
               inclined
               to
               give
               eare
               to
               such
               an
               hatefull
               suggestion
               .
               So
               as
               ,
               albeit
               hee
               had
               brought
               her
               into
               a
               private-desert
               grove
               ,
               where
               he
               intended
               a
               fatall
               revenge
               ;
               he
               not
               onely
               freed
               her
               person
               and
               untainted
               honour
               ,
               but
               retained
               a
               constant
               opinion
               of
               her
               noble
               carriage
               ever
               after
               .
            
             
               This
               Story
               I
               inserted
               ,
               to
               deterre
               such
               from
               giving
               too
               much
               trust
               to
               these
               Sorceries
               :
               For
               what
               was
               the
               Devils
               sole
               practice
               or
               aime
               in
               this
               false
               deceiving
               Glasse
               presented
               to
               that
               deluded
               Gentleman
               ;
               but
               to
               suggest
               to
               his
               jealous
               thoughts
               grounds
               of
               revenge
               ?
               He
               was
               ready
               enough
               to
               shew
               him
               occasions
               to
               increase
               his
               jealousy
               :
               but
               not
               to
               discover
               to
               him
               what
               person
               it
               was
               ,
               to
               whom
               his
               Lady
               shew'd
               her selfe
               so
               familiarly
               .
               He
               was
               ready
               to
               present
               to
               his
               sight
               a
               youthfull
               active
               Cavaliero
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               an
               uncivile
               posture
               ,
               entring
               his
               Ladies
               Chamber
               :
               but
               never
               the
               love
               nor
               affection
               shee
               bore
               to
               himselfe
               ,
               in
               this
               office
               she
               did
               to
               his
               Brother
               .
            
             
               Hee
               was
               not
               halfe
               so
               much
               distemper'd
               with
               jellows
               ;
               being
               farre
               more
               easily
               perswaded
               ,
               
               though
               hee
               had
               lesse
               cause
               to
               bee
               so
               quickly
               satisfied
               ;
               who
               riding
               one
               day
               a
               Hunting
               ,
               suddenly
               and
               unexpectedly
               receiving
               Newes
               that
               his
               Wife
               was
               brought
               abed
               ,
               could
               not
               choose
               at
               the
               first
               but
               break
               out
               into
               some
               passion
               ;
               thumping
               his
               brest
               ,
               and
               doubting
               still
               that
               his
               Dogs
               ,
               Actaeon-like
               ,
               would
               not
               know
               their
               Master
               ,
               cryed
               out
               ,
               till
               the
               Field
               re-ecchoed
               againe
               ,
               
                 I
                 am
                 dishonour'd
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 dishonour'd
                 .
              
               One
               (
               and
               such
               an
               One
               very
               likely
               as
               had
               a
               finger
               in
               the
               pye
               )
               seeing
               him
               in
               this
               mad
               mood
               ;
               begunne
               to
               chide
               him
               ,
               bidding
               him
               be
               content
               for
               shame
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               make
               the
               whole
               field
               witnesse
               of
               his
               folly
               ;
               for
               what
               's
               the
               matter
               ,
               said
               hee
               ,
               that
               brings
               you
               to
               this
               distemper
               ?
               Why
               ,
               my
               wife
               (
               quoth
               he
               )
               is
               brought
               abed
               .
               And
               why
               should
               shee
               not
               ,
               answered
               hee
               ?
               Because
               it
               is
               too
               soone
               (
               said
               this
               honest
               Goos●in
               :
               )
               all
               the
               world
               knowes
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               above
               twenty
               weekes
               since
               we
               were
               married
               :
               the
               Childe
               then
               can
               by
               no
               wayes
               be
               mine
               .
               No
               more
               is
               it
               (
               said
               his
               friend
               )
               it
               is
               as
               much
               your
               wife
               's
               as
               yours
               .
               But
               ,
               pray
               you
               Sir
               ,
               tell
               me
               ▪
               will
               you
               publish
               your selfe
               a
               Ninnie
               to
               all
               the
               world
               !
               Is
               it
               not
               twenty
               weeekes
               since
               you
               were
               married
               ,
               and
               twenty
               weekes
               too
               since
               shee
               was
               married
               ;
               and
               doe
               not
               these
               two
               put
               together
               make
               up
               forty
               weekes
               ?
               Tell
               mee
               then
               ▪
               how
               are
               you
               Unhonour'd
               ?
               Which
               reason
               :
               this
               tractable
               
               Trout
               had
               no
               sooner
               heard
               than
               he
               became
               well
               perswaded
               :
               humbly
               beseeching
               his
               Friend
               to
               excuse
               his
               errour
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               publish
               to
               the
               World
               his
               folly
               :
               which
               hee
               promised
               to
               doe
               upon
               hope
               of
               a
               further
               favour
               ;
               conditionally
               hee
               would
               not
               suffer
               himselfe
               to
               bee
               mis-led
               by
               any
               such
               jealousy
               .
            
             
               But
               to
               returne
               to
               our
               former
               Discourse
               ,
               and
               the
               Subject
               whereof
               we
               now
               treat
               ;
               As
               our
               
                 Quickest
                 wits
              
               are
               many
               times
               apt
               to
               minister
               occasion
               of
               distaste
               :
               so
               wee
               may
               distinguish
               these
               occasionall
               grounds
               of
               distaste
               into
               three
               particular
               or
               distinct
               Motives
               .
               Some
               whereof
               might
               seeme
               so
               free
               from
               giving
               occasion
               in
               this
               time
               ,
               as
               they
               may
               admit
               an
               exemption
               ,
               and
               from
               so
               generall
               a
               rule
               a
               regular
               exception
               :
               yet
               shall
               we
               make
               it
               appeare
               that
               even
               from
               Silence
               ,
               wherein
               is
               many
               times
               shrowded
               a
               great
               measure
               of
               implicit
               Sense
               ,
               distaste
               may
               bee
               taken
               as
               well
               as
               from
               Speech
               .
               For
               a
               Sullen
               clowdy
               humour
               can
               never
               sort
               nor
               sute
               well
               with
               a
               candid
               nature
               .
               But
               to
               our
               division
               :
               Distasts
               of
               this
               kinde
               may
               derive
               their
               being
               or
               essence
               ,
               from
               
                 Speech
                 ,
                 Silence
              
               ,
               or
               Impertinence
               .
               The
               first
               ,
               in
               speaking
               more
               than
               they
               should
               ;
               The
               second
               ,
               in
               not
               speaking
               when
               they
               should
               ;
               The
               third
               ,
               in
               
                 impertinent
                 action
              
               ,
               by
               declining
               from
               doing
               what
               they
               should
               .
            
             
             
               Now
               ,
               forasmuch
               as
               Instances
               give
               the
               clearest
               light
               and
               perspicuity
               to
               all
               Subjects
               :
               our
               care
               shall
               be
               to
               illustrate
               these
               by
               examples
               :
               that
               what
               we
               propose
               ,
               by
               way
               of
               opinion
               may
               bee
               confirmed
               in
               each
               of
               these
               by
               some
               exemplary
               person
               .
            
          
           
             
               SPEECH
               .
            
             
               FOr
               the
               first
               ;
               the
               Tale
               of
               that
               joviall
               good
               fellow
               ,
               fals
               fit
               for
               our
               purpose
               ;
               who
               to
               arme
               himselfe
               against
               his
               wifes
               shrewde
               tongue
               ;
               amongst
               many
               other
               nights
               of
               good
               fellow-ship
               ,
               stay'd
               ,
               till
               after
               midnight
               playing
               the
               Cup-shot
               :
               and
               how
               he
               was
               encounter'd
               by
               the
               strength
               of
               his
               Fantasy
               and
               distemper'd
               quality
               with
               a
               supposed
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               how
               he
               reasoned
               with
               it
               :
               all
               which
               I
               leave
               to
               the
               faithfull
               relation
               of
               this
               Poëm
               .
            
             
               
                 A
                 Man
                 there
                 was
                 ,
                 who
                 liv'd
                 a
                 merry
                 life
                 ,
              
               
                 Till
                 in
                 the
                 end
                 he
                 tooke
                 him
                 to
                 a
                 Wife
                 ;
              
               
                 One
                 that
                 no
                 image
                 was
                 (
                 for
                 shee
                 could
                 speake
                 )
              
               
                 And
                 now
                 and
                 then
                 her
                 husbands
                 costrell
                 breake
                 :
              
               
                 So
                 fierce
                 she
                 was
                 and
                 furious
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 summe
              
               
                 She
                 was
                 an
                 arrant
                 Devill
                 of
                 her
                 tongue
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 drove
                 the
                 poor
                 man
                 to
                 a
                 discontent
                 ,
              
               
               
                 And
                 oft
                 and
                 many
                 times
                 did
                 he
                 repent
              
               
                 That
                 e're
                 hee
                 chang'd
                 his
                 former
                 quiet
                 state
                 ,
              
               
                 But
                 'las
                 ,
                 repentance
                 then
                 did
                 come
                 too
                 late
                 .
              
               
                 No
                 cure
                 he
                 finde
                 to
                 cure
                 this
                 maladie
                 ,
              
               
                 But
                 makes
                 a
                 vertue
                 of
                 necessitie
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 common
                 cure
                 for
                 care
                 to
                 every
                 man
                 ,
              
               
                 "
                 A
                 potte
                 of
                 nappy
                 Ale
                 :
                 where
                 he
                 began
              
               
                 To
                 fortifie
                 his
                 braine
                 'gainst
                 all
                 should
                 come
                 ,
              
               
                 'Mongst
                 which
                 the
                 clamour
                 of
                 his
                 wives
                 loud
                 tongue
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 habit
                 graffed
                 in
                 him
                 grew
                 so
                 strong
                 ,
              
               
                 "
                 That
                 when
                 he
                 was
                 from
                 Ale
                 ,
                 an
                 houre
                 seem'd
                 long
                 ,
              
               
                 So
                 well
                 hee
                 lik'd
                 th'
                 profession
                 :
                 on
                 a
                 Time
              
               
                 Having
                 staid
                 long
                 at
                 pot
                 ,
                 (
                 for
                 rule
                 nor
                 line
              
               
                 Limits
                 no
                 drunkard
                 )
                 even
                 from
                 Morne
                 to
                 Night
                 ,
              
               
                 He
                 hasted
                 home
                 a
                 pace
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Moone-light
                 :
              
               
                 Where
                 as
                 he
                 went
                 ,
                 what
                 phantasies
                 were
                 bred
                 ,
              
               
                 I
                 doe
                 not
                 know
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 distempered
                 head
                 ,
              
               
                 But
                 a
                 strange
                 Ghost
                 appear'd
                 ,
                 and
                 forc'd
                 him
                 stay
                 ,
              
               
               
                 With
                 which
                 perlext
                 ,
                 hee
                 thus
                 began
                 to
                 say
                 :
              
               
                 "
                 Good
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 if
                 thou
                 be
                 ,
                 I
                 need
                 no
                 charme
                 ,
              
               
                 "
                 For
                 well
                 I
                 know
                 ,
                 thou
                 wilt
                 not
                 doe
                 mee
                 harme
                 ;
              
               
                 "
                 And
                 if
                 the
                 Devill
                 ;
                 sure
                 ,
                 mee
                 thou
                 shouldst
                 not
                 hurt
                 ,
              
               
                 I
                 wed't
                 thy
                 Sister
                 ,
                 and
                 am
                 plagued
                 for
                 't
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Spirit
                 well
                 approving
                 what
                 he
                 said
                 ,
              
               
                 Dissolv'd
                 to
                 ayre
                 ,
                 and
                 quickly
                 vanished
                 .
              
            
             
               For
               Guido
               reports
               that
               there
               are
               Spirits
               of
               such
               a
               merry
               Genius
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               infinitely
               delighted
               with
               such
               pleasant
               Conceipts
               :
               As
               there
               bee
               others
               full
               of
               melancholy
               and
               discontent
               ,
               who
               to
               vaste
               Tombes
               ,
               silent
               C●ves
               ,
               and
               darke
               Charnell-houses
               make
               their
               usuall
               frequent
               .
            
             
               Nor
               is
               it
               easie
               to
               determine
               what
               affinity
               this
               Spirit
               had
               to
               his
               ,
               who
               being
               found
               tardy
               ,
               said
               ,
               he
               was
               troubled
               with
               a
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               so
               hotly
               pursued
               ,
               as
               for
               feare
               hee
               was
               forced
               for
               want
               of
               other
               succour
               ,
               to
               fly
               for
               shelter
               to
               his
               Neighbours
               wife
               .
            
             
               To
               aggravate
               the
               distaste
               arising
               from
               these
               active
               feminine
               tongues
               ,
               who
               will
               rather
               suffer
               the
               worst
               of
               Spite
               ,
               than
               allay
               their
               Spleene
               :
               I
               might
               here
               relate
               the
               Tale
               of
               that
               University
               Virago
               (
               for
               the
               Civilest
               
               places
               are
               not
               exempted
               from
               these
               Tetters
               ;
               )
               a
               Girle
               of
               a
               stout
               stomack
               ,
               though
               of
               a
               soft
               and
               pliable
               temper
               :
               Who
               ,
               walking
               the
               streets
               one
               night
               ,
               either
               to
               take
               fresh
               ayre
               ,
               or
               in
               hope
               to
               encounter
               with
               some
               flush
               Heire
               ;
               chanc't
               unhappily
               to
               meet
               the
               Major
               :
               who
               standing
               upon
               the
               punto
               of
               his
               authority
               ,
               after
               he
               had
               unpin'd
               the
               Casements
               of
               his
               eyes
               with
               much
               difficulty
               ,
               being
               close
               cemented
               together
               with
               rising
               so
               early
               ;
               at
               last
               ask't
               her
               what
               she
               was
               ?
               
                 One
                 ,
                 quoth
                 she
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 feminine
                 gender
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Scholler
                 .
                 What
                 ,
                 said
                 he
                 ,
                 A
                 Scholler
                 in
                 a
                 Wast-coate
                 ?
                 yes
                 ,
                 quoth
                 she
                 ,
                 this
                 poore
                 Flanning
                 Wast-coate
                 h
                 'as
                 answer'd
                 and
                 dare
                 answer
                 oftner
                 under
                 Batcheler
                 ,
                 than
                 those
                 larded-Sattin
                 fore-skirts
                 of
                 yours
                 ,
                 durst
                 ever
                 yet
                 in
                 defence
                 of
                 your
                 honour
                 .
              
               But
               the
               tart
               Oratory
               of
               this
               wast-coate
               brought
               her
               to
               a
               lodging
               in
               the
               kid-coate
               .
            
             
               There
               bee
               other
               Talkative
               Girles
               ,
               who
               priding
               themselves
               a
               little
               too
               much
               in
               their
               glibbe
               tongues
               ,
               many
               times
               in
               casting
               about
               to
               catch
               others
               ,
               are
               catch't
               themselves
               :
               which
               I
               might
               take
               occasion
               here
               to
               instance
               in
               the
               answer
               of
               a
               brave
               Blade
               ,
               who
               being
               in
               Company
               of
               a
               bevy
               of
               joviall
               Wenches
               ,
               who
               had
               whitteld
               him
               well
               with
               liquor
               ;
               One
               amongst
               the
               rest
               finding
               him
               apt
               enough
               to
               discover
               his
               thoughts
               ,
               importun'd
               
               him
               much
               to
               tell
               them
               what
               was
               the
               worst
               thing
               which
               he
               in
               his
               Conscience
               thought
               ,
               hee
               had
               ever
               done
               all
               his
               life
               time
               .
            
             
               Hee
               ,
               unwilling
               to
               satisfie
               her
               demand
               ,
               though
               seconded
               with
               great
               importunity
               ,
               told
               her
               expresly
               ;
               That
               though
               they
               had
               made
               him
               as
               right
               as
               their
               legge
               to
               their
               purpose
               ,
               he
               would
               be
               loth
               to
               make
               them
               his
               Secretaries
               ,
               who
               could
               not
               keepe
               their
               own
               Counsells
               :
               But
               for
               her
               especially
               ,
               he
               never
               meant
               to
               make
               her
               his
               She-Confessor
               ,
               who
               was
               as
               open
               as
               a
               Sieve
               ,
               that
               could
               not
               hold
               water
               .
               At
               last
               ,
               overcome
               with
               her
               instancy
               ,
               he
               told
               her
               roundly
               ,
               that
               since
               she
               would
               needes
               out
               of
               ancient
               familiarity
               ,
               injoyne
               him
               to
               such
               a
               discovery
               :
            
             
               
                 He
                 must
                 ingenuously
                 confesse
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 worst
                 thing
                 that
                 ever
                 hee
                 did
                 in
                 his
                 life
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 which
                 troubled
                 his
                 Conscience
                 most
                 ,
                 was
                 getting
                 her
                 with
                 child
                 (
                 directing
                 his
                 speech
                 to
                 her
                 that
                 so
                 importun'd
                 him
                 )
                 and
                 causing
                 her
                 to
                 lay
                 it
                 upon
                 his
                 Neighbour
                 ,
                 such
                 an
                 one
                 .
              
            
             
               This
               unexpected
               answer
               made
               the
               rest
               of
               her
               Gossips
               bite
               the
               lippe
               :
               but
               for
               his
               inquisitive
               Comater
               ,
               shee
               vowed
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               she
               knew
               him
               ,
               never
               to
               aske
               him
               any
               questions
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               SILENCE
               .
            
             
               AS
               Speech
               occasions
               Distaste
               by
               speaking
               too
               much
               ;
               so
               does
               Silence
               in
               speaking
               too
               little
               :
               This
               might
               bee
               instanced
               in
               the
               discontent
               which
               a
               Sociable
               good
               fellow
               tooke
               in
               his
               wifes
               Silence
               :
               Who
               had
               intended
               ,
               it
               seemes
               ,
               to
               requite
               her
               Husbands
               unthriftinesse
               ,
               with
               an
               humour
               of
               sullennesse
               .
               He
               ,
               as
               it
               was
               usuall
               with
               him
               ,
               comming
               home
               at
               an
               unseasonable
               houre
               ;
               asked
               of
               his
               Wife
               many
               questions
               ,
               but
               received
               no
               answer
               to
               any
               .
               Having
               tryed
               many
               Conclusions
               to
               receive
               one
               comfortable
               tone
               from
               her
               ,
               but
               all
               in
               vaine
               ;
               at
               last
               hee
               resolv'd
               of
               a
               course
               to
               bring
               her
               to
               her
               tongue
               againe
               ,
               and
               it
               was
               this
               :
               He
               gets
               the
               key
               of
               the
               Sexton
               ,
               and
               goes
               into
               the
               Church
               :
               where
               he
               towls
               the
               Bell
               ,
               as
               is
               usually
               done
               for
               such
               as
               are
               dying
               .
               Some
               of
               the
               inhabitants
               come
               in
               ,
               purposely
               to
               inquire
               for
               whom
               it
               was
               that
               the
               Bell
               was
               towlling
               ?
               It
               was
               answered
               by
               this
               Conceipted
               youth
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               for
               his
               Wife
               ,
               who
               was
               lately
               laid
               speechlesse
               .
            
             
               Which
               report
               ,
               no
               doubt
               ,
               would
               in
               time
               loosen
               the
               strings
               of
               her
               tongue
               ,
               and
               make
               her
               Husband
               know
               that
               she
               was
               recovered
               :
               and
               cause
               him
               confesse
               as
               much
               to
               his
               torment
               .
            
             
             
               Albeit
               ,
               in
               many
               questions
               Silence
               deserves
               to
               be
               approved
               and
               preferred
               :
               especially
               in
               such
               where
               the
               resolution
               of
               those
               questions
               propounded
               ,
               may
               trench
               highly
               upon
               the
               Speakers
               credit
               :
               This
               ,
               that
               forward
               answer
               of
               a
               witty
               wench
               little
               considered
               ;
               who
               had
               been
               long
               knowne
               to
               be
               no
               Niggard
               of
               her
               flesh
               ,
               to
               One
               ,
               and
               that
               a
               familiar
               One
               ;
               who
               asked
               her
               the
               reason
               how
               it
               came
               to
               passe
               that
               all
               her
               children
               should
               bee
               so
               like
               their
               father
               ,
               when
               all
               the
               World
               knew
               that
               they
               had
               many
               fathers
               ?
               
                 O
                 quoth
                 she
                 ,
                 I
                 never
                 take
                 in
                 any
                 Stranger
                 ,
                 till
                 I
                 find
                 my
                 vessell
                 full
                 fraughted
                 !
              
            
          
           
             
               IMPERTINENCE
               .
            
             
               FOr
               the
               last
               ,
               though
               not
               the
               least
               ,
               where
               distaste
               is
               ministred
               by
               
                 Impertinence
                 of
                 action
              
               ,
               or
               a
               diversion
               from
               what
               it
               should
               intend
               ,
               we
               might
               here
               bring
               upon
               the
               Stage
               ,
               That
               trifling
               Girle
               ,
               who
               fell
               a
               cracking
               of
               nuts
               ,
               while
               another
               was
               taking
               paines
               to
               picke
               out
               the
               kernell
               of
               her
               virginity
               ▪
               with
               his
               surly
               answer
               to
               her
               :
               
                 Is
                 it
                 time
                 to
                 cracke
                 nuts
                 ?
                 Minde
                 that
                 thou
                 art
                 doing
                 with
                 a
                 murraine
                 .
              
            
             
               Or
               that
               ill-nurtur'd
               Tom-boy
               ;
               who
               like
               one
               of
               Domitians
               daughters
               ,
               was
               catching
               Flyes
               ,
               while
               her
               Sweet-heart
               was
               preferring
               his
               Suite
               .
               Thus
               have
               wee
               no
               lesse
               
               plainely
               than
               fully
               discovered
               those
               various
               delights
               and
               benefits
               arising
               from
               
                 Quicknesse
                 of
                 wit
              
               ,
               well
               seasoned
               :
               with
               those
               distempers
               and
               distastes
               which
               usually
               accompany
               them
               ,
               when
               too
               freely
               exposed
               .
               For
               these
               roving
               wits
               ,
               as
               they
               ever
               strive
               to
               wound
               others
               ,
               so
               they
               never
               come
               home
               unbaited
               .
            
             
               But
               ,
               as
               that
               divine
               Plato
               sometimes
               said
               ,
               The
               Lover
               is
               ever
               blinded
               with
               affection
               towards
               his
               beloved
               ;
               So
               ,
               even
               in
               these
               
                 inward
                 graces
              
               ,
               many
               become
               so
               affectionately
               doating
               on
               their
               owne
               parts
               and
               abilities
               ,
               as
               no
               conceipt
               how
               present
               or
               pregnant
               soever
               delivered
               by
               another
               ,
               may
               passe
               for
               current
               ,
               if
               they
               may
               be
               Censors
               .
               So
               highly
               are
               they
               enamoured
               of
               their
               owne
               ,
               as
               they
               dis-esteeme
               all
               others
               .
               These
               presuppose
               an
               exuberance
               of
               wit
               ,
               which
               indeed
               ,
               many
               times
               drawes
               nearest
               soaking
               ,
               when
               it
               should
               be
               ,
               in
               regard
               of
               the
               occasion
               offered
               ,
               plenteously
               flowing
               .
            
             
               But
               these
               
                 presuming
                 wits
              
               are
               ever
               safest
               when
               they
               are
               stillest
               :
               being
               generally
               transported
               ,
               or
               extased
               rather
               ,
               with
               a
               confidence
               of
               their
               worth
               :
               as
               there
               is
               no
               person
               may
               evade
               them
               ,
               wherein
               they
               will
               not
               take
               occasion
               to
               use
               the
               dexterity
               of
               their
               wits
               ,
               and
               assume
               to
               themselves
               more
               freedome
               than
               is
               granted
               them
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               a
               rule
               worth
               remembring
               :
               
               
                 
                   Play
                   with
                   me
                   ,
                   but
                   hurt
                   me
                   not
                   ;
                
                 
                   Ieast
                   with
                   me
                   ,
                   but
                   shame
                   me
                   not
                   .
                
              
               Which
               that
               divine
               mellifluous
               Father
               well
               observed
               ,
               when
               hee
               said
               :
               
                 Jests
                 are
                 no
                 lesse
                 suspicious
                 to
                 me
                 than
                 anger
                 ;
                 seeing
                 by
                 jesting
                 I
                 have
                 many
                 times
                 escandalized
                 another
                 .
              
               A
               great
               care
               and
               circumspection
               then
               is
               to
               be
               used
               in
               experiments
               of
               this
               nature
               :
               lest
               by
               venting
               their
               jest
               ,
               and
               loosing
               their
               friend
               ,
               they
               incurre
               Eupolis
               fate
               :
               who
               having
               many
               times
               brought
               that
               warlike
               wanton
               Princely
               Alcibiades
               upon
               the
               Stage
               ,
               dandled
               on
               the
               lap
               of
               his
               Timandra
               ;
               at
               last
               received
               ,
               for
               those
               many
               bitter
               Scaenes
               wherein
               hee
               had
               personated
               to
               life
               that
               noble
               Prince
               ,
               this
               closing
               Act
               from
               the
               command
               of
               Alcibiades
               :
               
                 Thou
                 hast
                 many
                 times
                 ,
                 Eupolis
                 ,
                 drown'd
                 my
                 fame
                 upon
                 the
                 Stage
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 once
                 drowne
                 thee
                 in
                 the
                 Sea.
                 
              
               —
               And
               so
               sent
               him
               the
               way
               of
               all
               fish
               .
            
             
               But
               indeed
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               Argument
               wherein
               these
               prompt
               and
               nimble
               wits
               are
               better
               showne
               than
               in
               these
               subjects
               of
               Love
               :
               especially
               ,
               where
               one
               Object
               begets
               an
               amorous
               Contest
               :
               and
               breedes
               Corrivals
               in
               pursuit
               of
               one
               Mistresse
               .
            
             
               Which
               encounter
               admits
               no
               order
               ;
               nay
               ,
               admits
               no
               priviledge
               nor
               prerogative
               to
               nature
               ,
               so
               it
               may
               procure
               that
               matchlesse
               
               booty
               ,
               the
               purchase
               of
               beauty
               to
               her
               Lover
               .
            
             
               This
               ,
               if
               I
               had
               a
               purpose
               to
               inlarge
               my selfe
               any
               further
               in
               this
               subject
               ,
               might
               bee
               instanced
               in
               the
               Story
               of
               the
               Gentleman
               and
               his
               sonne
               ,
               both
               Corrivals
               to
               one
               Lady
               :
               and
               of
               the
               Impresses
               they
               writt
               with
               Diamonds
               in
               a
               Window
               privately
               ,
               but
               expressively
               .
               Where
               the
               Sonne
               perceiving
               his
               Father
               to
               bee
               farre
               in
               love
               with
               her
               ,
               whom
               he
               so
               intirely
               affected
               :
               and
               to
               whom
               ,
               if
               the
               presence
               of
               his
               Father
               had
               not
               interposed
               ,
               he
               might
               have
               beene
               before
               that
               time
               espoused
               ,
               wrote
               this
               Impresse
               with
               his
               Diamond
               :
               
                 Secreta
                 mea
                 mihi
              
               .
               Which
               posy
               his
               Father
               one
               day
               finding
               ,
               by
               way
               of
               answer
               ,
               wrote
               this
               ▪
               
                 Et
                 stultitia
                 tua
                 tibi
              
               .
               Which
               his
               Sonne
               chancing
               to
               read
               ,
               clozed
               the
               conceipt
               with
               this
               fancy
               :
               
                 Nec
                 tibi
                 ,
                 nec
                 mihi
                 ,
                 sed
                 dividatur
                 .
              
               Which
               words
               might
               have
               relation
               either
               to
               the
               Party
               by
               them
               equally
               loved
               ,
               or
               to
               the
               Impresse
               before
               ;
               wherein
               either
               for
               Love
               ,
               or
               Folly
               ,
               they
               might
               be
               equally
               shared
               .
            
             
               But
               descending
               from
               these
               ,
               I
               passe
               to
               the
               next
               Subject
               ;
               wherein
               
                 Gentle
                 speech
              
               must
               take
               your
               eares
               ,
               as
               Objects
               of
               beauty
               have
               taken
               your
               eyes
               :
               both
               which
               introduce
               a
               living
               Oratory
               ,
               to
               worke
               the
               powerfuller
               effects
               upon
               your
               fancy
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               GENTLENESSE
               OF
               SPEECH
               .
            
             
               
               GENTLENESSE
               OF
               SPEECH
               is
               an
               affable
               treaty
               or
               conference
               one
               with
               another
               .
               Or
               ,
               a
               winning
               kinde
               of
               Rhetorick
               ,
               which
               of
               all
               others
               ,
               purchaseth
               most
               friends
               with
               least
               cost
               .
               An
               excellent
               grace
               it
               gives
               to
               Hospitality
               :
               especially
               ,
               where
               a
               welcome
               accompanied
               with
               a
               cheerefull
               countenance
               is
               delivered
               with
               the
               mouth
               :
               and
               an
               entertaining
               eye
               becomes
               ready
               to
               usher
               in
               that
               speech
               .
               Where
               two
               meeke
               men
               meete
               together
               ,
               their
               conference
               (
               said
               Bernard
               )
               is
               sweet
               and
               profitable
               :
               where
               one
               man
               is
               meeke
               ,
               it
               is
               profitable
               ;
               where
               neither
               ,
               it
               proves
               pernicious
               .
            
             
               Many
               Motives
               be
               there
               to
               induce
               Fancy
               ,
               which
               well
               tempered
               ,
               worke
               upon
               no
               blind
               love
               ,
               such
               as
               a
               deluded
               eye
               doats
               most
               upon
               ,
               but
               a
               cleare
               and
               well-grounded
               affection
               .
               Such
               were
               those
               exteriour
               goods
               or
               embellishments
               ,
               which
               begot
               love
               in
               the
               beholders
               of
               those
               Sabine
               beauties
               :
               which
               so
               enamoured
               the
               Romans
               in
               the
               infancy
               of
               their
               foundation
               ,
               as
               they
               begot
               a
               succeeding
               alliance
               in
               their
               posterity
               .
               Egnatius
               in
               Catullus
               
               is
               brought
               out
               shewing
               the
               whitenesse
               of
               his
               teeth
               .
               Lacides
               with
               sleeke
               looks
               ,
               and
               mincing
               gate
               .
               Pompey
               scratching
               his
               head
               with
               one
               finger
               .
               But
               as
               the
               wind
               Caecias
               drawes
               unto
               it
               Clouds
               ;
               so
               did
               outward
               postures
               beget
               sinister
               conceipts
               :
               for
               Lacides
               could
               not
               use
               that
               sleckenesse
               without
               suspicion
               of
               lasciviousnesse
               :
               nor
               Pompey
               ,
               that
               affected
               scratching
               with
               one
               finger
               ,
               without
               opinion
               of
               wantonnesse
               .
            
             
               White
               teeth
               imply
               a
               strong
               constitution
               ;
               rolling
               eyes
               ,
               like
               Lais
               Lamps
               ,
               heate
               of
               affection
               ;
               with
               a
               pure
               Sanguine
               ,
               which
               is
               ever
               accompanied
               with
               a
               beautefull
               complexion
               .
               That
               which
               Euryala
               ,
               Nurse
               to
               that
               subtile
               Greeke
               ,
               praysed
               ,
               when
               she
               washed
               the
               feete
               of
               Vlysses
               ,
               was
               
                 Gentle
                 Speech
              
               ,
               and
               
                 tender
                 flesh
              
               :
               both
               referring
               to
               two
               severall
               Sences
               ;
               the
               one
               to
               the
               Eare
               :
               the
               other
               to
               the
               Toutch
               .
               Now
               to
               expresse
               the
               singular
               effects
               of
               the
               former
               ,
               whereof
               wee
               are
               here
               to
               treat
               :
               There
               is
               nothing
               that
               ingageth
               more
               the
               affection
               of
               the
               Hearer
               than
               affability
               of
               Speech
               .
               I
               have
               knowne
               a
               great
               and
               eminent
               Person
               in
               this
               Kingdome
               ;
               who
               ,
               how
               undeservedly
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               ,
               having
               incurred
               the
               distasts
               of
               some
               Societies
               ,
               touching
               some
               indirect
               passages
               ,
               as
               they
               conceived
               ,
               whereby
               they
               stood
               highly
               injuried
               :
               upon
               Conference
               with
               them
               ,
               and
               declaring
               his
               innocency
               ,
               not
               only
               freed
               himselfe
               of
               their
               
               prejudicate
               opinion
               :
               but
               gained
               their
               good
               esteeme
               and
               affection
               .
               Nor
               is
               it
               almost
               credible
               what
               excellent
               fruits
               ,
               this
               
                 Gentle
                 speech
              
               graced
               with
               a
               
                 pleasing
                 presence
              
               have
               produc'd
               both
               in
               affaires
               of
               peace
               and
               warre
               ;
               at
               home
               and
               abroad
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               the
               Wise
               mans
               observation
               :
               
                 Soft
                 speech
                 mitigates
                 wrath
              
               .
               We
               read
               of
               few
               so
               barbarous
               (
               if
               Commanders
               )
               who
               could
               not
               finde
               an
               heart
               to
               receive
               a
               compassionate
               teare
               :
               nor
               an
               eare
               to
               a
               faire
               submission
               .
            
             
               Though
               Affranius
               ,
               hearing
               his
               effeminate
               Son
               cry
               out
               —
               Alas
               me
               wretched
               !
               hate
               such
               a
               weake
               servile
               condition
               in
               his
               Sonne
               ,
               as
               he
               seconds
               it
               with
               this
               severe
               reply
               :
               
                 
                   To
                   thy
                   bas●
                   spirit
                   I
                   am
                   suc●
                   a
                   foe
                   ,
                
                 
                   If
                   one
                   part
                   grieve
                   ,
                   let
                   th'
                   rest
                   afflict
                   thee
                   too
                   .
                
              
               We
               shall
               finde
               even
               in
               Strangers
               more
               pity
               than
               in
               such
               fierce
               Fathers
               .
            
             
               For
               in
               our
               Surveys
               of
               ancient
               and
               moderne
               Histories
               :
               we
               shall
               finde
               ever
               some
               Princely
               compassionate
               Spirit
               ,
               though
               a
               Conquerour
               ,
               suffer
               in
               his
               Conquest
               .
               What
               passionate
               effects
               wrought
               that
               sad
               relation
               of
               Aeneas
               in
               the
               heart
               of
               Queene
               Dido
               ?
               How
               soone
               were
               those
               words
               (
               those
               Emphaticall
               words
               )
               setting
               forth
               the
               Trojans
               misery
               ,
               conveyed
               to
               the
               heart
               of
               that
               
               affectionate
               Lady
               ?
               But
               indeed
               in
               passages
               of
               love
               ;
               when
               occasions
               of
               distaste
               chance
               to
               bee
               bred
               betwixt
               the
               parties
               :
               upon
               a
               faire
               and
               free
               parliance
               (
               if
               that
               happinesse
               may
               bee
               admitted
               them
               )
               how
               quickly
               are
               minds
               ,
               before
               seemingly
               aliened
               ,
               reconciled
               ?
               Their
               former
               hate
               begins
               to
               resolve
               it selfe
               into
               amorous
               teares
               .
               So
               strong
               is
               the
               force
               of
               
                 Gentle
                 speech
              
               ;
               seconded
               with
               
                 easie
                 reasons
              
               :
               which
               worke
               well
               enough
               in
               the
               eare
               of
               Love
               :
               who
               ,
               melting
               in
               affection
               ,
               is
               as
               willing
               to
               be
               attoned
               ,
               as
               the
               party
               to
               move
               it
               .
            
             
               Whosoever
               should
               but
               see
               to
               life
               personated
               that
               Princely
               Sophonisba
               ,
               whose
               attractive
               Majesty
               and
               unaffected
               Eloquence
               ,
               interessed
               her selfe
               more
               in
               hearts
               ,
               than
               any
               Princesse
               of
               her
               time
               ;
               would
               conclude
               hence
               ,
               that
               a
               sweet
               and
               debonaire
               Speech
               works
               wondrous
               effects
               ;
               as
               might
               appeare
               in
               those
               moving
               Speeches
               of
               hers
               ,
               which
               so
               tenter'd
               her
               Hearers
               hearts
               ,
               as
               ●hee
               herselfe
               could
               not
               suffer
               more
               upon
               reflex
               had
               to
               her
               owne
               wrongs
               ,
               than
               they
               did
               in
               commiserating
               her
               wrongs
               .
            
             
               It
               was
               an
               excellent
               commendation
               which
               I
               have
               sometimes
               heard
               given
               to
               a
               Noble
               Peere
               of
               this
               Kingdome
               .
               That
               none
               ever
               came
               to
               him
               ,
               how
               irresolved
               soever
               ,
               but
               came
               away
               from
               him
               well
               satisfied
               .
               This
               was
               a
               great
               felicity
               :
               that
               none
               ,
               were
               he
               never
               so
               dis-affected
               to
               him
               upon
               his
               Entry
               :
               
               but
               departed
               so
               well
               contented
               ,
               as
               he
               won
               his
               opinion
               ,
               whom
               hee
               before
               highly
               distasted
               .
            
             
               True
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               vulgar
               Eyes
               and
               Eares
               are
               only
               taken
               with
               outward
               Objects
               .
               They
               stand
               not
               upon
               sounding
               or
               examining
               the
               vessell
               :
               so
               it
               make
               a
               noyse
               ,
               they
               rest
               satisfied
               .
               A
               courteous
               answer
               or
               affable
               salute
               affords
               them
               sufficient
               measure
               of
               content
               :
               and
               makes
               them
               render
               an
               approvement
               of
               his
               affability
               to
               the
               World.
               This
               is
               very
               rare
               to
               be
               seene
               in
               the
               countenance
               of
               such
               who
               are
               advanced
               to
               high
               places
               .
               These
               can
               put
               on
               a
               sterne
               awfull
               brow
               :
               and
               make
               appeare
               very
               legibly
               ,
               how
               their
               State
               is
               changed
               .
            
             
               A
               poor
               State
               that
               begets
               pride
               !
               An
               undeserving
               honour
               ,
               that
               moulds
               in
               the
               owner
               a
               supercilious
               aspect
               ;
               a
               difficulty
               of
               accesse
               ;
               a
               phantastick
               circular
               gate
               ;
               and
               a
               surly
               uncivile
               speech
               !
               Weake
               habilliments
               of
               honour
               !
               But
               farre
               weaker
               Supports
               to
               beare
               that
               Colosse
               of
               honour
               up
               ,
               if
               he
               should
               decline
               .
            
             
               I
               have
               observed
               an
               excellent
               temperature
               in
               this
               kinde
               ,
               in
               many
               of
               our
               Ladies
               :
               whose
               pleasing
               countenance
               ,
               &
               affable
               salutes
               freed
               them
               of
               that
               censure
               which
               those
               disdainefull
               women
               worthily
               incurre
               ,
               who
               hold
               it
               the
               best
               posture
               of
               State
               to
               dis-value
               those
               they
               consort
               with
               :
               and
               as
               those
               ,
               who
               are
               transported
               with
               an
               opinion
               of
               their
               owne
               
               worth
               censure
               nothing
               worthy
               hearing
               ,
               but
               what
               their
               selecter
               judgements
               approve
               .
               Dainty
               Idols
               to
               doate
               upon
               !
               These
               had
               need
               furnish
               themselves
               of
               witty
               Husbands
               ;
               or
               the
               Honey-month
               will
               be
               soone
               done
               with
               them
               .
               Whereas
               those
               ,
               whom
               we
               formerly
               touched
               ;
               resemble
               Lights
               shining
               in
               an
               other
               Orbe
               .
            
             
               If
               their
               Husbands
               bee
               pleasant
               ,
               they
               rejoyce
               in
               his
               pleasure
               .
               If
               he
               suffer
               in
               any
               overture
               which
               he
               neither
               expected
               ,
               nor
               his
               actions
               deserved
               ;
               they
               beare
               a
               part
               in
               his
               Lachrymae
               .
               Husbands
               to
               such
               wifes
               are
               made
               happy
               in
               their
               choice
               :
               and
               have
               good
               cause
               never
               to
               wish
               a
               change
               .
               For
               they
               may
               consort
               with
               those
               they
               affect
               ,
               without
               fearing
               of
               being
               call'd
               to
               an
               Evening
               account
               .
               If
               their
               dayes
               expence
               should
               chance
               to
               bee
               too
               immoderate
               ;
               they
               need
               feare
               no
               fingers
               but
               their
               owne
               ,
               to
               dive
               into
               their
               pockets
               ,
               or
               to
               make
               privy
               search
               for
               more
               than
               can
               be
               found
               .
               These
               need
               not
               feare
               to
               have
               their
               shoulders
               besprinkled
               with
               Zantippee's
               livery
               :
               or
               to
               have
               their
               breakfast
               chang'd
               into
               a
               Morning
               
                 Curtaine
                 Lecture
              
               :
               Or
               to
               receive
               discipline
               for
               their
               last
               nights
               error
               :
               Or
               to
               weare
               their
               Night-Capps
               after
               the
               old
               fashion
               ,
               with
               both
               their
               eares
               through
               them
               :
               Or
               dreame
               ,
               that
               their
               pillows
               are
               stuft
               with
               horne-shavings
               .
               These
               can
               play
               the
               merry
               Mates
               with
               their
               wifes
               ,
               and
               never
               
               laugh
               till
               their
               hearts
               ake
               :
               and
               heare
               a
               horne-pipe
               plaid
               ,
               and
               never
               rubbe
               their
               
                 brow
                 antlers
              
               .
               If
               they
               come
               home
               late
               (
               though
               sooner
               were
               better
               )
               they
               are
               entertain'd
               with
               a
               chearefull
               welcome
               :
               They
               finde
               no
               Pouts
               in
               their
               dish
               :
               nor
               amongst
               all
               their
               necessary
               utensils
               one
               Chafing-dish
               .
               Out
               of
               this
               precious
               Mine
               ,
               was
               ,
               surely
               ,
               that
               good
               Burgomasters
               wife
               cut
               out
               ,
               who
               ever
               met
               her
               Husband
               at
               the
               Portell
               with
               a
               gentle
               word
               in
               her
               mouth
               ;
               a
               sweet
               smile
               on
               her
               lippe
               ;
               a
               merry
               looke
               on
               her
               cherry
               cheeke
               ;
               a
               paire
               of
               slippers
               in
               one
               hand
               :
               and
               in
               the
               other
               ,
               a
               rubber
               (
               not
               at
               cuffs
               )
               but
               a
               Towell
               to
               rubbe
               him
               after
               his
               travaile
               :
               whereas
               that
               old
               beldam
               Thestylis
               would
               have
               exchang'd
               that
               rubber
               with
               an
               halter
               ,
               if
               shee
               might
               have
               had
               her
               will
               ,
               rather
               than
               be
               bound
               to
               such
               a
               Taske
               .
               And
               to
               such
               an
               one
               ,
               without
               all
               doubt
               was
               he
               matched
               ;
               who
               in
               a
               pensive
               plight
               ,
               all
               full
               of
               discontent
               ,
               published
               to
               the
               World
               ,
               from
               whence
               he
               desired
               a
               speedy
               dismission
               ,
               his
               hard
               Fortune
               in
               this
               
                 Bridall
                 Brawle
              
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Married
                   !
                   whereto
                   ?
                   to
                   distaste
                   ;
                
                 
                   Bedded
                   !
                   where
                   ?
                   all
                   griefe
                   is
                   plaste
                   ;
                
                 
                   Clothed
                   !
                   how
                   ?
                   with
                   Womans
                   shame
                   ;
                
                 
                   Branded
                   !
                   how
                   ?
                   with
                   losse
                   of
                   Name
                   ;
                
                 
                   How
                   wretchelesse
                   is
                   that
                   Man
                   that
                   is
                   disgras't
                
                 
                   With
                   losse
                   of
                   
                     Name
                     ,
                     shame
                     ,
                     griefe
                     ,
                     and
                  
                   all
                   distast
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Imprison'd
                   !
                   how
                   ?
                   to
                   womans
                   will
                   ;
                
                 
                   Ingag'd
                   !
                   to
                   what
                   ?
                   to
                   what
                   is
                   ill
                   ;
                
                 
                   Restrain'd
                   !
                   by
                   whom
                   ?
                   by
                   jealous
                   feare
                   ;
                
                 
                   Inthrall'd
                   !
                   to
                   whom
                   ?
                   Suspicions
                   eare
                   ;
                
                 
                   How
                   haplesse
                   is
                   that
                   wretch
                   that
                   must
                   fullfill
                   ,
                
                 
                   A
                   false
                   ,
                   Suspitious
                   ,
                   jealous
                   womans
                   Will
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Taxed
                   !
                   for
                   what
                   ?
                   for
                   modest
                   mirth
                   ;
                
                 
                   Exposed
                   !
                   how
                   ?
                   a
                   Stale
                   on
                   Earth
                   ;
                
                 
                   Surprizd
                   '
                   !
                   with
                   what
                   ?
                   with
                   discontent
                   ;
                
                 
                   Profess'd
                   !
                   as
                   how
                   ?
                   times
                   penitent
                   ;
                
                 
                   How
                   can
                   that
                   forlorne
                   Soule
                   take
                   joy
                   on
                   Earth
                   ,
                
                 
                   Where
                   
                     Discontent
                     and
                     Penance
                  
                   is
                   his
                   Mirth
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Threated
                   !
                   how
                   ?
                   as
                   ne're
                   was
                   no
                   man
                   ;
                
                 
                   Fool'd
                   !
                   by
                   whom
                   ?
                   a
                   foolish
                   woman
                   ;
                
                 
                   Slav'd
                   !
                   to
                   what
                   ?
                   to
                   causelesse
                   Splean●
                   ;
                
                 
                   Sprite-affrighted
                   !
                   when
                   ?
                   I
                   dreame
                   ;
                
                 
                   How
                   should
                   th'
                   Infernall
                   Prince
                   more
                   Furies
                   summon
                   ,
                
                 
                   Than
                   lodge
                   in
                   such
                   a
                   
                     Spleenefull
                     ,
                     Spitefull
                     Woman
                  
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Cheered
                   most
                   !
                   when
                   ?
                   least
                   at
                   home
                   ;
                
                 
                   Planted
                   !
                   where
                   ?
                   i'
                   th
                   
                     Torrid
                     Zone
                  
                   ;
                
                 
                   Chafed
                   !
                   how
                   ?
                   with
                   oyle
                   of
                   tongue
                   ;
                
                 
                   Hardned
                   !
                   how
                   ?
                   by
                   suff'ring
                   wrong
                   ;
                
                 
                 
                   How
                   wretched
                   in
                   his
                   Fate
                   who
                   is
                   become
                
                 
                   Contented
                   most
                   ,
                   when
                   he
                   is
                   least
                   at
                   home
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Vrged
                   most
                   !
                   when
                   ?
                   she
                   is
                   neare
                   ;
                
                 
                   Vsher'd
                   !
                   how
                   ?
                   with
                   fruitlesse
                   feare
                   ;
                
                 
                   Shielded
                   !
                   when
                   ?
                   when
                   I
                   doe
                   flye
                   ;
                
                 
                   Cur'd
                   !
                   with
                   what
                   ?
                   with
                   hope
                   to
                   dye
                   ;
                
                 
                   How
                   curelesse
                   doth
                   that
                   cure
                   to
                   sense
                   appeare
                   ,
                
                 
                   Whose
                   Hope
                   is
                   Death
                   ,
                   whose
                   Life
                   is
                   
                     fruitlesse
                     feare
                  
                   ?
                
              
            
             
               This
               wench
               had
               beene
               a
               dainty
               dangling
               fruit
               for
               Timon's
               fig-tree
               .
               And
               very
               likely
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               with
               one
               of
               this
               Aery
               that
               Falconer
               had
               encountred
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               it
               were
               to
               be
               wished
               ,
               he
               had
               beene
               so
               matched
               :
               who
               comming
               to
               a
               Wedding
               with
               an
               Hauke
               on
               his
               fist
               ,
               and
               being
               asked
               to
               what
               end
               hee
               came
               thither
               ,
               beeing
               a
               Marriage-meeting
               ,
               and
               no
               place
               for
               pouting
               ,
               with
               his
               Hauke
               ?
               answered
               ,
               
                 Purposely
                 to
                 know
                 how
                 many
                 Marriages
                 would
                 reclaime
                 an
                 Hauke
                 .
                 Nor
                 did
                 hee
                 doubt
                 ,
                 but
                 if
                 such
                 occasions
                 had
                 power
                 to
                 tame
                 a
                 wild
                 Batchler
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 in
                 time
                 reclaime
                 his
                 Haggard
                 .
              
               Yet
               ,
               for
               all
               this
               ,
               his
               discretion
               by
               a
               wise
               moderation
               of
               his
               passion
               ,
               might
               ,
               no
               doubt
               ,
               have
               rectifide
               much
               this
               whirly-gigs
               disposition
               :
               for
               a
               good
               Iack
               will
               make
               a
               good
               Gill.
               Nor
               
               will
               inveying
               ,
               reviling
               or
               abusing
               of
               a
               Vixon
               ,
               bring
               her
               to
               a
               good
               temper
               :
               for
               such
               usage
               would
               quickly
               make
               her
               madder
               .
               This
               was
               the
               cause
               that
               moved
               Socrates
               to
               forbeare
               his
               wife
               Zantippe
               ,
               though
               a
               froward
               woman
               ,
               because
               he
               thought
               he
               might
               better
               converse
               with
               others
               .
               Thus
               wise
               men
               ,
               who
               are
               regulated
               by
               reason
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               rule
               of
               discretion
               ,
               can
               moderate
               passion
               ,
               when
               they
               are
               matched
               to
               such
               
                 Necessary
                 Evils
              
               ,
               can
               make
               a
               Vertue
               of
               a
               Necessity
               ;
               prepare
               them
               by
               such
               tryalls
               ,
               with
               more
               constancy
               to
               suffer
               all
               extreames
               .
               Nor
               can
               there
               be
               made
               any
               question
               ,
               but
               such
               Corrasives
               as
               are
               applyed
               nearest
               us
               ,
               and
               upon
               the
               Vitall
               parts
               ,
               worke
               the
               sensiblest
               effects
               .
               And
               who
               more
               neare
               than
               our
               owne
               bosome-consort
               :
               whose
               cheerefull
               aspect
               makes
               all
               those
               Planets
               of
               her
               family
               successive
               and
               auspicious
               :
               as
               contrariwise
               ,
               her
               malignity
               begets
               in
               all
               those
               
                 inferiour
                 Lights
              
               ,
               the
               like
               disposition
               .
               In
               the
               description
               of
               an
               Oeconomick
               State
               ,
               Aristotle
               expresseth
               himselfe
               most
               Philosophically
               ,
               when
               he
               renders
               it
               thus
               :
               A
               
                 Private
                 family
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               may
               be
               properly
               called
               a
               
                 little
                 City
              
               ;
               and
               a
               City
               ,
               a
               
                 great
                 Family
              
               :
               where
               like
               a
               City
               without
               a
               Wall
               ,
               a
               House
               without
               a
               doore
               ,
               a
               Ship
               without
               Helme
               ,
               a
               Pot
               without
               a
               Cover
               ,
               and
               a
               Horse
               without
               a
               Bridle
               :
               so
               is
               a
               Family
               ,
               when
               guided
               by
               a
               passionate
               violent
               man
               ,
               and
               hee
               matched
               to
               
               a
               waspi●h
               unquiet
               woman
               .
               Many
               excellent
               Aphorismes
               are
               contained
               in
               Hippocrates
               ;
               amongst
               which
               ,
               this
               :
               
                 Eight
                 things
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 )
                 make
                 mans
                 flesh
                 moist
                 and
                 fat
                 :
                 the
                 first
                 ,
                 to
                 bee
                 merry
                 and
                 live
                 at
                 hearts
                 ease
                 ;
                 the
                 second
                 ,
                 to
                 sleepe
                 much
                 ;
                 the
                 third
                 ,
                 to
                 lye
                 in
                 a
                 soft
                 bed
                 ;
                 the
                 fourth
                 ,
                 to
                 fare
                 well
                 ;
                 the
                 fifth
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 well
                 apparelled
                 and
                 furnished
                 ;
                 the
                 sixth
                 ,
                 to
                 ride
                 alwayes
                 on
                 horsebacke
                 ;
                 the
                 seventh
                 ,
                 to
                 have
                 our
                 Will
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 eight
                 ,
                 to
                 bee
                 employed
                 in
                 Playes
                 and
                 Pastimes
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 things
                 which
                 yeeld
                 contentment
                 and
                 pleasure
                 .
              
               Yet
               worke
               all
               these
               to
               a
               remedilesse
               consumption
               ,
               when
               the
               Wife
               is
               transform'd
               into
               a
               Fury
               ,
               and
               makes
               it
               her
               dayes
               Taske
               ,
               to
               put
               all
               things
               out
               of
               order
               .
            
             
               Howsoever
               ,
               a
               great
               measure
               of
               discretion
               is
               required
               in
               an
               Husband
               ;
               first
               ,
               to
               know
               the
               nature
               and
               temper
               of
               his
               wife
               :
               secondly
               ,
               in
               the
               carriage
               or
               demeanure
               of
               himselfe
               towards
               her
               accordingly
               .
               You
               see
               ,
               how
               the
               same
               Sunne
               works
               severall
               effects
               upon
               Waxe
               and
               Clay
               :
               for
               it
               softneth
               the
               one
               ,
               and
               hardneth
               the
               other
               .
               Let
               him
               apply
               this
               to
               his
               owne
               condition
               :
               by
               disposing
               himselfe
               towards
               her
               ,
               to
               whom
               hee
               stands
               ingaged
               ,
               nay
               religiously
               devoted
               by
               an
               inviolable
               tye
               of
               affection
               .
               I
               have
               heard
               of
               a
               domestick
               combat
               betwixt
               two
               ,
               who
               afterwards
               became
               such
               loving
               affectionate
               Turtles
               ,
               as
               
               nothing
               could
               displease
               the
               one
               ,
               what
               the
               other
               affected
               .
               But
               before
               this
               continued
               peace
               could
               bee
               procured
               ,
               or
               these
               Civill-warres
               quenched
               :
               many
               domestick
               bickerings
               and
               skirmishes
               were
               there
               ,
               who
               might
               weare
               the
               buckler
               ,
               and
               returne
               quarter-master
               .
            
             
               The
               more
               he
               laboured
               to
               soveraignize
               ;
               the
               quarrell
               ever
               became
               more
               implacable
               ;
               for
               she
               ever
               ended
               that
               dayes
               conflict
               with
               this
               peremptory
               cloze
               :
               
                 Trust
                 me
                 ,
                 Husband
                 ,
                 this
                 will
                 not
                 doe
                 it
                 .
              
               At
               last
               ,
               as
               later
               considerations
               prove
               ever
               wisest
               ,
               hee
               recollected
               himselfe
               :
               beginning
               to
               expostulate
               the
               cause
               with
               himselfe
               in
               this
               manner
               .
               
                 How
                 long
                 shall
                 I
                 intangle
                 my selfe
                 in
                 this
                 intricate
                 Maze
                 of
                 endlesse
                 miseries
                 ?
                 To
                 what
                 purpose
                 is
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 contest
                 with
                 my
                 owne
                 flesh
                 ?
                 Raise
                 a
                 Pad
                 in
                 the
                 straw
                 :
                 and
                 awake
                 a
                 sleeping
                 Lyon
                 ?
                 It
                 may
                 bee
                 her
                 disposition
                 is
                 more
                 generously
                 tempered
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 be
                 thus
                 haled
                 .
                 Turne
                 then
                 the
                 Scale
                 ;
                 and
                 let
                 her
                 enjoy
                 the
                 freedome
                 of
                 her selfe
                 .
                 This
                 will
                 relish
                 better
                 to
                 any
                 well
                 condition'd
                 nature
                 :
                 than
                 ever
                 to
                 be
                 contending
                 for
                 mastery
                 :
                 and
                 make
                 the
                 whole
                 Countrey
                 ring
                 with
                 our
                 folly
                 .
              
               Upon
               which
               resolution
               ,
               they
               closed
               together
               in
               such
               an
               equall
               Concord
               and
               Harmony
               of
               their
               minds
               :
               as
               they
               were
               never
               knowne
               to
               bee
               angry
               both
               together
               :
               The
               one
               giving
               way
               to
               the
               others
               passion
               ,
               with
               
               such
               sobriety
               and
               discretion
               ;
               as
               they
               never
               afterwards
               needed
               any
               neighbourly
               Mediation
               .
               This
               I
               have
               the
               longer
               insisted
               on
               ,
               because
               I
               am
               not
               ignorant
               how
               many
               surly
               and
               rough
               dispositions
               doe
               abuse
               by
               their
               harshnesse
               the
               easy
               and
               well-tempered
               Natures
               of
               their
               unhappy
               Consorts
               :
               which
               might
               bee
               instanced
               and
               illustrated
               with
               many
               Tragick
               and
               dolefull
               examples
               ,
               both
               in
               our
               owne
               and
               other
               Countreyes
               :
               where
               weake
               and
               fearefull
               natures
               were
               so
               disheartned
               ,
               as
               they
               inclined
               to
               strange
               melancholick
               fits
               ,
               and
               such
               incurable
               distempers
               ,
               as
               they
               were
               never
               rest
               of
               them
               ,
               till
               their
               tedious
               life
               left
               them
               .
               Others
               of
               higher
               Spirits
               ,
               but
               of
               more
               vindicative
               natures
               ,
               impatient
               of
               longer
               suffering
               ,
               have
               woven
               up
               the
               Tragick
               Scene
               of
               their
               miseries
               with
               the
               ruine
               of
               their
               cruell
               husbands
               .
            
             
               
               Indeed
               ,
               were
               all
               Women
               of
               that
               servile
               condition
               ,
               whereof
               the
               ingenious
               Barcley
               in
               his
               
                 Mirror
                 of
                 Minds
              
               ,
               reports
               those
               women
               to
               bee
               of
               ;
               who
               cannot
               be
               perswaded
               that
               their
               Husbands
               love
               them
               ,
               
               unlesse
               they
               beate
               them
               :
               Correction
               then
               would
               bee
               found
               the
               only
               introduction
               to
               affection
               :
               But
               these
               Nations
               are
               more
               Civile
               ;
               and
               our
               womanish
               Spirits
               more
               Virile
               ,
               to
               endure
               such
               affronts
               .
               It
               is
               worthy
               our
               observation
               to
               relate
               what
               happned
               to
               one
               Iordan
               ,
               in
               his
               marrying
               in
               those
               parts
               ;
               being
               a
               native
               
               German
               ,
               and
               one
               who
               had
               accompanied
               Barcley
               in
               his
               Travaile
               .
               He
               reports
               it
               thus
               :
               
                 Being
                 in
                 those
                 parts
                 ,
                 one
                 Iordan
                 ,
                 a
                 German
                 ,
                 and
                 who
                 had
                 kept
                 me
                 Company
                 in
                 my
                 Travaile
                 :
                 fell
                 in
                 love
                 with
                 a
                 woman
                 there
                 ,
                 &
                 married
                 her
                 :
                 Demeaning
                 himselfe
                 to
                 her
                 ,
                 as
                 became
                 a
                 loving
                 and
                 respective
                 Husband
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 more
                 she
                 was
                 tendered
                 by
                 him
                 ,
                 the
                 more
                 shee
                 seemed
                 to
                 be
                 discontented
                 with
                 him
                 .
                 No
                 dalliance
                 ,
                 nor
                 all
                 the
                 tokens
                 of
                 love
                 or
                 affection
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 shew
                 to
                 her
                 ,
                 could
                 either
                 winne
                 or
                 waine
                 her
                 from
                 that
                 discontented
                 humour
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 his
                 too
                 much
                 kindnesse
                 had
                 brought
                 her
                 .
                 At
                 last
                 ,
                 seeing
                 that
                 the
                 more
                 he
                 laboured
                 to
                 content
                 her
                 ,
                 the
                 lesse
                 she
                 seem'd
                 to
                 be
                 pleased
                 ;
                 he
                 takes
                 her
                 aside
                 one
                 day
                 ,
                 demanding
                 of
                 her
                 the
                 reason
                 of
                 her
                 distaste
                 ?
                 O
                 Sir
                 ,
                 saith
                 she
                 !
                 how
                 should
                 I
                 bee
                 well
                 pleased
                 when
                 you
                 shew
                 no
                 argument
                 of
                 love
                 towards
                 me
                 ?
                 Not
                 of
                 love
                 ,
                 replyed
                 he
                 !
                 what
                 more
                 Signes
                 of
                 respect
                 can
                 I
                 show
                 you
                 ,
                 than
                 these
                 I
                 already
                 doe
                 ?
                 I
                 am
                 sure
                 you
                 want
                 nothing
                 .
                 Yes
                 ,
                 Husband
                 said
                 she
                 ,
                 I
                 want
                 Correction
                 :
                 And
                 if
                 you
                 did
                 truly
                 love
                 me
                 ,
                 you
                 would
                 beate
                 me
                 :
                 as
                 you
                 see
                 other
                 husbands
                 in
                 these
                 parts
                 use
                 their
                 wifes
                 :
                 for
                 I
                 must
                 freely
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 for
                 all
                 your
                 professions
                 of
                 love
                 and
                 respect
                 toward
                 mee
                 ,
                 till
                 you
                 begin
                 to
                 beate
                 me
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 never
                 bee
                 perswaded
                 
                 that
                 you
                 love
                 me
                 .
                 This
                 could
                 not
                 chuse
                 but
                 beget
                 admiration
                 in
                 him
                 :
                 yet
                 ,
                 least
                 hee
                 should
                 lose
                 his
                 Wifes
                 good
                 opinion
                 ,
                 at
                 last
                 hee
                 began
                 to
                 follow
                 the
                 Countrey-fashion
                 :
                 and
                 to
                 give
                 her
                 such
                 correction
                 ,
                 as
                 might
                 sufficiently
                 perswade
                 her
                 of
                 his
                 affection
                 .
                 Although
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 end
                 ,
                 his
                 disciplinary
                 Love
                 grew
                 to
                 be
                 too
                 bitter
                 :
                 For
                 he
                 brake
                 her
                 neck
                 before
                 he
                 left
                 her
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               no
               modest
               eare
               can
               endure
               any
               such
               breake-necke-love
               :
               Wives
               are
               not
               to
               bee
               made
               Slaves
               but
               Companions
               .
               And
               as
               their
               constitutions
               are
               soft
               and
               delicate
               ;
               so
               should
               their
               usage
               bee
               mildly
               tempered
               and
               affectionate
               .
               Sweet
               and
               gentle
               is
               their
               Speech
               ;
               albeit
               ,
               no
               Rule
               so
               generall
               ,
               but
               admits
               some
               exception
               ;
               full
               of
               rich
               delight
               is
               their
               Fancy
               .
               No
               storme
               of
               adversity
               so
               violent
               ,
               but
               their
               pleasant
               society
               will
               allay
               it
               .
               No
               losse
               so
               heavy
               ,
               but
               by
               the
               enjoyment
               of
               them
               ,
               supplyed
               .
               Those
               dispersed
               Trojan
               Dames
               ,
               how
               soone
               had
               they
               pacified
               their
               incensed
               Husbands
               ,
               with
               a
               winning
               kisse
               ,
               and
               a
               friendly
               salute
               ?
               Their
               anger
               was
               soone
               done
               ,
               when
               they
               saw
               those
               pearled
               teares
               distilling
               :
               those
               amorous
               armes
               spred
               abroad
               to
               imbrace
               them
               :
               those
               pretty
               witty
               prattles
               they
               had
               to
               entertaine
               them
               .
            
             
               These
               were
               such
               harmelesse
               carelesse
               Charmes
               ;
               as
               they
               wrought
               farre
               stronger
               
               on
               the
               affection
               ,
               than
               any
               other
               forcible
               Conclusion
               .
            
             
               Now
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               formerly
               observed
               ,
               seeing
               there
               is
               no
               Society
               that
               can
               possibly
               subsist
               without
               speech
               :
               divers
               qualifications
               are
               to
               bee
               used
               ,
               whereby
               that
               Cement
               of
               society
               may
               be
               better
               seasoned
               :
               and
               in
               all
               Companies
               better
               accepted
               :
               which
               I
               will
               divide
               into
               these
               two
               necessary
               precepts
               .
               The
               first
               is
               ,
               to
               know
               what
               you
               are
               to
               speake
               .
               The
               second
               is
               ,
               to
               know
               when
               you
               are
               to
               speake
               .
               In
               the
               former
               ,
               is
               Deliberation
               ;
               In
               the
               later
               ,
               is
               Moderation
               necessarily
               required
               .
               He
               that
               knoweth
               how
               to
               speake
               well
               ,
               knoweth
               also
               when
               hee
               must
               hold
               his
               peace
               :
               which
               may
               serve
               for
               an
               excellent
               Rule
               to
               the
               Later
               .
               Thinke
               an
               houre
               before
               you
               speake
               ,
               and
               a
               day
               before
               you
               promise
               :
               and
               this
               may
               usefully
               serve
               for
               a
               direction
               of
               high
               importance
               to
               the
               Former
               .
               These
               observed
               ,
               many
               errors
               incident
               to
               indeliberate
               speech
               ,
               may
               be
               prevented
               :
               which
               our
               too
               free
               and
               glib-tongued
               Dames
               are
               usually
               subject
               to
               .
               I
               have
               noted
               a
               kinde
               of
               pleasing
               Dialect
               used
               by
               our
               City
               Dames
               to
               their
               Husbands
               :
               and
               delivered
               in
               that
               loving
               familiar
               way
               ,
               as
               it
               infinitely
               became
               them
               :
               a
               kinde
               of
               fondling
               speech
               ,
               (
               as
               I
               may
               properly
               tearme
               it
               )
               or
               apish
               toying
               ,
               neither
               unpleasing
               to
               their
               Husbands
               ,
               nor
               unusefull
               to
               themselves
               :
               
               as
               thus
               :
               —
               trust
               mee
               ,
               Chick
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               not
               .
               —
               Now
               ,
               pray
               thee
               ,
               Prick
               ,
               doe
               not
               .
               -
               iffaith
               ,
               you
               'r
               a
               sleake
               youth
               .
               —
               you
               playd
               the
               wag
               with
               mee
               last
               night
               .
               —
               well
               ,
               God
               forgive
               thee
               .
               —
               wiltst
               buy
               mee
               this
               toy
               ,
               my
               Pigsny
               ?
               These
               pretty
               prattles
               make
               me
               remember
               that
               free
               and
               ingenuous
               confession
               of
               that
               rich
               Millanoise
               ,
               
                 That
                 the
                 strings
                 of
                 his
                 purse
                 were
                 never
                 so
                 hard
                 tyed
                 ,
                 but
                 his
                 Nansy
                 had
                 a
                 Charme
                 to
                 loose
                 them
                 .
              
               Which
               brings
               us
               no
               lesse
               properly
               than
               occasionally
               to
               fall
               upon
               that
               dangerous
               Attendant
               to
               
                 Gentle
                 Speech
              
               ,
               which
               we
               formerly
               particuliz'd
               ,
               to
               be
               Dissimulation
               :
               a
               smooth
               Orator
               ,
               and
               such
               an
               one
               ,
               as
               makes
               her
               owne
               end
               ,
               the
               sole
               Object
               of
               her
               Endevour
               .
            
          
           
             
               DISSIMULATION
               .
            
             
               DISSIMULATION
               is
               most
               in
               Semblance
               ,
               least
               in
               Substance
               :
               
               Seeming
               most
               ,
               what
               it
               is
               least
               :
               Most
               in
               profession
               ,
               Least
               in
               expression
               .
               For
               ,
               
                 
                   Hows'ere
                   they
                   bee
                   ,
                   thus
                   doe
                   they
                   seeme
                   to
                   mee
                   ,
                
                 
                   They
                   bee
                   and
                   seeme
                   not
                   ,
                   seeme
                   what
                   least
                   they
                   bee
                   .
                
              
            
             
               Sundry
               proper
               Emblemes
               have
               our
               Antients
               
               fitted
               them
               withall
               :
               Some
               whereof
               have
               Emblematiz'd
               them
               by
               Sodoms
               apples
               ;
               faire
               to
               the
               eye
               ,
               false
               at
               the
               heart
               :
               outwardly
               ,
               promising
               juyce
               ;
               inwardly
               ,
               proving
               dust
               .
               Others
               to
               the
               Crocodyles
               of
               Nilus
               ;
               who
               never
               weepe
               ,
               but
               they
               intend
               to
               wound
               .
               Others
               to
               the
               Hyene
               ;
               who
               counterfets
               the
               voice
               of
               man
               ,
               purposely
               to
               prey
               on
               man
               :
               and
               requite
               humane
               hospitality
               with
               savage
               cruelty
               .
               Others
               ,
               to
               the
               Harpyes
               ,
               those
               three
               monstrous
               and
               ravenous
               birds
               ,
               
                 A●llo
                 ,
                 Ocypete
              
               ,
               and
               Celano
               ,
               having
               maiden
               visages
               ,
               but
               inhumane
               usages
               .
               Others
               to
               the
               Sirenes
               ,
               the
               three
               daughters
               of
               Achelous
               and
               Calliope
               ;
               who
               on
               a
               Promontorie
               or
               prospective
               rocke
               of
               the
               Sea
               were
               wont
               to
               sit
               ,
               and
               by
               their
               sweet
               songs
               and
               amiable
               countenance
               ,
               to
               draw
               passengers
               unto
               them
               ,
               whom
               they
               slew
               .
               Thus
               laboured
               our
               antient
               Emblematists
               to
               deblazon
               them
               ;
               that
               like
               perillous
               shelves
               ,
               others
               might
               bee
               aware
               of
               them
               .
               But
               certainly
               ,
               as
               the
               Fish
               Sepia
               is
               bewrayed
               by
               a
               black
               colour
               which
               she
               casteth
               out
               to
               cover
               her
               ;
               So
               these
               ,
               though
               Tiberius-like
               ,
               they
               glory
               in
               nothing
               so
               much
               as
               in
               cunningly
               cloaking
               their
               purposes
               with
               fair
               pretences
               :
               going
               invisible
               ,
               and
               deluding
               vulgar
               opinion
               with
               a
               
                 Seemi●g
                 good
              
               :
               they
               must
               come
               to
               bee
               unmask'd
               ,
               and
               then
               that
               vizard
               or
               disguise
               which
               before
               kept
               them
               from
               
               discovery
               ,
               shall
               publish
               to
               the
               World
               ,
               that
               as
               all
               humane
               wisdom
               is
               vanity
               ,
               so
               no
               vanity
               lighter
               than
               that
               opinion
               which
               grounded
               it selfe
               on
               dishonest
               policy
               .
               This
               was
               wittily
               glanced
               at
               in
               the
               Apologue
               :
               who
               could
               not
               endure
               that
               mouth
               ,
               from
               which
               cold
               and
               heat
               proceeded
               at
               one
               time
               .
            
             
               
                 
                 Who
                 mak'st
                 thy
                 tongue
                 a
                 stranger
                 to
                 thine
                 heart
                 ,
              
               
                 I
                 hate
                 thee
                 worse
                 than
                 Hell
                 ,
                 whos'ere
                 thou
                 art
                 .
                 
              
            
             
               Now
               there
               be
               severall
               kindes
               of
               this
               glozing
               evill
               :
               some
               whereof
               ,
               are
               more
               pleasing
               than
               greatly
               noxious
               :
               more
               delightfull
               than
               dangerous
               .
               For
               wee
               shall
               meet
               with
               some
               pretty
               harmelesse
               dissemblers
               ,
               who
               are
               so
               far
               from
               plotting
               or
               projecting
               mischiefe
               ,
               as
               they
               intend
               nothing
               lesse
               .
               Their
               Ambition
               is
               to
               purchase
               some
               trifling
               toy
               ,
               or
               to
               wind
               themselves
               into
               their
               Husbands
               good
               opinion
               ,
               by
               pretending
               most
               what
               they
               affect
               least
               :
               and
               by
               relishing
               least
               ,
               what
               they
               affect
               most
               .
               Like
               that
               good
               witty
               wife
               ,
               who
               affected
               liberty
               but
               might
               seldome
               enjoy
               it
               :
               and
               therfore
               did
               seemingly
               dis-affect
               it
               ;
               that
               she
               might
               oftner
               procure
               it
               .
               Of
               all
               things
               ,
               Husband
               ,
               quoth
               shee
               ,
               there
               are
               no
               pleasures
               I
               so
               little
               care
               for
               ;
               as
               these
               Stage-playes
               ▪
               they
               are
               the
               tediousest
               Showes
               to
               
               mee
               ,
               that
               are
               in
               the
               World.
               And
               this
               moved
               her
               Husband
               ,
               who
               was
               of
               an
               harsh
               crosse
               nature
               ,
               to
               carry
               her
               abroad
               to
               Playes
               ,
               which
               shee
               most
               affected
               ,
               though
               seemingly
               least
               desired
               .
               Another
               ,
               who
               had
               a
               Months
               minde
               to
               see
               the
               Booths
               ,
               Jew-trumps
               ,
               Hobby-horses
               ,
               and
               other
               Trinkets
               in
               
                 Bartholomew
                 Faire
              
               ,
               told
               her
               Husband
               ,
               that
               she
               wondred
               (
               pretending
               Puritanisme
               )
               how
               people
               could
               be
               so
               naughtily
               given
               and
               prophane
               as
               to
               feast
               in
               such
               Booths
               and
               Brothels
               of
               sin
               ,
               which
               her
               tender
               Conscience
               even
               yearnd
               withall
               .
               Which
               her
               Husband
               ,
               no
               sooner
               heard
               ,
               than
               to
               th'
               Faire
               they
               must
               goe
               :
               labouring
               to
               crosse
               her
               in
               that
               ,
               which
               indeed
               contented
               her
               most
               .
               But
               you
               shall
               finde
               another
               merry
               Wanton
               ,
               quite
               of
               another
               humour
               :
               Her
               ayme
               is
               to
               purchase
               her
               pleasure
               under
               a
               vertuous
               colour
               .
               Her
               Husband
               ,
               purposely
               to
               raise
               a
               rent
               ;
               will
               have
               a
               Tenant
               :
               and
               many
               are
               proposed
               ,
               but
               none
               as
               yet
               admitted
               .
               A
               Lodger
               hee
               must
               have
               :
               and
               shee
               prefers
               One
               in
               her
               thoughts
               :
               but
               of
               all
               others
               ,
               when
               hee
               is
               in
               quest
               ,
               she
               is
               ever
               at
               furthest
               distance
               .
               This
               puts
               on
               her
               jealous
               Husband
               ,
               who
               would
               bee
               loth
               to
               bee
               directed
               by
               his
               wife
               in
               the
               Choice
               of
               his
               Tenant
               ,
               to
               admit
               of
               him
               whom
               his
               cunning
               wife
               seemingly
               most
               dislikt
               ,
               but
               really
               most
               approv'd
               .
            
             
               Now
               ,
               this
               Dissimulation
               is
               most
               expressed
               
               in
               Subjects
               of
               Passion
               :
               as
               I
               have
               heard
               a
               Tale
               of
               a
               passionate
               Widow
               (
               for
               reverence
               sake
               ,
               to
               beginne
               with
               the
               antientst
               degree
               first
               )
               who
               could
               not
               content
               her selfe
               ,
               but
               shee
               would
               needes
               bee
               buried
               quicke
               in
               her
               Husbands
               grave
               .
               
                 O
                 ,
                 content
                 yourselfe
                 ,
                 said
                 one
                 of
                 her
                 antient
                 acquaintance
                 ;
                 you
                 are
                 ordained
                 for
                 another
                 end
                 .
              
               But
               all
               this
               nothing
               at
               all
               seemed
               to
               asswage
               her
               sorrow
               :
               for
               falling
               into
               a
               trance
               ,
               after
               such
               time
               as
               shee
               had
               continued
               a
               space
               as
               one
               senselesse
               ;
               comming
               at
               last
               out
               of
               it
               ;
               the
               very
               first
               words
               shee
               uttered
               were
               these
               ;
               
                 Well
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 ever
                 be
                 of
                 that
                 mind
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 better
                 to
                 marry
                 than
                 to
                 burne
                 .
              
               That
               good
               wife
               ,
               (
               to
               instance
               in
               the
               next
               Order
               )
               had
               a
               ready
               answere
               and
               a
               dainty
               Colour
               to
               palliate
               the
               love
               she
               bore
               to
               a
               Friend
               in
               a
               Corner
               ;
               who
               ,
               when
               she
               heard
               her
               Husband
               take
               notice
               of
               One
               of
               her
               inward
               acquaintance
               ,
               and
               pointing
               at
               him
               in
               the
               street
               ,
               using
               these
               words
               :
               —
               There
               goes
               a
               Cuckold
               !
               With
               speech
               gentle
               ,
               but
               not
               wholly
               free
               from
               guile
               nor
               gall
               ,
               she
               replyed
               :
               
                 Trust
                 me
                 ,
                 Husband
                 ,
                 you
                 are
                 such
                 an
                 other
                 .
              
            
             
               Nor
               was
               that
               good
               wench
               voyde
               of
               all
               good
               nature
               ,
               but
               very
               tender
               (
               it
               seem'd
               )
               of
               her
               Husbands
               safety
               ;
               who
               hearing
               him
               unadvisedly
               ,
               as
               he
               was
               passing
               over
               Thames
               with
               other
               company
               ,
               (
               as
               one
               who
               wish'd
               not
               his
               owne
               good
               )
               beseech
               God
               very
               heartily
               ,
               
               that
               all
               Cuckolds
               were
               throwne
               into
               Thames
               !
               She
               kind
               heart
               ,
               made
               answer
               :
               "
               Husband
               can
               you
               swimme
               ?
               Poore
               Girle
               ,
               shee
               doubted
               much
               his
               drowning
               ;
               and
               therefore
               desir'd
               to
               be
               resolv'd
               ,
               whether
               hee
               could
               prevent
               it
               by
               swimming
               ?
               That
               young
               wife
               meant
               ,
               no
               doubt
               ,
               simply
               ;
               who
               ,
               when
               one
               of
               her
               Bridemaids
               told
               her
               the
               same
               day
               she
               was
               married
               ,
               that
               she
               verily
               thought
               ,
               that
               never
               any
               day
               would
               seeme
               longer
               to
               her
               than
               that
               day
               :
               
                 Well
                 ,
                 Sister
                 ,
                 said
                 she
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 the
                 day
                 seeme
                 long
                 ,
                 I
                 hope
                 the
                 night
                 will
                 seeme
                 as
                 short
                 .
                 But
                 you
                 are
                 cosin'd
                 ,
                 Sister
                 ,
                 saith
                 she
                 ,
                 to
                 her
                 Bridemaid
                 :
                 For
                 I
                 vow
                 to
                 thee
                 ,
                 so
                 I
                 may
                 but
                 enjoy
                 him
                 whom
                 I
                 have
                 lov'd
                 and
                 now
                 married
                 (
                 
                   alwayes
                   provided
                
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 what
                 a
                 man
                 should
                 have
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 my selfe
                 satisfied
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 stood
                 so
                 furnished
                 )
                 if
                 I
                 should
                 live
                 and
                 dye
                 a
                 maid
                 ,
                 i'
                 th'
                 same
                 mind
                 that
                 I
                 now
                 am
                 ,
                 I
                 should
                 never
                 repent
                 of
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               Alas
               ,
               poore
               foole
               !
               many
               provisoes
               were
               there
               before
               she
               could
               well
               incline
               unto
               it
               ,
               yet
               would
               she
               seale
               to
               it
               ,
               provided
               that
               hee
               were
               well
               furnished
               .
               What
               variety
               of
               evasions
               this
               Fondling
               had
               ,
               dissembling
               with
               her
               owne
               thoughs
               :
               and
               pretending
               what
               she
               least
               meant
               ,
               that
               she
               might
               appeare
               to
               her
               Bridemaids
               more
               indifferent
               than
               shee
               was
               ,
               for
               that
               which
               she
               most
               dream'd
               of
               ?
               A
               pretty
               kind
               of
               harmelesse
               shift
               !
               being
               ,
               
               what
               stands
               most
               with
               a
               maids
               modesty
               ,
               and
               consequently
               in
               civility
               ,
               merits
               her
               Apology
               .
            
             
               No
               lesse
               simply
               than
               freely
               ,
               did
               that
               single
               woman
               (
               for
               maid
               she
               cannot
               properly
               be
               tearmed
               )
               answer
               her
               Confessor
               ;
               who
               ,
               after
               shee
               had
               discovered
               to
               him
               a
               long
               Bead-roule
               of
               loose
               wanton
               pranks
               which
               ●hee
               confest
               her selfe
               culpable
               of
               :
               Her
               Confessor
               began
               sharpely
               to
               reprove
               her
               :
               laying
               open
               unto
               her
               the
               haynousnesse
               of
               those
               sinnes
               :
               and
               telling
               her
               ,
               that
               whooredome
               was
               such
               a
               sinne
               as
               highly
               displeas'd
               God.
               
               
                 I
                 am
                 more
                 sorry
                 ,
                 said
                 she
                 ,
                 for
                 I
                 am
                 sure
                 it
                 pleas'd
                 me
                 .
              
            
             
               There
               is
               another
               kind
               of
               dissimulation
               too
               ,
               which
               is
               so
               farre
               from
               incurring
               any
               grounded
               offence
               ,
               as
               it
               deserves
               high
               approvement
               .
               And
               this
               is
               ,
               when
               Beauty
               is
               not
               only
               wooed
               ,
               but
               seemingly
               wonne
               ,
               to
               produce
               some
               good
               effect
               ;
               by
               his
               meanes
               who
               imagines
               himselfe
               master
               of
               the
               prize
               .
               Of
               these
               ,
               to
               omit
               instances
               in
               Sacred
               Writ
               ,
               we
               shall
               finde
               our
               Stories
               plentuously
               stored
               .
               The
               redoubted
               Thomyris
               could
               practise
               this
               feate
               ,
               to
               expedite
               her
               Sonnes
               revenge
               :
               and
               restore
               her
               Countreys
               fame
               .
               This
               did
               that
               chaste
               Penelope
               ,
               deluding
               her
               numerous
               Suiters
               with
               hopes
               of
               successe
               :
               only
               to
               spin
               out
               time
               :
               and
               with
               her
               never-finished
               webbe
               to
               keep
               them
               ever
               in
               suspence
               .
               
               This
               did
               that
               wise
               but
               unbeleeved
               Cassandra
               ;
               who
               ,
               seemingly
               inclined
               to
               Apollo's
               suite
               ;
               that
               hee
               should
               injoy
               her
               ;
               if
               hee
               would
               bestow
               on
               her
               the
               gift
               of
               prophecy
               :
               which
               ,
               when
               she
               had
               obtained
               ,
               she
               denyed
               him
               that
               which
               she
               had
               seemingly
               granted
               .
               But
               the
               preservation
               of
               her
               Chastity
               impaired
               the
               Credit
               of
               her
               prophecy
               :
               being
               never
               beleeved
               ,
               were
               it
               never
               so
               true
               that
               shee
               related
               .
               This
               pious
               act
               did
               that
               memorable
               Hypermn●stra
               ,
               who
               pretending
               nothing
               lesse
               than
               what
               her
               vertuous
               aymes
               directed
               themselves
               wholly
               to
               ;
               saved
               her
               husband
               Linceus
               ,
               from
               that
               fatall
               massacre
               ,
               committed
               by
               her
               Sisters
               ,
               in
               slaying
               their
               husbands
               .
               Nay
               ,
               it
               ha's
               beene
               the
               safety
               of
               many
               flourishing
               estates
               to
               dissemble
               Vertue●●
               and
               to
               comply
               with
               the
               times
               ;
               ever
               expecting
               some
               faire
               opportunity
               to
               put
               in
               execution
               ,
               what
               their
               addressements
               for
               the
               publique
               led
               them
               to
               .
            
             
               This
               wise
               and
               commendable
               kinde
               of
               Dissimulation
               ,
               some
               of
               our
               witty
               Wenches
               many
               times
               use
               ;
               in
               putting
               on
               a
               Countenance
               of
               Disdaine
               ,
               at
               least
               ,
               of
               strangenesse
               towards
               those
               whom
               inwardly
               they
               unfeignedly
               affect
               .
               Nor
               have
               these
               Sleights
               produced
               insuccessive
               effects
               to
               their
               desires
               .
               For
               by
               this
               meanes
               ,
               have
               they
               enjoyed
               ,
               what
               their
               simple
               inclining
               affection
               would
               never
               have
               made
               them
               Mistresses
               of
               .
               For
               
               profer'd
               fruit
               is
               sedome
               tasted
               :
               and
               if
               tasted
               ,
               not
               halfe
               so
               well
               relishing
               ,
               as
               if
               restrained
               .
            
             
               Those
               golden
               Apples
               which
               the
               Hesperides
               ,
               those
               three
               watchfull
               Daughters
               of
               Atlas
               so
               carefully
               kept
               ;
               were
               more
               preciously
               esteemed
               ,
               because
               they
               were
               by
               such
               vigilant
               beauty
               guarded
               Forts
               which
               open
               to
               their
               Beleaguerall
               .
               passages
               ,
               unlesse
               the
               miseries
               of
               a
               long
               Siedge
               have
               brought
               them
               to
               that
               pusillanimity
               ,
               promise
               no
               rich
               booty
               :
               nor
               to
               the
               winner
               any
               glorious
               victory
               .
               The
               way
               then
               for
               beauty
               to
               be
               priz'd
               ,
               is
               to
               be
               rarely
               seene
               :
               and
               when
               seene
               ,
               so
               indifferently
               seeming
               to
               be
               seene
               ,
               as
               it
               desires
               to
               retire
               so
               soone
               as
               it
               is
               seene
               .
               This
               is
               the
               load-starre
               to
               affection
               ,
               to
               ●eeme
               estranged
               from
               the
               least
               thought
               of
               affection
               :
               and
               to
               fixe
               least
               in
               that
               Object
               ,
               which
               h'as
               most
               interest
               in
               her
               heart
               .
               This
               that
               subtile
               Coy-duck
               had
               learn'd
               to
               an
               hayre
               :
               when
               ,
               if
               any
               time
               she
               were
               invited
               with
               her
               jealouse
               Husband
               to
               a
               publique
               Feast
               ;
               shee
               would
               alwayes
               fixe
               her
               eye
               upon
               the
               antientst
               and
               reverendst
               in
               yeares
               at
               the
               Table
               :
               whereas
               the
               eye
               of
               her
               inward
               affection
               was
               elsewhere
               spheared
               :
               assuring
               her
               Husband
               ,
               withall
               ,
               that
               no
               Sight
               was
               more
               seemely
               in
               her
               eye
               ,
               nor
               convey'd
               more
               reverend
               love
               to
               her
               heart
               ,
               than
               a
               grave
               Old-man
               ,
               who
               had
               already
               spunne
               the
               entire
               webbe
               of
               his
               Follies
               :
               
               and
               could
               discourse
               with
               all
               sobriety
               of
               what
               he
               had
               seene
               in
               the
               World.
               And
               this
               neate
               kind
               of
               dissembling
               pleased
               her
               credulous
               Husband
               out
               acry
               .
               For
               he
               believed
               ,
               good
               man
               ,
               that
               there
               was
               a
               thorow
               fayre
               betwix
               his
               Wifes
               mouth
               and
               her
               heart
               .
               Whereas
               ,
               Meander
               had
               never
               more
               windings
               ,
               than
               she
               had
               dainty
               sleights
               and
               devices
               ,
               to
               delude
               his
               facility
               :
               and
               to
               shrowde
               from
               the
               World
               her
               private
               affection
               to
               youthfull
               liberty
               .
               Till
               in
               the
               end
               ,
               found
               where
               she
               lest
               suspected
               :
               and
               closely
               infolded
               in
               the
               embraces
               of
               a
               loose
               Lover
               ,
               whom
               she
               entirely
               affected
               :
               she
               begun
               to
               relinquish
               shame
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               publique
               manner
               to
               contest
               against
               her
               Husbands
               disability
               :
               And
               how
               her
               modesty
               had
               so
               long
               restrain'd
               her
               :
               but
               seeing
               no
               hope
               of
               remedy
               ,
               she
               held
               change
               no
               robbery
               :
               and
               that
               no
               Censure
               should
               thenceforth
               abridge
               her
               liberty
               .
               This
               Dissimulation
               produc'd
               a
               dangerous
               issue
               ;
               such
               as
               a
               vertuous
               brest
               cannot
               harbour
               ;
               we
               will
               therefore
               divert
               from
               this
               ,
               and
               returne
               unto
               the
               former
               :
               being
               such
               a
               modest
               bashfull
               kinde
               of
               punishing
               their
               desires
               :
               as
               ,
               many
               times
               ,
               that
               too
               much
               retiring
               or
               restraining
               of
               their
               Love-sick
               thoughts
               ,
               procures
               no
               small
               distemper
               to
               those
               who
               love
               and
               would
               not
               be
               thought
               so
               .
               As
               it
               hapned
               to
               that
               noble
               Italian
               Lady
               ;
               who
               ,
               loth
               to
               impart
               the
               ground
               
               of
               her
               love
               :
               or
               to
               make
               any
               other
               ,
               Secretary
               to
               her
               owne
               brest
               :
               fell
               into
               such
               a
               languishing
               sicknesse
               ,
               as
               ,
               though
               the
               expertest
               Physicians
               of
               those
               parts
               consulted
               about
               her
               ;
               labouring
               by
               all
               the
               meanes
               they
               could
               use
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               receipts
               they
               could
               apply
               ,
               not
               onely
               to
               discover
               the
               source
               and
               occasion
               of
               her
               griefe
               ,
               but
               allay
               it
               :
               yet
               all
               their
               experiments
               were
               in
               vaine
               :
               they
               could
               not
               finde
               out
               the
               Cause
               :
               till
               shee
               at
               last
               (
               drawing
               neare
               her
               last
               )
               discovered
               it
               :
               For
               when
               her
               vitall
               parts
               began
               to
               bee
               so
               enfeebled
               ,
               as
               they
               surceased
               to
               performe
               their
               office
               ,
               and
               all
               hope
               of
               recovery
               perish'd
               ,
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               her
               Dearest
               ,
               whom
               ,
               till
               that
               dying
               period
               ,
               shee
               never
               made
               least
               show
               of
               ,
               to
               be
               her
               Dearest
               ,
               she
               tooke
               leave
               of
               all
               the
               World
               with
               this
               Dispassionate
               cloze
               :
               
                 Adue
                 ,
                 my
                 deare
                 Leontius
              
               .
               Which
               words
               were
               the
               last
               shee
               ever
               spake
               .
               But
               what
               deadly
               effect
               those
               words
               brought
               forth
               in
               her
               Leontius
               ;
               the
               Story
               amply
               relates
               .
               For
               if
               the
               words
               of
               dying
               men
               be
               precious
               even
               to
               strangers
               :
               how
               impressive
               the
               voice
               of
               one
               we
               love
               ,
               calling
               and
               beckning
               to
               us
               from
               the
               death-bed
               !
               O
               what
               a
               passionate
               conflict
               ,
               what
               a
               soule-dividing
               combat
               doe
               those
               words
               raise
               !
               How
               strongly
               doth
               griefe
               and
               affection
               ,
               like
               Sisiph●s
               loving
               Twins
               ,
               strive
               to
               inclose
               them
               !
               knowing
               that
               in
               a
               short
               space
               ,
               a
               very
               short
               space
               ,
               
               that
               tongue
               ,
               the
               Organs
               whereof
               yet
               speake
               ,
               and
               move
               attention
               by
               their
               friendly
               accents
               ,
               amorous
               interbreaths
               ,
               teare-trickling
               adieus
               ,
               was
               to
               be
               eternally
               tyed
               up
               in
               silence
               ;
               nor
               the
               sound
               of
               their
               words
               salute
               our
               eares
               any
               more
               .
               This
               it
               was
               ,
               which
               brought
               heart-sicks
               Leontius
               ,
               to
               his
               bed
               of
               Earth
               soone
               after
               her
               .
               For
               recollecting
               with
               himselfe
               ,
               how
               his
               love
               was
               the
               sole
               cause
               of
               her
               death
               :
               like
               an
               affectionate
               Mate
               ,
               who
               well
               deserv'd
               so
               faithfull
               a
               Mistresse
               ,
               after
               her
               Obsequies
               finished
               ,
               he
               immured
               himselfe
               from
               all
               society
               with
               the
               World
               ,
               where
               he
               enjoyed
               himselfe
               ,
               till
               his
               many
               pensive
               dis-consolate
               houres
               brought
               him
               to
               her
               whom
               he
               loved
               above
               himselfe
               .
               But
               these
               are
               too
               heavy
               for
               soft
               ●ares
               .
               That
               Love
               deserves
               approvement
               which
               is
               till
               death
               :
               but
               that
               Love
               requires
               a
               seasonable
               restraint
               which
               may
               occasion
               death
               .
               Those
               two
               Lovers
               are
               more
               for
               our
               purpose
               ,
               who
               one
               day
               falling
               into
               a
               piece
               of
               Country-love-Complement
               ,
               proceeded
               thus
               :
               
                 O
                 Iug
                 ,
                 how
                 doe
                 I
                 love
                 thee
                 !
                 Nay
                 ,
                 you
                 know
                 best
                 ,
                 said
                 Iug
                 ;
                 but
                 sure
                 am
                 I
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 never
                 dye
                 with
                 loving
                 you
                 :
                 No
                 ,
                 Iug
                 ,
                 said
                 he
                 !
                 But
                 I
                 warrant
                 it
                 ,
                 thou
                 wouldst
                 ,
                 if
                 thou
                 hadst
                 an
                 handfull
                 of
                 me
                 .
                 A
                 proper
                 handfull
                 ,
                 quoth
                 she
                 .
                 I
                 should
                 bee
                 much
                 better
                 for
                 a
                 bit
                 and
                 a
                 buffet
                 with
                 't
                 .
                 Nay
                 ,
                 faith
                 ,
                 wench
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 never
                 buffet
                 
                 thee
                 ,
                 but
                 as
                 my
                 Neighbour
                 Grisedale
                 did
                 Guddy
                 Tringles
                 .
                 Nay
                 ,
                 Oswold
                 ,
                 quoth
                 she
                 ,
                 you
                 are
                 cousin'd
                 ,
                 I
                 le
                 warrant
                 you
                 .
                 Pray
                 you
                 say
                 ,
                 why
                 should
                 you
                 thinke
                 I
                 love
                 you
                 ?
                 Did
                 you
                 ever
                 see
                 mee
                 cast
                 a
                 sheeps-eye
                 at
                 you
                 ?
                 Or
                 did
                 my
                 Nose
                 ever
                 bleed
                 when
                 I
                 was
                 in
                 your
                 Company
                 ?
                 And
                 ,
                 poore
                 wench
                 ,
                 just
                 as
                 she
                 spake
                 this
                 ,
                 to
                 shew
                 her
                 true
                 heart
                 ,
                 her
                 nose
                 fell
                 a
                 bleeding
                 .
                 How
                 now
                 ,
                 Iug
                 ,
                 said
                 he
                 ?
                 Who
                 is
                 in
                 love
                 now
                 ?
                 Not
                 I
                 on
                 mine
                 honesty
                 .
                 —
                 Howsoever
                 Oswold
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 marry
                 me
                 when
                 you
                 list
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 will
                 never
                 say
                 I
                 love
                 you
                 .
              
            
             
               When
               a
               man
               bleeds
               at
               the
               nose
               ,
               and
               through
               abundance
               of
               blood
               is
               brought
               in
               danger
               of
               his
               life
               ,
               the
               Physitian
               lets
               him
               blood
               in
               his
               arme
               to
               turne
               the
               course
               of
               the
               blood
               another
               way
               .
               Let
               us
               apply
               this
               Physicall
               experiment
               thus
               :
               If
               Love
               issue
               out
               in
               too
               violent
               a
               streame
               ,
               it
               is
               to
               be
               cooled
               by
               a
               temperate
               expostulation
               with
               Fancy
               :
               by
               discussing
               the
               probability
               of
               those
               grounds
               of
               affection
               which
               have
               taken
               seizure
               of
               the
               heart
               .
               Or
               else
               by
               fixing
               our
               eye
               upon
               some
               more
               attractive
               Object
               ,
               divert
               the
               course
               of
               that
               madding
               passion
               .
            
             
               But
               against
               these
               two
               it
               may
               be
               objected
               :
               For
               the
               first
               ;
               that
               is
               a
               coole
               Love
               ,
               indeed
               ,
               that
               will
               admit
               of
               any
               such
               expostulation
               :
               for
               this
               would
               imply
               discretion
               ;
               such
               
               should
               be
               as
               farre
               estranged
               from
               Love
               ,
               as
               youth
               from
               affecting
               the
               gravity
               of
               age
               .
               Loves
               axiome
               is
               this
               :
               
                 None
                 can
                 truly
                 love
                 and
                 be
                 wise
                 .
              
               And
               must
               affection
               then
               bee
               regulated
               by
               deliberation
               ?
               Must
               wee
               examine
               what
               reason
               wee
               have
               to
               love
               ,
               when
               Love
               even
               to
               this
               day
               hath
               beene
               ever
               impatient
               to
               converse
               with
               reason
               ?
               Must
               we
               discusse
               what
               probable
               inducements
               wee
               have
               to
               love
               ;
               when
               there
               are
               no
               such
               arguments
               suffer'd
               to
               bee
               disputed
               of
               in
               the
               Schoole
               of
               Love
               ?
               Must
               wee
               fall
               to
               betray
               Love
               ,
               in
               asking
               Friends
               and
               Parents
               what
               they
               will
               give
               ?
               Or
               stagger
               at
               our
               choice
               ,
               or
               study
               a
               change
               ;
               when
               our
               choice
               ranks
               not
               with
               us
               in
               blood
               ;
               or
               Fortunes
               ,
               or
               disparity
               of
               yeares
               ;
               or
               difference
               in
               other
               Tenets
               ,
               which
               more
               concerne
               us
               ?
               This
               were
               coole
               Love
               !
               And
               yet
               should
               Love
               be
               so
               moderate
               ,
               if
               rightly
               seasoned
               :
               For
               to
               make
               choyce
               by
               the
               eye
               without
               relation
               to
               Reason
               ,
               makes
               a
               ●oole
               of
               affection
               :
               But
               what
               receipt
               against
               love
               when
               it
               breakes
               forth
               into
               extreames
               ?
               Absence
               from
               the
               Object
               you
               love
               Yea
               ;
               but
               Love
               is
               more
               vehement
               ,
               when
               deprived
               of
               her
               Object
               .
               It
               is
               ,
               where
               Reason
               gives
               reines
               to
               Fancy
               .
               For
               then
               is
               the
               Party
               beloved
               ever
               made
               the
               Object
               of
               the
               Imagination
               .
               This
               begets
               an
               obstruction
               in
               the
               stomack
               ▪
               a
               malignant
               quality
               in
               the
               appetitive
               part
               .
               This
               estrangeth
               
               the
               Eyes
               from
               sleeping
               :
               Because
               the
               representment
               of
               the
               person
               loved
               keepes
               the
               Senses
               ever
               waking
               .
               This
               distracts
               the
               eye
               ,
               and
               makes
               it
               looke
               wildly
               :
               never
               minding
               that
               whereon
               it
               fixeth
               ,
               because
               taken
               up
               wholly
               with
               that
               it
               fancieth
               .
               And
               for
               that
               (
               as
               one
               well
               observes
               )
               Love
               is
               not
               to
               be
               strangled
               ,
               but
               easily
               repelled
               ,
               and
               by
               distance
               allayed
               ;
               and
               not
               only
               distanced
               ,
               but
               by
               employments
               wearied
               .
               The
               way
               to
               remove
               an
               inconsiderate
               Love
               from
               taking
               too
               deepe
               rooting
               in
               you
               ,
               is
               to
               prevent
               the
               way
               of
               thinking
               of
               the
               party
               you
               love
               .
               Like
               that
               brave
               Spartan
               Lady
               ,
               who
               when
               she
               heard
               of
               a
               disloyall
               act
               done
               by
               one
               whom
               she
               held
               deare
               ;
               would
               not
               suffer
               her
               thoughts
               to
               entertaine
               him
               ;
               saying
               :
               
                 He
                 shall
                 never
                 lodge
                 in
                 my
                 bosome
                 ,
                 that
                 can
                 teach
                 his
                 thoughts
                 to
                 become
                 disloyall
                 .
              
               Had
               the
               Carthaginian
               Queene
               learned
               this
               lesson
               ,
               she
               had
               never
               harboured
               a
               Servant
               so
               injurious
               to
               hospitality
               ,
               as
               to
               requite
               her
               too
               much
               love
               with
               such
               impiety
               .
            
             
               Now
               ,
               for
               the
               latter
               Objection
               ;
               how
               should
               we
               ,
               will
               you
               say
               ,
               fixe
               our
               eye
               upon
               any
               Object
               more
               attractive
               ,
               than
               his
               person
               to
               whom
               we
               have
               ingaged
               our
               heart
               ?
               If
               we
               were
               ,
               indeed
               ,
               like
               those
               
                 Paphlagonian
                 Partridges
              
               (
               whereof
               our
               Naturall
               Historians
               report
               that
               they
               have
               two
               hearts
               )
               then
               
               might
               we
               have
               one
               for
               an
               apparent
               Friend
               ,
               and
               an
               other
               for
               a
               Friend
               in
               a
               Corner
               .
               But
               as
               a
               heart
               divided
               cannot
               live
               ;
               no
               more
               can
               any
               Object
               really
               attract
               the
               eye
               ,
               but
               what
               the
               heart
               doth
               unfaignedly
               love
               .
               Where
               the
               treasure
               ,
               there
               the
               heart
               ;
               but
               no
               treasure
               like
               Love
               to
               enrich
               the
               Treasury
               of
               the
               heart
               .
               The
               heart
               guides
               the
               eye
               :
               and
               can
               wee
               turne
               our
               eye
               from
               that
               Object
               which
               guides
               the
               heart
               ?
               This
               were
               to
               dissemble
               with
               love
               :
               and
               disesteeme
               that
               which
               we
               most
               honour
               :
               despice
               that
               wee
               most
               tender
               :
               all
               which
               would
               exact
               revenge
               one
               time
               or
               other
               .
               This
               were
               too
               subtile
               love
               to
               come
               from
               a
               true
               heart
               !
               And
               yet
               ,
               if
               you
               desire
               to
               prevent
               erring
               ,
               you
               must
               in
               this
               manner
               mould
               your
               affection
               .
               
                 Love
                 by
                 degrees
              
               ,
               was
               a
               Sages
               Counsell
               :
               
                 lest
                 by
                 bestowing
                 all
                 your
                 love
                 in
                 wooing
                 :
                 you
                 leave
                 none
                 when
                 you
                 come
                 to
                 marrying
                 .
              
               It
               is
               said
               of
               the
               Iuniper
               tree
               ,
               that
               of
               all
               other
               trees
               it
               makes
               the
               hoatest
               coale
               ,
               and
               the
               coolest
               shadow
               :
               The
               coale
               being
               so
               hot
               ,
               that
               if
               it
               be
               rak't
               up
               in
               ashes
               of
               the
               same
               ,
               it
               continueth
               unextinguished
               by
               the
               space
               of
               a
               whole
               yeare
               .
               Be
               you
               such
               sweet
               
                 Iunipers
                 ;
                 Woooers
              
               are
               but
               Shadows
               ,
               saith
               the
               Poet
               ;
               be
               your
               shades
               coole
               ;
               but
               your
               coales
               hot
               .
               When
               you
               are
               once
               come
               to
               the
               heigth
               ,
               heat
               and
               true
               fervour
               of
               love
               :
               let
               no
               steames
               of
               forraine
               fancy
               darken
               it
               :
               no
               stormes
               
               of
               adversity
               weaken
               it
               .
               Yet
               let
               the
               Introduction
               to
               Love
               ,
               after
               you
               perceive
               a
               likelyhood
               of
               proceeding
               ,
               be
               so
               mannaged
               ;
               as
               your
               too
               much
               coynesse
               occasion
               no
               discouragement
               .
               For
               by
               that
               meanes
               may
               you
               timely
               avoide
               ,
               what
               your
               disdaine
               may
               otherwise
               deservingly
               inflict
               .
               But
               of
               all
               others
               ,
               beware
               of
               Love-letters
               ;
               for
               they
               are
               such
               Injunctions
               as
               you
               cannot
               appeale
               from
               .
               With
               such
               reservancy
               then
               become
               Warders
               of
               your
               〈…〉
               uningaged
               hearts
               ,
               as
               your
               Favorite
               〈…〉
               never
               shew
               witnesses
               against
               you
               under
               your
               hands
               .
            
             
               
               I
               knew
               one
               ,
               who
               ,
               excepting
               this
               Error
               ,
               demeaned
               her selfe
               in
               actions
               of
               discretion
               and
               modesty
               ,
               above
               the
               reach
               of
               scandall
               or
               reproofe
               ;
               But
               betraying
               her
               love
               to
               the
               secrecy
               of
               Pen
               and
               Paper
               ;
               and
               falling
               afterwards
               to
               inconstancy
               ,
               ingaged
               her selfe
               to
               her
               forsaken
               Friends
               privacy
               .
               Who
               so
               tendered
               her
               esteeme
               ,
               that
               till
               such
               time
               as
               shee
               had
               made
               an
               apparent
               breach
               and
               violation
               of
               her
               vow
               ,
               by
               relinquishing
               her
               former
               choyce
               ,
               and
               bartring
               love
               with
               an
               indiscreet
               exchange
               ,
               never
               disclosed
               those
               sacred-secret
               ingagemenes
               shee
               had
               made
               ;
               but
               with
               a
               constant
               defence
               of
               her
               honour
               ,
               labour'd
               ever
               to
               cover
               her
               shame
               .
            
             
               And
               this
               is
               the
               worst
               kinde
               of
               dissembling
               in
               affaires
               of
               love
               .
               For
               to
               dissemble
               or
               double
               with
               ones
               Faith
               ,
               is
               a
               dangerous
               equivocation
               :
               
               beeing
               such
               ,
               as
               makes
               the
               Party
               which
               shewed
               inconstancy
               ,
               of
               all
               others
               ,
               most
               miserable
               in
               their
               affection
               .
               For
               it
               is
               not
               the
               outward
               rite
               onely
               which
               consummates
               a
               Sponsall
               love
               :
               For
               if
               their
               hearts
               be
               not
               linked
               ,
               before
               their
               hands
               bee
               ever
               joyned
               :
               their
               
                 house
                 musick
              
               is
               very
               likely
               to
               close
               in
               discords
               .
            
             
               As
               I
               have
               sometimes
               heard
               a
               pretty
               pleasant
               Story
               ,
               of
               two
               ,
               who
               after
               such
               time
               as
               they
               had
               beene
               a
               〈◊〉
               ●hile
               married
               ,
               fell
               into
               such
               debate
               an●
               vari●nce
               ,
               as
               all
               such
               as
               neighbour'd
               neare
               them
               ▪
               were
               wearied
               with
               them
               :
               but
               their
               next
               Neighbour
               worst
               of
               all
               ,
               for
               it
               was
               his
               hard
               fortune
               ,
               good
               man
               ,
               to
               ride
               for
               them
               .
               After
               they
               had
               continued
               thus
               for
               a
               good
               space
               ,
               in
               these
               Civile
               broyles
               ,
               without
               any
               amendement
               :
               One
               Evening
               ,
               being
               in
               bed
               together
               ,
               sayes
               the
               Husband
               to
               his
               Wife
               :
               This
               is
               a
               wonderfull
               thing
               ,
               that
               we
               must
               after
               this
               manner
               all
               the
               yeare
               long
               make
               our
               House
               a
               Fencing-Schoole
               :
               Sure
               ,
               Meg
               ,
               quoth
               he
               ,
               we
               were
               not
               rightly
               married
               ,
               or
               else
               we
               should
               have
               liv'd
               more
               peaceably
               together
               :
               for
               wee
               have
               not
               any
               two
               Neighbours
               that
               so
               fearefully
               baste
               one
               an
               other
               .
               What
               thinkest
               thou
               ,
               Wife
               ,
               if
               we
               be
               married
               againe
               ,
               and
               see
               if
               that
               will
               mend
               the
               matter
               ?
               The
               Wife
               easily
               consented
               to
               his
               motion
               ;
               and
               held
               it
               fitting
               ,
               saying
               ,
               she
               would
               doe
               any
               thing
               for
               a
               
                 quiet
                 life
              
               .
               With
               
               all
               speed
               then
               runs
               her
               good
               man
               to
               a
               Sir
               Iohn
               ;
               who
               ,
               as
               he
               could
               read
               on
               no
               booke
               but
               his
               owne
               :
               so
               he
               was
               of
               no
               such
               deepe
               reading
               as
               to
               know
               whether
               Re-marrying
               were
               lawfull
               or
               no.
               
            
             
               A
               new
               Bridall-feast
               is
               provided
               ;
               Friends
               invited
               ;
               nothing
               wanting
               to
               perfect
               what
               they
               both
               intended
               .
               At
               last
               ,
               comming
               to
               the
               Church
               ,
               Sir
               Iohn
               falls
               to
               worke
               ;
               where
               he
               goes
               on
               still
               and
               without
               interruption
               ,
               till
               he
               came
               to
               
                 Who
                 giveth
                 this
                 woman
                 to
                 bee
                 married
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               and
               holding
               her
               by
               the
               hand
               ,
               looking
               ever
               when
               some
               one
               or
               other
               would
               doe
               the
               office
               of
               a
               Father
               ,
               to
               give
               her
               :
               
                 No
                 ,
                 sayes
                 the
                 mad
                 Bridegroome
                 ,
                 none
                 shall
                 give
                 me
                 her
                 ;
                 take
                 yov
                 her
                 ,
                 
                   Sir
                   Iohn
                
                 ,
                 as
                 long
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 had
                 her
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 she
                 be
                 not
                 worthy
                 taking
                 ,
                 why
                 would
                 you
                 give
                 me
                 her
                 ?
              
            
             
               But
               to
               dwell
               a
               little
               longer
               on
               this
               Subject
               ,
               now
               in
               agitation
               ;
               as
               pure
               love
               can
               admit
               no
               dissembling
               :
               so
               are
               young
               women
               to
               be
               cautious
               where
               they
               fixe
               their
               love
               .
               Many
               shall
               they
               encounter
               with
               all
               ,
               who
               professe
               affection
               to
               all
               .
               But
               their
               drift
               closeth
               ever
               with
               such
               a
               Curtsy
               ,
               as
               may
               hazard
               their
               honour
               .
               These
               are
               our
               
                 Libertine
                 Batchlers
              
               ,
               who
               chuse
               rather
               to
               graze
               in
               
                 Common
                 pastures
              
               ,
               than
               Inclosures
               .
               Yea
               ,
               many
               of
               these
               will
               boast
               of
               your
               Favours
               :
               and
               i●
               publique
               places
               speake
               liberally
               of
               
               
               
               
               
               will
               doe
               before
               their
               sweet
               Husbands
               departing
               ;
               With
               —
               Hey
               ho
               —
               what
               shall
               I
               doe
               deare
               Love
               ,
               if
               you
               dye
               ?
               Marry
               another
               (
               sayes
               the
               Comedian
               )
               before
               one
               stitch
               of
               his
               shrouding
               Sheet
               bee
               broken
               ;
               or
               those
               flowers
               which
               stuck
               his
               Corpse
               ,
               bewithered
               ;
               or
               one
               Wormling
               entred
               his
               Coffin
               .
               Yet
               will
               these
               cunningly
               disguise
               their
               solace
               ,
               and
               with
               teare
               —
               blubber'd
               vizards
               close
               up
               his
               eies
               ,
               and
               infinitely
               rejoyce
               in
               that
               last
               office
               .
               Then
               must
               they
               at
               his
               interment
               seemingly
               desire
               to
               be
               buried
               with
               him
               ;
               rave
               ,
               and
               looke
               distractedly
               ,
               as
               if
               fancy
               had
               brought
               them
               to
               a
               frency
               ;
               leape
               into
               the
               Grave
               ;
               and
               performe
               all
               these
               pageants
               with
               such
               a
               completegrace
               ;
               as
               not
               a
               Neighbour
               attends
               them
               ,
               but
               suffers
               with
               them
               :
               commending
               their
               simple
               hearts
               ,
               for
               leaving
               with
               such
               unwilling
               hearts
               their
               faithfull
               Husbands
               .
            
             
               But
               this
               sorrow
               is
               nothing
               so
               sincere
               as
               the
               Story
               of
               the
               Indian
               women
               discovers
               the
               lovely
               and
               lively
               effects
               of
               their
               mourning
               .
               Who
               upon
               the
               interment
               of
               their
               Husbands
               ,
               strive
               (
               by
               way
               of
               an
               amorous
               Encounter
               )
               in
               relation
               of
               their
               deservings
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               his
               expressions
               of
               love
               to
               them
               ,
               which
               of
               them
               may
               have
               the
               honour
               to
               bee
               buried
               with
               him
               .
               The
               Body
               of
               the
               Story
               presents
               it selfe
               thus
               :
               The
               women
               of
               India
               ,
               when
               any
               of
               their
               Husbands
               dyeth
               ,
               are
               wont
               to
               fall
               in
               contention
               through
               the
               vehemency
               
               of
               their
               affection
               ,
               which
               of
               them
               (
               for
               they
               have
               many
               Wives
               )
               he
               loved
               best
               in
               his
               life
               :
               Shee
               that
               winneth
               ,
               being
               very
               joyfull
               (
               and
               solemnly
               attended
               by
               a
               great
               Company
               of
               her
               Friends
               and
               kinsfolke
               following
               her
               )
               is
               cast
               into
               the
               fire
               with
               her
               dead
               Husband
               .
            
             
               But
               were
               these
               ,
               whereof
               wee
               now
               discourse
               ,
               put
               to
               that
               Election
               ,
               a
               short
               strife
               would
               end
               that
               contention
               .
               They
               must
               live
               by
               the
               quicke
               and
               not
               by
               the
               dead
               :
               and
               a
               living
               Dog
               is
               better
               than
               a
               dead
               Lion.
               
            
             
               But
               the
               wantonnest
               of
               these
               cannot
               bee
               so
               light
               ,
               as
               their
               
                 Gentleman
                 Vsher
              
               is
               ,
               for
               most
               part
               loose
               :
               whom
               to
               the
               end
               we
               may
               here
               portray
               in
               his
               owne
               Colours
               ,
               and
               to
               life
               the
               better
               ,
               we
               have
               deliver'd
               in
               a
               Character
               ;
               which
               without
               any
               other
               discovery
               will
               present
               you
               him
               in
               his
               feature
               .
               Yet
               before
               wee
               go
               on
               in
               this
               lively
               delineature
               of
               so
               dangerous
               a
               Piece
               :
               Our
               purpose
               is
               to
               propose
               some
               reasons
               why
               wee
               have
               here
               brought
               him
               upon
               the
               Stage
               :
               and
               with
               what
               propriety
               hee
               fals
               upon
               our
               discourse
               ;
               which
               may
               appeare
               in
               a
               more
               copious
               and
               perspicuous
               manner
               in
               this
               our
               prepared
               relation
               hereafter
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               a
               conceited
               Treatise
               composed
               by
               an
               Italian
               (
               as
               what
               wits
               more
               pregnant
               or
               present
               )
               intitled
               a
               
                 Supplication
                 to
                 Candlelight
              
               :
               discovering
               the
               abuses
               committed
               
               and
               curtained
               by
               the
               silent
               and
               secret
               Shade
               of
               Night
               ;
               where
               it
               might
               bee
               demanded
               ,
               as
               God
               in
               Esay
               did
               sometimes
               aske
               the
               devill
               our
               watchman
               ,
               
                 Custos
                 ,
                 quid
                 de
                 nocte
              
               ?
               What
               seest
               thou
               ?
               what
               discoverest
               thou
               ?
               Though
               Lanthorne
               and
               Candle-light
               hang
               out
               ;
               though
               the
               Bel-man
               traverse
               the
               street
               ;
               though
               the
               Constable
               and
               his
               rugged
               Gowne-men
               after
               a
               nod
               or
               two
               ,
               take
               care
               for
               discharge
               of
               their
               place
               and
               punishment
               of
               vice
               ,
               to
               put
               out
               a
               peremptory
               Question
               to
               a
               Night-walker
               ,
               from
               whence
               came
               you
               ?
               or
               ,
               whither
               go
               you
               ?
               whom
               do
               you
               serve
               ?
               or
               ,
               what
               businesse
               have
               you
               so
               late
               ?
               yet
               it
               seemes
               they
               have
               no
               Commission
               to
               examine
               
                 Coacted
                 sinne
              
               :
               These
               may
               hurry
               along
               by
               their
               Noses
               :
               and
               shroud
               a
               loose
               Gentleman-Vsher
               with
               as
               light
               a
               Curtezan
               in
               a
               running-Brothell
               from
               those
               conniving
               eyes
               of
               Endymion
               and
               his
               brotherhood
               .
               And
               this
               light
               piece
               must
               bee
               conducted
               to
               his
               Lord
               ,
               while
               hee
               is
               to
               bee
               admitted
               to
               his
               Lady
               ;
               to
               present
               both
               their
               Actions
               on
               the
               stage
               of
               Folly.
               With
               what
               a
               commanding
               posture
               rides
               this
               Foot-cloath
               sinne
               ?
               How
               apt
               to
               forget
               his
               composition
               ;
               and
               how
               confident
               in
               the
               priviledge
               of
               greatnesse
               ?
               These
               ,
               generally
               ,
               have
               their
               Purveyors
               to
               furnish
               them
               with
               such
               stuffe
               as
               may
               content
               their
               liqu'rish
               appetite
               ,
               and
               feed
               their
               intemperate
               desires
               with
               fresh
               fuell
               .
               In
               every
               Solemne
               
               or
               Festivall
               Show
               ,
               these
               Forragers
               take
               their
               stand
               :
               eying
               what
               beauties
               are
               of
               most
               attractive
               quality
               :
               then
               inquire
               they
               of
               their
               places
               of
               habitation
               :
               Occasions
               they
               take
               to
               converse
               with
               them
               :
               and
               in
               short
               time
               so
               to
               winne
               in
               upon
               them
               :
               as
               they
               beginne
               to
               commend
               their
               Masters
               suit
               to
               their
               too
               easie
               attention
               :
               and
               with
               long
               battry
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               strength
               of
               the
               Fort
               ,
               so
               seaze
               on
               their
               affection
               ,
               as
               they
               make
               entry
               to
               their
               Lords
               admission
               :
               clozing
               their
               indirect
               aymes
               with
               an
               unlawfull
               Conclusion
               .
               These
               Contractors
               for
               blemished
               honour
               ;
               or
               those
               obscene
               Palliards
               ,
               who
               preferre
               their
               trafficke
               in
               sinne
               ,
               before
               the
               treasures
               of
               Sion
               :
               were
               sitte
               attendants
               for
               that
               wanton
               Damasella
               ,
               who
               portrayed
               the
               affection
               of
               her
               heart
               in
               as
               light
               an
               Imprese
               ;
               writing
               these
               lines
               with
               her
               Diamond
               in
               a
               Window
               :
               
                 
                   The
                   choisest
                   Cates
                   ●oon'st
                   ●loy
                   the
                   appetite
                   ,
                
                 
                   One
                   is
                   too
                   st●le
                   a
                   dish
                   to
                   feed
                   delight
                   .
                
              
            
             
               Her
               Choice
               ,
               it
               seemed
               ,
               affected
               nothing
               more
               than
               Change.
               She
               could
               not
               conceit
               how
               any
               love
               could
               possibly
               be
               so
               pure
               ,
               as
               to
               be
               confined
               to
               one
               Object
               :
               or
               so
               firme
               ▪
               as
               to
               restraine
               it selfe
               to
               one
               Friend
               .
               Her
               
               Barge
               stood
               ingaged
               to
               many
               Owners
               :
               Whosoever
               would
               hazard
               their
               fame
               upon
               the
               adventure
               ,
               might
               finde
               her
               as
               ready
               to
               impaune
               her
               honour
               :
               This
               was
               the
               condition
               of
               that
               Wanton
               Florentine
               ,
               whose
               direction
               it
               was
               to
               some
               of
               her
               closest
               and
               secretst
               reteiners
               ,
               to
               invite
               such
               ,
               whose
               personages
               promised
               performance
               ,
               to
               their
               Ladies
               house
               :
               for
               whom
               shee
               had
               a
               private
               Garden-house
               ,
               where
               shee
               would
               as
               freely
               impart
               her
               Curtesies
               ,
               as
               if
               one
               houre
               had
               made
               them
               commanders
               of
               her
               affections
               .
            
             
               This
               was
               farre
               from
               that
               chaste
               and
               temperate
               soveraignty
               ,
               which
               that
               ever
               honour'd
               Lady
               bore
               over
               her
               desires
               :
               who
               being
               one
               day
               highly
               advanced
               for
               those
               exquisite
               parts
               which
               did
               accomplish
               her
               :
               and
               that
               incomparable
               beauty
               which
               made
               all
               others
               inferiour
               to
               her
               :
               answer'd
               her
               Husband
               ,
               upon
               the
               recitall
               of
               those
               indowments
               ,
               in
               this
               manner
               :
               
                 Trust
                 mee
                 ,
                 my
                 Ephestion
                 ,
                 if
                 there
                 be
                 any
                 thing
                 that
                 may
                 merit
                 love
                 in
                 mee
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 onely
                 value
                 it
                 so
                 ,
                 because
                 it
                 pleaseth
                 thee
                 .
              
            
             
               Now
               ,
               there
               is
               nothing
               that
               estrangeth
               affection
               from
               the
               party
               whereto
               it
               stands
               religiously
               ingaged
               ;
               but
               either
               Contempt
               of
               that
               Object
               which
               it
               ought
               to
               love
               :
               or
               selfe-opinion
               in
               conceiting
               it selfe
               too
               worthy
               of
               that
               Objects
               love
               .
               For
               the
               former
               ;
               many
               Tragicall
               instances
               might
               be
               produced
               :
               
               where
               the
               Parties
               Contempt
               begot
               in
               the
               Owner
               such
               Discontent
               :
               as
               nothing
               could
               heale
               it
               ,
               but
               what
               did
               seale
               it
               with
               blood
               .
               Which
               distaste
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               privately
               grounded
               ,
               so
               these
               dangerous
               Agents
               ,
               for
               most
               part
               aggravate
               it
               :
               Suggesting
               to
               them
               other
               beauties
               ,
               or
               promising
               personages
               to
               to
               alien
               their
               affection
               from
               their
               owne
               .
               Now
               ,
               for
               selfe-opinion
               ;
               it
               is
               such
               a
               working
               illusion
               ,
               as
               it
               presents
               myriads
               of
               fancyes
               to
               the
               imagination
               .
               For
               if
               it
               bee
               in
               the
               Woman
               ,
               it
               begets
               in
               her
               such
               a
               disdaine
               :
               as
               first
               ,
               shee
               entertaines
               her
               Husband
               with
               a
               rare
               accesse
               :
               She
               prescribes
               seasons
               ,
               which
               ,
               good
               man
               ,
               hee
               must
               observe
               ,
               or
               keepe
               his
               distance
               .
               But
               a
               short
               time
               makes
               a
               
                 perpetuall
                 Progresse
              
               betwixt
               them
               .
               Beds
               must
               be
               divided
               :
               A
               Countenance
               of
               strangenesse
               entertained
               :
               The
               Baths
               must
               be
               visited
               :
               Private
               Friends
               admitted
               ;
               Now
               ,
               Gentlemen-ushers
               provided
               ,
               such
               as
               can
               be
               secret
               ,
               and
               with
               resolution
               performe
               their
               arrand
               .
               Her
               Doctor
               must
               tell
               her
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               her
               Husband
               ;
               that
               living
               apart
               for
               a
               season
               would
               be
               infinitely
               usefull
               and
               behoofefull
               to
               her
               weak
               Constitution
               .
               And
               he
               beleeves
               all
               ;
               puts
               up
               all
               ;
               prayes
               for
               his
               wife
               's
               needlesse
               recovery
               :
               while
               shee
               ,
               kinde
               Ducke
               ,
               wants
               nothing
               but
               fresh
               imployment
               for
               her
               Libertine
               Fancy
               .
            
             
               Long
               would
               it
               bee
               ,
               ere
               shee
               would
               give
               
               that
               repulse
               to
               an
               importunate
               Suiter
               (
               if
               his
               presence
               deserved
               the
               stile
               of
               a
               Lover
               )
               which
               that
               vertuous
               Theodora
               did
               to
               an
               eminent
               personage
               :
               whose
               inward
               parts
               ,
               as
               they
               were
               exquisite
               ,
               so
               were
               his
               outward
               highly
               accomplish'd
               .
               Who
               ,
               being
               long
               time
               sollicited
               ,
               but
               never
               vanquished
               ,
               at
               last
               ,
               by
               her
               vertuous
               instructions
               ,
               she
               so
               won
               in
               on
               him
               ,
               as
               he
               beganne
               to
               conceive
               a
               remorce
               ;
               and
               to
               turne
               the
               course
               of
               his
               affection
               to
               a
               vertuous
               admiration
               .
               This
               ,
               when
               that
               Noble
               Lady
               perceived
               ,
               to
               strengthen
               those
               good
               motions
               in
               him
               ,
               which
               formerly
               had
               beene
               so
               farre
               estranged
               from
               him
               ;
               One
               day
               ,
               after
               such
               time
               as
               they
               had
               long
               discoursed
               together
               ,
               but
               in
               such
               manner
               ,
               as
               nothing
               was
               lesse
               intended
               than
               actions
               of
               dishonour
               :
               and
               he
               ,
               taking
               a
               Lute
               in
               his
               hand
               ,
               had
               plaid
               Lacrymae
               unto
               her
               :
               she
               forthwith
               ,
               returned
               that
               Lute-lesson
               with
               a
               faire
               requitall
               in
               this
               pious
               direction
               :
               
                 Lacrymae
                 should
                 not
                 only
                 be
                 in
                 the
                 eye
                 ,
                 but
                 stamps
                 of
                 more
                 retentive
                 sorrow
                 in
                 the
                 heart
                 :
                 A
                 Pilgrims
                 passage
                 is
                 such
                 a
                 passionate
                 progresse
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 cannot
                 bee
                 pursued
                 without
                 Sobs
                 :
                 nor
                 continued
                 without
                 Sighs
                 .
                 I
                 have
                 found
                 sufficient
                 occasion
                 for
                 that
                 Musicke
                 :
                 nor
                 can
                 ●
                 eye
                 that
                 place
                 ,
                 which
                 may
                 afford
                 other
                 Melody
                 .
                 A
                 continuall
                 Sinner
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 rare
                 Sigher
                 ,
                 promiseth
                 small
                 comfort
                 hereafter
                 .
                 Our
                 dayes
                 are
                 but
                 few
                 and
                 evill
                 .
                 
                 Not
                 an
                 houre
                 without
                 some
                 Crime
                 to
                 accompany
                 it
                 .
                 Let
                 the
                 Soule
                 never
                 receive
                 her
                 surfet
                 of
                 sorrowing
                 ,
                 till
                 shee
                 h'as
                 first
                 found
                 in
                 her selfe
                 a
                 loth
                 to
                 sinning
                 .
                 As
                 your
                 toutch
                 makes
                 this
                 Instrument
                 speake
                 teares
                 ;
                 So
                 let
                 teares
                 of
                 Devotion
                 trickle
                 upon
                 the
                 Strings
                 of
                 your
                 Heart
                 .
                 This
                 will
                 make
                 you
                 a
                 noble
                 Lover
                 ,
                 and
                 more
                 enamour
                 you
                 in
                 the
                 Contemplation
                 of
                 your
                 Maker
                 ,
                 than
                 ever
                 you
                 were
                 taken
                 with
                 the
                 deceiving
                 fancy
                 of
                 any
                 Creature
                 .
              
            
             
               Now
               ,
               if
               this
               Selfe-opinion
               domineere
               in
               the
               man
               ;
               how
               quickly
               dis-affects
               hee
               his
               Choice
               ?
               No
               House
               more
               estranged
               from
               him
               ,
               than
               his
               owne
               .
               No
               Bed
               more
               dis-relishing
               ,
               than
               what
               should
               be
               most
               pleasing
               .
               If
               hee
               at
               any
               time
               make
               his
               Gallery
               of
               the
               Street
               :
               his
               eyes
               are
               so
               farre
               from
               imitating
               the
               Swanne
               in
               fixing
               them
               on
               his
               feet
               ,
               to
               bring
               him
               in
               a
               dis-esteeme
               with
               himselfe
               ,
               as
               they
               gaze
               upon
               every
               Belcone
               .
               Not
               a
               window
               opens
               ;
               nor
               a
               painted
               face
               lookes
               out
               ;
               nor
               an
               enforced
               smile
               ;
               nor
               leering
               eye
               ;
               but
               these
               injoyne
               a
               Salute
               from
               him
               :
               an
               amorous
               humble
               Cringe
               to
               an
               unknowne
               face
               :
               a
               formall
               curtsie
               ,
               to
               a
               borrowed
               beauty
               .
               This
               Object
               sets
               his
               unfortunate
               Genius
               a
               worke
               .
               He
               h
               'as
               taken
               precise
               notice
               of
               her
               lodging
               :
               although
               her
               
                 moveable
                 estate
              
               will
               not
               suffer
               her
               to
               sojourne
               long
               in
               a
               place
               .
               And
               hee
               
               resolves
               to
               lye
               siege
               to
               this
               easy-wonne
               Fort
               ,
               and
               to
               call
               her
               to
               Parliance
               by
               Paper-pellets
               .
               To
               the
               Soveraigne
               then
               of
               his
               thougts
               ,
               whose
               short
               acquaintance
               might
               in
               modesty
               impose
               a
               silence
               ,
               he
               addresseth
               his
               letter
               ,
               like
               a
               soone-taken
               Lover
               :
               His
               Page
               must
               deliver
               it
               ;
               but
               so
               weake
               and
               imperfect
               was
               his
               Masters
               direction
               :
               and
               so
               little
               to
               life
               this
               Maddona's
               description
               ,
               as
               many
               times
               ,
               foolish
               Boy
               ,
               he
               miscarries
               in
               his
               arrand
               .
            
             
               As
               it
               sometimes
               hapned
               upon
               like
               occasion
               ,
               when
               an
               amorous
               young
               Gallant
               ,
               and
               a
               profest
               Courter
               of
               Casements
               :
               having
               taken
               especiall
               notice
               of
               a
               young
               beautifull
               Lady
               ,
               who
               ,
               as
               hee
               thought
               ,
               deserved
               as
               much
               love
               ,
               as
               any
               earthly
               beauty
               cou●d
               possibly
               merit
               :
               and
               collecting
               by
               her
               eye
               ,
               that
               there
               was
               no
               aversion
               in
               her
               from
               fancy
               ;
               sought
               by
               all
               meanes
               to
               become
               partaker
               of
               his
               hopes
               ;
               which
               all
               the
               better
               to
               expedite
               ,
               hee
               sends
               his
               Page
               with
               a
               Letter
               to
               intimate
               the
               constancy
               of
               his
               zeale
               to
               her
               ;
               and
               how
               hee
               preferred
               her
               affection
               before
               any
               contentment
               whatsoever
               .
               This
               unfortunate
               Boy
               ,
               whose
               heedlesse
               care
               to
               his
               directions
               ,
               made
               his
               Master
               as
               haplesse
               in
               his
               affections
               ,
               comes
               to
               this
               Gentlewomans
               Lodging
               ,
               where
               he
               delivers
               his
               Letter
               ,
               but
               to
               another
               hand
               than
               he
               was
               directed
               to
               by
               his
               Master
               .
               Howsoever
               ,
               the
               antient
               Matron
               ,
               who
               not
               onely
               by
               the
               benefit
               
               of
               the
               roome
               that
               was
               darke
               ,
               but
               with
               her
               cypresse
               hood
               vailed
               ,
               perceiving
               well
               shee
               could
               by
               no
               meanes
               be
               discovered
               ,
               or
               distinguished
               ;
               not
               onely
               received
               his
               kinde
               amorous
               Letter
               ,
               but
               return'd
               by
               the
               Page
               another
               :
               acquainting
               his
               Master
               ,
               that
               ,
               albeit
               nothing
               was
               more
               precious
               to
               her
               than
               her
               honour
               ,
               and
               how
               many
               spyes
               were
               over
               her
               in
               regard
               of
               her
               strict
               charge
               ,
               which
               was
               given
               the
               Matron
               of
               the
               House
               by
               her
               Father
               :
               if
               he
               would
               privately
               come
               to
               such
               a
               place
               such
               an
               Evening
               ,
               and
               returne
               her
               some
               valuable
               pledge
               of
               his
               professed
               affection
               ,
               shee
               would
               dispense
               with
               what
               shee
               tender'd
               most
               ,
               to
               second
               his
               desires
               .
               How
               acceptable
               this
               Letter
               was
               to
               this
               frolicke
               Gamester
               ,
               we
               need
               make
               small
               question
               :
               But
               tedious
               seem'd
               the
               houres
               till
               this
               Evening
               came
               :
               which
               winged
               his
               loose
               thoughts
               with
               all
               speed
               ,
               to
               approach
               the
               place
               of
               meeting
               .
               And
               to
               the
               end
               ,
               hee
               might
               with
               more
               freedome
               enjoy
               the
               Object
               he
               sought
               ;
               he
               had
               furnished
               himselfe
               of
               a
               rich
               Juell
               ,
               to
               ingage
               his
               affection
               unto
               h●r
               ;
               and
               to
               confirme
               what
               hee
               had
               professed
               in
               his
               respect
               to
               her
               ,
               whom
               hee
               so
               highly
               honoured
               .
               The
               experientst
               old
               Madam
               ,
               who
               had
               more
               wayes
               to
               the
               wood
               than
               one
               ;
               faithfully
               observes
               the
               time
               :
               and
               in
               such
               a
               disguised
               way
               ,
               as
               she
               might
               be
               the
               
                 Grecian
                 Helen
              
               for
               ought
               that
               hee
               could
               see
               .
               
               A
               sweet
               perfumed
               Roome
               ;
               a
               rich
               bed
               ;
               and
               so
               closely
               curtained
               ,
               as
               old
               age
               from
               youth
               could
               not
               bee
               discerned
               .
               Nor
               needed
               hee
               to
               feare
               her
               coynesse
               ;
               though
               shee
               pretended
               at
               first
               a
               kinde
               of
               apish
               nicenesse
               .
               For
               the
               long
               Custome
               and
               habit
               of
               sinne
               had
               so
               inured
               her
               ,
               as
               nothing
               lesse
               than
               modesty
               or
               shamefastnesse
               could
               possibly
               become
               her
               .
               Having
               now
               received
               the
               Gentlemans
               Juell
               ,
               which
               shee
               preferred
               before
               all
               his
               dalliance
               :
               she
               entertaines
               him
               with
               as
               free
               and
               liberall
               an
               embrace
               ,
               as
               her
               icy-cold
               armes
               could
               afford
               .
               But
               scarcely
               had
               hee
               entred
               that
               Brothell-bed
               ,
               or
               enjoy'd
               his
               seere
               and
               meldew'd
               Mistresse
               ;
               but
               a
               fearefull
               cry
               of
               fire
               breaking
               forth
               with
               much
               violence
               in
               the
               very
               next
               Lodgins
               ,
               with
               scaling
               Ladders
               raised
               to
               every
               Window
               ,
               prevented
               the
               unfortunate
               Gamester
               of
               his
               decayed
               pleasure
               .
            
             
               The
               unweldy
               Beldam
               ,
               not
               willing
               to
               dye
               before
               shee
               were
               better
               provided
               for
               it
               :
               leaving
               her
               Mufflers
               behinde
               her
               ,
               crawles
               with
               the
               best
               speed
               shee
               can
               from
               her
               shuddring
               Gallant
               :
               who
               seeing
               ,
               by
               the
               light
               of
               the
               flakes
               of
               fire
               ,
               and
               multitude
               of
               Toarches
               without
               ,
               the
               bald
               Scalpe
               of
               his
               Chop-falne
               Bedfellow
               :
               made
               no
               lesse
               haste
               in
               flying
               away
               from
               that
               Hag
               ,
               than
               she
               did
               to
               escape
               from
               the
               fire
               .
               Nor
               could
               they
               without
               ,
               cry
               faster
               
                 Fire
                 ,
                 Fire
              
               :
               than
               he
               within
               cryed
               ,
               
               
                 A
                 Fiend
                 ,
                 a
                 Fiend
              
               .
               Nor
               had
               he
               power
               to
               get
               out
               of
               the
               Chamber
               ,
               so
               surprized
               hee
               was
               with
               terrour
               .
               Till
               all
               feare
               of
               fire
               beeing
               removed
               ,
               and
               all
               occasion
               of
               further
               dispersing
               it
               ,
               prevented
               :
               The
               Constable
               of
               the
               Ward
               being
               desirous
               to
               know
               what
               raised
               that
               cry
               ;
               entred
               the
               roome
               ,
               where
               he
               found
               this
               halfe-distracted
               Gentleman
               ,
               running
               up
               and
               downe
               the
               Chamber
               :
               and
               this
               decrepit
               Chrone
               ,
               shoulder-shut
               with
               a
               fall
               ,
               lying
               all
               along
               behinde
               a
               Trap-doore
               .
               But
               when
               the
               Constable
               had
               heard
               every
               passage
               ,
               upon
               the
               Gentlemans
               relation
               ,
               who
               uttered
               nothing
               without
               much
               distraction
               ;
               to
               coole
               her
               fancy
               ,
               and
               temper
               his
               frency
               ;
               hee
               made
               bold
               to
               bestow
               them
               both
               in
               convenient
               Lodgings
               for
               such
               unseasonable
               Tradings
               .
               Which
               egregious
               disgrace
               so
               reclaimed
               him
               ,
               as
               loose
               love
               for
               long
               time
               after
               was
               a
               stranger
               to
               him
               .
            
             
               The
               like
               Story
               might
               be
               here
               related
               of
               a
               young
               Prodigall
               ;
               who
               ,
               after
               such
               time
               as
               he
               had
               betaken
               himselfe
               to
               a
               Choyce
               :
               One
               d●scended
               of
               a
               noble
               family
               ;
               and
               adorned
               with
               excellent
               Ornaments
               to
               accomplish
               that
               descent
               :
               growing
               weary
               of
               the
               enjoyment
               of
               one
               beauty
               :
               &
               affecting
               nothing
               more
               than
               change
               :
               after
               many
               modest
               
                 Curtaine
                 .
                 Lectures
              
               which
               his
               wife
               had
               from
               time
               to
               time
               delivered
               unto
               him
               ,
               to
               decline
               him
               from
               that
               loose
               course
               which
               threatned
               
               to
               him
               and
               his
               posterity
               an
               approaching
               misery
               :
               fell
               to
               that
               debaucht
               and
               exposed
               riot
               both
               in
               the
               Choice
               of
               his
               Company
               ,
               and
               prostituting
               himselfe
               to
               all
               inordinacy
               :
               as
               it
               begune
               to
               lessen
               the
               respect
               and
               affection
               of
               his
               wife
               unto
               him
               :
               holding
               equall
               distance
               with
               him
               ,
               as
               he
               to
               her
               .
            
             
               It
               chanced
               one
               time
               ,
               that
               this
               Night-walker
               traversing
               the
               Streetes
               :
               and
               with
               other
               Associates
               exposed
               to
               the
               like
               loosenesse
               ,
               entring
               an
               House
               of
               good-fellowship
               ,
               where
               any
               light
               Commodity
               might
               be
               purchased
               for
               money
               :
               the
               Protectresse
               of
               that
               brittle
               Society
               ,
               to
               discover
               her
               Office
               and
               quality
               ;
               demanded
               of
               these
               Cavalieros
               if
               they
               would
               have
               a
               Withdrawing
               roome
               and
               a
               Mistresse
               ?
               By
               all
               meanes
               (
               said
               these
               Gallants
               )
               for
               what
               end
               came
               wee
               hither
               ?
               And
               having
               bestowed
               them
               in
               severall
               roomes
               ;
               Every
               one
               was
               readily
               furnished
               with
               his
               light
               Curtezan
               .
               But
               this
               prodigall
               young
               Gallant
               ,
               on
               whom
               the
               Subject
               of
               our
               Discourse
               is
               here
               Sceaned
               ,
               had
               of
               all
               others
               most
               property
               in
               his
               :
               for
               she
               was
               his
               owne
               wife
               .
               What
               a
               strange
               kinde
               of
               passion
               or
               Antipathy
               this
               intrview
               begot
               ,
               I
               leave
               to
               the
               strength
               of
               your
               imagination
               ;
               who
               can
               to
               life
               present
               two
               such
               Objects
               ,
               as
               if
               you
               had
               beene
               in
               presence
               of
               them
               .
               Long
               was
               it
               ere
               the
               one
               could
               utter
               one
               word
               to
               the
               other
               :
               with
               glowing
               blushes
               sometimes
               
               disclosing
               passion
               ,
               sometimes
               shame
               .
               Affection
               was
               farre
               from
               giving
               way
               to
               any
               amorous
               encounter
               :
               and
               though
               Looks
               might
               speake
               ,
               their
               Tongues
               had
               quite
               forgot
               all
               Dialect
               .
               At
               last
               ,
               after
               a
               long
               continued
               silence
               ,
               in
               an
               abrupt
               dis-joynted
               manner
               ,
               her
               Husband
               addresseth
               himselfe
               thus
               unto
               her
               .
               
                 Ha
                 ,
                 Minion
                 ,
                 have
                 I
                 found
                 you
                 ?
                 Have
                 your
                 many
                 Curtaine-Lectures
                 edified
                 you
                 thus
                 ?
                 Have
                 I
                 found
                 your
                 way
                 of
                 trading
                 ?
                 and
                 are
                 these
                 the
                 fruites
                 of
                 your
                 teaching
                 ?
                 well
                 !
                 goe
                 on
                 .
                 Wee
                 are
                 now
                 both
                 so
                 farre
                 entred
                 the
                 high
                 beat-path
                 of
                 folly
                 ;
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 madnesse
                 for
                 us
                 to
                 hope
                 ever
                 to
                 wipe
                 of
                 our
                 dispersed
                 infamy
                 .
                 No
                 Sir
                 ,
                 quoth
                 shee
                 :
                 To
                 dispaire
                 of
                 recovery
                 ,
                 were
                 to
                 conceive
                 a
                 distrust
                 in
                 Gods
                 mercy
                 .
                 But
                 beleeve
                 it
                 ,
                 Sir
                 ,
                 howsoever
                 you
                 esteeme
                 mee
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 not
                 what
                 I
                 seeeme
                 to
                 be
                 .
                 These
                 are
                 no
                 places
                 I
                 affect
                 ;
                 nor
                 trading
                 I
                 conceipt
                 .
                 I
                 am
                 what
                 I
                 have
                 beene
                 ever
                 ;
                 carefull
                 of
                 the
                 tender
                 of
                 mine
                 honour
                 .
                 Now
                 ,
                 the
                 occasion
                 of
                 my
                 comming
                 hither
                 ,
                 was
                 the
                 knowledge
                 I
                 received
                 ,
                 how
                 this
                 House
                 was
                 your
                 familiar
                 Rendevou
                 .
                 A
                 place
                 which
                 you
                 mightily
                 frequented
                 :
                 and
                 where
                 your
                 fame
                 stood
                 dangerously
                 ingaged
                 .
                 Your
                 person
                 I
                 described
                 to
                 the
                 mercenary
                 Governesse
                 of
                 this
                 hatefull
                 family
                 :
                 that
                 if
                 I
                 might
                 be
                 exposed
                 to
                 any
                 ,
                 it
                 should
                 be
                 to
                 such
                 an
                 
                 One
                 as
                 I
                 described
                 :
                 which
                 upon
                 hope
                 of
                 sharing
                 with
                 mee
                 ,
                 shee
                 promised
                 .
                 Now
                 ,
                 Sir
                 ,
                 reflect
                 upon
                 your selfe
                 ,
                 in
                 me
                 :
                 how
                 odious
                 would
                 these
                 foule
                 actions
                 of
                 loosnesse
                 appeare
                 in
                 me
                 ?
                 how
                 contemptible
                 would
                 they
                 make
                 my
                 person
                 appeare
                 to
                 any
                 modest
                 eye
                 ?
                 And
                 are
                 these
                 such
                 inexpiable
                 crimes
                 in
                 the
                 Weaker
                 Sex
                 :
                 and
                 must
                 they
                 bee
                 esteemed
                 such
                 light
                 Errors
                 in
                 you
                 whose
                 strength
                 is
                 greater
                 ?
                 Is
                 modesty
                 too
                 effeminate
                 a
                 qualitie
                 for
                 man
                 to
                 retaine
                 ?
                 Is
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 man
                 to
                 bee
                 imployed
                 in
                 that
                 most
                 ,
                 which
                 detracts
                 most
                 from
                 man
                 ?
                 O
                 ,
                 recollect
                 your selfe
                 ,
                 Sir
                 !
                 and
                 you
                 will
                 see
                 ,
                 nothing
                 can
                 more
                 transforme
                 you
                 from
                 your selfe
                 :
                 nor
                 blemish
                 your
                 inward
                 beauty
                 ;
                 nor
                 enslave
                 you
                 to
                 servile
                 fancy
                 ;
                 nor
                 deprive
                 you
                 of
                 future
                 glory
                 ,
                 than
                 affecting
                 of
                 these
                 Consorts
                 of
                 sinne
                 and
                 shame
                 .
                 The
                 onely
                 conduct
                 that
                 these
                 will
                 afford
                 you
                 ,
                 is
                 to
                 the
                 Hospitall
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 will
                 leave
                 you
                 .
                 Be
                 pleased
                 to
                 put
                 off
                 your selfe
                 a
                 little
                 :
                 and
                 with
                 a
                 single
                 eye
                 to
                 observe
                 their
                 light
                 Embraces
                 :
                 Proceed
                 these
                 ,
                 thinke
                 you
                 ,
                 from
                 a
                 resolved
                 love
                 ?
                 Will
                 they
                 not
                 for
                 base
                 lucre
                 ,
                 shew
                 as
                 much
                 kindenesse
                 to
                 their
                 next
                 Suiter
                 ?
                 And
                 can
                 there
                 be
                 any
                 true
                 affection
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Partie
                 makes
                 no
                 distinction
                 ?
                 Nay
                 ,
                 tell
                 me
                 ,
                 would
                 the
                 faithfullest
                 acquaintance
                 you
                 
                 have
                 amongst
                 all
                 these
                 ,
                 relieve
                 you
                 ,
                 if
                 your
                 Fortunes
                 had
                 left
                 you
                 ?
                 Or
                 afford
                 you
                 one
                 nights
                 Lodging
                 ,
                 if
                 want
                 surprized
                 you
                 ?
                 Have
                 they
                 not
                 got
                 the
                 art
                 of
                 professing
                 what
                 they
                 least
                 intend
                 :
                 and
                 sacrificing
                 love
                 where
                 they
                 have
                 none
                 to
                 bestow
                 ?
                 Returne
                 then
                 to
                 your
                 owne
                 house
                 :
                 and
                 finde
                 that
                 in
                 a
                 lawfull
                 love
                 ,
                 which
                 you
                 shall
                 never
                 enjoy
                 in
                 hatefull
                 lust
                 .
              
            
             
               This
               advice
               delivered
               by
               so
               deserving
               a
               Creature
               ,
               and
               in
               so
               winning
               a
               manner
               ,
               might
               have
               wrought
               singular
               effects
               in
               any
               plyable
               or
               well-disposed
               Nature
               :
               but
               so
               strongly
               steeled
               was
               his
               relentlesse
               heart
               unto
               these
               ,
               as
               with
               a
               disgracefull
               and
               uncivill
               kicke
               hee
               pusht
               her
               from
               him
               :
               vowing
               ,
               withall
               ,
               to
               publish
               her
               shame
               to
               all
               the
               world
               ,
               if
               she
               desisted
               not
               after
               that
               time
               to
               sollicit
               him
               ,
               or
               personally
               to
               repaire
               unto
               him
               .
            
             
               So
               strongly
               had
               those
               loose
               and
               light
               Consorts
               seaz'd
               on
               his
               affections
               :
               as
               
                 stolne
                 Waters
              
               seemed
               to
               him
               the
               sweetest
               .
               A
               conjugall
               joy
               ,
               was
               a
               servile
               yoke
               ,
               which
               his
               misery
               afterwards
               felt
               :
               being
               both
               by
               friends
               and
               fortune
               left
               .
               For
               having
               offered
               the
               remainder
               of
               his
               decayed
               estate
               to
               that
               
                 Common
                 Sewer
              
               :
               hee
               dyed
               a
               miserable
               unpittied
               Begger
               .
               Whence
               we
               may
               collect
               and
               confidently
               avouch
               :
               That
               a
               great
               office
               
               is
               not
               so
               gainefull
               (
               though
               too
               many
               at
               this
               day
               in
               their
               rising
               revenues
               to
               their
               injurious
               owners
               highly
               usefull
               )
               as
               the
               Principall-ship
               of
               a
               Colledge
               of
               Curtezans
               :
               no
               Merchant
               in
               riches
               may
               compare
               with
               these
               Merchants
               of
               Maidenheads
               ,
               if
               their
               femall
               Inmates
               were
               not
               so
               flitting
               .
            
             
               This
               may
               appeare
               in
               those
               
                 usefull
                 Collections
              
               gatherd
               out
               of
               the
               History
               of
               Italy
               :
               the
               truth
               and
               authority
               of
               which
               testimony
               ,
               if
               we
               may
               credit
               ;
               Rome
               wanteth
               no
               jolly
               Dames
               ,
               specially
               the
               street
               Iulia
               ;
               which
               is
               more
               than
               halfe
               a
               mile
               long
               ,
               faire
               building
               on
               both
               sides
               ;
               in
               manner
               inhabited
               with
               none
               other
               but
               Curtezans
               ;
               some
               worth
               tenne
               ,
               some
               worth
               twenty
               thousand
               Crownes
               ,
               more
               or
               lesse
               ,
               as
               their
               reputation
               is
               :
               And
               many
               times
               you
               shall
               see
               a
               Curtezan
               ride
               into
               the
               Country
               with
               tenne
               or
               twelve
               horse
               waiting
               on
               her
               .
            
             
               But
               to
               looke
               back
               upon
               our
               discourse
               :
               As
               there
               is
               nothing
               more
               dangerous
               to
               youth
               than
               selfe-opinion
               ;
               so
               is
               it
               a
               cure
               of
               greatest
               difficulty
               ,
               having
               taken
               once
               seazure
               of
               a
               Woman
               .
               This
               that
               flowrishing
               State
               of
               Mantua
               was
               in
               great
               hazard
               to
               have
               felt
               :
               when
               Isabella
               wife
               to
               
                 Luchino
                 Visconti
              
               ,
               Lord
               of
               Millaine
               ,
               a
               very
               faire
               woman
               ;
               feigned
               to
               her
               Husband
               ,
               that
               shee
               had
               made
               a
               solemne
               vow
               to
               goe
               in
               Pilgrimage
               to
               Venice
               :
               and
               under
               that
               colour
               ,
               obtaining
               licence
               ,
               
               she
               tooke
               Mantua
               in
               her
               way
               ;
               where
               she
               lodged
               in
               the
               house
               of
               the
               Gonzagi
               ,
               antient
               friends
               unto
               her
               Husband
               .
               And
               after
               she
               had
               supped
               ,
               sent
               secretly
               for
               Vgolino
               ;
               unto
               whom
               she
               declared
               ,
               that
               for
               the
               fervent
               love
               she
               bare
               to
               him
               ,
               she
               had
               taken
               on
               her
               that
               journey
               :
               beseeching
               him
               ,
               in
               lieu
               of
               her
               entire
               affection
               ,
               to
               keepe
               her
               company
               unto
               Venice
               .
            
             
               This
               Loves-intended-Pilgrimage
               came
               to
               the
               eare
               of
               Luchino
               ;
               who
               provoked
               therewith
               ,
               laid
               siedge
               to
               Mantua
               ;
               albeit
               ,
               finding
               the
               friends
               of
               Vgolino
               innocent
               of
               the
               fault
               :
               and
               that
               Guido
               his
               father
               did
               his
               best
               to
               correct
               him
               ,
               Luchino
               through
               intercession
               ,
               raised
               the
               siege
               .
            
             
               Fitting
               for
               our
               purpose
               is
               that
               Story
               which
               our
               moderne
               age
               brought
               forth
               ,
               being
               in
               effect
               thus
               .
               There
               was
               a
               dainty
               beautifull
               young
               Lady
               ,
               who
               ,
               selfe-opinionate
               of
               her
               owne
               worth
               ,
               after
               such
               time
               as
               she
               had
               been
               a
               space
               married
               ,
               fell
               in
               dis-esteeming
               of
               her
               Husband
               .
               He
               ,
               having
               sought
               by
               all
               meanes
               to
               regaine
               her
               good
               opinion
               ,
               and
               to
               ingratiate
               himselfe
               in
               her
               respect
               ,
               which
               his
               owne
               parts
               well
               enough
               deserved
               ,
               howsoever
               he
               stood
               in
               her
               bookes
               neglected
               :
               could
               by
               no
               meanes
               receive
               a
               pleasing
               countenance
               from
               her
               .
               Which
               distaste
               wrought
               so
               strangely
               and
               strongly
               on
               his
               spirit
               ;
               that
               could
               never
               stoope
               to
               basenesse
               :
               nor
               ingage
               his
               
               noble
               thoughts
               to
               an
               ingenerous
               revenge
               :
               (
               though
               many
               visible
               Motives
               might
               justly
               inrage
               him
               :
               and
               cause
               him
               transgresse
               the
               bounds
               of
               patience
               ;
               )
               as
               he
               resolv'd
               to
               betake
               himselfe
               to
               Travaile
               :
               that
               so
               by
               distance
               of
               place
               hee
               might
               in
               time
               banish
               from
               his
               thoughts
               the
               cause
               of
               his
               discontent
               .
               But
               long
               had
               not
               he
               there
               remained
               ,
               a
               banish'd
               man
               from
               his
               Countrey
               ;
               but
               desirous
               to
               see
               some
               other
               Nations
               ,
               and
               so
               by
               improving
               his
               knowledge
               ,
               learne
               to
               forget
               his
               griefe
               :
               then
               being
               imbarked
               in
               a
               Merchants
               ship
               ,
               bound
               for
               such
               a
               Coast
               ,
               they
               were
               so
               encounter'd
               by
               contrary
               winds
               ,
               as
               it
               hapned
               that
               they
               arrived
               at
               a
               small
               Port-Towne
               ,
               within
               his
               owne
               native
               Countrey
               ,
               where
               his
               Lady
               at
               that
               time
               resided
               ,
               by
               occasion
               of
               some
               Fortunes
               lately
               to
               her
               descended
               .
               She
               ,
               who
               ,
               kept
               a
               liberall
               Table
               in
               the
               absence
               of
               her
               Husband
               ,
               dis-affecting
               nothing
               more
               than
               privacy
               :
               hearing
               how
               a
               Ship
               was
               there
               lately
               arrived
               ,
               and
               diverse
               Strangers
               of
               seeming
               quality
               entered
               the
               Haven
               :
               Caused
               the
               Groome
               of
               her
               Chamber
               to
               addresse
               his
               way
               to
               the
               Port
               :
               where
               ,
               if
               hee
               found
               any
               one
               of
               gracefull
               presence
               or
               personage
               ,
               to
               invite
               him
               withall
               unsuspected
               privacy
               to
               her
               House
               .
               Her
               command
               is
               observed
               :
               and
               to
               second
               his
               Ladies
               desire
               ,
               hee
               findes
               none
               more
               likely
               to
               tender
               her
               content
               ,
               than
               her
               owne
               Husband
               .
            
             
             
               But
               before
               such
               time
               as
               her
               Servant
               ,
               sent
               forth
               upon
               this
               message
               ,
               would
               returne
               his
               errand
               ;
               he
               seriously
               eyed
               that
               Stranger
               :
               perusing
               his
               complexion
               and
               favour
               ,
               which
               discontent
               and
               his
               late
               absence
               had
               so
               estranged
               from
               his
               knowledge
               ,
               as
               at
               first
               he
               could
               not
               know
               his
               Master
               .
               But
               at
               last
               ,
               becomming
               assured
               that
               it
               was
               no
               other
               ,
               &
               desirous
               to
               doe
               him
               a
               pleasure
               ,
               as
               became
               a
               faithfull
               servant
               to
               so
               respective
               a
               Master
               :
               yet
               without
               so
               much
               as
               discovering
               himselfe
               ,
               or
               acquainting
               him
               with
               any
               plot
               he
               had
               ;
               he
               privately
               at
               first
               returns
               his
               message
               from
               his
               Lady
               :
               but
               withall
               ,
               desires
               him
               ,
               as
               he
               tender'd
               a
               Ladyes
               honour
               ,
               to
               use
               all
               secrecy
               :
               that
               his
               Ladyes
               freedome
               in
               her
               respect
               and
               entertainment
               to
               him
               (
               if
               any
               such
               curtsy
               should
               appeare
               )
               might
               bee
               free
               from
               all
               discovery
               .
               This
               the
               Gentleman
               promised
               ,
               though
               wholly
               ignorant
               what
               was
               intended
               .
               Meanetime
               ,
               her
               honest
               Groom
               returns
               an
               account
               of
               what
               he
               had
               done
               :
               acquainting
               his
               Lady
               ,
               that
               a
               Gentleman
               of
               as
               proper
               parts
               ,
               gracefull
               presence
               and
               hopefull
               performance
               ,
               was
               that
               Evening
               landed
               ▪
               as
               ever
               his
               eyes
               beheld
               .
               And
               withall
               ,
               how
               he
               had
               taken
               occasion
               to
               deliver
               her
               message
               unto
               him
               :
               and
               with
               what
               modesty
               it
               was
               by
               him
               accepted
               :
               and
               how
               to
               prevent
               suspicion
               ,
               his
               desire
               was
               with
               all
               privacy
               to
               be
               admitted
               by
               some
               back
               way
               unto
               her
               
               Chamber
               ,
               and
               without
               Lights
               (
               fearing
               above
               all
               things
               the
               discovery
               of
               his
               Master
               .
               )
               Easy
               admittance
               is
               granted
               ,
               a
               private
               way
               over
               a
               Moate
               ,
               environing
               the
               house
               ,
               is
               prepared
               ;
               nothing
               neglected
               ,
               that
               might
               promise
               to
               this
               seeming
               stranger
               free
               entertainment
               .
               Nor
               is
               her
               servant
               remisse
               in
               ought
               that
               may
               facilitate
               his
               lawfull
               affectionate
               desires
               .
               One
               thing
               only
               he
               conceives
               himselfe
               to
               have
               omitted
               ,
               which
               might
               conduce
               highly
               to
               the
               effecting
               of
               his
               plot
               .
               Hee
               perceives
               a
               Diamond-ring
               upon
               his
               Masters
               finger
               ,
               well
               knowne
               to
               his
               Lady
               by
               a
               private
               Posy
               :
               This
               ,
               he
               wisheth
               him
               ,
               upon
               his
               mounting
               the
               Stayres
               ,
               and
               entring
               into
               her
               Chamber
               ,
               at
               his
               departure
               ,
               to
               bestow
               upon
               her
               .
               For
               ,
               said
               he
               ,
               our
               Ladies
               in
               these
               parts
               never
               receive
               any
               strange
               Servants
               ,
               but
               they
               expect
               some
               token
               of
               their
               Love
               should
               be
               left
               them
               ,
               to
               renue
               their
               affection
               upon
               next
               acquaintance
               :
               and
               give
               them
               more
               confidence
               of
               their
               secrecy
               .
            
             
               This
               Lady
               longing
               for
               the
               embraces
               of
               so
               accomplished
               a
               Guest
               ,
               as
               her
               Servants
               relation
               had
               described
               him
               :
               with
               a
               count'nance
               as
               cleare
               ,
               as
               the
               roome
               was
               close
               ,
               had
               long
               before
               this
               prepared
               a
               welcome
               for
               him
               .
            
             
               Albeit
               ,
               upon
               his
               entry
               into
               her
               Chamber
               ,
               he
               found
               no
               person
               there
               to
               entertaine
               him
               :
               Only
               a
               Lampe
               darkely
               burning
               ;
               
               which
               shewed
               him
               sundry
               choice
               and
               dainty
               Succots
               ,
               with
               other
               quaint
               Junkets
               :
               wherein
               ,
               no
               doubt
               ,
               Art
               had
               showne
               her selfe
               such
               a
               Confectionesse
               ,
               as
               nothing
               was
               there
               awancing
               which
               might
               enliven
               Nature
               ,
               or
               Italian-like
               ,
               inflame
               vigour
               .
               Having
               taken
               a
               taste
               of
               such
               Pla●es
               as
               best
               liked
               him
               :
               a
               Faire
               Canopy-Bed
               ,
               with
               Curtaines
               close
               drawne
               ,
               invited
               him
               to
               take
               a
               further
               taste
               of
               what
               better
               entertainment
               was
               prepared
               for
               him
               .
               And
               having
               made
               himselfe
               unready
               ,
               and
               drawing
               the
               Curtaine
               a
               little
               aside
               ,
               he
               might
               perceive
               a
               Creature
               in
               the
               Bed
               ,
               but
               seemingly
               covered
               with
               cloaths
               ,
               as
               one
               unwilling
               to
               have
               her
               owne
               eyes
               witnesses
               of
               her
               too
               much
               freedome
               .
               Which
               the
               rather
               quickned
               in
               him
               an
               ardour
               of
               affection
               :
               so
               as
               like
               a
               bold
               Stranger
               ,
               he
               addressed
               himselfe
               to
               that
               forward
               and
               lawfull
               encounter
               .
               The
               Comick
               effect
               whereof
               ,
               upon
               discovery
               of
               him
               by
               the
               ring
               ,
               produc'd
               (
               to
               omit
               all
               other
               circumstances
               of
               dalliance
               )
               a
               constant
               reconciliation
               betwixt
               them
               .
               All
               which
               was
               brought
               to
               passe
               principally
               by
               her
               
                 Gentleman
                 Vsher.
              
               But
               all
               of
               them
               are
               not
               of
               one
               stampe
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               perceive
               by
               this
               Character
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               A
               GENTLEMAN
               USHER
            
             
               IS
               his
               Ladies
               Creature
               ;
               One
               who
               stands
               much
               upon
               his
               dimension
               and
               posture
               .
               A
               tall
               man
               he
               is
               of
               his
               Legges
               ,
               and
               no
               lesse
               it
               behoves
               him
               to
               be
               tall
               of
               his
               Hands
               ;
               being
               engaged
               to
               such
               desperate
               Encounters
               for
               the
               Wall.
               Pretty
               foole
               !
               He
               carries
               his
               Ladies
               Misset
               most
               gracefully
               ,
               which
               she
               loves
               so
               tenderly
               ,
               as
               she
               is
               ever
               putting
               him
               in
               mind
               of
               his
               charge
               :
               
                 Prey
                 thee
                 Puny
                 ,
                 doe
                 not
                 squeze
                 my
                 puppy
                 .
              
               Continuance
               of
               imployment
               makes
               him
               in
               time
               grow
               more
               familiar
               with
               his
               Mistresse
               ;
               Which
               makes
               her
               chastice
               the
               Sauce-boxe
               with
               her
               glove
               ;
               meane
               time
               ,
               the
               man
               knows
               her
               mind
               .
               Hee
               bestows
               so
               much
               time
               in
               the
               pointing
               of
               his
               Stellettopeake
               ,
               and
               poudring
               his
               Locks
               ,
               as
               he
               leaves
               little
               or
               none
               for
               his
               Orisons
               .
               He
               makes
               his
               whole
               Pilgrimage
               on
               earth
               a
               continued
               Peraembulation
               :
               and
               having
               learn'd
               to
               pace
               from
               his
               youth
               up
               ,
               he
               can
               never
               shew
               himselfe
               commendable
               but
               in
               that
               garbe
               .
               He
               had
               an
               excellent
               shap't
               Legge
               ,
               and
               a
               sufficient
               Calfe
               ,
               but
               every
               thing
               is
               worse
               for
               wearing
               .
               If
               to
               reserve
               more
               state
               ,
               the
               house
               be
               divided
               ,
               and
               his
               great
               Lords
               roomes
               from
               his
               Ladies
               severed
               ;
               hee
               is
               sure
               to
               be
               one
               that
               
               must
               lye
               on
               his
               Ladies
               side
               .
               Should
               he
               fall
               of
               in
               his
               posture
               ,
               through
               debility
               of
               nature
               ;
               her
               Page
               must
               be
               preferred
               before
               her
               Vsher
               :
               and
               the
               reason
               is
               ,
               a
               Cock-Sparrow
               is
               more
               active
               than
               a
               
                 Bald
                 Bussard
              
               .
               He
               h
               'as
               a
               notable
               volubility
               of
               tongue
               ;
               which
               he
               tips
               with
               such
               formall
               protests
               ,
               as
               he
               will
               engage
               him
               yours
               ,
               before
               ever
               he
               know
               you
               .
               He
               knows
               how
               to
               play
               the
               Secretary
               ;
               and
               is
               oftimes
               put
               to
               't
               .
               Blush
               he
               will
               not
               ,
               lest
               it
               should
               unrivet
               a
               Secret
               in
               his
               message
               .
               He
               reserves
               no
               time
               for
               reading
               ,
               he
               bestows
               so
               much
               on
               walking
               ;
               unlesse
               it
               be
               some
               wanton
               Pasquill
               ,
               a
               sociable
               accompt
               whereof
               he
               makes
               his
               Pastime
               .
               He
               h
               'as
               at
               all
               times
               ready
               accesse
               to
               his
               Lady
               ,
               which
               procures
               him
               better
               successe
               in
               his
               Suite
               to
               her
               Lord.
               He
               must
               make
               no
               love
               to
               the
               Maid
               ,
               lest
               it
               beget
               a
               jealous
               suspect
               in
               the
               Mistresse
               .
               Affection
               cannot
               brooke
               Corrivals
               .
               If
               his
               Lady
               grow
               sickish
               ,
               and
               desire
               to
               take
               fresh
               ayre
               ,
               the
               Coach
               must
               he
               mount
               and
               jogge
               along
               with
               her
               ;
               where
               the
               Curtains
               must
               be
               drawn
               ,
               lest
               the
               light
               discover
               her
               ,
               or
               the
               ayre
               distemper
               her
               Here
               they
               couch
               as
               silent
               as
               a
               Charnell-house
               ,
               but
               that
               mansion
               of
               frailty
               they
               never
               remember
               .
               The
               height
               of
               his
               imployment
               principally
               consists
               in
               ushering
               his
               Lady
               to
               the
               Church
               ;
               where
               it
               is
               admirable
               ,
               with
               what
               punctuall
               observance
               he
               conducts
               her
               to
               her
               Pew
               ,
               kisseth
               her
               booke
               ,
               
               as
               if
               he
               had
               sworne
               by
               't
               ;
               and
               to
               prevent
               all
               rash
               intruders
               ,
               he
               stands
               at
               the
               doore
               ,
               like
               a
               pious-pretending
               Pimpe
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               were
               to
               keepe
               Centinall
               there
               for
               ever
               .
               And
               this
               he
               conceits
               to
               be
               one
               of
               his
               most
               tedious
               taskes
               ;
               because
               Subjects
               of
               that
               nature
               doe
               not
               altogether
               please
               his
               taste
               .
               It
               is
               rather
               his
               Element
               to
               be
               versed
               in
               the
               perusall
               of
               Play-bils
               ,
               which
               he
               presents
               to
               his
               Lady
               with
               great
               devotion
               ;
               and
               recommends
               some
               especiall
               one
               to
               her
               view
               ,
               graced
               by
               his
               owne
               judicious
               approbation
               .
               His
               choyce
               she
               admits
               :
               to
               the
               Play-house
               she
               resorts
               :
               enters
               a
               prime
               boxe
               ,
               and
               upon
               cloze
               of
               every
               Act
               ,
               gracefully
               whispers
               in
               her
               Vshers
               care
               ;
               commends
               their
               action
               ,
               and
               now
               and
               then
               at
               some
               amorous-moving
               passage
               ,
               playes
               at
               Cent-foot
               purposely
               to
               discover
               the
               pregnancy
               of
               her
               conceit
               .
               At
               Night
               ,
               if
               her
               Gentleman
               heare
               of
               a
               Court-Maske
               ,
               Show
               ,
               or
               some
               other
               Presentment
               of
               State
               ;
               Cupid
               be
               their
               Guide
               ,
               winged
               is
               their
               Speed
               ,
               eager
               is
               their
               Spirit
               ,
               swifter
               is
               their
               Pace
               ;
               so
               they
               may
               enjoy
               the
               Object
               that
               may
               please
               ,
               and
               cloze
               their
               dayes
               prelude
               on
               Earth
               ,
               with
               an
               Evening
               enterlude
               of
               Courtly
               mirth
               .
               But
               here
               ,
               this
               
                 Gentleman
                 Vsher
              
               must
               shew
               himselfe
               rough
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               get
               his
               Lady
               better
               roome
               .
               He
               must
               puffe
               and
               looke
               big
               ,
               and
               swell
               like
               a
               pageant
               of
               State.
               A
               soft
               spirit
               would
               barre
               them
               both
               of
               all
               entertainment
               .
               
               By
               this
               his
               Lady
               h
               'as
               got
               a
               place
               ,
               which
               was
               his
               Master-prize
               .
               The
               Presentment
               done
               ,
               he
               must
               Vsher
               her
               home
               ;
               which
               perform'd
               ,
               a
               curious
               Knot
               of
               valiant
               Skinkers
               must
               Vsher
               him
               .
               The
               Cellar
               is
               their
               Centre
               ;
               where
               they
               must
               drinke
               deepe
               their
               Ladies
               health
               to
               doe
               them
               honour
               ;
               though
               a
               lasting
               surfet
               reave
               them
               of
               all
               health
               for
               their
               labour
               .
               Here
               he
               inhabits
               till
               he
               take
               a
               nap
               in
               the
               Cellar
               ,
               or
               the
               napry
               Drawer
               become
               his
               
                 Gentleman
                 Vsher
              
               to
               waft
               him
               to
               his
               Chamber
               .
               Now
               for
               his
               Place
               ,
               though
               his
               revenues
               be
               but
               small
               ,
               his
               vailes
               are
               great
               .
               His
               Ladies
               Purse
               is
               his
               portion
               ,
               which
               supplies
               him
               so
               long
               as
               he
               keepes
               Counsell
               .
               Her
               Count'nance
               is
               his
               greatest
               purchase
               ,
               so
               as
               ,
               by
               the
               losse
               of
               her
               favour
               ,
               he
               dyes
               a
               Beggar
               .
               The
               fortune
               of
               a
               younger
               Brother
               call'd
               him
               to
               this
               place
               ;
               since
               which
               time
               ,
               he
               h'as
               ever
               walk'd
               most
               uprightly
               in
               his
               Vocation
               .
               But
               if
               the
               Master
               be
               a
               Tradesman
               ,
               the
               Foreman
               of
               his
               Shoppe
               supplies
               this
               place
               ,
               whereby
               he
               is
               made
               for
               ever
               .
               For
               if
               this
               reverend
               Trunke-hose
               turne
               up
               his
               heeles
               ,
               whosoever
               stumble
               on
               his
               Grave
               ,
               his
               
                 Foreman
                 Vsher
              
               is
               in
               faire
               possibility
               ,
               to
               enjoy
               his
               grath
               .
               One
               of
               the
               greatest
               of
               his
               feares
               is
               Cornes
               on
               his
               toes
               :
               His
               Mistresse
               cannot
               endure
               halting
               ;
               nor
               the
               condition
               of
               his
               place
               lumping
               .
               Vulcans
               polt-foot
               befits
               not
               an
               Vsher
               ,
               nor
               his
               smug-looke
               a
               smooth
               retainer
               .
               
               His
               comfort
               is
               ,
               as
               he
               begun
               with
               a
               small
               stock
               ,
               so
               he
               cannot
               fall
               from
               any
               great
               state
               .
               As
               his
               risings
               were
               light
               ,
               his
               height
               low
               ,
               his
               continuance
               short
               ,
               so
               his
               fall
               cannot
               be
               great
               .
               Truth
               is
               ,
               if
               he
               live
               to
               be
               his
               Masters
               survivor
               ,
               (
               provided
               that
               he
               flowrish
               in
               strength
               and
               ability
               of
               nature
               )
               hee
               may
               prosper
               .
               But
               for
               most
               part
               ,
               his
               Master
               out
               weares
               him
               ,
               as
               he
               in
               his
               time
               outwrought
               his
               Master
               .
               The
               Meermaid
               h
               'as
               left
               him
               ,
               but
               not
               without
               Consorts
               to
               attend
               him
               .
               Aches
               ,
               Crampes
               ,
               and
               Ring-bones
               are
               his
               incessant
               Associats
               .
               And
               now
               he
               walkes
               more
               upright
               than
               ever
               he
               did
               ,
               for
               he
               cannot
               stoope
               ,
               should
               a
               Diamond
               lye
               in
               his
               way
               :
               He
               remembers
               the
               follies
               of
               his
               youth
               ,
               with
               —
               
                 O
                 the
                 reines
                 of
                 my
                 back
                 !
              
               He
               needes
               no
               other
               rack
               ,
               this
               will
               make
               him
               discover
               all
               .
               He
               is
               much
               troubled
               in
               his
               Sleepe
               ,
               and
               awakes
               with
               an
               ache
               ,
               which
               he
               utters
               in
               a
               shreeke
               :
               —
               
                 O
                 my
                 Mistresse
              
               !
               'T
               is
               a
               wondrous
               thing
               to
               see
               how
               this
               spruce
               youth
               is
               metamorphosed
               !
               How
               his
               wild-luxurious
               beard
               growes
               unkemb'd
               ,
               his
               lard-twilted
               doublet
               goes
               unbutton'd
               ,
               and
               his
               Eve-dropping
               nose
               flowes
               like
               a
               common
               Sewer
               ,
               and
               would
               bestow
               it selfe
               on
               any
               one
               that
               would
               wipe
               it
               .
               Well
               ;
               he
               cannot
               possibly
               stand
               long
               ;
               for
               his
               very
               legges
               ,
               those
               proper
               Supporters
               of
               his
               youth
               ,
               may
               now
               truly
               cry
               out
               with
               aged
               Milo
               ;
               they
               
               cannot
               beare
               a
               Calfe
               .
               It
               might
               be
               doubted
               ,
               that
               death
               were
               better
               provided
               for
               him
               ,
               than
               he
               provided
               for
               it
               ,
               did
               not
               poverty
               bid
               him
               embrace
               it
               ,
               and
               a
               Miriad
               of
               infirmities
               summon
               him
               to
               it
               .
               There
               is
               hope
               of
               him
               ,
               for
               the
               flesh
               had
               left
               him
               ,
               before
               he
               left
               the
               World.
               
            
             
               
               But
               we
               have
               insisted
               too
               long
               on
               these
               ;
               let
               it
               be
               sufficient
               ,
               that
               as
               there
               be
               some
               of
               those
               who
               reteine
               this
               name
               ,
               properly
               ranked
               in
               our
               Character
               :
               So
               be
               there
               those
               ,
               whose
               better
               parts
               merit
               all
               approvement
               :
               But
               one
               Swallow
               makes
               no
               Summer
               :
               the
               Object
               of
               pleasure
               many
               times
               makes
               shipwrack
               of
               honour
               :
               whereas
               others
               ,
               for
               whom
               we
               will
               ever
               reserve
               our
               deservingst
               approvedst
               thoughts
               ,
               will
               rather
               chuse
               to
               leave
               their
               Coat
               in
               the
               hand
               of
               a
               loose
               Mistresse
               ,
               than
               lose
               their
               honour
               .
               That
               Maxim
               ,
               indeed
               ,
               is
               too
               holding
               :
               if
               we
               be
               companions
               to
               Ostriges
               ,
               we
               shall
               savour
               of
               the
               Wildernesse
               .
               Nor
               ,
               is
               there
               any
               Rush
               without
               Mire
               :
               yet
               a
               Mirtle
               will
               shew
               it selfe
               a
               Mirtle
               amongst
               Nettles
               .
               And
               such
               we
               have
               of
               these
               ;
               whom
               neither
               occasion
               can
               corrupt
               ;
               opportunity
               deprave
               ;
               hope
               of
               fortunes
               delude
               :
               nor
               any
               indirect
               way
               decline
               from
               professing
               themselves
               just
               in
               discharging
               that
               place
               ,
               wherein
               they
               stand
               necessarily
               interessed
               .
            
             
               Now
               ,
               in
               our
               diversion
               from
               these
               ,
               wee
               
               are
               to
               descend
               to
               Subjects
               of
               higher
               and
               more
               serious
               importance
               :
               yet
               such
               ,
               as
               reflect
               ever
               upon
               the
               femall
               Sexe
               ,
               wherein
               pleasure
               and
               profit
               ,
               which
               ever
               make
               up
               the
               best
               Musick
               ,
               shall
               hand
               in
               hand
               accompany
               you
               ;
               to
               second
               your
               expectance
               with
               such
               variety
               ,
               as
               our
               Discourse
               may
               amply
               recompence
               a
               retyred
               houre
               with
               double
               interest
               to
               Posterity
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             SECTION
             II.
             Imitable
             Vertues
             in
             Women
             .
          
           
             
               EXAMPLES
               .
            
             
               VERTUE
               is
               of
               such
               a
               rare
               quality
               ,
               as
               she
               can
               neither
               be
               over-priz'd
               ,
               nor
               over-prais'd
               .
               Nor
               can
               this
               Princesse
               ,
               whose
               beauty
               is
               her
               owne
               ,
               without
               borrowing
               ;
               and
               whose
               honour
               is
               essentiall
               in
               her selfe
               ,
               without
               deriving
               ,
               shew
               more
               true
               worth
               than
               when
               she
               deignes
               to
               lodge
               in
               that
               bosome
               ,
               which
               may
               seemingly
               dignifie
               her
               least
               ;
               though
               ,
               indeed
               ,
               by
               a
               modest
               improvement
               of
               what
               it
               hath
               received
               ,
               it
               magnifie
               her
               most
               .
               For
               to
               descend
               to
               the
               quality
               of
               every
               *
               
                 Cardinall
                 Vertue
              
               :
               we
               shall
               find
               rare
               instances
               in
               each
               kind
               ;
               and
               such
               as
               may
               
               deserve
               imitation
               of
               the
               
                 stronger
                 Sexe
              
               .
               And
               first
               of
               the
               first
               .
            
          
           
             
               PRUDENCE
               .
            
             
               SOME
               jeering
               Swetnams
               ,
               
               whose
               strength
               of
               pen
               and
               ability
               of
               braine
               only
               consist
               in
               inveying
               against
               Women
               ,
               will
               not
               stick
               ,
               perhaps
               ,
               to
               laugh
               ,
               when
               they
               heare
               us
               speake
               of
               Prudence
               ,
               and
               attribute
               a
               great
               portion
               thereof
               to
               a
               Woman
               ;
               and
               will
               say
               ,
               Truly
               we
               have
               heard
               of
               some
               women
               cald
               by
               the
               Name
               of
               Prudence
               ,
               but
               indued
               with
               Prudence
               there
               is
               scarce
               one
               amongst
               them
               ,
               no
               not
               One.
               A
               weake
               inve●tive
               !
               It
               is
               sufficient
               ,
               will
               these
               poore
               Criticks
               say
               ,
               for
               women
               to
               have
               so
               much
               wit
               as
               to
               goe
               out
               o'th'raine
               :
               and
               some
               of
               them
               not
               so
               wise
               ,
               neither
               :
               but
               like
               that
               simple
               She-cockney
               ,
               imagine
               all
               the
               world
               to
               be
               a
               City
               ,
               and
               every
               way
               they
               travell
               ,
               such
               a
               continued
               Pent-house
               ,
               as
               they
               need
               neither
               Cloake
               nor
               Hood
               to
               shrowd
               them
               ;
               so
               well
               h
               'as
               the
               worlds
               Archi-tect
               provided
               for
               them
               .
            
             
               But
               how
               farre
               these
               erre
               ,
               we
               shall
               quickly
               discover
               ;
               by
               those
               memorable
               and
               surviving
               monuments
               of
               Wisdome
               ;
               which
               
               Women
               not
               only
               of
               former
               ages
               ,
               but
               even
               in
               our
               owne
               times
               ,
               have
               expressed
               ,
               and
               to
               posterity
               recommended
               .
            
             
               And
               first
               ,
               to
               take
               our
               instances
               from
               a
               farre
               ;
               how
               much
               did
               the
               Prudence
               of
               Tomyris
               bestead
               the
               Massagetes
               ;
               when
               by
               her
               owne
               policy
               and
               dexterity
               of
               wit
               ,
               she
               discomfitted
               the
               powerfullest
               and
               redoubtedst
               enemy
               that
               the
               World
               then
               had
               ?
               In
               what
               a
               deplorable
               estate
               was
               her
               Countrey
               ;
               when
               nothing
               but
               fire
               and
               fury
               assailed
               them
               without
               :
               want
               and
               famine
               within
               ?
               When
               their
               strongest
               Forts
               were
               quite
               demolished
               ?
               Their
               fruitfull
               fields
               wasted
               ?
               And
               their
               people
               ,
               by
               a
               fruitlesse
               resistance
               of
               a
               victorious
               Foe
               ,
               consumed
               ?
               Nay
               ,
               reflect
               upon
               the
               miseries
               of
               this
               desolate
               and
               disconsolate
               Queene
               !
               how
               her
               sonne
               by
               an
               improvident
               and
               remisse
               mannagement
               of
               his
               affaires
               ,
               became
               a
               Prey
               to
               the
               Enemy
               :
               his
               Army
               vanquished
               :
               himselfe
               slaughtered
               :
               all
               things
               disorderly
               scattred
               and
               confounded
               !
               Yet
               ,
               was
               her
               spirit
               still
               the
               same
               .
               She
               well
               considered
               ,
               if
               in
               that
               disaster
               her
               courage
               should
               quaile
               ,
               what
               could
               probably
               follow
               but
               an
               irreparable
               Subversion
               ?
               Though
               few
               or
               none
               then
               were
               left
               to
               afford
               her
               remorce
               :
               neither
               was
               her
               Spirit
               so
               weake
               ,
               nor
               Wisdome
               so
               small
               ,
               but
               they
               had
               power
               enough
               to
               study
               a
               revenge
               .
               Which
               she
               effected
               with
               such
               expedite
               policy
               ;
               as
               
               she
               not
               only
               freed
               her
               distressed
               Countrey
               of
               that
               threatning
               calamity
               :
               but
               imbrued
               her
               hands
               in
               the
               blood
               of
               her
               Enemy
               ,
               to
               revenge
               that
               cruelty
               which
               he
               had
               not
               long
               before
               inflicted
               upon
               her
               own
               blood
               .
               Nor
               did
               this
               Wisdome
               of
               hers
               only
               appeare
               in
               the
               Government
               of
               her
               State
               :
               but
               in
               the
               composing
               or
               moderating
               of
               her
               owne
               affections
               .
               For
               whereas
               ,
               her
               command
               had
               so
               farre
               inlarg'd
               it selfe
               ,
               as
               many
               neighbouring
               Prin●ces
               stood
               in
               feare
               of
               her
               :
               doubting
               that
               their
               more
               confin'd
               dominions
               might
               be
               swallowed
               up
               by
               her
               Greatnesse
               :
               Her
               Noble
               Spirit
               scorned
               to
               take
               advantage
               of
               others
               weaknesse
               :
               or
               to
               soveraignize
               over
               those
               who
               never
               gave
               her
               occasion
               of
               offence
               .
               In
               a
               word
               ,
               as
               it
               was
               her
               care
               to
               preserve
               her
               own
               ;
               so
               it
               was
               her
               Princely
               scorne
               to
               invade
               anothers
               .
               This
               moderation
               she
               shewed
               excellent
               testimonies
               of
               ,
               in
               her
               death
               aswell
               as
               life
               :
               When
               she
               commanded
               ,
               that
               this
               Inscription
               should
               be
               ingraven
               upon
               her
               Tombe
               :
               purposely
               to
               make
               a
               tryall
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               whether
               the
               same
               height
               of
               spirit
               succeeded
               to
               Princes
               of
               following
               times
               ,
               which
               sometimes
               possessed
               her
               royall
               brest
               .
               The
               Inscription
               was
               this
               :
               
                 Who
                 ere
                 thou
                 beest
                 that
                 shalt
                 have
                 the
                 fortune
                 ,
                 amongst
                 other
                 rich
                 booties
                 of
                 thy
                 Conquest
                 ,
                 to
                 dig
                 up
                 this
                 Stone
                 (
                 meaning
                 that
                 Monument
                 which
                 cover'd
                 her
                 )
                 know
                 ,
                 
                 that
                 thou
                 shalt
                 finde
                 an
                 infinite
                 masse
                 of
                 treasure
                 ,
                 fit
                 to
                 enrich
                 thy
                 princely
                 honour
                 ,
                 under
                 it
                 .
              
               But
               what
               found
               that
               
                 victorious
                 Monarch
              
               under
               it
               ?
               Nothing
               lesse
               than
               he
               expected
               .
               No
               gold
               ;
               but
               such
               a
               golden
               sentence
               as
               incomparably
               surpassed
               all
               Treasure
               that
               could
               possibly
               bee
               buried
               under
               it
               .
               For
               when
               hee
               had
               carefully
               removed
               the
               Stone
               ,
               hee
               found
               this
               ingraven
               under
               the
               bottom
               of
               it
               :
               
                 None
                 but
                 miserable
                 Covetous
                 men
                 would
                 violate
                 the
                 Obsequies
                 of
                 the
                 dead
                 :
                 or
                 with
                 prophane
                 hand
                 disturbe
                 the
                 quietnesse
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 sleep
                 in
                 the
                 dust
                 .
              
            
             
               Many
               other
               excellent
               vertues
               was
               this
               Noble
               Princesse
               indued
               withall
               :
               which
               for
               brevity
               sake
               I
               must
               omit
               :
               passing
               to
               others
               of
               her
               Sex
               ,
               who
               not
               onely
               equalled
               ,
               but
               farre
               exceeded
               the
               most
               eminent
               Personages
               of
               their
               time
               in
               the
               prudent
               Carriage
               and
               Dispose
               of
               their
               affaires
               .
            
             
               This
               that
               stately
               Semiramis
               shewed
               in
               the
               wise
               and
               peaceable
               government
               of
               the
               Assyrian
               state
               after
               the
               decease
               of
               her
               Husband
               Ninus
               .
               What
               excellent
               Lawes
               were
               by
               her
               enacted
               ?
               What
               Principles
               of
               State
               recorded
               ?
               How
               free
               shee
               kept
               her
               kingdome
               from
               division
               ?
               How
               safe
               her
               utmost
               Coasts
               from
               invasion
               ?
               With
               what
               policy
               ,
               shee
               sought
               to
               remove
               from
               her selfe
               and
               people
               ,
               all
               opinion
               of
               effeminacy
               :
               and
               
               produce
               in
               others
               a
               conceit
               of
               their
               magnanimity
               :
               when
               shee
               commanded
               all
               without
               distinction
               ,
               to
               weare
               Tyars
               upon
               their
               heads
               :
               and
               to
               put
               on
               them
               womens
               apparell
               ;
               purposely
               to
               cover
               their
               effeminate
               parts
               :
               and
               by
               an
               Amazonian
               imitation
               to
               beget
               a
               confidence
               of
               resolution
               in
               her
               Neighbours
               ?
               How
               carefull
               she
               was
               to
               insinuate
               her selfe
               in
               the
               zeale
               and
               affection
               of
               her
               Subjects
               ?
               What
               a
               wise
               course
               she
               tooke
               to
               effect
               it
               ?
               And
               in
               what
               short
               time
               did
               shee
               confirme
               it
               ?
               Admir'd
               she
               was
               by
               those
               to
               whom
               only
               report
               of
               her
               Wisdome
               had
               made
               knowne
               the
               greatnesse
               of
               such
               a
               Spirit
               :
               enriched
               with
               such
               transcendent
               gifts
               :
               as
               it
               was
               not
               easy
               to
               determine
               whether
               the
               height
               of
               her
               Spirit
               for
               atchieving
               ,
               or
               strength
               of
               judgement
               for
               contriving
               more
               exceeded
               .
               To
               summe
               up
               all
               in
               One
               ;
               and
               all
               this
               in
               an
               imparalel'd
               One
               :
               had
               not
               one
               staine
               blemish'd
               her
               beauty
               ,
               she
               had
               beene
               a
               Princesse
               of
               incomparable
               majesty
               .
            
             
               Nor
               did
               that
               glory
               of
               Amazon
               ,
               the
               invincible
               Penthesilea
               fall
               short
               in
               those
               accomplishments
               fit
               to
               mannage
               a
               State
               :
               and
               to
               leave
               presidents
               both
               of
               Wisdome
               and
               Courage
               for
               posterity
               to
               imitate
               .
               How
               well
               shee
               rectified
               the
               disorders
               of
               a
               distracted
               Empire
               :
               and
               in
               every
               Designe
               exprest
               her selfe
               glorious
               to
               the
               improvement
               of
               such
               a
               State
               ,
               and
               the
               advancement
               of
               her
               honour
               !
               
               This
               might
               be
               illustrated
               by
               one
               Instance
               :
               For
               at
               such
               time
               ,
               as
               Neighbouring
               Princes
               dis-valued
               their
               Feminine
               Government
               :
               and
               every
               one
               laboured
               to
               enlarge
               their
               Dominions
               by
               the
               Subjection
               of
               that
               State
               :
               She
               not
               onely
               preserved
               her
               owne
               from
               the
               injurious
               usurpation
               of
               forraigne
               Powers
               :
               but
               wonne
               of
               those
               ,
               who
               were
               hopefull
               to
               make
               a
               prey
               of
               her
               .
               Nor
               was
               shee
               onely
               carefull
               to
               establish
               the
               foundation
               of
               an
               Empire
               for
               an
               age
               :
               but
               to
               recommend
               such
               usefull
               Lawes
               and
               Constitutions
               as
               might
               settle
               a
               prosperous
               State
               to
               their
               Successors
               .
               Many
               famous
               Battels
               did
               she
               fight
               :
               and
               those
               with
               the
               renownedst
               and
               most
               victorious
               Princes
               that
               then
               reigned
               .
               Yet
               seldome
               or
               never
               was
               she
               discomfitted
               :
               But
               if
               at
               any
               time
               it
               chanced
               that
               shee
               should
               suffer
               ,
               her
               moderation
               and
               discretion
               so
               temperately
               bore
               the
               losse
               ,
               and
               so
               diligently
               laboured
               a
               redresse
               ;
               as
               the
               second
               day
               made
               amends
               ever
               for
               the
               former
               repairing
               her
               losses
               both
               with
               advantage
               and
               honour
               .
               All
               which
               I
               referre
               to
               those
               Stories
               ,
               which
               with
               most
               probability
               and
               authority
               discourse
               of
               her
               .
            
             
               What
               wisdome
               that
               excellent
               Sophonisba
               manifested
               to
               the
               world
               ,
               in
               the
               discreet
               carriage
               of
               her
               affaires
               :
               if
               it
               were
               needfull
               here
               to
               relate
               ,
               we
               might
               apply
               this
               Subject
               ,
               in
               the
               instancing
               of
               her
               vertues
               .
               Who
               so
               
               nobly
               demeaned
               her selfe
               in
               the
               daringst
               affronts
               of
               fortune
               :
               as
               never
               more
               true
               resolution
               or
               constancy
               of
               spirit
               appeared
               in
               the
               most
               virile
               and
               heroicke
               tempers
               that
               ever
               the
               world
               became
               possessor
               of
               .
            
             
               Extremes
               could
               not
               amate
               her
               :
               nor
               distractions
               of
               State
               so
               divide
               her
               from
               her selfe
               :
               as
               ,
               when
               her
               advice
               was
               sought
               ,
               she
               could
               show
               the
               least
               perplexity
               in
               her
               well
               digested
               thoughts
               .
               Her
               owne
               safety
               was
               never
               so
               deare
               to
               her
               ,
               as
               the
               Security
               of
               the
               State
               publicke
               .
               And
               when
               any
               of
               those
               antient
               Counsellours
               or
               Conscript-Fathers
               ,
               who
               were
               to
               sit
               at
               the
               Sterne
               ;
               seemed
               troubled
               :
               or
               shewed
               the
               least
               irresolution
               ,
               she
               would
               usually
               interpose
               her selfe
               :
               and
               chide
               their
               weaknesse
               in
               this
               manner
               .
               
                 Is
                 it
                 fit
                 ,
                 grave
                 Fathers
                 ,
                 that
                 your
                 advice
                 should
                 bee
                 to
                 seeke
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 State
                 is
                 ready
                 to
                 sinke
                 ?
                 Will
                 dejected
                 spirits
                 cure
                 our
                 distempers
                 ?
                 Must
                 Fathers
                 turne
                 Children
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 finger
                 i
                 th'
                 eye
                 ,
                 when
                 imminency
                 of
                 perill
                 menaceth
                 the
                 States
                 ruine
                 ?
                 Ha's
                 your
                 Countrey
                 made
                 choice
                 of
                 you
                 ,
                 to
                 embathe
                 her
                 wounds
                 onely
                 in
                 teares
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 labour
                 no
                 redresse
                 to
                 her
                 griefes
                 ?
                 O
                 ,
                 let
                 not
                 wisdome
                 onely
                 appeare
                 in
                 your
                 habits
                 ,
                 but
                 disposition
                 of
                 your
                 hearts
                 !
                 A
                 passionate
                 teare
                 is
                 but
                 a
                 weake
                 Countermure
                 to
                 repell
                 the
                 Engine
                 of
                 a
                 Foe
                 .
                 Let
                 it
                 bee
                 our
                 Taske
                 ,
                 who
                 are
                 women
                 ,
                 to
                 intercede
                 by
                 
                 Prayers
                 and
                 Teares
                 :
                 yours
                 ,
                 to
                 remove
                 danger
                 with
                 Courage
                 and
                 Advice
                 .
                 Wee
                 are
                 neither
                 so
                 abandoned
                 of
                 solace
                 in
                 hope
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 lye
                 downe
                 and
                 dye
                 :
                 as
                 if
                 our
                 present
                 condition
                 had
                 estrang'd
                 us
                 from
                 all
                 hope
                 of
                 recovery
                 .
                 Bee
                 what
                 you
                 seeme
                 ,
                 or
                 we
                 must
                 seeme
                 more
                 than
                 wee
                 bee
                 .
                 Present
                 danger
                 requires
                 dispatch
                 :
                 let
                 not
                 opportunity
                 lose
                 her selfe
                 by
                 delay
                 .
              
            
             
               Next
               her
               ,
               I
               might
               here
               instance
               the
               brave
               Berenice
               ,
               a
               woman
               of
               incomparable
               beauty
               ;
               alacrity
               of
               Spirit
               ;
               strength
               and
               maturity
               of
               judgement
               .
               Next
               her
               the
               Sabean
               Queene
               ,
               that
               wise
               Nicaula
               :
               a
               Princesse
               so
               highly
               taken
               with
               the
               fame
               of
               Salomons
               wisdome
               :
               as
               she
               left
               her
               owne
               Countrey
               to
               bee
               one
               of
               his
               Auditory
               :
               leaving
               him
               with
               this
               attestation
               of
               him
               :
               
                 I
                 beleeved
                 not
                 the
                 words
                 ,
                 untill
                 I
                 came
                 ,
                 and
                 mine
                 eyes
                 had
                 seene
                 it
                 :
                 and
                 behold
                 ,
                 the
                 halfe
                 was
                 not
                 told
                 mee
                 ;
                 thy
                 wisdome
                 and
                 prosperity
                 exceedeth
                 the
                 fame
                 which
                 I
                 heard
                 .
              
               Nor
               could
               so
               diligent
               a
               pursuer
               of
               Wisdome
               ,
               be
               in
               her selfe
               ignorant
               of
               so
               inestimable
               a
               blessing
               .
               Never
               did
               State
               enjoy
               more
               freedome
               ;
               nor
               abound
               with
               more
               wealth
               ;
               nor
               partake
               so
               continued
               a
               peace
               ;
               than
               Sheba's
               State
               enjoyed
               .
               Nor
               could
               ought
               lesse
               bee
               expected
               ,
               where
               such
               a
               Lover
               of
               Wisdome
               reigned
               .
               For
               if
               Plutarch
               commend
               Plato
               so
               highly
               for
               comming
               forth
               of
               Asia
               into
               Cilicia
               ,
               for
               no
               
               other
               cause
               ,
               but
               onely
               to
               see
               his
               deare
               friend
               Phocion
               :
               what
               commendations
               might
               this
               noble
               Princesse
               seeme
               to
               deserve
               ,
               who
               ,
               though
               a
               Woman
               ,
               left
               her
               owne
               Nation
               to
               heare
               the
               Wisdome
               of
               Salomon
               ?
               Should
               we
               ,
               next
               these
               ,
               take
               a
               more
               exact
               Survey
               of
               the
               divine
               Prudence
               of
               royall
               Esther
               ;
               whose
               discreet
               behaviour
               purchased
               Gods
               people
               so
               happy
               a
               delivery
               ,
               even
               in
               their
               imminentst
               danger
               ?
               Or
               of
               that
               wise
               Abigall
               ,
               whose
               discretion
               declined
               Davids
               fury
               from
               her
               churlish
               Nabal
               ?
               We
               would
               so
               highly
               admire
               such
               precious
               Mirrors
               ,
               for
               their
               piety
               ,
               pollicy
               and
               discretion
               ,
               as
               wee
               should
               accompt
               them
               wisest
               and
               deservingst
               ,
               who
               drew
               nearest
               them
               in
               imitation
               .
            
             
               Neither
               shall
               we
               need
               to
               travell
               so
               farre
               for
               instances
               :
               but
               that
               those
               flowers
               are
               ever
               esteemed
               best
               of
               ,
               that
               are
               brought
               from
               forraigne
               borders
               :
               For
               Princes
               we
               have
               here
               enjoyed
               of
               our
               owne
               ;
               whose
               names
               retaine
               in
               all
               places
               of
               Christendome
               a
               memorable
               testimony
               for
               Wisdome
               .
            
             
               Witnesse
               the
               living
               fame
               of
               our
               renowned
               Eliza
               ,
               who
               made
               her
               kingdome
               an
               Elysium
               .
               Being
               of
               a
               Majesticke
               presence
               ;
               judicious
               advice
               ;
               constant
               resolve
               ;
               terrible
               to
               her
               foe
               ;
               affable
               to
               her
               friend
               ;
               a
               gracious
               preserver
               of
               peace
               ;
               a
               couragious
               advancer
               of
               Warre
               for
               honourable
               ends
               .
               Of
               a
               rare
               memory
               ;
               a
               rich
               fancy
               ;
               for
               dispatch
               happy
               :
               
               and
               in
               present
               dangers
               fullest
               of
               noble
               spirit
               and
               alacrity
               .
            
             
               And
               these
               shall
               serve
               for
               Instances
               in
               the
               first
               .
            
          
           
             
               JUSTICE
               .
            
             
               
               THIS
               divine
               vertue
               ,
               which
               is
               an
               Abstract
               of
               all
               the
               rest
               ,
               that
               noble
               Thracian
               Lady
               well
               expressed
               ;
               when
               ,
               unurged
               ,
               shee
               professed
               :
               
                 That
                 if
                 shee
                 were
                 conscious
                 to
                 her selfe
                 of
                 any
                 Crime
                 deserving
                 death
                 :
                 her
                 owne
                 actions
                 should
                 not
                 need
                 to
                 receive
                 any
                 other
                 sentence
                 than
                 her
                 owne
                 .
              
               So
               impartiall
               a
               Judge
               would
               shee
               demeane
               her selfe
               in
               her
               owne
               particular
               ;
               as
               not
               the
               severest
               Court
               should
               pronounce
               upon
               her
               an
               heavier
               Censure
               .
            
             
               When
               that
               just
               Alban
               Lady
               heard
               what
               Demadis
               saying
               was
               ,
               that
               Draco's
               Lawes
               were
               written
               with
               blood
               ,
               and
               not
               with
               inke
               :
               
                 Farre
                 be
                 such
                 Rubricks
                 ,
                 quoth
                 shee
                 ,
                 from
                 our
                 Calendar
                 :
                 Let
                 mercy
                 and
                 truth
                 kisse
                 each
                 other
                 .
              
               That
               royall
               Empresse
               shewed
               her selfe
               a
               Patronesse
               of
               Iustice
               :
               when
               on
               a
               time
               the
               Emperour
               her
               husband
               had
               presented
               to
               him
               the
               Names
               of
               sundry
               Delinquents
               ;
               to
               receive
               from
               him
               his
               pleasure
               
               how
               they
               should
               be
               disposed
               of
               :
               which
               ,
               as
               one
               minding
               more
               a
               game
               at
               Tables
               ,
               than
               pronouncing
               judgement
               on
               those
               offenders
               ,
               hee
               commanded
               without
               any
               further
               deliberation
               ,
               that
               they
               should
               suffer
               death
               .
               
                 O
                 ,
                 quoth
                 that
                 worthy
                 Empresse
                 ,
                 let
                 not
                 my
                 Lord
                 bee
                 so
                 forward
                 in
                 pronouncing
                 judgement
                 upon
                 an
                 untryde
                 delinquent
                 ?
                 the
                 life
                 of
                 a
                 man
                 is
                 to
                 bee
                 valued
                 above
                 a
                 game
                 at
                 dice.
                 
              
            
             
               Just
               was
               that
               Dame
               towards
               her
               owne
               ;
               when
               hearing
               ,
               how
               her
               daughter
               had
               violated
               that
               Order
               whereto
               shee
               was
               Vestally
               devoted
               ,
               she
               came
               before
               the
               Senate
               ,
               and
               beseeched
               them
               for
               Iustice
               :
               who
               ,
               when
               they
               had
               understood
               the
               quality
               of
               the
               Offence
               ,
               and
               how
               the
               offender
               was
               her
               owne
               Daughter
               :
               They
               made
               answer
               ;
               you
               need
               little
               doubt
               of
               Justice
               ,
               in
               a
               Crime
               of
               such
               a
               nature
               :
               yet
               might
               this
               personall
               offence
               have
               well
               deserv'd
               a
               Stranger
               rather
               than
               a
               Mother
               to
               be
               an
               Accuser
               .
               
                 O
                 ,
                 answer'd
                 shee
                 ,
                 but
                 Nature
                 must
                 forget
                 her selfe
                 ,
                 when
                 unnaturall
                 Children
                 forget
                 God.
                 Shee
                 was
                 my
                 daughter
                 so
                 long
                 as
                 she
                 preserv'd
                 her
                 honour
                 :
                 my
                 part
                 is
                 now
                 quite
                 lost
                 in
                 her
                 :
                 Bee
                 it
                 your
                 Iustice
                 to
                 vindicate
                 the
                 Wrong
                 which
                 my
                 blood
                 hath
                 received
                 from
                 her
                 .
                 Else
                 shall
                 I
                 conclude
                 ,
                 that
                 your
                 unjust
                 mercy
                 is
                 to
                 mee
                 a
                 cruelty
                 ,
                 which
                 Vesta
                 will
                 revenge
                 to
                 redresse
                 her
                 injury
                 .
              
            
             
             
               Excellent
               was
               that
               resolution
               of
               those
               Almaine
               Sisters
               ,
               who
               professed
               in
               a
               publicke
               Place
               of
               Judicature
               ;
               
                 That
                 they
                 would
                 rather
                 suffer
                 the
                 utmost
                 extreames
                 of
                 want
                 and
                 misery
                 ,
                 than
                 share
                 in
                 the
                 Fortune
                 of
                 any
                 other
                 unjustly
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               like
               example
               might
               wee
               her
               produce
               of
               a
               noble
               Gentlewoman
               in
               our
               owne
               Coast
               :
               who
               by
               the
               prodigall
               and
               dissolute
               Course
               of
               her
               Husband
               ,
               falling
               into
               great
               poverty
               :
               was
               so
               far
               from
               inclining
               to
               any
               thought
               of
               Basenesse
               ;
               as
               when
               her
               powerfull
               friends
               ,
               commiserating
               her
               present
               Condition
               ,
               wished
               her
               to
               enquire
               of
               something
               that
               might
               raise
               her
               Fortunes
               ,
               and
               they
               would
               use
               meanes
               for
               procuring
               it
               :
               
                 O
                 ,
                 quoth
                 shee
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 well
                 how
                 to
                 shape
                 my
                 minde
                 unto
                 my
                 Fortune
                 ;
                 but
                 I
                 hope
                 my
                 thoughts
                 shall
                 never
                 know
                 how
                 to
                 scrue
                 themselves
                 into
                 an
                 others
                 possession
                 .
              
            
             
               What
               shall
               it
               benefit
               me
               ,
               said
               that
               noble
               Matron
               ,
               to
               enjoy
               what
               belongs
               unto
               another
               ▪
               and
               betray
               my
               Fame
               ,
               which
               I
               should
               preferre
               before
               all
               other
               ?
               I
               cannot
               live
               ,
               and
               be
               unjust
               :
               for
               life
               consists
               not
               in
               beeing
               ,
               breathing
               ,
               or
               performing
               any
               outward
               action
               :
               but
               in
               a
               pure
               and
               undefiled
               Soul
               ,
               raising
               her
               thoughts
               to
               an
               higher
               Motion
               .
            
             
               When
               the
               Sabines
               had
               suffered
               that
               infinite
               injury
               ,
               in
               being
               deprived
               of
               the
               beauty
               of
               their
               virgins
               :
               though
               they
               might
               (
               probably
               )
               
               have
               taken
               fit
               opportunity
               for
               revenge
               :
               
                 O
                 ,
                 said
                 those
                 antient
                 Matrons
                 ,
                 let
                 us
                 first
                 see
                 how
                 these
                 Strangers
                 use
                 our
                 Daughters
                 !
                 if
                 they
                 demeane
                 themselves
                 lovingly
                 unto
                 them
                 ,
                 it
                 were
                 unjust
                 for
                 us
                 to
                 take
                 revenge
                 of
                 their
                 Husbands
                 for
                 the
                 Love
                 they
                 beare
                 to
                 their
                 Wives
                 :
                 Honest
                 Love
                 should
                 be
                 rewarded
                 ;
                 dishonest
                 revenged
                 .
              
            
             
               In
               that
               Election
               of
               Consuls
               ,
               when
               the
               vertuous
               Aurelia
               understood
               that
               her
               Husband
               sought
               indirectly
               for
               voices
               ;
               
                 O
                 ,
                 said
                 shee
                 ,
                 This
                 argues
                 in
                 you
                 a
                 diffidence
                 of
                 your
                 owne
                 worth
                 :
                 desist
                 then
                 from
                 standing
                 for
                 such
                 an
                 honour
                 ,
                 which
                 your
                 personall
                 actions
                 can
                 not
                 merit
                 ,
                 nor
                 these
                 mercenary
                 votes
                 and
                 voices
                 obtaine
                 ,
                 without
                 detracting
                 from
                 another
                 .
              
            
             
               Iustice
               ,
               when
               perverted
               ,
               may
               be
               compared
               to
               the
               Celedonie
               stone
               ,
               which
               retaineth
               her
               vertue
               no
               longer
               than
               it
               is
               rubbed
               with
               gold
               :
               but
               when
               employed
               to
               the
               preserservation
               of
               the
               State
               ,
               and
               dispensation
               of
               what
               is
               just
               to
               every
               one
               ,
               being
               neither
               induced
               by
               amity
               ,
               incensed
               by
               enmity
               ,
               nor
               corrupted
               with
               hope
               of
               commodity
               :
               this
               divine
               vertue
               may
               be
               compared
               to
               the
               Selenite
               stone
               ;
               a
               precious
               gemme
               found
               in
               Arabia
               ,
               which
               is
               of
               this
               nature
               and
               property
               ,
               that
               when
               the
               Moone
               increaseth
               ,
               it
               likewise
               increaseth
               in
               beauty
               :
               but
               when
               the
               Moone
               
               decreaseth
               ,
               it
               lesseneth
               of
               her
               splendor
               and
               glory
               .
               It
               retaines
               likewise
               another
               quality
               ;
               and
               it
               is
               this
               :
               Being
               tied
               to
               any
               Tree
               ,
               it
               makes
               it
               fruitfull
               :
               The
               application
               will
               appeare
               both
               proper
               and
               usefull
               .
               When
               Changes
               in
               the
               State
               are
               most
               frequent
               ;
               when
               Command
               seemes
               to
               soveraignize
               most
               on
               these
               smaller
               and
               inferiour
               Lights
               :
               then
               is
               shee
               most
               constant
               :
               in
               her
               beauty
               most
               resplendent
               .
               Neither
               can
               Might
               over-sway
               her
               :
               nor
               a
               despicable
               Plaintiffe
               dis-relish
               her
               .
               She
               ever
               shewes
               most
               Constant
               ;
               when
               times
               seeme
               most
               wavering
               and
               fluctuant
               .
               Nor
               is
               any
               branch
               so
               seere
               ;
               any
               member
               so
               fruitlesse
               ,
               in
               the
               whole
               body
               of
               the
               State
               ;
               which
               her
               application
               cannot
               make
               fruitfull
               :
               so
               soveraigne
               is
               shee
               in
               her selfe
               ,
               so
               commodious
               unto
               others
               .
            
             
               Happy
               ,
               will
               some
               say
               ,
               were
               those
               dayes
               wherein
               Basil
               the
               Emperour
               of
               Constantinople
               lived
               ;
               that
               whensoever
               he
               came
               to
               his
               Judgement-Seat
               ,
               found
               neither
               Party
               to
               accuse
               ,
               nor
               Defendant
               to
               answer
               .
               Here
               needed
               no
               
                 Conscript
                 Fathers
              
               to
               sit
               upon
               tryall
               of
               Causes
               :
               no
               feare
               of
               Corruption
               ,
               because
               that
               Halcyon
               peace
               admitted
               no
               occasion
               :
               
                 What
                 wilt
                 thou
                 give
                 me
              
               ,
               was
               no
               Interrogatory
               in
               those
               dayes
               .
               And
               yet
               me
               thinks
               that
               noble
               Princesse
               ,
               in
               the
               moulding
               of
               Justice
               ,
               and
               faire
               carriage
               of
               all
               businesse
               ;
               made
               her
               State
               no
               lesse
               happy
               ;
               who
               decreed
               :
               That
               
               if
               any
               plaintiffe
               exhibited
               a
               Bill
               against
               any
               person
               ,
               and
               could
               not
               prove
               the
               justnesse
               of
               his
               Action
               ;
               he
               should
               pay
               treble
               costs
               to
               the
               Defendant
               :
               and
               besides
               his
               pecuniary
               Mulet
               ,
               receive
               such
               corporall
               punishment
               as
               the
               quality
               of
               the
               complaint
               deserved
               .
               This
               made
               commencements
               of
               Suites
               as
               rare
               as
               the
               former
               ;
               by
               reducing
               the
               State
               to
               such
               an
               exact
               Order
               ;
               as
               neighbouring
               Princes
               had
               her
               in
               admiration
               :
               taking
               Presidents
               from
               her
               of
               State-Government
               ,
               to
               second
               her
               Rules
               in
               a
               serious
               imitation
               .
            
             
               Thus
               have
               you
               heard
               how
               this
               Vertue
               ,
               which
               our
               Philosophers
               have
               resembled
               to
               the
               
                 Evening
                 Starre
              
               for
               beauty
               ;
               hath
               beene
               so
               carefully
               observed
               ,
               and
               constantly
               preserved
               by
               women
               :
               as
               they
               addressed
               their
               endevours
               to
               no
               Object
               more
               seriously
               ,
               than
               how
               they
               might
               improve
               her
               glory
               .
               Let
               us
               now
               then
               see
               what
               they
               did
               in
               honour
               of
               Temperance
               ;
               a
               Vertue
               which
               seasoneth
               and
               relisheth
               the
               rest
               with
               her
               presence
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               TEMPERANCE
               .
            
             
               
               EXTREAMES
               are
               those
               Shelves
               on
               which
               Vertue
               suffers
               .
               Livia
               dispatch't
               her
               husband
               ,
               because
               she
               loved
               too
               little
               ;
               Lucilia
               ,
               hers
               ,
               because
               she
               loved
               too
               much
               .
               But
               that
               noble
               Lady
               observed
               a
               faire
               and
               equall
               temper
               betwixt
               both
               these
               :
               when
               she
               proposed
               this
               Conjugall
               Rule
               unto
               her selfe
               :
               
                 As
                 I
                 made
                 a
                 Contract
                 with
                 mine
                 heart
                 not
                 to
                 change
                 ,
                 where
                 I
                 made
                 my
                 choyce
                 :
                 so
                 I
                 resolve
                 to
                 retaine
                 that
                 command
                 over
                 my
                 affections
                 ;
                 as
                 neither
                 my
                 too
                 much
                 loving
                 him
                 ,
                 shall
                 feed
                 in
                 mee
                 jealousy
                 :
                 nor
                 my
                 too
                 much
                 coolenesse
                 beget
                 in
                 him
                 a
                 conceipt
                 of
                 my
                 inconstancy
                 .
              
               This
               Vertue
               fixeth
               mainely
               upon
               three
               Objects
               ;
               the
               Irascible
               ,
               when
               Passion
               labours
               to
               soveraignize
               over
               Reason
               .
               The
               Concupiscible
               ,
               when
               outward
               Motives
               produce
               in
               those
               divine
               Organs
               of
               the
               soule
               ,
               some
               discord
               or
               distraction
               .
               The
               Intelligible
               ,
               when
               the
               light
               of
               the
               understanding
               becomes
               darkened
               ,
               by
               some
               light
               Object
               of
               Vanity
               interposed
               .
               For
               as
               the
               Eclypse
               of
               the
               Sunne
               is
               occasioned
               by
               the
               interposition
               of
               the
               Moone
               ;
               So
               is
               the
               Light
               of
               the
               Soule
               Eclypsed
               
               (
               in
               resemblance
               of
               the
               Moone
               )
               by
               the
               interposition
               of
               the
               Earth
               .
            
             
               For
               as
               the
               Moone
               doth
               never
               Eclypse
               but
               when
               she
               is
               at
               the
               Full
               :
               so
               the
               Mind
               is
               never
               so
               much
               obscured
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               with
               the
               superfluity
               of
               riches
               .
               And
               againe
               ,
               as
               the
               Moone
               is
               the
               furthest
               off
               from
               the
               Sunne
               which
               giveth
               it
               light
               ,
               when
               it
               is
               at
               the
               Full
               :
               So
               a
               Man
               when
               he
               is
               fullest
               of
               Riches
               ,
               is
               furthest
               off
               from
               that
               equity
               and
               justice
               ,
               which
               ought
               to
               give
               him
               light
               ,
               in
               all
               his
               proceedings
               .
            
             
               For
               the
               first
               ;
               The
               Saying
               of
               Archytas
               is
               much
               commended
               (
               nor
               deserves
               it
               lesse
               than
               to
               be
               highly
               approved
               )
               who
               being
               angry
               with
               one
               of
               his
               Hindes
               ,
               said
               :
               
                 O
                 how
                 would
                 I
                 have
                 beaten
                 thee
                 ,
                 had
                 I
                 not
                 beene
                 angry
                 with
                 thee
                 !
              
            
             
               The
               like
               commendations
               deserves
               that
               well
               composed
               temper
               of
               that
               Sage
               Chilo
               ;
               who
               observing
               his
               Brother
               to
               be
               discontented
               ,
               for
               being
               rejected
               in
               standing
               for
               Ephorus
               ,
               and
               himselfe
               elected
               :
               wished
               his
               Brother
               not
               to
               take
               his
               repulse
               impatiently
               :
               
                 for
                 I
                 must
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 said
                 he
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 were
                 altogether
                 unfit
                 for
                 the
                 place
                 :
                 seeing
                 ,
                 your
                 high-unbounded
                 Spirit
                 cannot
                 bea●e
                 the
                 height
                 or
                 burden
                 of
                 an
                 injury
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 can
                 .
              
            
             
               Nor
               was
               that
               Noble
               Ladyes
               temper
               to
               be
               lesse
               admired
               ;
               who
               professed
               in
               a
               place
               
               where
               her
               innocency
               had
               borne
               more
               than
               humane
               patience
               could
               well
               suffer
               :
               
                 I
                 have
                 learned
                 ,
                 quoth
                 she
                 ,
                 how
                 to
                 suffer
                 ,
                 but
                 never
                 to
                 suffer
                 my selfe
                 to
                 give
                 way
                 to
                 anger
                 .
              
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               for
               the
               
                 Concupiscible
                 part
              
               ;
               that
               Lady
               ,
               though
               an
               Ethnick
               ;
               had
               beene
               fruitfully
               Schooled
               in
               Morality
               ,
               by
               confining
               her
               desires
               to
               bounds
               of
               such
               equality
               ;
               who
               with
               much
               confidence
               affirmed
               :
               
                 I
                 have
                 made
                 a
                 constant
                 League
                 with
                 mine
                 eyes
                 ,
                 never
                 to
                 fixe
                 on
                 that
                 Object
                 ,
                 with
                 desire
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 may
                 not
                 with
                 Lawfulnesse
                 enjoy
                 .
              
            
             
               Armenia
               ,
               a
               noble
               Lady
               ,
               being
               bidden
               amongst
               other
               eminent
               personages
               ,
               to
               King
               Cyrus
               Wedding
               ,
               went
               thither
               with
               her
               husband
               .
               At
               night
               when
               they
               were
               returned
               home
               ,
               her
               husband
               asked
               her
               ,
               how
               shee
               liked
               the
               Bridegroome
               ;
               whether
               shee
               thought
               him
               to
               be
               a
               faire
               and
               beautifull
               Prince
               or
               no
               ?
               
                 Truth
                 ,
                 sayes
                 she
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 :
                 for
                 all
                 the
                 while
                 I
                 was
                 forth
                 ,
                 I
                 cast
                 mine
                 eyes
                 upon
                 none
                 other
                 ,
                 but
                 upon
                 thy selfe
                 .
              
            
             
               So
               well
               had
               she
               limited
               her
               affections
               ;
               as
               she
               would
               not
               suffer
               her
               eyes
               to
               wander
               :
               nor
               to
               be
               deluded
               with
               the
               glances
               of
               an
               unlawfull
               Lover
               .
               For
               eyes
               are
               those
               Tarpeja's
               ,
               or
               privy
               Conspirators
               ,
               which
               lay
               the
               Fortresse
               of
               the
               Soule
               most
               open
               to
               advantage
               .
               
               Nor
               would
               the
               Heart
               give
               way
               to
               an
               unjust
               Love
               ,
               if
               a
               leering
               eye
               threw
               not
               out
               first
               a
               Lure
               .
               For
               this
               end
               h
               'as
               that
               wise
               Creator
               made
               it
               a
               Sense
               of
               Sorrowing
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               a
               Sense
               of
               Sinning
               .
               That
               a
               Conduit
               of
               teares
               ,
               might
               better
               rinse
               that
               kennell
               from
               whence
               the
               occasion
               sprung
               .
            
             
               Nor
               have
               these
               
                 Feminine
                 Wonders
              
               exprest
               lesse
               command
               over
               their
               desires
               in
               contempt
               of
               honour
               (
               an
               attractive
               bait
               to
               that
               Sexe
               )
               in
               their
               dis-esteeme
               of
               riches
               ,
               or
               pompe
               in
               apparrell
               ;
               dangerous
               Motives
               to
               unsetled
               Soules
               .
               Where
               you
               shall
               finde
               one
               so
               respect
               lesse
               of
               Honour
               ;
               as
               being
               offer'd
               her
               ,
               she
               findes
               this
               answer
               to
               her
               amorous
               besieger
               :
               
                 I
                 have
                 ever
                 preferred
                 the
                 honour
                 ,
                 which
                 a
                 pretious
                 fame
                 bestowes
                 on
                 me
                 ,
                 before
                 that
                 painted
                 adulterate
                 honour
                 which
                 any
                 wanton
                 favorite
                 of
                 the
                 time
                 can
                 purchase
                 me
                 .
              
            
             
               Here
               shall
               you
               finde
               an
               other
               so
               indifferent
               for
               Fortunes
               ;
               as
               her
               attestation
               is
               this
               :
               
                 No
                 poverty
                 can
                 amate
                 me
                 ,
                 so
                 I
                 enjoy
                 my selfe
                 :
                 They
                 cannot
                 but
                 have
                 sufficient
                 ,
                 who
                 are
                 sufficient
                 to
                 themselves
                 :
                 Whatsoever
                 is
                 without
                 us
                 ,
                 should
                 not
                 transport
                 us
                 too
                 much
                 by
                 enjoying
                 :
                 Nor
                 deject
                 us
                 too
                 much
                 in
                 the
                 losing
                 :
                 No
                 true
                 State
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 inward
                 Store
                 .
              
            
             
               What
               excellent
               Rules
               were
               these
               to
               mould
               the
               mind
               to
               every
               condition
               ,
               according
               
               to
               that
               philosophicall
               Maxime
               :
               
                 Learne
                 in
                 prosperity
                 to
                 be
                 silent
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 transported
                 ;
                 in
                 adversity
                 to
                 be
                 patient
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 dejected
                 ;
                 in
                 neither
                 to
                 be
                 discontented
                 ;
                 in
                 both
                 ,
                 discreetly
                 and
                 philosophically
                 affected
                 .
              
            
             
               Here
               shall
               you
               likewise
               finde
               an
               other
               so
               humbly
               minded
               ;
               for
               outward
               Habit
               so
               indifferent
               :
               as
               she
               professeth
               ;
               
                 No
                 Habit
                 can
                 beseeme
                 beauty
                 ,
                 but
                 what
                 suites
                 with
                 decency
                 .
              
               This
               might
               be
               instanced
               in
               those
               Vertuous
               Votaresses
               ,
               who
               were
               so
               little
               taken
               with
               any
               outward
               weare
               :
               as
               they
               hated
               nothing
               more
               than
               such
               light
               phantastik
               attyres
               ,
               which
               lay
               baits
               for
               others
               eyes
               .
               Modesty
               they
               onely
               affected
               both
               in
               behaviour
               and
               dresse
               :
               which
               begot
               them
               more
               honour
               ,
               though
               lesse
               opinion
               in
               the
               eye
               of
               lightnesse
               .
            
             
               
                 That
                 Habit
                 ,
                 said
                 the
                 Roman
                 Citizen
                 to
                 his
              
               
                 Wife
                 ,
                 doth
                 well
                 become
                 thee
                 :
              
               
                 Trust
                 me
                 ,
                 quoth
                 she
                 ,
                 I
                 did
                 not
                 hold
                 it
                 so
                 ,
              
               
                 till
                 I
                 heard
                 it
                 from
                 thee
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               ,
               whereas
               this
               Subject
               of
               Temperance
               ,
               whereof
               we
               now
               treate
               ,
               is
               most
               expressed
               in
               abstaining
               from
               luscious
               fare
               ,
               pretious
               liquors
               ,
               amber-broaths
               ;
               with
               other
               foments
               of
               sensuall
               delight
               ,
               wee
               shall
               finde
               what
               rare
               and
               incredible
               austerity
               many
               
               noble
               Dames
               used
               in
               their
               practise
               of
               that
               restraint
               .
               Where
               some
               became
               so
               abstemious
               in
               that
               kind
               ,
               as
               they
               observed
               Lessius
               Diet
               :
               in
               proportioning
               themselves
               such
               a
               weight
               or
               measure
               ,
               as
               might
               sparingly
               suffice
               but
               never
               surcharge
               Nature
               .
            
             
               Farre
               short
               of
               this
               Temperature
               came
               ,
               indeed
               ,
               the
               Wife
               of
               
                 Domenico
                 ●ylvio
              
               ;
               whom
               our
               Italians
               report
               to
               have
               beene
               so
               delicate
               a
               Woman
               ,
               that
               she
               would
               have
               dew
               gath'red
               ,
               and
               in
               precious
               vialls
               conserved
               ,
               to
               imbath
               her selfe
               withall
               ,
               with
               other
               rich
               perfumes
               and
               choyce
               confections
               :
               and
               yet
               see
               the
               end
               of
               all
               these
               delicacies
               !
               e're
               she
               dyed
               ,
               her
               flesh
               did
               rotte
               ,
               that
               no
               creature
               could
               abide
               her
               :
               so
               much
               had
               loose
               effeminacy
               corrupted
               Nature
               .
            
             
               For
               this
               one
               ,
               this
               exemplary
               enormious
               One
               ,
               I
               could
               instance
               many
               of
               her
               Sexe
               ,
               whose
               noble
               mindes
               were
               so
               farre
               aliened
               from
               such
               delicacy
               ,
               as
               they
               would
               hardly
               suffer
               themselves
               to
               be
               invited
               to
               any
               Publicke
               Feast
               ,
               least
               they
               might
               occasion
               others
               censure
               by
               their
               abstinence
               .
               Others
               in
               a
               retyred
               privacy
               ,
               (
               too
               monastick
               a
               course
               for
               our
               Gentry
               ,
               whose
               education
               hath
               begot
               in
               them
               more
               desire
               of
               liberty
               )
               have
               embraced
               reclusive
               lifes
               ;
               contenting
               themselves
               with
               such
               homely
               provision
               as
               that
               remote
               Place
               or
               Desart
               could
               afford
               them
               ,
               where
               they
               had
               taken
               their
               Plantation
               .
            
             
             
               The
               Romans
               ,
               indeed
               ,
               even
               at
               this
               day
               ▪
               make
               Recluses
               of
               their
               owne
               Houses
               ;
               and
               whether
               out
               of
               jealousy
               or
               some
               other
               innate
               quality
               ,
               will
               not
               suffer
               their
               Wifes
               to
               go
               abroad
               ,
               either
               to
               Church
               or
               any
               place
               else
               ,
               and
               some
               of
               them
               scarcely
               to
               looke
               out
               at
               a
               Lattice
               Window
               ;
               whence
               that
               Proverbe
               came
               up
               :
               
                 
                   
                     In
                     Roma
                     vale
                     piu
                     la
                     Putana
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Che
                     la
                     moglie
                     Romana
                     :
                  
                
                 
                   
                     In
                     Rome
                     the
                     Harlot
                     hath
                     a
                     better
                     life
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Than
                     she
                     that
                     is
                     an
                     honest
                     Romans
                     wife
                     .
                  
                
              
               Nor
               was
               antient
               Rome
               lesse
               cautious
               of
               preserving
               the
               modesty
               of
               her
               Women
               :
               by
               preventing
               the
               use
               of
               that
               which
               most
               indangers
               Temperance
               ;
               whence
               came
               up
               that
               Custome
               ,
               for
               kinsmen
               to
               kisse
               their
               kinswomen
               ,
               to
               know
               whether
               they
               had
               drunke
               wine
               or
               no
               ;
               and
               if
               they
               had
               ,
               to
               be
               punished
               by
               death
               ,
               or
               banished
               into
               some
               Island
               .
               Nor
               was
               there
               any
               respect
               or
               restriction
               ,
               if
               we
               may
               credit
               the
               testimony
               of
               Plutarch
               ;
               who
               saith
               ,
               that
               if
               the
               Matrons
               had
               any
               necessity
               to
               drinke
               wine
               ,
               either
               because
               they
               were
               sick
               or
               weake
               ,
               the
               Senate
               was
               to
               give
               them
               licence
               ,
               neither
               were
               they
               permitted
               within
               Rome
               to
               have
               that
               liberty
               ;
               but
               out
               of
               the
               City
               .
            
             
             
               This
               restraint
               those
               Noble
               temperate
               Ladies
               little
               needed
               ,
               who
               held
               it
               an
               high
               derogation
               to
               their
               honour
               ,
               to
               consort
               with
               any
               wine-bibber
               :
               or
               such
               ,
               whose
               liberty
               had
               made
               them
               subject
               to
               any
               such
               ingenerous
               distemper
               .
               Excellent
               to
               this
               purpose
               was
               her
               saying
               :
               
                 She
                 knowes
                 not
                 the
                 true
                 estimate
                 of
                 her
                 honour
                 ,
                 who
                 dare
                 expose
                 it
                 to
                 danger
                 .
              
               Nor
               was
               her
               Resolution
               lesse
               usefull
               ,
               though
               ,
               perhaps
               ,
               too
               generall
               ;
               who
               hearing
               her
               Waiting-Maid
               to
               be
               distemper'd
               with
               liquor
               :
               
                 
                   Waiting
                   woman
                
                 ,
                 quoth
                 she
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 call
                 her
                 ;
                 Maid
                 you
                 cannot
                 ,
                 being
                 subject
                 to
                 such
                 distemper
                 .
              
            
             
               In
               a
               word
               ,
               heare
               what
               those
               brave
               Roman
               Ladies
               held
               of
               Temperance
               :
               
                 We
                 had
                 rather
                 ,
                 said
                 they
                 ,
                 suffer
                 the
                 extreamest
                 assaults
                 or
                 braves
                 of
                 Fortune
                 ,
                 than
                 lose
                 the
                 least
                 graine
                 of
                 Patience
                 by
                 giving
                 way
                 to
                 Passion
                 .
              
               A
               deserving
               Memoriall
               !
               which
               carefully
               reteined
               ,
               may
               regulate
               in
               us
               those
               straying
               affections
               which
               usually
               distract
               the
               mind
               ;
               enfeeble
               the
               spirit
               ;
               and
               make
               the
               
                 noblest
                 Creature
              
               by
               this
               ignoble
               servitude
               ,
               more
               savage
               than
               any
               other
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               for
               the
               
                 Intelligible
                 part
              
               ;
               what
               quicknesse
               and
               pregnancy
               of
               conceipt
               hath
               appeared
               in
               women
               ,
               may
               be
               collected
               by
               their
               ready
               Answers
               ;
               and
               upon
               more
               deliberation
               ,
               their
               weight
               of
               reasons
               :
               whereof
               
               I
               shall
               here
               in
               this
               place
               speake
               but
               little
               :
               having
               occasion
               to
               treate
               more
               amply
               of
               this
               Subject
               ,
               in
               that
               Section
               wherein
               I
               am
               to
               speake
               of
               their
               
                 Witty
                 Aphorismes
              
               ,
               which
               long
               preceding
               times
               have
               recommended
               to
               Posterity
               .
               Where
               you
               shall
               finde
               such
               a
               complete
               Structure
               both
               for
               height
               of
               wit
               and
               depth
               of
               understanding
               ;
               that
               as
               Cicero
               sometimes
               said
               of
               Galba's
               leaden
               and
               lumpish
               Body
               :
               
                 His
                 wit
                 had
                 an
                 ill
                 lodging
                 .
              
               So
               without
               offence
               might
               it
               be
               spoken
               of
               those
               in
               respect
               of
               the
               weakenesse
               of
               their
               Sexe
               :
               
                 They
                 had
                 rich
                 stuffe
                 for
                 such
                 weake
                 houses
                 .
              
               So
               preciously
               were
               they
               stored
               ;
               so
               richly
               beautified
               ;
               so
               completely
               furnished
               with
               all
               intellectuall
               graces
               ,
               as
               shall
               appeare
               in
               his
               due
               place
               .
               And
               so
               we
               will
               descend
               to
               the
               last
               of
               our
               
                 Cardinall
                 Vertues
              
               :
               Even
               that
               which
               may
               seeme
               most
               estranged
               from
               their
               Nature
               ;
               yet
               through
               the
               strength
               and
               vigour
               of
               their
               spirit
               ,
               enlivened
               in
               the
               highest
               measure
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               FORTITUDE
               .
            
             
               SOME
               will
               merrily
               say
               ,
               
               We
               like
               not
               well
               that
               you
               should
               commend
               Fortitude
               in
               a
               Woman
               .
               We
               have
               Zantippe's
               enough
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               who
               can
               breake
               the
               pate
               of
               a
               Philosopher
               ,
               without
               ever
               studying
               for
               a
               Plaister
               .
               Their
               strength
               and
               spirit
               should
               consist
               in
               Tongue
               :
               for
               them
               to
               be
               provided
               of
               any
               other
               armour
               ,
               was
               never
               so
               much
               as
               intended
               by
               Nature
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               true
               ;
               Nor
               is
               it
               our
               purpose
               to
               present
               them
               here
               playing
               their
               Prizes
               :
               but
               to
               expresse
               their
               resolutions
               in
               time
               of
               danger
               ,
               wherein
               they
               came
               ever
               off
               with
               their
               Countreys
               safety
               and
               their
               owne
               honour
               .
            
             
               
                 Though
                 my
                 Sexe
                 proclaime
                 me
                 weake
                 ,
                 said
                 that
                 Noble
                 Matron
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 a
                 spirit
                 in
                 me
                 can
                 supply
                 that
                 want
                 .
              
               Yet
               should
               the
               rigidst
               Censor
               be
               more
               charitably
               perswaded
               ,
               than
               to
               thinke
               that
               she
               would
               imploy
               this
               noble
               spirit
               of
               hers
               in
               trying
               mastery
               with
               him
               to
               whom
               she
               was
               to
               acknowledge
               a
               superiority
               .
            
             
               Epicharia
               ,
               that
               famous
               Libertine
               of
               Rome
               ,
               though
               she
               complyed
               well
               enough
               with
               her
               Husband
               ;
               expressing
               that
               obedience
               ,
               
               which
               became
               a
               loyall
               Wife
               ,
               patient
               in
               suffering
               ;
               meeke
               in
               remitting
               ;
               kinde
               and
               loving
               in
               all
               offices
               of
               affection
               ;
               yet
               made
               privy
               to
               a
               Conspiracy
               against
               Nero
               (
               that
               prodigy
               of
               Princes
               )
               would
               not
               disclose
               the
               Plotters
               thereof
               ,
               though
               tormented
               with
               cruell
               punishments
               .
               She
               chused
               rather
               to
               suffer
               the
               exquisitest
               torments
               that
               could
               be
               invented
               by
               the
               hand
               of
               Cruelty
               ,
               than
               to
               discover
               them
               who
               labour'd
               to
               suppresse
               his
               tyranny
               .
            
             
               Leaena
               ,
               though
               a
               Prostitute
               ,
               was
               indued
               with
               a
               brave
               spirit
               ,
               who
               conspiring
               with
               Armodius
               and
               Aristogiton
               ,
               her
               familiar
               acquaintants
               ,
               against
               the
               Tyrant
               Hippeas
               ,
               stood
               not
               agast
               at
               the
               death
               of
               her
               Friends
               (
               though
               torne
               with
               extreamest
               torments
               )
               but
               holding
               it
               basenesse
               to
               reveale
               the
               Complices
               ,
               bitte
               in
               sunder
               her
               owne
               tongue
               ,
               and
               spit
               it
               out
               in
               the
               Tyrants
               face
               .
            
             
               But
               you
               will
               say
               ,
               these
               were
               too
               fierce
               and
               furious
               spirits
               to
               be
               inclosed
               in
               effeminate
               Caskes
               ;
               we
               will
               therefore
               give
               you
               a
               touch
               of
               such
               ,
               whose
               moderate
               and
               well-tempered
               dispositions
               exprest
               their
               worth
               ,
               even
               in
               a
               princely
               command
               of
               their
               desires
               in
               outward
               things
               :
               scorning
               to
               lament
               for
               losing
               what
               they
               could
               no
               longer
               possesse
               :
               yea
               ,
               so
               little
               joy
               conceiv'd
               these
               on
               Earth
               ,
               as
               they
               equally
               rejoyc'd
               in
               forgoing
               or
               enjoying
               whatsoever
               they
               possest
               on
               Earth
               .
            
             
             
               It
               was
               a
               faire
               and
               imitable
               resolution
               of
               that
               well-affected
               Gentlewoman
               :
               
                 The
                 extremity
                 of
                 Fortune
                 I
                 shall
                 little
                 feare
                 ,
                 seeing
                 the
                 worst
                 she
                 can
                 doe
                 me
                 ,
                 cannot
                 make
                 me
                 base
                 .
              
            
             
               Nay
               ,
               even
               in
               the
               deprivall
               of
               those
               blessings
               which
               more
               nearely
               concerne
               them
               ;
               and
               such
               as
               should
               touch
               Nature
               even
               in
               her
               bowels
               :
               have
               some
               of
               them
               showne
               such
               constancy
               of
               spirit
               ,
               as
               they
               were
               ready
               to
               minister
               advice
               and
               comfort
               to
               those
               ,
               who
               in
               respect
               of
               their
               Sexe
               and
               Place
               whereto
               they
               were
               called
               ,
               might
               more
               properly
               have
               seem'd
               to
               performe
               that
               office
               to
               them
               .
               This
               might
               be
               illustrated
               by
               a
               domestick
               instance
               of
               our
               owne
               .
               A
               person
               of
               high
               quality
               and
               ranke
               ,
               no
               lesse
               than
               a
               Counsellour
               of
               State
               ,
               hearing
               the
               report
               of
               the
               death
               of
               his
               Sonne
               ,
               fell
               into
               such
               a
               passionate
               overflow
               of
               sorrowing
               ,
               as
               he
               would
               scarce
               admit
               any
               one
               for
               the
               present
               to
               have
               accesse
               unto
               him
               ,
               or
               to
               minister
               any
               arguments
               of
               comfort
               to
               him
               :
               This
               his
               discreet
               Lady
               well
               observing
               ,
               thought
               it
               best
               to
               supply
               that
               Office
               her selfe
               ,
               which
               others
               had
               so
               fruitlesly
               laboured
               to
               put
               in
               practise
               :
               So
               as
               one
               day
               ,
               she
               begun
               thus
               to
               expostulate
               the
               grounds
               of
               his
               sorrowing
               in
               this
               manner
               .
               
                 Good
                 Lord
                 ,
                 Sir
                 ,
                 ha's
                 your
                 wisdome
                 so
                 much
                 forgot
                 it selfe
                 ,
                 as
                 not
                 to
                 reserve
                 one
                 minute
                 for
                 recollecting
                 your
                 dispersed
                 
                 thoughts
                 ?
                 Are
                 all
                 these
                 teares
                 for
                 the
                 losse
                 of
                 a
                 Child
                 ?
                 Me
                 thinkes
                 ,
                 my
                 portion
                 should
                 be
                 as
                 great
                 in
                 that
                 losse
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 I
                 fall
                 off
                 from
                 the
                 proportion
                 of
                 a
                 motherly
                 love
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 conceive
                 ,
                 Sir
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 no
                 doubt
                 ,
                 your
                 Wisdome
                 will
                 see
                 into
                 ;
                 That
                 as
                 we
                 first
                 received
                 him
                 ,
                 so
                 we
                 have
                 but
                 render'd
                 him
                 backe
                 to
                 him
                 from
                 whom
                 we
                 had
                 him
                 .
                 Againe
                 ,
                 Sir
                 ,
                 should
                 you
                 but
                 consider
                 how
                 ill
                 these
                 teares
                 would
                 beseeme
                 you
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 State
                 should
                 looke
                 on
                 you
                 :
                 you
                 would
                 soone
                 take
                 truce
                 with
                 your
                 eyes
                 ,
                 and
                 teach
                 them
                 not
                 to
                 darken
                 that
                 Light
                 ,
                 which
                 should
                 imploy
                 it selfe
                 in
                 direction
                 of
                 the
                 State.
                 Who
                 knowes
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 our
                 childs
                 death
                 now
                 in
                 his
                 prime
                 ,
                 prevented
                 him
                 from
                 seeing
                 and
                 suffering
                 many
                 miseries
                 in
                 his
                 time
                 ?
                 The
                 sewer
                 his
                 yeares
                 ,
                 the
                 fewer
                 his
                 teares
                 .
                 Let
                 us
                 then
                 with
                 patience
                 recommend
                 him
                 to
                 him
                 who
                 first
                 gave
                 us
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 now
                 ha's
                 taken
                 him
                 :
                 lest
                 through
                 impatience
                 we
                 offend
                 his
                 Majesty
                 ;
                 who
                 if
                 he
                 chastice
                 us
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 but
                 justice
                 :
                 and
                 if
                 he
                 spare
                 us
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 his
                 mercy
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               this
               Fortitude
               ,
               which
               we
               here
               treat
               of
               ,
               consists
               most
               ,
               in
               respect
               of
               the
               Subject
               we
               now
               handle
               ,
               in
               a
               Constancy
               of
               reteyning
               what
               is
               privately
               committed
               to
               them
               ;
               next
               ,
               in
               opposing
               whatsoever
               relisheth
               most
               with
               their
               affections
               .
               Truth
               is
               ,
               though
               some
               too
               
               Satyrically
               compared
               a
               Woman
               to
               
                 Danäus
                 tubbe
              
               ;
               fitting
               her
               with
               no
               better
               Embleme
               ;
               but
               as
               that
               Tubbe
               could
               hold
               no
               water
               ,
               no
               more
               could
               she
               reteine
               long
               undiscovered
               any
               secret
               or
               counsell
               committed
               to
               her
               :
               yet
               may
               some
               of
               them
               ,
               the
               worse
               sort
               I
               meane
               ,
               be
               properly
               compared
               to
               Sieves
               ,
               who
               let
               goe
               the
               best
               ,
               but
               keepe
               the
               worst
               :
               as
               the
               better
               sort
               may
               be
               resembled
               to
               Fanns
               ,
               which
               let
               go
               the
               worst
               ,
               and
               keepe
               the
               best
               .
            
             
               There
               are
               many
               chattering
               Iayes
               ,
               that
               have
               no
               feathers
               :
               who
               cannot
               heare
               of
               a
               Storme
               ,
               but
               they
               must
               make
               the
               whole
               Forrest
               knowne
               to
               't
               .
               It
               is
               said
               of
               Geese
               (
               Birds
               ,
               whose
               very
               appellations
               designe
               their
               simplicity
               )
               that
               when
               at
               change
               of
               seasons
               ,
               they
               passe
               from
               Cilicia
               over
               the
               Mountaine
               Taurus
               ,
               which
               abounds
               with
               Eagles
               :
               fearing
               their
               owne
               Secrecy
               ,
               they
               carry
               Stones
               in
               their
               bils
               ,
               for
               feare
               their
               cry
               should
               discover
               them
               to
               their
               Enemies
               .
               Reason
               ,
               whose
               portion
               is
               our
               beauty
               ,
               and
               whose
               gift
               our
               Makers
               bounty
               ,
               should
               teach
               us
               that
               ,
               which
               Nature
               hath
               instructed
               them
               ;
               lest
               by
               declining
               from
               the
               rule
               of
               Reason
               ,
               we
               become
               inferiour
               to
               them
               who
               never
               had
               the
               use
               of
               Reason
               .
               For
               there
               is
               nothing
               which
               so
               highly
               disparageth
               a
               reasonable
               Creature
               ,
               as
               by
               too
               prodigall
               a
               discovery
               of
               himselfe
               ,
               to
               lay
               himselfe
               open
               to
               the
               trust
               of
               an
               other
               .
               So
               as
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               positively
               averred
               ;
               There
               
               is
               nothing
               that
               betrayeth
               a
               man
               so
               much
               to
               ruine
               as
               his
               owne
               credulity
               .
               Had
               that
               strongest
               of
               men
               seasonably
               foreseene
               this
               ,
               he
               had
               never
               beene
               betrayed
               by
               a
               Dalilah
               .
               Yet
               have
               I
               heard
               some
               ,
               and
               those
               cautious
               enough
               in
               other
               affaires
               ,
               lay
               downe
               this
               for
               a
               Conclusion
               :
               That
               they
               would
               never
               entrust
               them
               with
               their
               bodies
               ,
               to
               whom
               they
               durst
               not
               communicate
               their
               Counsels
               .
               Which
               can
               hardly
               be
               without
               danger
               :
               but
               being
               an
               
                 Error
                 of
                 Love
              
               ,
               and
               no
               
                 Love
                 of
                 Error
              
               ,
               deserves
               a
               milder
               Censure
               .
               An
               alluring
               she-Gossip
               is
               a
               perilous
               Jngle
               to
               siftout
               a
               Secret
               :
               and
               a
               rare
               constant
               Spirit
               ha's
               she
               ,
               who
               amidst
               freedome
               of
               mirth
               ,
               reteines
               a
               power
               in
               her selfe
               to
               conceale
               it
               .
               Nor
               (
               indeed
               )
               can
               such
               merit
               ought
               lesse
               than
               sharpe
               reproofe
               ,
               who
               with
               the
               abuse
               of
               a
               minutes
               liberty
               ,
               to
               ingage
               a
               strange
               eare
               to
               their
               attention
               ,
               will
               expose
               the
               Secrets
               of
               so
               deare
               and
               near
               a
               Consort
               to
               Censure
               and
               Detraction
               .
            
             
               Dionysius
               gave
               straight
               commandment
               ,
               the
               head
               of
               Bryas
               ,
               one
               of
               the
               Gentlemen
               of
               his
               privy
               Chamber
               ,
               should
               bee
               cut
               off
               ,
               for
               telling
               Plato
               ,
               who
               had
               demanded
               of
               him
               ,
               what
               the
               Tyrant
               did
               ,
               
                 That
                 he
                 had
                 stripped
                 himselfe
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 heat
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 painting
                 in
                 a
                 Table
                 :
              
               So
               tender
               were
               Princes
               of
               their
               actions
               ,
               even
               in
               affaires
               of
               indifferency
               :
               for
               had
               Dionysius
               beene
               never
               
               worse
               imployed
               ,
               his
               raigne
               had
               never
               incurred
               the
               title
               of
               Tyranny
               .
            
             
               Husbands
               ,
               who
               are
               Princes
               in
               their
               owne
               Families
               ,
               are
               to
               be
               strict
               Censors
               of
               Such
               ,
               who
               are
               apt
               to
               discover
               what
               they
               heare
               :
               and
               to
               inlarge
               it
               too
               ,
               in
               hope
               to
               gaine
               more
               atttention
               from
               an
               itching
               eare
               .
               Nor
               ,
               in
               very
               deed
               ,
               doe
               such
               men
               deserve
               lesse
               rebuke
               for
               their
               facility
               ,
               who
               so
               freely
               impart
               themselves
               to
               those
               ,
               bee
               they
               never
               so
               neare
               them
               ,
               nor
               seemingly
               tender
               over
               them
               ,
               who
               have
               no
               ability
               to
               conceale
               what
               in
               Counsell
               is
               committed
               to
               them
               .
               As
               we
               use
               then
               to
               try
               Vessels
               by
               their
               sounds
               ,
               so
               were
               it
               good
               for
               us
               to
               try
               before
               wee
               trust
               .
               For
               if
               Shee
               ,
               whom
               you
               have
               made
               choice
               of
               ,
               have
               such
               a
               retentive
               faculty
               ,
               as
               shee
               holds
               not
               her
               owne
               reputation
               at
               an
               higher
               estimate
               ,
               than
               your
               secrecy
               :
               As
               shee
               is
               your
               Bosome-friend
               ,
               so
               let
               her
               be
               your
               Secretary
               .
               For
               if
               that
               which
               you
               impart
               to
               her
               ,
               tend
               to
               your
               comfort
               ;
               her
               Communion
               will
               augment
               it
               .
               No
               single
               Instrument
               be
               it
               never
               so
               singular
               ,
               can
               render
               the
               eare
               so
               full
               Musicke
               ,
               as
               a
               Consort
               .
               Againe
               ;
               is
               it
               any
               occasion
               of
               discontent
               ?
               Her
               sweet
               society
               will
               allay
               it
               ;
               by
               cheering
               it
               ,
               if
               shee
               cannot
               cure
               it
               .
               Many
               such
               excellent
               Creatures
               shall
               wee
               finde
               in
               the
               world
               ;
               who
               affect
               nothing
               more
               than
               to
               share
               in
               their
               Husbands
               misfortunes
               .
               To
               bee
               most
               of
               all
               his
               ,
               
               when
               hee
               is
               least
               his
               owne
               ;
               Bearing
               the
               count'nance
               of
               his
               Fortunes
               in
               their
               face
               .
            
             
               And
               these
               bee
               they
               ,
               who
               well
               deserve
               to
               be
               retained
               in
               Counsell
               by
               their
               Husbands
               :
               because
               they
               preferre
               his
               Comfort
               before
               their
               owne
               ,
               or
               equally
               as
               their
               owne
               :
               and
               value
               his
               Secrecy
               as
               their
               owne
               Safety
               .
            
             
               As
               for
               others
               ,
               who
               are
               too
               open-hearted
               ,
               to
               have
               any
               thing
               in
               Counsell
               to
               them
               imparted
               :
               Let
               their
               Husbands
               imitate
               that
               discreet
               Grecian
               of
               former
               times
               ,
               who
               being
               told
               that
               his
               breath
               did
               smell
               ,
               answered
               ;
               
                 It
                 was
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 many
                 Secrets
                 ,
                 which
                 had
                 a
                 long
                 while
                 laine
                 rotting
                 and
                 putrifying
                 within
                 him
                 .
              
               And
               may
               they
               ever
               rot
               in
               them
               ,
               rather
               than
               communicate
               them
               to
               such
               
                 dead
                 flyes
              
               ,
               who
               will
               corrupt
               whole
               pots
               of
               the
               preciousest
               Ointments
               .
               Let
               their
               Bosoms
               (
               those
               divine
               Recluses
               of
               Secrets
               )
               bee
               like
               the
               Lions
               Denne
               in
               the
               Apologue
               ;
               towards
               the
               mouth
               whereof
               the
               prints
               and
               prickings
               of
               sundry
               sorts
               of
               Beasts
               might
               easily
               bee
               discerned
               ,
               but
               from
               thence
               none
               at
               all
               .
            
             
               Let
               them
               alwayes
               ,
               even
               in
               their
               Curtaine-conference
               ,
               talke
               with
               Harpocrates
               ,
               at
               the
               Signe
               of
               the
               finger
               on
               the
               Mouth
               :
               and
               learne
               of
               Anacharsis
               that
               the
               Tongue
               hath
               need
               of
               a
               more
               strong
               restraint
               than
               Nature
               .
               And
               that
               there
               is
               no
               greater
               argument
               of
               true
               Fortitude
               than
               to
               conceale
               
               from
               others
               what
               were
               fitting
               to
               be
               concealed
               ;
               and
               with
               a
               religious
               piety
               to
               reteine
               ,
               whatsoever
               is
               by
               others
               in
               secrecy
               recommended
               .
            
             
               Let
               them
               not
               be
               so
               curious
               with
               them
               of
               Bethshemesh
               ,
               
               in
               the
               search
               of
               other
               mens
               Secrets
               ;
               nor
               yet
               too
               carelesse
               with
               Hezekiah
               ,
               in
               the
               discovering
               of
               their
               owne
               .
               Morality
               gives
               them
               a
               prohibition
               for
               the
               One
               ,
               and
               a
               Precept
               for
               the
               Other
               :
               
                 
                   Seeke
                   not
                   to
                   others
                   Councels
                   to
                   bee
                   knowne
                   ;
                
                 
                   But
                   knowne
                   ,
                   conceale
                   them
                   as
                   they
                   were
                   thine
                   owne
                   .
                
              
            
             
               Now
               ,
               for
               the
               other
               particular
               ,
               consisting
               mainly
               in
               a
               strong
               and
               resolute
               Opposing
               whatsoever
               relisheth
               most
               with
               their
               affections
               :
               There
               is
               no
               point
               of
               Magnanimity
               of
               higher
               degree
               or
               nobler
               quality
               than
               this
               .
            
             
               Milo
               shewed
               not
               halfe
               so
               much
               strength
               in
               bearing
               a
               Bull
               ;
               as
               Stilpho
               did
               in
               bearing
               what
               most
               opposed
               his
               Will.
               
            
             
               That
               Wife
               of
               Bath
               ,
               upon
               whose
               Tale
               ,
               at
               the
               instancy
               of
               some
               peculiar
               Friends
               ,
               wee
               have
               by
               way
               of
               Comment
               ,
               lately
               annexed
               some
               Illustrations
               ,
               could
               tell
               you
               well
               enough
               ,
               what
               would
               please
               a
               Woman
               best
               .
               Now
               ,
               when
               that
               Will
               or
               soveraignty
               of
               Command
               receives
               her
               Countermand
               from
               Reason
               :
               so
               as
               the
               Course
               becomes
               diverted
               ,
               
               by
               declining
               from
               what
               the
               Party
               most
               affected
               :
               what
               a
               brave
               ●onquest
               is
               this
               ;
               and
               how
               well
               doe
               the
               Professors
               thereof
               deserve
               a
               vertuous
               esteeme
               ?
            
             
               She
               well
               expressed
               this
               in
               her selfe
               ,
               who
               though
               naturally
               jealous
               ,
               and
               (
               perchance
               )
               had
               sufficient
               Cause
               given
               her
               to
               bee
               so
               ,
               being
               in
               Company
               where
               shee
               heard
               at
               large
               of
               those
               joviall
               pranks
               of
               her
               Husband
               ,
               was
               so
               farre
               from
               inclining
               to
               passion
               ,
               or
               falling
               into
               any
               humour
               that
               might
               give
               them
               occasion
               of
               suspecting
               her
               jealousie
               ;
               answered
               :
               
                 Content
                 your selves
                 ,
                 I
                 doe
                 not
                 hold
                 my selfe
                 so
                 unworthy
                 of
                 his
                 love
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 have
                 the
                 least
                 Conceipt
                 that
                 hee
                 will
                 bee
                 kinde
                 with
                 any
                 other
                 .
              
            
             
               It
               were
               no
               lesse
               rare
               to
               observe
               some
               of
               our
               women
               ;
               who
               stand
               most
               affected
               to
               curious
               Apparell
               ;
               and
               to
               comply
               with
               the
               Fashions
               of
               the
               Age
               ;
               to
               decline
               wholly
               from
               that
               humour
               ;
               by
               affecting
               plainnesse
               :
               and
               with
               an
               entire
               distaste
               to
               all
               garish
               vanity
               ,
               to
               entertaine
               no
               other
               habit
               than
               what
               might
               best
               suit
               with
               the
               modesty
               of
               their
               sexe
               .
            
             
               Nor
               would
               I
               have
               this
               to
               proceed
               from
               sullennesse
               :
               as
               I
               have
               sometimes
               noted
               in
               a
               phantasticke
               Lady
               in
               this
               Kingdome
               :
               who
               in
               her
               private
               Chamber
               or
               Garden
               would
               accommodate
               her selfe
               like
               a
               complete
               Gallant
               :
               but
               if
               any
               Neighbouring
               Gentlewoman
               
               came
               to
               visit
               her
               ,
               shee
               would
               put
               on
               her
               meanest
               Apparell
               ,
               saying
               ;
               
                 Such
                 stuffe
                 was
                 good
                 enough
                 for
                 such
                 course
                 Guests
                 .
              
               No
               ;
               such
               Malevolee's
               are
               made
               to
               grinde
               and
               grate
               the
               hearts
               of
               their
               Husbands
               :
               by
               affecting
               nothing
               more
               than
               to
               crosse
               them
               most
               ,
               whom
               they
               are
               bound
               to
               oppose
               least
               .
            
             
               Those
               ,
               whom
               wee
               here
               propose
               for
               Patterns
               to
               imitate
               ;
               have
               set
               their
               rest
               on
               this
               resolution
               :
               Never
               to
               give
               way
               to
               their
               owne
               Wils
               :
               but
               if
               they
               desire
               liberty
               ;
               to
               curbe
               those
               straying
               desires
               with
               a
               convenient
               restraint
               :
               remembring
               ,
               how
               Dinah
               by
               gadding
               lost
               her
               honour
               .
            
             
               If
               Luscious
               Fare
               ;
               to
               moderate
               them
               by
               an
               imposed
               abstinence
               :
               holding
               Cleopatra's
               banketting
               an
               introduction
               to
               her
               wantoning
               .
               If
               entertaining
               of
               amorous
               servants
               ;
               to
               shut
               their
               doores
               from
               any
               such
               admittance
               ;
               knowing
               how
               that
               
                 Vestall
                 Virgin
              
               impeached
               her
               fame
               by
               too
               freely
               admitting
               and
               conversing
               with
               Crassus
               .
            
             
               Now
               ,
               this
               noble
               resistance
               is
               best
               exprest
               ,
               where
               opportunity
               is
               most
               frequent
               ,
               and
               the
               strength
               or
               vigour
               of
               nature
               most
               predominant
               .
               It
               was
               an
               ample
               addition
               to
               Penelope's
               honour
               ,
               to
               have
               an
               Husband
               so
               farre
               distanced
               from
               her
               ;
               to
               be
               encounter'd
               with
               such
               confluence
               of
               Suiters
               ;
               to
               live
               in
               the
               prime
               of
               her
               youth
               divided
               from
               her
               Mate
               ,
               
               and
               to
               preserve
               her
               fame
               so
               unblemished
               :
               as
               those
               who
               were
               most
               confident
               of
               her
               affection
               ,
               could
               never
               so
               much
               as
               justly
               boast
               of
               any
               favour
               received
               from
               her
               ,
               the
               giving
               or
               receiving
               whereof
               might
               trench
               upon
               her
               honour
               .
            
             
               Some
               women
               ,
               and
               those
               of
               noblest
               ranke
               ,
               have
               we
               heere
               had
               ;
               who
               not
               only
               declared
               to
               the
               world
               their
               true
               fortitude
               and
               vertuous
               resolution
               in
               the
               life
               's
               of
               their
               Husbands
               ;
               who
               in
               martiall
               affaires
               and
               other
               publicke
               services
               ,
               lived
               long
               time
               divided
               from
               them
               :
               but
               even
               after
               death
               ,
               retained
               such
               constant
               Memorials
               of
               them
               :
               that
               though
               they
               wanted
               their
               Persons
               ,
               they
               kept
               their
               Portratures
               ever
               neare
               them
               .
               Nor
               held
               they
               this
               sufficient
               ,
               unlesse
               by
               a
               perpetuall
               Widdowhood
               they
               had
               preserved
               their
               Names
               in
               them
               .
               Their
               roomes
               bore
               the
               habit
               of
               mourning
               ;
               Funerall
               Lamps
               were
               ever
               burning
               ;
               No
               musicall
               straine
               to
               delight
               the
               Eare
               ;
               No
               object
               of
               state
               to
               surprize
               the
               Eye
               .
               True
               Sorrow
               had
               there
               her
               Mansion
               :
               nor
               could
               they
               affect
               any
               other
               discourse
               than
               what
               to
               their
               Husbands
               actions
               held
               most
               relation
               .
               Each
               of
               these
               with
               good
               Cornelia
               could
               play
               the
               Mourner
               ,
               and
               breath
               out
               their
               passions
               in
               this
               manner
               :
               
               
                 
                   Pompey's
                   my
                   Husband
                   whereso'ere
                   he
                   bee
                   ,
                
                 
                   None
                   in
                   Cornelia
                   h'as
                   a
                   share
                   but
                   hee
                   .
                
              
            
             
               But
               to
               instance
               this
               resistance
               of
               Will
               in
               One
               for
               all
               .
               That
               discreet
               yong
               Gentlewoman
               deserv'd
               so
               well
               in
               this
               point
               ,
               as
               we
               cannot
               without
               injury
               to
               so
               meriting
               a
               Subject
               ,
               omit
               her
               .
               One
               ,
               for
               descent
               ranked
               with
               the
               best
               :
               of
               excellent
               naturall
               parts
               ,
               and
               those
               enriched
               with
               such
               gifs
               of
               Grace
               ,
               as
               very
               few
               equall'd
               her
               ,
               none
               surpass'd
               her
               .
            
             
               This
               Gentlewoman
               ,
               having
               received
               singular
               breeding
               ,
               and
               all
               liberty
               shee
               could
               possibly
               desire
               :
               Falling
               one
               day
               into
               a
               serious
               Consideration
               of
               her
               owne
               state
               ;
               debated
               the
               matter
               with
               her selfe
               in
               this
               manner
               .
               
                 I
                 have
                 thus
                 long
                 lived
                 ,
                 and
                 enjoyed
                 what
                 liberty
                 or
                 pleasure
                 I
                 desired
                 .
                 Young
                 I
                 am
                 in
                 yeares
                 :
                 yet
                 though
                 my
                 yeares
                 be
                 few
                 ,
                 many
                 are
                 mine
                 houres
                 of
                 fruitlesse
                 expence
                 .
                 Delicacy
                 I
                 affected
                 ,
                 and
                 none
                 ever
                 was
                 more
                 cockered
                 .
                 Publique
                 places
                 of
                 meeting
                 I
                 frequented
                 ;
                 and
                 from
                 these
                 have
                 I
                 ever
                 return'd
                 more
                 depraved
                 .
                 How
                 tedious
                 was
                 an
                 houre
                 imployed
                 in
                 devotion
                 ?
                 How
                 short
                 ,
                 bestowed
                 in
                 any
                 light
                 recreation
                 ?
                 How
                 many
                 Mornings
                 have
                 I
                 sacrific'd
                 to
                 my
                 Glasse
                 ?
                 With
                 what
                 winning
                 lookes
                 have
                 I
                 opened
                 my
                 
                 windowes
                 ;
                 while
                 the
                 Windowes
                 of
                 mine
                 owne
                 body
                 let
                 in
                 sinne
                 ?
                 With
                 what
                 Care
                 were
                 my
                 breasts
                 laid
                 out
                 ,
                 to
                 take
                 a
                 wandring
                 eye
                 ?
                 How
                 pleasantly
                 to
                 my
                 light
                 eare
                 sounded
                 any
                 amorous
                 discourse
                 ?
                 What
                 a
                 Wardroabe
                 of
                 vanities
                 had
                 I
                 in
                 store
                 to
                 catch
                 a
                 vaine
                 Passenger
                 ?
                 How
                 happy
                 were
                 I
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 could
                 but
                 finde
                 one
                 day
                 that
                 might
                 justifie
                 her
                 plea
                 for
                 that
                 dayes
                 employment
                 ?
                 Was
                 it
                 not
                 mine
                 highest
                 ambition
                 to
                 bee
                 impaled
                 with
                 multitude
                 of
                 Suiters
                 ?
                 Was
                 it
                 not
                 my
                 glory
                 to
                 triumph
                 in
                 their
                 repulse
                 :
                 and
                 to
                 supply
                 their
                 decrease
                 with
                 an
                 admittance
                 of
                 fresh
                 Servants
                 ?
                 Have
                 I
                 not
                 exprest
                 most
                 scorne
                 where
                 I
                 received
                 most
                 love
                 ?
                 Have
                 I
                 not
                 solaced
                 my selfe
                 with
                 their
                 sighs
                 :
                 and
                 highly
                 prided
                 my selfe
                 in
                 putting
                 on
                 a
                 Countenance
                 of
                 disdaine
                 ?
                 Was
                 there
                 any
                 dresse
                 so
                 fantasticke
                 ,
                 which
                 did
                 not
                 quickly
                 take
                 mee
                 ?
                 Did
                 any
                 habit
                 lesse
                 please
                 mee
                 ,
                 than
                 what
                 seem'd
                 most
                 gracefull
                 in
                 the
                 eye
                 of
                 modesty
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 What
                 rests
                 then
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 thou
                 redeeme
                 the
                 time
                 ?
                 Put
                 off
                 that
                 Habit
                 of
                 Lighnesse
                 which
                 thou
                 hast
                 so
                 long
                 affected
                 :
                 addresse
                 thy
                 thoughts
                 to
                 winne
                 nobler
                 Suiters
                 than
                 thou
                 hast
                 hitherto
                 desired
                 .
                 Thou
                 art
                 but
                 yet
                 in
                 thy
                 Prime
                 ;
                 deferre
                 not
                 one
                 houre
                 longer
                 from
                 rescuing
                 thine
                 honour
                 .
                 Blush
                 at
                 those
                 sensuall
                 
                 delights
                 which
                 have
                 so
                 long
                 tane
                 possession
                 of
                 thee
                 .
                 Let
                 it
                 bee
                 thy
                 greatest
                 scorne
                 to
                 blemish
                 thy
                 Soules
                 glory
                 ,
                 with
                 making
                 an
                 Idol
                 of
                 a
                 light
                 portion
                 of
                 earthly
                 beauty
                 .
                 And
                 though
                 thy
                 youth
                 will
                 hardly
                 admit
                 so
                 strange
                 an
                 over-ture
                 :
                 let
                 it
                 be
                 thy
                 Taske
                 to
                 prevent
                 occasion
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 subject
                 Sense
                 to
                 the
                 command
                 of
                 Reason
                 .
                 The
                 more
                 difficulty
                 which
                 attends
                 the
                 Taske
                 ,
                 the
                 more
                 glorious
                 shall
                 be
                 thy
                 victory
                 .
                 One
                 minute
                 is
                 too
                 long
                 ,
                 to
                 adjourne
                 such
                 a
                 purpose
                 :
                 Bid
                 adieu
                 then
                 to
                 thy
                 darling
                 pleasure
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 for
                 ever
                 :
                 so
                 maist
                 thou
                 enjoy
                 those
                 will
                 last
                 for
                 ever
                 .
              
            
             
               Nor
               was
               this
               Noble-femal
               Convert
               slower
               in
               performing
               than
               shee
               was
               in
               promising
               .
               For
               desiring
               a
               small
               portion
               from
               her
               Friends
               ,
               to
               support
               her
               with
               a
               Competency
               of
               livelyhood
               :
               with
               a
               constant
               resolution
               shee
               bad
               farewell
               to
               those
               mis-spending
               pleasures
               which
               she
               formerly
               so
               tenderly
               loved
               .
               embracing
               a
               private
               retired
               life
               ,
               where
               shee
               bestowed
               many
               precious
               houres
               in
               Devotion
               to
               her
               owne
               Comfort
               and
               others
               direction
               .
               A
               rare
               President
               in
               this
               Age
               ,
               for
               one
               in
               the
               very
               flower
               of
               her
               age
               ,
               to
               change
               the
               condition
               of
               light
               love
               ,
               with
               the
               profession
               of
               a
               strict
               life
               .
            
             
               Thus
               have
               wee
               made
               appeare
               unto
               you
               what
               excellent
               Professors
               ,
               and
               Practisers
               
               Women
               have
               beene
               in
               all
               these
               
                 imitable
                 Vertues
              
               ,
               with
               store
               of
               choyce
               Examples
               in
               each
               of
               them
               .
               From
               these
               wee
               are
               to
               descend
               to
               their
               
                 Moderation
                 of
                 Passion
              
               ,
               wherein
               ,
               as
               in
               all
               the
               rest
               ,
               wee
               intend
               to
               bee
               as
               briefe
               as
               may
               hold
               with
               the
               quality
               of
               the
               Subject
               whereof
               wee
               are
               to
               intreat
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             SECTION
             III.
             Their
             Moderation
             of
             Passion
             .
          
           
             TO
             vindicate
             their
             weake
             Sexe
             from
             what
             they
             are
             most
             taxed
             :
             and
             cleare
             them
             in
             the
             testimony
             of
             Opinion
             of
             that
             wherein
             they
             stand
             most
             censured
             ,
             might
             seeme
             to
             some
             supercilious
             Eye
             a
             taske
             of
             maine
             difficulty
             :
             And
             yet
             such
             a
             Province
             are
             we
             to
             enter
             ,
             and
             to
             accomplish
             (
             if
             our
             hopes
             faile
             us
             not
             )
             to
             their
             demeriting
             honour
             .
             Nor
             doe
             we
             assume
             this
             Taske
             ,
             to
             ingratiate
             our selfe
             with
             that
             Sexe
             :
             For
             our
             decline
             from
             youth
             hath
             wained
             our
             affections
             from
             all
             such
             Objects
             :
             but
             to
             bestow
             upon
             such
             as
             deserved
             
             well
             of
             Opinion
             ,
             their
             just
             character
             ,
             reward
             and
             guerdon
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             our
             common
             English
             proverbe
             ,
             
               The
               Worm
               will
               turne
               againe
            
             :
             and
             weake
             women
             ,
             who
             have
             no
             other
             armor
             to
             shield
             them
             ,
             no
             other
             refuge
             to
             shroud
             them
             but
             a
             few
             hasty
             words
             ,
             or
             passionate
             teares
             ,
             must
             needs
             plead
             their
             innocence
             ,
             when
             injuries
             shall
             assaile
             them
             ,
             with
             such
             supplies
             as
             Nature
             ha's
             afforded
             them
             .
             Yet
             even
             in
             this
             
               defensive
               provision
            
             ,
             I
             shall
             instance
             some
             so
             rarely
             moderate
             ;
             as
             discretion
             injoyn'd
             them
             silence
             in
             the
             one
             ,
             and
             resolution
             a
             masculine
             patience
             in
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             At
             that
             unexemplary
             disaster
             at
             Cannae
             ,
             when
             the
             utter
             ruine
             and
             overthrow
             of
             the
             Romans
             rung
             in
             every
             place
             (
             not
             to
             mention
             the
             well-composed
             temper
             and
             resolution
             of
             the
             men
             themselves
             )
             with
             what
             
               moderation
               of
               p●ssion
            
             did
             those
             Roman
             Dames
             beare
             themselves
             ?
             Farre
             were
             they
             from
             shedding
             effeminate
             teares
             ,
             or
             exclaming
             against
             Destiny
             ,
             or
             demeaning
             themselves
             in
             any
             thing
             unworthily
             .
             No
             ,
             their
             spirits
             were
             inflam'd
             to
             better
             and
             higher
             designes
             .
             
               Let
               not
               there
               Occurrents
               amate
               you
               ,
               said
               they
               to
               so
               many
               as
               survived
               that
               slaughter
               ;
               if
               you
               want
               of
               your
               owne
               Sexe
               to
               supply
               you
               ;
               behold
               your
               second-selfes
               ready
               to
               dye
               with
               you
               .
               Perish
               you
               cannot
               without
               us
               ,
               you
               may
               with
               us
               .
               Hearts
               we
               have
               
               that
               shall
               not
               faile
               you
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               you
               faile
               not
               from
               doing
               what
               may
               become
               you
               .
               On
               then
               with
               resolution
               ,
               and
               let
               Apulia
               know
               ,
               where
               you
               suffer'd
               this
               disaster
               ,
               that
               Rome
               can
               want
               no
               Souldiers
               so
               long
               as
               she
               ha's
               women
               to
               defend
               her
               honour
               .
            
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             should
             we
             relate
             what
             incomparable
             
               moderation
               of
               passion
            
             ,
             those
             famous
             Roman
             Matrones
             expressed
             in
             their
             great
             trials
             of
             patience
             ,
             we
             should
             finde
             it
             more
             easy
             to
             admire
             them
             than
             imitate
             them
             .
             Though
             Octavia
             suffer
             in
             the
             highest
             measure
             ;
             she
             can
             passe
             over
             her
             indignities
             with
             a
             sweet
             smile
             :
             and
             sleight
             her
             too
             good
             grounds
             of
             jealousy
             ,
             with
             a
             winning
             Letter
             ,
             wishing
             only
             her
             Husband
             to
             be
             tender
             of
             his
             honour
             .
          
           
             Porcia
             can
             suffer
             in
             a
             noble
             manner
             for
             her
             endangered
             Lord
             ,
             yet
             scornes
             in
             teares
             to
             manifest
             her
             love
             .
             Her
             study
             is
             to
             second
             him
             with
             advice
             ,
             to
             prevent
             danger
             ,
             come
             off
             with
             honour
             ,
             and
             leave
             to
             posterity
             a
             memorable
             testimony
             of
             his
             valour
             .
          
           
             Tanaquil
             ,
             that
             noble
             Lady
             ,
             wife
             to
             
               Tarquinius
               Priscus
            
             ,
             can
             in
             the
             lowest
             ebbe
             and
             defluence
             of
             Fortune
             ,
             encourage
             her
             Husband
             to
             noble
             attempts
             :
             saying
             ,
             
               it
               was
               not
               the
               property
               of
               a
               brave
               spirit
               ,
               to
               lose
               any
               part
               of
               his
               courage
               for
               an
               adverse
               encounter
               ,
               or
               put
               finger
               i'
               th'
               eye
               for
               any
               disaster
               ▪
               but
               to
               arme
               himselfe
               with
               
               resolution
               so
               much
               higher
               ,
               as
               the
               insulting
               braves
               of
               Fortune
               have
               brought
               him
               lower
               .
               Nay
               ,
               consider
               ,
               quoth
               she
               ,
               how
               Fortune
               owes
               you
               ,
               so
               much
               as
               she
               ha's
               taken
               from
               you
               .
            
          
           
             By
             which
             advice
             he
             became
             so
             strengthned
             ,
             and
             by
             her
             perswasions
             so
             incouraged
             as
             of
             a
             private
             Tuscane
             ,
             he
             so
             discreetly
             and
             moderately
             behaved
             himselfe
             ,
             that
             after
             the
             death
             of
             Ancus
             ,
             he
             was
             created
             King
             of
             the
             Romans
             .
          
           
             That
             temperate
             Caecilia
             ,
             how
             wisely
             she
             
               moderated
               her
               passion
            
             in
             those
             extreamest
             gusts
             of
             Fortune
             ,
             may
             remaine
             a
             singular
             instance
             in
             this
             kind
             .
             Danger
             could
             not
             beget
             in
             her
             a
             shivering
             feare
             ;
             nor
             her
             present
             suffering
             one
             trickling
             teare
             .
             She
             found
             nothing
             worth
             prizing
             but
             her
             honour
             ;
             which
             preserv'd
             ,
             she
             could
             with
             all
             indifferency
             entertaine
             any
             encounter
             :
             
               To
               lose
               that
               which
               I
               never
               had
               ,
               quoth
               she
               ,
               I
               cannot
               :
               and
               to
               grieve
               for
               the
               losse
               of
               what
               I
               once
               had
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               :
               Seeing
               ,
               as
               my
               Predecessors
               once
               enjoy'd
               what
               I
               now
               have
               ,
               so
               must
               my
               Successors
               have
               what
               I
               now
               enjoy
               .
            
             Hence
             doe
             I
             gather
             a
             
               moderation
               of
               passion
            
             in
             eyther
             .
          
           
             Cornelia
             ,
             whose
             very
             name
             merits
             a
             title
             of
             succeeding
             honour
             ,
             shewed
             no
             arguments
             of
             unbeseeming
             passion
             in
             the
             very
             height
             of
             her
             affliction
             ;
             knowing
             how
             to
             value
             the
             
             quality
             of
             griefe
             .
             Though
             not
             the
             least
             beameling
             of
             comfort
             appeared
             ,
             she
             reteined
             such
             a
             noble
             spirit
             ;
             as
             not
             a
             Roman
             Lady
             but
             admir'd
             her
             ;
             nor
             any
             Annall
             writ
             in
             her
             time
             ,
             but
             records
             the
             memory
             of
             her
             .
             Nothing
             could
             trouble
             her
             but
             Septimius
             treason
             :
             and
             this
             appeared
             more
             nobly
             in
             her
             .
             For
             nothing
             can
             be
             more
             odious
             to
             any
             Heroick
             mind
             than
             the
             ignominious
             act
             of
             a
             Traitor
             .
             And
             what
             worse
             than
             to
             see
             a
             servant
             betray
             his
             Master
             ?
             To
             see
             one
             ,
             whom
             her
             lord
             had
             relieved
             ;
             with
             many
             favours
             graced
             ;
             and
             to
             immerited
             honours
             advanced
             ;
             deprive
             him
             of
             life
             to
             whom
             both
             his
             life
             and
             Fortunes
             stood
             ingaged
             !
          
           
             To
             this
             vertuous
             Lady
             ,
             whose
             many
             misfortunes
             had
             taught
             her
             sufficiently
             how
             to
             
               moderate
               passion
            
             ;
             and
             with
             a
             discreet
             checke
             to
             discourage
             the
             proffer
             of
             any
             light
             affection
             ,
             might
             those
             Lines
             be
             aptly
             applied
             ,
             exhorting
             those
             young
             Ladies
             to
             follow
             the
             steps
             of
             so
             noble
             a
             Grand-mother
             .
          
           
             
               For
               you
               ,
               young
               Ladies
               ,
               you
               've
               a
               patterne
               too
               ,
            
             
               One
               ,
               whose
               religious
               life
               will
               teach
               you
               how
            
             
               To
               manage
               yours
               :
               and
               this
               is
               your
               Grand-mother
               :
            
             
               It
               were
               piacular
               to
               name
               another
               .
            
          
           
           
             Nor
             is
             there
             any
             such
             necessity
             to
             fetch
             our
             instances
             from
             Tiber
             :
             Excellent
             women
             have
             both
             former
             and
             present
             times
             afforded
             within
             this
             
               hedged
               Garden
            
             ,
             whose
             admirable
             temper
             ,
             to
             their
             never-dying
             honour
             ,
             hath
             deserved
             no
             lesse
             praise
             .
             Such
             ,
             who
             could
             smile
             at
             misery
             ,
             and
             with
             such
             a
             composed
             grace
             entertaine
             the
             stormes
             of
             Fortune
             :
             as
             none
             that
             saw
             them
             ,
             could
             doe
             lesse
             than
             highly
             condemne
             her
             of
             inequality
             of
             judgement
             ,
             or
             
               want
               of
               sight
            
             ,
             (
             to
             her
             a
             proper
             attribute
             )
             to
             bring
             them
             downe
             to
             the
             lowest
             part
             of
             her
             wheele
             ,
             who
             deserved
             for
             
               moderation
               of
               passion
            
             ,
             with
             other
             arguments
             of
             discretion
             ,
             to
             be
             ranked
             with
             the
             highest
             in
             the
             Common-wealth
             .
          
           
             Nor
             ,
             indeed
             ,
             can
             this
             
               moderation
               of
               passion
            
             ,
             whereof
             we
             now
             treat
             ,
             receive
             more
             approvement
             from
             any
             person
             ,
             than
             such
             an
             one
             ,
             who
             sometimes
             ha's
             enjoyed
             the
             fulnesse
             of
             earthly
             happinesse
             ;
             and
             afterwards
             fallen
             into
             the
             extremities
             of
             want
             :
             Or
             such
             ,
             who
             though
             they
             partake
             in
             all
             freedome
             and
             fulnesse
             of
             fortune
             ;
             seconded
             by
             powerfull
             Friends
             :
             rewarded
             with
             deserving
             honours
             :
             yet
             finde
             an
             Eclypse
             or
             contraction
             of
             light
             in
             all
             these
             ,
             by
             some
             private
             discontent
             ;
             which
             by
             strength
             of
             Assistants
             is
             in
             their
             power
             to
             redresse
             by
             revenge
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             their
             noblenesse
             of
             spirit
             will
             not
             .
             This
             I
             could
             illustrate
             by
             many
             notable
             examples
             :
             
             where
             we
             shall
             finde
             one
             amiable
             enough
             for
             a
             Consort
             ;
             and
             too
             accomplish'd
             for
             a
             Prostitute
             ,
             by
             him
             dis●valued
             ,
             where
             she
             should
             be
             most
             honoured
             :
             disgraced
             ,
             where
             she
             would
             be
             most
             approved
             .
             Nor
             can
             this
             
               unhappy
               man
            
             alledge
             any
             cause
             why
             he
             should
             not
             love
             her
             ,
             but
             because
             he
             is
             tyed
             to
             love
             her
             ;
             Which
             tye
             and
             title
             of
             wife
             does
             so
             vexe
             him
             ,
             as
             she
             can
             devise
             no
             way
             to
             please
             him
             :
             yet
             is
             not
             her
             diligence
             any
             thing
             remitted
             ;
             nor
             her
             desire
             to
             give
             content
             fore-slowed
             .
             Divided
             Beds
             cannot
             distemper
             her
             :
             she
             hopes
             in
             time
             to
             win
             him
             to
             her
             ,
             and
             waine
             him
             from
             those
             ,
             who
             have
             aliened
             his
             minde
             from
             her
             .
             Nothing
             discontents
             her
             more
             than
             to
             be
             discontented
             :
             Whatsoever
             shall
             happen
             ,
             she
             stands
             prepared
             .
          
           
             O
             ,
             but
             will
             some
             say
             ,
             such
             a
             woman
             may
             be
             called
             rather
             a
             Picture
             than
             a
             Mirror
             !
             An
             Image
             made
             up
             of
             Rye-dow
             .
             One
             who
             is
             either
             so
             simple
             ,
             as
             she
             knows
             not
             the
             quality
             of
             a
             wrong
             :
             or
             so
             sheepish
             ,
             as
             shee
             dare
             not
             say
             her
             soule
             is
             her
             owne
             .
             And
             such
             are
             neither
             fit
             for
             Wives
             nor
             Mistresses
             .
             For
             as
             Fooles
             cannot
             at
             any
             time
             be
             troubled
             with
             mirth
             ,
             because
             nothing
             that
             good
             is
             ,
             can
             happen
             unto
             them
             :
             nor
             perplexd
             with
             griefe
             ,
             because
             nothing
             that
             ill
             is
             ,
             can
             seeme
             so
             unto
             them
             ;
             beeing
             as
             incapable
             of
             the
             one
             ,
             as
             insensible
             of
             the
             other
             :
             No
             more
             
             can
             those
             apprehend
             the
             weight
             of
             an
             injury
             ,
             either
             through
             weakenesse
             of
             spirit
             ,
             or
             stupidity
             .
             Whereto
             I
             answer
             ;
             that
             wee
             receive
             not
             here
             into
             the
             list
             of
             our
             Discourse
             any
             such
             Stoicall
             Apathists
             ,
             who
             are
             insensible
             of
             passion
             :
             For
             such
             were
             strange
             Stocks
             to
             graffe
             on
             .
             Yea
             ,
             the
             O●conomick
             well
             observes
             ,
             that
             a
             Family
             through
             want
             of
             spirit
             in
             the
             Governesse
             ,
             is
             no
             lesse
             disordered
             than
             by
             too
             much
             spirit
             disquieted
             .
          
           
             In
             a
             Legendary
             Story
             is
             mention
             made
             of
             such
             a
             Saintly
             Sufferer
             ,
             which
             for
             the
             rarity
             of
             the
             relation
             I
             have
             here
             inserted
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             sometimes
             One
             ,
             who
             weary
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             desired
             to
             waine
             himselfe
             from
             all
             secular
             cares
             ,
             
             and
             betake
             himselfe
             to
             a
             religious
             privacy
             :
             so
             as
             ,
             within
             short
             time
             hee
             was
             received
             into
             the
             Covent
             .
             Now
             it
             hapned
             one
             day
             ,
             that
             this
             religious
             man
             walking
             alone
             in
             the
             Garden
             ,
             seemed
             as
             One
             much
             discontented
             :
             which
             the
             Abbot
             observing
             ,
             came
             unto
             him
             ,
             demanding
             the
             reason
             of
             his
             heavinesse
             :
             willing
             him
             to
             impart
             unto
             him
             the
             occasion
             of
             his
             griefe
             ,
             as
             became
             an
             inferiour
             member
             of
             the
             Society
             to
             d●e
             unto
             his
             Superiour
             .
          
           
             
               Nothing
               ,
               reverend
               Father
               ,
               answer'd
               he
               ,
               concerning
               my
               owne
               particular
               :
               nor
               doth
               it
               repent
               me
               to
               have
               enter'd
               into
               this
               Religious
               Order
               :
               For
               I
               finde
               more
               comfort
               
               in
               one
               houre
               within
               these
               Wals
               ,
               than
               ever
               I
               could
               in
               all
               those
               possessions
               I
               injoyed
               in
               the
               World.
               But
               I
               must
               tell
               you
               ,
               Father
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               one
               only
               sonne
               ,
               which
               I
               left
               behind
               me
               ,
               and
               very
               deare
               was
               hee
               unto
               me
               ;
               now
               I
               am
               much
               perplext
               in
               mind
               about
               him
               :
               for
               I
               know
               not
               how
               the
               World
               may
               deale
               with
               him
               .
               Tender
               are
               his
               yeares
               ,
               which
               addes
               to
               the
               measure
               and
               number
               of
               my
               cares
               .
               Nor
               am
               I
               so
               confident
               of
               their
               trust
               ,
               to
               whom
               I
               recommended
               him
               ,
               as
               to
               free
               me
               from
               that
               piou●
               jealousy
               which
               I
               harbour
               in
               my
               breast
               touching
               him
               .
               Advise
               me
               then
               ,
               deare
               Sir
               ,
               what
               course
               were
               best
               to
               take
               ,
               that
               my
               care
               may
               be
               setled
               :
               and
               his
               safety
               provided
               ,
               on
               whom
               with
               equall
               hopes
               and
               feares
               the
               troubled
               thoughts
               of
               a
               father
               are
               many
               times
               fixed
               .
            
             
               Is
               this
               your
               cause
               of
               heavinesse
               ,
               said
               the
               Abbot
               ?
               To
               rid
               you
               from
               these
               cares
               ,
               and
               increase
               your
               hope
               in
               his
               succeeding
               yeares
               ,
               send
               him
               to
               me
               ,
               and
               see
               what
               effect
               will
               come
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             According
             to
             the
             Abbots
             direction
             ,
             he
             causeth
             his
             sonne
             ,
             who
             ,
             indeed
             ,
             was
             a
             daughter
             (
             which
             he
             dissembled
             for
             some
             reasons
             )
             to
             be
             sent
             for
             .
             Who
             ,
             after
             some
             time
             of
             probation
             ,
             was
             admitted
             to
             the
             Society
             .
             Now
             it
             chanced
             ,
             that
             the
             daughter
             of
             an
             eminent
             Person
             ,
             not
             farre
             distant
             from
             that
             Abbey
             ,
             
             was
             got
             with
             childe
             ,
             and
             for
             some
             private
             respects
             to
             her selfe
             best
             knowne
             ,
             desirous
             to
             conceale
             the
             true
             Father
             ;
             layd
             the
             childe
             upon
             this
             supposed
             Brother
             (
             who
             was
             indeed
             a
             Sister
             .
             )
             This
             Saintly
             creature
             was
             so
             farre
             from
             defending
             her
             owne
             innocency
             ,
             as
             she
             tooke
             unto
             it
             ,
             as
             if
             she
             had
             beene
             the
             true
             father
             which
             begot
             it
             .
             The
             rumor
             hereof
             so
             highly
             incensed
             the
             Abbot
             ;
             holding
             it
             to
             be
             a
             great
             scandall
             to
             his
             Society
             ,
             to
             have
             any
             one
             under
             his
             charge
             ,
             conscious
             of
             such
             impiety
             ;
             as
             he
             straightly
             commanded
             that
             this
             adulterous
             person
             should
             be
             expulst
             the
             House
             :
             and
             to
             receive
             no
             reliefe
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             common-Beggers
             were
             wont
             to
             have
             at
             the
             gate
             .
          
           
             This
             Censure
             she
             receives
             with
             patience
             ,
             without
             least
             discovery
             of
             her
             innocence
             :
             And
             though
             diverse
             of
             the
             Fraternity
             interceded
             the
             Abbot
             in
             her
             behalfe
             :
             acquainting
             him
             with
             the
             piety
             of
             her
             fore-past
             life
             ,
             with
             the
             patient
             suffering
             of
             whatsoever
             his
             Reverend
             authority
             had
             injoyned
             her
             :
             yet
             would
             not
             the
             Abbot
             relent
             ,
             nor
             remitte
             any
             part
             of
             her
             punishment
             :
             nor
             ever
             be
             perswaded
             by
             all
             the
             meanes
             that
             could
             be
             made
             ,
             to
             receive
             her
             againe
             into
             the
             Covent
             .
             Thus
             continued
             this
             simple
             innocent
             soule
             ,
             free
             from
             that
             sinne
             ,
             yet
             expos'd
             to
             all
             shame
             :
             relinquish'd
             by
             her selfe
             ,
             because
             undefended
             :
             nor
             justifide
             by
             her
             father
             ,
             
             because
             he
             had
             vow'd
             that
             her
             Sexe
             should
             not
             by
             his
             meanes
             be
             discovered
             .
             Till
             at
             last
             ,
             Death
             impos'd
             an
             end
             to
             her
             misery
             ,
             and
             publish'd
             to
             all
             the
             World
             her
             innocency
             .
          
           
             The
             report
             whereof
             so
             highly
             perplexed
             the
             Abbot
             :
             as
             he
             with
             the
             whole
             Covent
             continued
             a
             long
             time
             sorrowing
             :
             not
             without
             admiration
             of
             her
             Patience
             :
             recommending
             her
             Memoriall
             to
             posterity
             for
             a
             recompence
             .
          
           
             This
             example
             when
             you
             read
             ,
             I
             imagine
             ,
             you
             will
             smile
             at
             ;
             and
             say
             ,
             this
             wench
             had
             a
             kinde
             heart
             that
             could
             so
             meekely
             suffer
             for
             anothers
             offence
             :
             which
             argued
             in
             her
             ,
             rather
             a
             senselesse
             stupid
             disposition
             ,
             than
             any
             discreet
             
               Moderation
               of
               Passion
            
             .
             —
             And
             would
             you
             have
             us
             turne
             such
             
               young
               Saints
            
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             end
             become
             
               Old
               Devils
            
             ?
          
           
             No
             ;
             (
             though
             this
             unexemplary
             president
             might
             deserve
             more
             admiration
             than
             politicall
             approvement
             )
             we
             propose
             such
             whose
             Conceipts
             are
             apprehensive
             enough
             ,
             to
             weigh
             the
             quality
             of
             a
             wrong
             ;
             Spirits
             stout
             enough
             to
             revenge
             ;
             and
             power
             enough
             to
             second
             that
             revenge
             :
             yet
             are
             endued
             with
             so
             noble
             a
             temper
             ,
             as
             they
             held
             it
             their
             highest
             honour
             ,
             to
             expostulate
             the
             cause
             mildly
             ;
             rather
             than
             with
             fire
             and
             faggot
             to
             menace
             a
             revenge
             ,
             where
             they
             owe
             
             an
             obedience
             :
             and
             ought
             to
             overcome
             extremities
             (
             so
             they
             be
             not
             above
             humane
             sufferings
             )
             with
             patience
             .
          
           
             Such
             an
             one
             as
             one
             of
             these
             ,
             had
             that
             brave
             Colonell
             ;
             who
             professed
             ,
             that
             though
             he
             encounter'd
             with
             broyles
             abroad
             ,
             he
             never
             found
             any
             brawlles
             at
             home
             :
             though
             he
             bicker'd
             with
             Stormes
             by
             Sea
             ,
             he
             enjoyed
             a
             Calme
             still
             by
             Land.
             Not
             like
             that
             fierce
             Virago
             ,
             who
             being
             married
             to
             a
             Souldier
             ;
             ever
             used
             to
             welcome
             her
             Husband
             home
             with
             a
             powder
             ;
             and
             being
             one
             day
             ,
             in
             a
             more
             temperate
             mood
             ,
             asked
             by
             him
             ,
             why
             she
             used
             such
             liberty
             with
             her
             tongue
             ,
             as
             after
             that
             manner
             to
             entertaine
             him
             still
             with
             such
             hayle-shot
             ?
             
               O
               ,
               quoth
               she
               ,
               I
               hold
               it
               good
               discretion
               ,
               to
               inure
               you
               to
               what
               you
               must
               suffer
               :
               Seeing
               your
               cares
               are
               so
               well
               acquainted
               with
               the
               noise
               of
               the
               Canon
               abroad
               ,
               you
               may
               well
               enough
               endure
               a
               little
               haile-shot
               at
               home
               ;
               Words
               breake
               no
               bones
               ,
               husband
               ;
               would
               to
               God
               ,
               your
               Enemy
               would
               use
               you
               so
               .
            
          
           
             That
             Syracusan
             Generall
             gave
             a
             strong
             testimony
             of
             his
             Wifes
             temper
             ,
             when
             in
             a
             publicke
             meeting
             ,
             he
             protested
             :
             
               That
               he
               had
               in
               all
               his
               time
               found
               it
               farre
               more
               easy
               to
               discomfit
               a
               commanding
               Foe
               ,
               or
               demolish
               the
               strongest
               Fort
               ,
               than
               to
               overcome
               his
               Wifes
               patience
               .
            
          
           
           
             Albeit
             ,
             there
             are
             many
             ,
             whose
             discreet
             and
             well-composed
             temper
             can
             suffer
             all
             injuries
             ;
             imbrace
             poverty
             with
             a
             pleasant
             smile
             :
             receive
             any
             dis-respect
             from
             their
             Dearest
             with
             incredible
             patience
             :
             yet
             ,
             when
             their
             owne
             Fame
             shall
             come
             to
             be
             questioned
             ;
             they
             hold
             that
             too
             precious
             a
             prize
             ,
             too
             high
             a
             stake
             to
             bee
             hazarded
             .
             This
             was
             that
             noble
             Roman
             Ladies
             resolution
             :
             
               Let
               me
               suffer
               ,
               quoth
               she
               ,
               in
               the
               height
               of
               Fortunes
               Contempt
               ;
               Let
               that
               ambitious
               One
               ,
               whom
               I
               most
               maligne
               ;
               receive
               those
               honours
               I
               should
               enjoy
               ;
               imbrace
               that
               person
               whom
               I
               love
               best
               .
               Should
               I
               be
               enforc'd
               to
               begge
               reliefe
               from
               her
               hand
               ,
               where
               I
               conceive
               the
               constantst
               hate
               :
               Should
               I
               encounter
               with
               all
               the
               extremities
               that
               adversity
               could
               lay
               upon
               mee
               :
               All
               these
               were
               nothing
               ;
               so
               I
               may
               preserve
               that
               Fame
               untainted
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               hitherto
               preserved
               .
               Fortune
               can
               but
               take
               from
               us
               what
               is
               hers
               :
               it
               is
               our
               actions
               only
               ,
               or
               others
               injurious
               obloquie
               can
               deprive
               us
               of
               what
               may
               be
               truly
               and
               properly
               styled
               ours
               .
            
          
           
             No
             lesse
             absolute
             was
             she
             in
             the
             Command
             of
             her
             Passions
             ;
             who
             being
             one
             day
             in
             private
             discourse
             with
             a
             Gentleman
             of
             excellent
             winning
             parts
             ;
             and
             one
             whose
             glib
             tongue
             could
             winne
             ground
             upon
             least
             advantage
             :
             was
             demanded
             by
             him
             ,
             how
             
             she
             could
             brooke
             to
             heare
             her
             Husband
             to
             be
             such
             a
             generall
             Courter
             of
             fresh
             Mistresses
             :
             and
             to
             boast
             of
             their
             Favours
             in
             her
             presence
             ?
             
               O
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               quoth
               she
               ,
               all
               this
               is
               but
               to
               Court
               me
               with
               more
               formality
               when
               he
               comes
               to
               mee
               !
               I
               finde
               no
               faile
               in
               his
               love
               ,
               why
               should
               I
               then
               distaste
               what
               he
               likes
               ?
               If
               he
               had
               more
               serious
               imployments
               to
               bestow
               himselfe
               on
               ,
               I
               little
               doubt
               but
               he
               would
               asmuch
               sleight
               the
               Courting
               of
               a
               Light
               Mistresse
               ,
               as
               he
               now
               affects
               it
               for
               want
               of
               better
               imployment
               .
               If
               others
               bestow
               their
               Favours
               on
               him
               ,
               and
               he
               reserve
               his
               best
               Favour
               for
               me
               ;
               it
               were
               my
               weaknesse
               to
               suffer
               others
               respects
               to
               him
               ,
               to
               beget
               a
               jealousy
               in
               me
               .
               I
               neither
               reteine
               that
               meane
               conceipt
               of
               my selfe
               ,
               as
               to
               conceive
               the
               least
               thought
               of
               his
               Loving
               of
               any
               one
               better
               than
               me
               :
               nor
               have
               I
               any
               such
               opinion
               of
               his
               inconstancy
               ;
               as
               to
               imagine
               him
               desirous
               to
               preferre
               any
               one
               in
               his
               esteeme
               before
               me
               .
            
          
           
             Thus
             have
             you
             heard
             their
             excellent
             temper
             in
             
               Moderation
               of
               Passion
            
             ,
             with
             what
             indifferency
             they
             could
             beare
             the
             braves
             of
             Fortune
             ;
             with
             what
             innocency
             they
             could
             beare
             the
             weight
             of
             injuries
             .
             How
             their
             Fame
             was
             the
             only
             Touch-stone
             of
             their
             patience
             :
             which
             secured
             ,
             nothing
             so
             extreame
             ,
             which
             they
             have
             not
             with
             resolution
             encountered
             ,
             and
             with
             constancy
             subdued
             .
          
           
           
             Which
             mildnesse
             begets
             in
             them
             a
             neare
             resemblance
             with
             that
             well-dispose
             feminine
             Monarchy
             of
             Bees
             ;
             
             for
             as
             the
             Naturall
             Historian
             observes
             ,
             that
             their
             King
             has
             no
             sting
             as
             other
             Bees
             have
             ,
             reteyning
             such
             an
             offencelesse
             quality
             ,
             as
             hee
             cannot
             sting
             any
             ,
             sufficing
             himselfe
             with
             a
             Princely
             Clemency
             ,
             to
             supply
             the
             place
             of
             Soveraignty
             :
             So
             these
             hold
             it
             power
             sufficient
             to
             have
             had
             the
             power
             to
             revenge
             :
             and
             by
             their
             inferiour
             Subjects
             to
             repell
             the
             insolence
             of
             a
             bold
             intruder
             ;
             holding
             it
             a
             derogation
             to
             their
             honour
             ,
             to
             become
             a
             personall
             revenger
             .
          
           
             Certaine
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             no
             vertue
             more
             ennobles
             a
             
               Rationall
               Soule
            
             than
             this
             
               Moderation
               of
               Passion
            
             :
             Nor
             deserve
             they
             either
             to
             manage
             any
             publique
             or
             private
             charge
             ;
             who
             cannot
             restraine
             these
             insulting
             motions
             ,
             which
             so
             miserably
             captivate
             the
             
               better
               part
            
             :
             as
             by
             giving
             way
             to
             appetite
             ,
             man
             though
             he
             retaine
             the
             name
             ,
             he
             loseth
             the
             nature
             &
             prime
             priviledge
             of
             man.
             He
             only
             ,
             and
             none
             but
             he
             deserves
             to
             be
             honoured
             ,
             who
             is
             with
             goodnesse
             endowed
             .
             For
             foot-cloath
             honour
             ,
             it
             is
             but
             an
             Eye-object
             :
             it
             may
             exact
             of
             an
             humble
             Passenger
             a
             low
             Congy
             or
             Salute
             :
             
             but
             his
             Horse
             ,
             for
             ought
             that
             I
             know
             ,
             being
             so
             richly
             covered
             ,
             deserves
             as
             much
             honour
             as
             he
             that
             rides
             on
             it
             .
             And
             no
             doubt
             with
             a
             little
             helpe
             of
             a
             Cynicks
             Lanthorne
             ,
             it
             were
             
             very
             easy
             in
             this
             
               Silken
               age
            
             to
             finde
             with
             Aristippus
             ,
             Stones
             sitting
             on
             stones
             ,
             and
             barbarous
             Asses
             riding
             on
             Barbary
             horses
             .
             But
             we
             have
             other
             Surveys
             to
             take
             in
             hand
             :
             being
             now
             to
             descend
             from
             their
             
               Moderation
               of
               Passion
            
             ,
             to
             their
             Continency
             in
             assaults
             ;
             even
             to
             Those
             ,
             where
             they
             bore
             most
             loyall
             love
             and
             affection
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECTION
             IV.
             Their
             Continency
             in
             assaults
             .
          
           
             OPPORTUNITY
             is
             a
             dangerous
             attendant
             for
             youthfull
             Love.
             And
             yet
             shall
             we
             present
             to
             your
             eyes
             ;
             such
             noble
             Commanders
             of
             their
             desires
             :
             as
             neither
             opportunity
             of
             place
             ,
             nor
             importunity
             of
             person
             ,
             though
             affection
             had
             entered
             farre
             into
             their
             bosome
             ,
             could
             make
             them
             dispence
             with
             honour
             .
          
           
             Long
             had
             that
             
               Roman
               Sophronia
            
             beene
             importun'd
             by
             a
             deserving
             Suiter
             ;
             one
             ,
             whose
             youth
             might
             deserve
             Love
             :
             and
             whose
             beauteous
             personage
             might
             have
             
             seaz'd
             of
             store
             of
             Mistresses
             without
             much
             sollicitancy
             :
             One
             in
             whose
             eyes
             love
             sparkled
             :
             seeming
             to
             merit
             admittance
             without
             parliance
             .
             Yet
             findes
             hee
             his
             Sophronia
             of
             another
             temper
             ,
             than
             to
             preferre
             her
             pleasure
             before
             her
             honour
             :
             She
             can
             addresse
             him
             this
             answer
             :
             
               What
               straying
               eyes
               have
               you
               observ'd
               in
               us
               ?
               What
               loose
               passage
               ha's
               there
               fallne
               from
               us
               ,
               or
               wherein
               have
               you
               seene
               any
               argument
               of
               Lightnesse
               by
               us
               ?
               That
               you
               should
               be
               so
               weakly
               opinion'd
               of
               us
               ?
               Doe
               you
               know
               our
               Family
               ,
               and
               c●n
               you
               conceipt
               us
               forgetfull
               of
               our
               Fame
               ?
               Trust
               me
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               either
               light
               thoughts
               have
               so
               mis-guided
               you
               ,
               as
               you
               have
               quite
               forgot
               who
               we
               are
               :
               or
               some
               base
               Trader
               ,
               I
               might
               say
               ,
               Betrayer
               of
               Womens
               honour
               ha's
               deluded
               you
               ,
               by
               giving
               you
               incouragement
               to
               such
               an
               indiscreet
               attempt
               .
               Returne
               home
               then
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               I
               could
               wish
               you
               :
               and
               recollect
               those
               wits
               you
               have
               scattred
               :
               Which
               done
               ,
               it
               will
               behove
               you
               to
               begge
               from
               me
               a
               pardon
               ,
               whom
               you
               have
               sought
               with
               so
               unjust
               an
               affection
               .
            
          
           
             It
             could
             not
             chuse
             but
             redound
             highly
             to
             Scipio's
             commendations
             ,
             that
             being
             a
             young
             man
             of
             24
             yeares
             of
             age
             ,
             in
             the
             taking
             of
             a
             City
             in
             Spaine
             ,
             he
             should
             so
             nobly
             vanquish
             his
             owne
             affections
             ,
             by
             repressing
             his
             flames
             of
             lust
             ,
             when
             a
             beautifull
             Maid
             was
             brought
             
             him
             ,
             as
             a
             trophey
             of
             his
             Victory
             :
             restoring
             her
             to
             a
             young
             man
             called
             Allantius
             ,
             to
             whom
             she
             was
             espoused
             ,
             with
             a
             great
             reward
             ,
             as
             an
             additament
             to
             her
             Dower
             .
             Yet
             for
             all
             this
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             imagined
             with
             an
             easy
             glosse
             ,
             that
             her
             Honour
             suffered
             an
             Assault
             :
             and
             that
             the
             Maids
             repulse
             begot
             in
             that
             victorious
             Commander
             a
             singular
             esteeme
             of
             her
             vertues
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             Darius
             wife
             and
             his
             three
             daughters
             ,
             being
             spared
             by
             Alexander
             ,
             improved
             more
             his
             fame
             ,
             than
             all
             those
             glorious
             attempts
             which
             ever
             he
             had
             atchieved
             .
             Yet
             our
             Criticks
             will
             not
             sticke
             to
             say
             ,
             
             but
             they
             were
             attempted
             :
             yet
             so
             constant
             were
             they
             in
             preserving
             their
             honour
             ,
             as
             neither
             Majesty
             could
             command
             ,
             nor
             beauty
             (
             as
             what
             Prince
             more
             amiable
             ?
             )
             allure
             ;
             nor
             their
             owne
             present
             estate
             admit
             any
             unjust
             freedome
             to
             so
             commanding
             a
             Suiter
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             prove
             unto
             you
             ,
             that
             nothing
             is
             more
             incomparably
             precious
             than
             a
             Continent
             Soule
             ;
             and
             that
             
               Conjugall
               Love
            
             held
             such
             a
             firme
             tye
             even
             amongst
             Ethnicks
             ,
             as
             they
             preferred
             that
             gage
             before
             all
             tenders
             of
             sensuall
             Love
             or
             fading
             honour
             ;
             I
             will
             relate
             here
             unto
             you
             one
             memorable
             Story
             ,
             to
             improve
             that
             Sexes
             glory
             ,
             and
             beget
             a
             pious
             emulation
             in
             posterity
             .
          
           
             Cannia
             ,
             Wife
             to
             Synattus
             ,
             shall
             be
             the
             surviving
             Subject
             of
             this
             Story
             ;
             whom
             one
             
             Synoris
             ,
             a
             man
             of
             greater
             authory
             than
             he
             ,
             loved
             ;
             and
             making
             no
             small
             meanes
             to
             obtaine
             her
             love
             ,
             yet
             all
             in
             vaine
             ,
             supposed
             the
             readiest
             way
             for
             the
             effecting
             his
             desires
             to
             be
             the
             murdering
             of
             her
             husband
             :
             which
             he
             performed
             .
             This
             Act
             of
             horror
             was
             no
             sooner
             executed
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             roabe
             of
             his
             authority
             shrowded
             (
             as
             what
             guilt
             so
             hainous
             ,
             but
             may
             receive
             her
             subterfuge
             from
             greatnesse
             )
             than
             he
             renewed
             his
             suite
             ,
             to
             which
             she
             seemingly
             assented
             :
             but
             being
             solemnely
             come
             into
             the
             Temple
             of
             Diana
             for
             celebrating
             those
             Nuptiall
             rites
             ,
             she
             had
             a
             sweet
             potion
             ready
             ,
             which
             she
             drunke
             to
             Synoris
             :
             wherewith
             both
             were
             poysoned
             .
          
           
             In
             which
             President
             ,
             we
             shall
             finde
             rare
             constancy
             in
             an
             Ethnick
             Lady
             .
             Honour
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             a
             baite
             that
             is
             apt
             to
             take
             the
             most
             constant
             minds
             ,
             could
             worke
             no
             such
             effect
             in
             her
             .
             The
             vow
             she
             had
             made
             to
             her
             first
             Choyce
             ,
             estranged
             her
             affection
             from
             all
             new
             Favorites
             .
             She
             could
             finde
             no
             brest
             to
             entertaine
             him
             ;
             nor
             a
             Love
             to
             receive
             him
             ;
             nor
             an
             heart
             to
             harbour
             him
             ;
             nor
             an
             arme
             to
             imbrace
             him
             ;
             who
             had
             embrued
             his
             hands
             in
             the
             blood
             of
             her
             Dearest
             .
             No
             Nuptiall
             rites
             can
             allure
             her
             ;
             no
             hope
             of
             honor
             delude
             her
             ;
             she
             holds
             fast
             to
             her
             first
             Choyce
             without
             Change.
             Yet
             since
             this
             Loving
             Murderer
             must
             needs
             enjoy
             her
             ,
             she
             will
             incline
             to
             his
             motion
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             Love-sick
             
             potion
             inshrine
             their
             livelesse
             bodies
             ,
             without
             further
             enjoyment
             together
             .
             No
             other
             way
             could
             she
             finde
             to
             prevent
             it
             :
             and
             rather
             than
             she
             will
             assent
             to
             entertaine
             him
             for
             her
             constant
             Lover
             ,
             who
             was
             her
             husbands
             cruell
             murderer
             ,
             the
             Scene
             must
             be
             made
             truly
             tragicall
             ,
             in
             both
             their
             disasters
             .
          
           
             Admirable
             was
             the
             resolution
             of
             that
             noble
             Captive
             ;
             who
             ,
             seeing
             her
             Husband
             not
             only
             discomfitted
             ,
             but
             deprived
             of
             life
             ;
             and
             her selfe
             presented
             to
             the
             Generall
             ,
             as
             a
             booty
             worth
             receiving
             ;
             being
             for
             beauty
             so
             rare
             ,
             as
             the
             age
             afforded
             not
             a
             fairer
             nor
             more
             goodly
             personage
             :
             so
             bravely
             sleighted
             her
             restraint
             ,
             as
             she
             expressed
             her selfe
             more
             like
             a
             Commander
             than
             a
             Captive
             :
             If
             the
             Generall
             at
             any
             time
             sued
             to
             her
             for
             love
             ;
             she
             would
             with
             a
             seeming
             gracefull
             scorne
             reject
             him
             telling
             him
             ;
             
               That
               neither
               her
               Fame
               nor
               Family
               would
               suffer
               her
               to
               play
               the
               Curtezan
               :
               and
               if
               he
               meant
               to
               make
               her
               his
               Wife
               ;
               she
               had
               not
               yet
               wip't
               away
               her
               funerall
               teares
               ;
               and
               therefore
               could
               not
               so
               soone
               entertaine
               any
               Nuptiall
               treaties
               .
               She
               wished
               him
               to
               reteine
               a
               better
               opinion
               of
               her
               Sexe
               ,
               than
               to
               imagine
               Womens
               honour
               to
               be
               as
               easily
               wonne
               as
               Forts
               or
               Sconces
               .
               Nor
               could
               her
               present
               condition
               so
               discourage
               her
               ,
               as
               to
               admit
               a
               thought
               for
               a
               Kingdome
               ,
               to
               impeach
               her
               honour
               .
               Demand
               nothing
               of
               me
               ,
               would
               
               she
               oft-times
               say
               ,
               now
               when
               I
               am
               your
               Slave
               ,
               but
               what
               you
               might
               as
               well
               require
               if
               I
               were
               free
               .
               Trust
               me
               ,
               Liberty
               cannot
               so
               much
               please
               me
               ;
               as
               losse
               of
               honour
               would
               afflict
               me
               .
               The
               one
               is
               in
               your
               hand
               to
               give
               ;
               and
               the
               other
               in
               mine
               to
               preserve
               .
               Fetters
               are
               easy
               burdens
               to
               an
               infranchised
               minde
               .
               Though
               my
               outward
               state
               be
               poore
               ,
               I
               desire
               to
               keepe
               my
               inward
               state
               pure
               .
               Lower
               I
               cannot
               be
               in
               fortunes
               ,
               nor
               higher
               in
               esteeme
               with
               the
               Immortall
               Gods
               ,
               whom
               I
               prize
               above
               all
               fortunes
               ;
               so
               I
               enjoy
               my selfe
               ;
               by
               freeing
               my
               unstained
               honour
               from
               the
               injurious
               hand
               of
               an
               unjust
               incroac●er
               .
            
             Which
             resolution
             so
             well
             acquitted
             her
             ;
             as
             after
             those
             due
             Solemnities
             observed
             for
             her
             deceased
             Husband
             :
             she
             was
             received
             for
             a
             Wife
             by
             the
             Generall
             .
          
           
             No
             lesse
             constant
             in
             her
             vertuous
             affection
             was
             that
             noble
             Maid
             ;
             who
             ,
             having
             set
             her
             love
             upon
             a
             young
             Gentleman
             ,
             whose
             parts
             were
             many
             ,
             though
             his
             fortunes
             few
             :
             Her
             Father
             taking
             notice
             of
             her
             extraordinary
             resp●ct
             towards
             him
             :
             and
             having
             divers
             times
             admonished
             her
             to
             forbeare
             his
             company
             ;
             but
             all
             in
             vaine
             :
             at
             last
             he
             resolved
             of
             a
             course
             ,
             by
             bringing
             in
             an
             other
             Suiter
             ,
             in
             fortunes
             richer
             ,
             though
             his
             breeding
             m●aner
             ;
             to
             weine
             his
             daughters
             affection
             from
             him
             .
             Many
             weekes
             were
             not
             
             past
             ,
             till
             the
             Match
             was
             concluded
             ;
             the
             Marriage-day
             appointed
             ,
             and
             all
             things
             prepared
             to
             solemnize
             this
             enforced
             bargain
             .
             But
             how
             farre
             the
             young
             Maids
             mind
             was
             aliened
             from
             her
             Fathers
             choice
             ,
             might
             well
             appeare
             by
             the
             answer
             she
             return'd
             her
             Suiter
             ,
             at
             such
             time
             as
             he
             made
             her
             acquainted
             how
             all
             things
             were
             concluded
             :
             
               Is
               it
               possible
               ,
               quoth
               she
               ,
               that
               all
               things
               should
               be
               finished
               ,
               and
               the
               Party
               whom
               it
               most
               concerns
               ,
               never
               acquainted
               ,
               much
               lesse
               consented
               ?
               Yes
               ,
               Mistresse
               ,
               quoth
               he
               ,
               I
               can
               assure
               you
               ,
               your
               Father
               and
               rest
               of
               your
               Friends
               knew
               of
               it
               long
               since
               ;
               and
               your
               Father
               thought
               so
               well
               of
               it
               ,
               as
               he
               consented
               to
               it
               .
               Ha's
               he
               so
               ,
               answered
               she
               ?
               Then
               it
               seemes
               you
               have
               his
               good-will
               ?
               Yes
               ,
               forsooth
               ,
               quoth
               this
               Country
               Hoyden
               :
               Why
               then
               ,
               said
               she
               ,
               pray
               you
               goe
               marry
               my
               Father
               ,
               whose
               good-will
               you
               have
               got
               :
               for
               you
               should
               wrong
               his
               daughter
               ,
               to
               marry
               her
               whose
               good-will
               you
               have
               not
               .
            
          
           
             But
             all
             this
             could
             not
             decline
             her
             hard-hearted
             Father
             from
             his
             rich
             unworthy
             choice
             .
             Married
             she
             must
             be
             ,
             and
             to
             her
             lasting
             discontent
             .
             Which
             when
             it
             could
             not
             be
             prevented
             ;
             you
             shall
             heare
             what
             accident
             hence
             insued
             .
          
           
             The
             time
             being
             now
             come
             ,
             when
             this
             inforced
             Match
             was
             to
             be
             solemnized
             ,
             and
             
             she
             to
             be
             given
             in
             Marriage
             :
             even
             then
             when
             her
             unhappy
             Father
             was
             to
             take
             her
             by
             the
             hand
             ,
             and
             give
             her
             to
             her
             contemptible
             choice
             :
             instead
             of
             her
             hand
             ,
             he
             received
             from
             her
             this
             answer
             :
             
               Sir
               ,
               expect
               no
               hand
               from
               me
               ,
               for
               I
               cannot
               give
               it
               :
               having
               already
               sent
               it
               to
               him
               ,
               who
               ha's
               most
               interest
               in
               it
               .
               Enforce
               me
               then
               no
               further
               ,
               Deare
               Father
               ;
               What
               joy
               can
               this
               heavy
               Bridall
               afford
               that
               Gentleman
               ;
               when
               he
               makes
               choice
               of
               such
               a
               Consort
               ,
               that
               ha's
               neither
               hand
               nor
               heart
               to
               give
               him
               ?
               And
               such
               an
               one
               shall
               he
               enjoy
               in
               me
               .
               My
               hand
               ,
               behold
               ,
               I
               have
               sent
               him
               ;
               and
               my
               heart
               I
               have
               ingag'd
               him
               .
               Surcease
               then
               to
               afflict
               an
               unhappy
               Maid
               with
               a
               supply
               of
               more
               discomforts
               .
            
          
           
             This
             sorrowfull
             Spectacle
             (
             having
             shown
             her
             right
             arme
             without
             an
             hand
             )
             broke
             up
             that
             Match
             .
             For
             by
             the
             persuasion
             of
             Friends
             ,
             her
             Father
             was
             moved
             to
             give
             her
             in
             marriage
             to
             her
             first
             Choice
             ,
             with
             whom
             she
             lived
             in
             that
             content
             ;
             as
             she
             thought
             her
             hand
             well
             bestowed
             ,
             to
             rid
             her
             of
             one
             whom
             she
             so
             much
             hated
             :
             and
             confirme
             her
             his
             ,
             to
             whom
             both
             heart
             and
             hand
             stood
             religiously
             ingaged
             .
          
           
             Those
             Dainty
             Dalmatian
             virgins
             shewed
             no
             lesse
             Continency
             in
             resisting
             the
             assaults
             of
             their
             commanding
             Enemies
             :
             who
             ,
             when
             they
             saw
             their
             People
             discomfitted
             ,
             their
             
             Country
             depopulated
             ,
             their
             principall
             ●ities
             demolished
             ,
             and
             themselves
             Captives
             ;
             were
             nothing
             at
             all
             amated
             .
             Insomuch
             as
             ,
             being
             lead
             away
             prisoners
             ,
             one
             amongst
             the
             rest
             stept
             out
             and
             spake
             in
             behalfe
             of
             herselfe
             and
             the
             rest
             in
             this
             manner
             :
             
               Whither
               do
               you
               dragge
               us
               ?
               What
               way
               doe
               you
               hale
               us
               ?
               Should
               you
               deprive
               us
               ,
               of
               what
               is
               most
               esteemed
               by
               us
               ;
               it
               were
               but
               a
               poore
               purchase
               ;
               seeing
               ,
               our
               Wils
               have
               vow'd
               even
               unto
               death
               to
               make
               resistance
               .
               Take
               us
               then
               to
               your
               Wives
               ,
               and
               we
               will
               serve
               you
               ;
               whereas
               ,
               if
               you
               make
               Strumpets
               of
               us
               ,
               we
               will
               hate
               you
               :
               and
               when
               you
               are
               most
               confident
               ,
               take
               occasion
               to
               be
               revenged
               of
               you
               .
            
             Which
             Speech
             made
             their
             Foes
             their
             Friends
             :
             causing
             their
             
               profest
               Enemies
            
             to
             become
             their
             
               Sponsall
               Consorts
            
             ;
             by
             turning
             their
             inveterate
             fury
             ,
             unto
             an
             affectionate
             Fancy
             :
             which
             procured
             their
             Countreys
             safety
             ,
             and
             published
             to
             the
             World
             their
             Continency
             .
          
           
             Full
             of
             masculine
             valour
             ,
             and
             carefull
             of
             preserving
             their
             honour
             ,
             did
             those
             Scythian
             women
             beare
             themselves
             :
             when
             seeing
             their
             miserable
             Country
             made
             desolate
             by
             an
             unfortunate
             overthrow
             :
             they
             thought
             good
             to
             keepe
             touch
             with
             their
             discomfitted
             and
             dis-slaughtered
             Husbands
             .
             For
             having
             promised
             them
             ,
             that
             if
             they
             were
             vanquish'd
             by
             their
             Enemies
             ,
             they
             would
             performe
             the
             duty
             
             of
             constant
             Wives
             ,
             and
             keepe
             their
             honours
             untainted
             in
             despite
             of
             all
             Assailants
             .
             These
             constant
             Dames
             no
             sooner
             heard
             of
             their
             husbands
             sorrowfull
             discomfiture
             ,
             than
             resolved
             according
             to
             their
             promise
             ,
             to
             preserve
             their
             honour
             :
             with
             one
             voyce
             and
             vote
             being
             gathered
             together
             ,
             they
             conclude
             to
             have
             themselves
             shut
             up
             in
             severall
             places
             provided
             for
             that
             purpose
             ,
             and
             there
             burned
             ,
             and
             in
             their
             owne
             ashes
             buried
             together
             .
          
           
             There
             may
             be
             found
             likewise
             some
             of
             this
             Sexe
             ,
             who
             having
             yeelded
             up
             the
             Forts
             of
             their
             Honours
             upon
             faire
             tearmes
             ,
             and
             as
             they
             conceived
             ,
             for
             their
             owne
             advantage
             ;
             yet
             declined
             afterwards
             from
             that
             familiarity
             which
             they
             formerly
             imbraced
             :
             by
             forbearing
             their
             Company
             ,
             whom
             they
             seemingly
             affected
             :
             And
             this
             strangenesse
             proceedeth
             from
             some
             reasons
             either
             out
             of
             simplicity
             or
             pollicy
             best
             knowne
             to
             themselves
             .
             This
             makes
             me
             remember
             that
             merry
             tale
             (
             to
             interveine
             mirth
             with
             more
             serious
             discourse
             )
             which
             I
             have
             heard
             sometimes
             told
             to
             this
             effect
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Towne
             of
             Brada
             (
             a
             place
             which
             ha's
             ministred
             sufficient
             matter
             of
             discourse
             in
             these
             later
             times
             )
             there
             were
             Souldiers
             bill●ted
             for
             defence
             thereof
             against
             the
             Enemy
             .
             These
             according
             to
             the
             freedom
             of
             their
             profession
             ,
             continued
             there
             for
             a
             season
             in
             all
             jollity
             and
             pleasure
             :
             every
             one
             
             having
             his
             dainty
             Doxy
             or
             Damasella
             to
             consort
             with
             .
             Thus
             they
             lived
             ;
             loved
             ,
             and
             neighbourly
             conversed
             ,
             till
             the
             enemy
             approached
             :
             whose
             incamping
             spoiled
             their
             Courting
             .
             For
             being
             come
             before
             the
             Towne
             ,
             with
             a
             firme
             resolution
             ,
             as
             they
             understood
             ,
             to
             winne
             ,
             or
             perish
             :
             Those
             within
             the
             Towne
             ,
             fearing
             ,
             as
             it
             afterwards
             proved
             ,
             that
             it
             would
             be
             a
             long
             continued
             siedge
             ;
             were
             advised
             to
             remove
             from
             them
             all
             such
             as
             could
             not
             be
             usefull
             for
             service
             ,
             as
             Old
             men
             and
             Women
             ;
             who
             if
             they
             stayed
             with
             them
             ,
             would
             partake
             of
             their
             provision
             ,
             but
             afford
             them
             no
             assistance
             in
             a
             time
             of
             such
             imminent
             danger
             .
             These
             Old
             men
             and
             Women
             ,
             being
             thus
             disposed
             and
             privately
             conveyed
             to
             severall
             Ports
             adjoyning
             :
             This
             sharpe
             Siedge
             goes
             on
             :
             which
             fell
             out
             so
             commodious
             to
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             so
             disadvantageous
             to
             the
             Towne
             ;
             as
             being
             blockt
             up
             from
             taking
             in
             any
             provision
             ,
             they
             were
             driven
             into
             a
             great
             strait
             .
             Notwithstanding
             ,
             with
             much
             prowesse
             and
             constancy
             of
             spirit
             .
             they
             repelled
             the
             force
             and
             fury
             of
             their
             Be●iedgers
             repairing
             by
             night
             what
             was
             ruined
             by
             day
             :
             and
             suffering
             no
             opportunity
             to
             passe
             wherein
             they
             might
             either
             offend
             the
             enemy
             ,
             or
             defend
             themselves
             from
             his
             hostility
             .
             But
             seeing
             no
             possible
             hope
             of
             reliefe
             ;
             and
             an
             extreame
             Famine
             drawing
             on
             ;
             having
             beene
             inforced
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             
             better
             provision
             ,
             to
             eate
             Horses
             ,
             Doggs
             ,
             and
             Cats
             ;
             which
             begot
             diverse
             pestilent
             and
             contagious
             diseases
             within
             the
             Towne
             :
             and
             having
             now
             their
             Magazins
             so
             emptied
             ,
             as
             their
             very
             last
             Corne
             was
             in
             the
             Oven
             .
             Yea
             ,
             taking
             notice
             how
             they
             were
             jeered
             by
             the
             Enemy
             ;
             when
             at
             any
             time
             they
             came
             neare
             the
             battlements
             :
             using
             to
             put
             their
             canes
             in
             arch
             holes
             ,
             and
             to
             counterfeite
             the
             noyse
             of
             Dogs
             and
             Cats
             ,
             to
             delude
             them
             :
             by
             making
             them
             waite
             for
             their
             comming
             out
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             take
             them
             and
             feed
             on
             them
             .
             Being
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             thus
             inclosed
             with
             all
             extreames
             ,
             they
             resolved
             upon
             a
             parliance
             to
             yeeld
             up
             the
             Towne
             ;
             upon
             such
             faire
             and
             honourable
             tearmes
             ,
             as
             the
             least
             dishonour
             that
             could
             be
             ,
             redounded
             to
             them
             :
             only
             ,
             indeed
             ,
             the
             Towne
             was
             wonne
             from
             them
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             lost
             for
             want
             of
             courage
             ,
             but
             provision
             .
          
           
             And
             being
             now
             to
             leave
             the
             Towne
             with
             Antients
             and
             Colours
             display'd
             ;
             and
             bullets
             in
             their
             mouth
             :
             One
             of
             these
             brave
             metald
             sparks
             ,
             remembring
             himselfe
             how
             that
             sometimes
             before
             .
             Siedge
             was
             laid
             to
             the
             Towne
             :
             he
             was
             acquainted
             with
             a
             Bona-Roba
             ;
             and
             how
             she
             was
             disposed
             of
             in
             such
             a
             Port
             :
             resolves
             with
             himselfe
             to
             repaire
             thither
             ,
             and
             renue
             his
             former
             familiarity
             with
             her
             :
             but
             comming
             to
             the
             place
             of
             her
             aboad
             ,
             he
             found
             the
             wind
             turn'd
             ;
             being
             received
             by
             her
             with
             an
             unexpected
             Coynesse
             ;
             
             which
             he
             much
             wondring
             at
             ,
             demanded
             the
             reason
             of
             her
             nicenesse
             ?
             Putting
             her
             withall
             in
             mind
             of
             their
             former
             acquaintance
             ,
             which
             might
             be
             an
             inducement
             to
             move
             her
             to
             tender
             him
             the
             like
             favour
             :
             
               No
               point
               ,
               Souldado
               ,
               quoth
               she
               ;
               for
               me
               does
               much
               feare
               ,
               you
               will
               get
               me
               with
               Colt
               ,
               you
               have
               eaten
               so
               much
               Horse-flesh
               .
               What
               a
               strange
               countenance
               the
               Souldier
               made
               upon
               this
               Wantons
               answer
               ,
               I
               leave
               to
               your
               conceipt
               who
               reades
               this
               :
               no
               doubt
               ,
               but
               he
               went
               away
               with
               a
               Flea
               in
               his
               eare
               ,
               to
               purchase
               an
               other
               Mistresse
               ,
               and
               one
               more
               constant
               ,
               if
               he
               might
               aspire
               to
               that
               happinesse
               .
            
          
           
             But
             to
             omit
             these
             ,
             should
             we
             peruse
             the
             Stories
             or
             Records
             of
             all
             times
             ,
             we
             should
             find
             admirable
             instances
             in
             this
             
               weaker
               Sexe
            
             for
             resisting
             the
             bold
             attempts
             of
             loose
             Suiters
             :
             being
             so
             constant
             in
             the
             defence
             of
             their
             honour
             ,
             as
             neither
             price
             could
             betray
             ;
             nor
             prayer
             perswade
             ;
             nor
             power
             enforce
             their
             affections
             ,
             to
             give
             way
             to
             the
             least
             breach
             of
             their
             continency
             :
             crowning
             ever
             their
             noble
             aymes
             with
             a
             cheerefull
             victory
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             am
             to
             descend
             now
             to
             the
             next
             Subject
             :
             wherein
             it
             shall
             appeare
             that
             they
             have
             ever
             made
             Honour
             their
             highest
             Object
             :
             for
             in
             this
             may
             you
             see
             portrayed
             to
             life
             ,
             not
             only
             their
             zeale
             to
             modesty
             ,
             but
             their
             tender
             care
             to
             prevent
             all
             occasion
             of
             jealousy
             .
             No
             wandring
             eyes
             to
             hunt
             for
             a
             Suiter
             ;
             no
             straying
             
             feet
             ,
             like
             Dinah's
             ,
             to
             betray
             their
             honour
             .
             A
             
               modest
               countenance
            
             shall
             you
             finde
             without
             dissembling
             ;
             a
             
               comely
               Habit
            
             ,
             without
             phantastick
             affecting
             ;
             and
             a
             firme
             
               loyall
               Love
            
             without
             apish
             toying
             :
             Mine
             shall
             be
             the
             Taske
             ;
             be
             yours
             the
             patience
             .
             We
             shall
             tender
             nothing
             to
             your
             modest
             eares
             that
             may
             possibly
             minister
             distaste
             ;
             much
             ,
             if
             opinion
             transport
             me
             not
             ,
             that
             may
             afford
             you
             benefit
             :
             and
             amply
             satisfy
             your
             longing
             appetite
             with
             a
             variously
             stored
             and
             well-furnished
             banquet
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECTION
             V.
             Their
             Modesty
             in
             Count'nance
             ,
             Habit
             ,
             and
             expression
             of
             their
             affection
             .
          
           
             
               COUNTENANCE
               .
            
             
               THE
               Habit
               or
               quality
               of
               the
               mind
               is
               best
               discerned
               by
               the
               carriage
               or
               composure
               of
               the
               body
               .
               
                 a
                 Doe
                 not
                 say
                 ,
                 saith
                 that
                 devout
                 Father
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 have
                 modest
                 minds
                 ,
                 so
                 long
                 as
                 you
                 have
                 immodest
                 eyes
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 b
                 How
                 can
                 she
                 weep
                 for
                 her
                 sinnes
                 (
                 saith
                 S.
                 Hierom
                 )
                 when
                 her
                 teares
                 will
                 make
                 furrows
                 in
                 her
                 face
                 ?
                 with
                 what
                 confidence
                 dare
                 she
                 lift
                 up
                 her
                 Countenance
                 to
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 which
                 her
                 Maker
                 acknowledges
                 not
                 ?
                 &c.
                 
              
               Light
               Habits
               suite
               not
               well
               
               with
               grave
               hearts
               :
               nor
               wandring
               eyes
               with
               setled
               minds
               .
            
             
               
                 c
                 These
                 plaisterings
                 and
                 pargettings
                 of
                 faces
                 to
                 attract
                 adulterous
                 eyes
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 beget
                 Suiters
                 ,
                 sort
                 better
                 with
                 prostitutes
                 and
                 impudent
                 strumpets
                 ,
                 who
                 make
                 sale
                 of
                 their
                 honour
                 ,
                 than
                 modest
                 women
                 ,
                 who
                 preferre
                 their
                 fame
                 before
                 the
                 sad
                 fruition
                 of
                 all
                 earthly
                 pleasure
                 .
              
            
             
               O
               ,
               what
               a
               madnesse
               is
               it
               to
               change
               the
               very
               forme
               and
               mold
               of
               Nature
               ,
               and
               to
               esteeme
               more
               of
               a
               Picture
               than
               a
               Reasonable
               Creature
               !
               S.
               Hierom
               writing
               to
               Marcella
               saith
               ,
               d
               
                 that
                 those
                 women
                 are
                 matter
                 of
                 scandall
                 to
                 Christian
                 eyes
                 ,
                 who
                 paint
                 their
                 faces
                 with
                 Cerusse
                 and
                 such
                 like
                 painting
                 stuffe
                 :
                 labouring
                 to
                 correct
                 their
                 Ma●●●r
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 an
                 impudent
                 hand
                 to
                 rectify
                 the
                 errors
                 of
                 their
                 first
                 feature
                 .
                 e
                 Such
                 a
                 picture
                 ,
                 says
                 S.
                 Ambrose
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 vicious
                 imposture
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 f
                 Thou
                 defacest
                 the
                 image
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 when
                 thou
                 deprivest
                 thy
                 Count'nance
                 of
                 her
                 native
                 candor
                 ,
                 and
                 strivest
                 to
                 beautify
                 it
                 with
                 an
                 artificiall
                 colour
                 .
              
            
             
               Nor
               can
               it
               move
               lesse
               than
               a
               pious
               compassion
               in
               the
               heart
               of
               any
               well-affected
               Christian
               ,
               to
               see
               such
               adoe
               made
               in
               patching
               and
               dawbing
               this
               outward
               cottage
               ,
               which
               threatens
               ruine
               daily
               :
               and
               such
               neglect
               showne
               to
               the
               
                 Inner
                 house
              
               ,
               which
               communicates
               
               to
               the
               body
               ,
               both
               life
               and
               beauty
               .
            
             
               Petrarchs
               advice
               was
               otherwise
               :
               g
               
                 Be
                 not
                 affraid
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 )
                 though
                 the
                 out-house
                 of
                 thy
                 body
                 be
                 shaken
                 ,
                 so
                 the
                 soule
                 ,
                 the
                 guest
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 ,
                 fare
                 well
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 h
                 I
                 would
                 ,
                 I
                 poor
                 wretch
                 (
                 saith
                 Tertullian
                 )
                 might
                 see
                 in
                 that
                 day
                 of
                 Christian
                 exaltation
                 ,
                 whether
                 with
                 cerusse
                 ,
                 and
                 purpurisse
                 ,
                 and
                 saffron
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 compasse
                 of
                 Tyres
                 about
                 your
                 heads
                 you
                 shall
                 rise
                 againe
                 ?
                 Whether
                 such
                 an
                 Ornament
                 or
                 Habilement
                 shall
                 plead
                 for
                 you
                 at
                 the
                 day
                 of
                 judgement
                 ?
              
            
             
               Seeing
               then
               ,
               as
               
                 Festus
                 Pompeius
              
               saith
               ,
               that
               common
               and
               base
               whoores
               called
               Schaenicolae
               used
               dawbing
               of
               themselves
               :
               i
               
                 And
                 that
                 no
                 good
                 face
                 will
                 seeke
                 these
                 helps
                 .
                 k
                 And
                 that
                 deservingly
                 she
                 incurres
                 a
                 censure
                 ,
                 who
                 seekes
                 to
                 improve
                 Nature
                 by
                 any
                 shop-beauty
                 or
                 borrowed
                 colour
                 .
                 l
                 And
                 that
                 such
                 affected
                 rubbish
                 or
                 refuse
                 as
                 face-varnish
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 such
                 exquisite
                 neatnesse
                 can
                 no
                 way
                 suite
                 with
                 Christian
                 comelinesse
                 .
                 m
                 And
                 that
                 there
                 is
                 one
                 flower
                 to
                 be
                 loved
                 of
                 Women
                 ,
                 a
                 good
                 red
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 shamefastnesse
                 .
                 n
                 And
                 that
                 we
                 are
                 expresly
                 forbidden
                 to
                 paint
                 that
                 face
                 which
                 God
                 hath
                 made
                 .
              
            
             
               Let
               beauty
               receive
               her
               improvement
               from
               no
               other
               hand
               than
               Nature
               ;
               what
               mor●
               ,
               
               fals
               of
               from
               modesty
               ,
               and
               argues
               a
               light
               disposition
               .
               But
               in
               my
               opinion
               ,
               nothing
               discovers
               lightnesse
               so
               much
               ;
               a●
               to
               make
               strange
               eyes
               familiar
               with
               the
               knowledge
               of
               your
               Breast
               .
               No
               serious
               judgement
               can
               conceipt
               lesse
               than
               lightly
               of
               such
               exposed
               beauty
               ;
               which
               that
               Epigrammatist
               glanced
               at
               happily
               ,
               when
               seeing
               one
               of
               these
               amorous
               Girles
               ,
               who
               had
               no
               meaning
               to
               lead
               Apes
               in
               hell
               ,
               but
               would
               rather
               impawne
               her
               honour
               than
               enter
               any
               Vestall
               Order
               ,
               attyred
               in
               a
               light
               wanton
               Habit
               ,
               and
               breast
               displayed
               ,
               and
               this
               in
               Lent
               time
               ;
               when
               graver
               attire
               and
               a
               more
               confined
               bosome
               might
               have
               better
               becom'd
               her
               ;
               he
               wrote
               these
               Lines
               :
               
                 
                   
                     Nunc
                     emere
                     haud
                     fas
                     est
                     (
                     est
                     Quadragesima
                     )
                     carnes
                     ;
                  
                   
                     
                     Quin
                     mulier
                     ,
                     mammas
                     contegis
                     ergo
                     tuas
                     ?
                  
                
                 
                   
                     With
                     breasts
                     laid
                     out
                     ,
                     why
                     should
                     I
                     Shambles
                     tempt
                     ;
                  
                   
                     "
                     It
                     's
                     held
                     unlawfull
                     to
                     buy
                     flesh
                     in
                     Lent.
                     
                  
                
              
               That
               passage
               was
               worthy
               observance
               ,
               being
               sometimes
               betwixt
               a
               Bedlamer
               and
               one
               of
               these
               
                 phantastick
                 Girles
              
               .
               It
               chanced
               that
               a
               poore
               distemper'd
               Bedlamer
               meeting
               with
               
               one
               of
               these
               huffing
               Wenchss
               in
               the
               open
               street
               ,
               daintily
               accoutred
               ,
               and
               stoursy
               ushered
               :
               
                 *
                 
                   Lucky
                   Besse
                
                 ,
                 quoth
                 he
                 ,
                 (
                 seeing
                 her
                 breasts
                 all
                 bare
                 as
                 farre
                 as
                 modesty
                 would
                 well
                 permit
                 ,
                 and
                 her
                 armes
                 naked
                 up
                 to
                 her
                 elbow
                 )
                 art
                 not
                 a
                 Cold
                 ?
                 —
                 Well
                 ,
                 god
                 keepe
                 thee
                 Besse
                 and
                 poore
                 Tom
                 in
                 our
                 wits
                 .
                 —
                 Else
                 must
                 we
                 returne
                 to
                 the
                 place
                 from
                 whence
                 we
                 came
                 ,
                 and
                 receive
                 whipping-cheere
                 for
                 our
                 labour
                 .
              
               Her
               Gentleman-Vsher
               bearing
               this
               affront
               of
               this
               Madman
               upon
               his
               Madam
               with
               impatience
               ,
               gave
               him
               the
               bastinado
               ;
               but
               his
               indiscret
               volour
               brought
               him
               to
               more
               dishonour
               :
               for
               the
               Bedlamer
               feeling
               it
               smart
               ,
               so
               belabour'd
               him
               with
               his
               Horne
               ;
               as
               if
               he
               had
               beene
               Hornemad
               :
               and
               I
               verily
               thinke
               ,
               had
               beat
               him
               blind
               ,
               had
               not
               the
               Beedle
               of
               the
               Ward
               happily
               come
               in
               to
               his
               reskue
               .
            
             
               
                 Dainty
                 Nipples
                 (
                 said
                 that
                 excellent
                 Moralist
                 to
                 a
                 wanton
                 Gallant
                 )
                 why
                 doe
                 ye
                 so
                 labour
                 to
                 tempt
                 and
                 take
                 deluded
                 eyes
                 ?
                 must
                 not
                 poore
                 wormelins
                 one
                 day
                 tugge
                 you
                 ?
                 Must
                 those
                 enazured
                 Orbes
                 for
                 ever
                 reteine
                 their
                 beauty
                 ?
                 Must
                 Nature
                 in
                 such
                 ample
                 measure
                 shew
                 her
                 bounty
                 ,
                 and
                 you
                 recompence
                 her
                 love
                 with
                 lying
                 snayres
                 to
                 purchase
                 fancy
                 ?
              
            
             
               These
               Instances
               I
               the
               rather
               insist
               on
               ,
               because
               there
               is
               nothing
               that
               impeacheth
               civile
               fame
               more
               than
               these
               outward
               phantastick
               
               fooleries
               ,
               Where
               the
               eye
               gives
               way
               to
               opinion
               :
               and
               a
               conceipt
               is
               convayed
               to
               the
               Heart
               ,
               by
               the
               outward
               sense
               :
               For
               ,
               as
               by
               the
               Countenance
               ,
               piety
               is
               impaired
               ;
               so
               by
               the
               Eyes
               is
               chastity
               impeached
               .
               Where
               this
               is
               and
               hath
               beene
               ever
               held
               for
               an
               undoubted
               Maxim
               :
               
                 Immodest
                 eyes
                 are
                 Messengers
                 of
                 an
                 unguarded
                 heart
                 .
              
               The
               principall
               meanes
               then
               to
               preserve
               reputation
               ,
               is
               to
               avoyd
               all
               occasion
               of
               suspicion
               .
               And
               forasmuch
               as
               we
               may
               suffer
               in
               our
               fame
               through
               trifles
               ,
               aswell
               as
               motives
               of
               higher
               importance
               ;
               wee
               are
               to
               be
               cautious
               in
               the
               least
               ;
               lest
               we
               be
               censured
               in
               these
               ,
               though
               we
               fend
               not
               in
               the
               greatest
               .
            
             
               ☞
               Lacides
               Prince
               of
               Argos
               ,
               one
               ,
               whose
               noble
               parts
               deserved
               that
               Title
               ,
               had
               he
               never
               beene
               advanced
               thereto
               by
               the
               suffrage
               of
               his
               people
               ;
               was
               accounted
               Lascivious
               only
               for
               his
               sleeke
               lookes
               ,
               and
               mincing
               gate
               .
            
             
               So
               Pompeie
               ,
               because
               out
               of
               an
               affected
               way
               ,
               as
               was
               conceived
               ,
               he
               used
               to
               scratch
               his
               head
               with
               one
               finger
               ;
               albeit
               very
               continent
               and
               modest
               .
            
             
               So
               Augustus
               discovered
               the
               dispositions
               of
               his
               Daughters
               ,
               by
               the
               places
               where
               they
               frequented
               ;
               the
               company
               with
               which
               they
               conversed
               .
               The
               Countenance
               which
               they
               shewed
               ;
               the
               manner
               of
               their
               carriage
               when
               at
               any
               time
               suited
               .
               Lightnesse
               he
               found
               in
               
               the
               one
               ;
               and
               staydnesse
               in
               the
               other
               :
               while
               the
               one
               consorts
               with
               a
               Ruffian
               ,
               the
               other
               with
               a
               Senator
               .
            
             
               Now
               to
               follow
               our
               former
               method
               ,
               and
               present
               to
               your
               eyes
               the
               Modesty
               of
               sundry
               women
               ,
               whose
               excellent
               parts
               as
               they
               merited
               high
               approvement
               :
               so
               their
               modest
               behaviour
               inlarged
               those
               additions
               of
               their
               honour
               .
               Where
               you
               shall
               find
               a
               whole
               Roman
               Family
               so
               derivative
               in
               their
               vertues
               one
               to
               another
               ,
               as
               every
               action
               deserved
               some
               peculiar
               attribute
               of
               honour
               ,
            
             
               One
               of
               these
               you
               shall
               finde
               giving
               these
               directions
               to
               her
               Daughters
               :
               
                 Wenches
                 ,
                 be
                 carefull
                 of
                 your
                 fame
                 :
                 attire
                 your
                 Countenances
                 with
                 Modesty
                 ;
                 let
                 not
                 your
                 outward
                 appearance
                 beget
                 in
                 a
                 loose
                 Lover
                 ,
                 least
                 hope
                 of
                 prevailing
                 .
                 Lookes
                 are
                 legible
                 lines
                 :
                 men
                 may
                 gather
                 by
                 your
                 Countenance
                 ,
                 whether
                 or
                 no
                 goodnesse
                 have
                 in
                 you
                 any
                 residence
                 .
                 Nor
                 can
                 you
                 so
                 dissemble
                 light
                 thoughts
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 will
                 at
                 one
                 time
                 or
                 other
                 breake
                 forth
                 in
                 glowing
                 blushes
                 ,
                 or
                 immodest
                 smiles
                 .
                 I
                 have
                 beene
                 a
                 Consuls
                 Wife
                 so
                 long
                 ;
                 as
                 by
                 his
                 absence
                 I
                 might
                 have
                 taken
                 opportunity
                 to
                 enjoy
                 an
                 inhibited
                 pleasure
                 by
                 communicating
                 my
                 love
                 to
                 a
                 Stranger
                 ;
                 but
                 never
                 was
                 pleasure
                 comparably
                 precious
                 to
                 mine
                 honour
                 .
                 Trace
                 you
                 the
                 same
                 path
                 ;
                 so
                 shall
                 the
                 
                   Elysian
                   fields
                
                 receive
                 you
                 ,
                 when
                 these
                 
                 shady
                 Embleames
                 of
                 vading
                 fancy
                 shall
                 leave
                 you
                 .
              
            
             
               Another
               ,
               though
               young
               ,
               you
               shall
               finde
               of
               so
               composed
               a
               Countenance
               ,
               and
               constant
               modesty
               ▪
               as
               when
               her
               Friends
               had
               concluded
               a
               marriage
               betwixt
               her
               and
               a
               noble
               Gentleman
               ;
               whom
               she
               preferred
               in
               her
               affection
               before
               all
               others
               :
               made
               no
               other
               semblance
               of
               joy
               ,
               nor
               no
               other
               expression
               of
               liking
               than
               this
               :
               
                 That
                 she
                 was
                 bound
                 to
                 her
                 Friends
                 for
                 their
                 choyce
                 ,
                 yet
                 so
                 happy
                 was
                 she
                 in
                 her
                 present
                 condition
                 ,
                 as
                 she
                 could
                 hardly
                 entertaine
                 one
                 thought
                 of
                 change
                 .
              
               Yea
               ,
               at
               such
               time
               as
               her
               Nuptials
               were
               to
               be
               solemnized
               ,
               and
               her
               vowed
               affection
               sealed
               :
               and
               nothing
               wanted
               but
               the
               rite
               it selfe
               to
               joyne
               their
               hands
               together
               ,
               as
               their
               hearts
               long
               before
               had
               confirmed
               that
               tender
               ;
               when
               her
               unhappy
               Bridegroome
               was
               by
               an
               Imperiall
               command
               called
               away
               to
               forraine
               servive
               ,
               as
               if
               that
               sad
               occasion
               had
               purposely
               pitcht
               it selfe
               to
               decline
               their
               solace
               ,
               and
               perplexe
               their
               loves
               with
               a
               tedious
               expectance
               ;
               she
               put
               on
               so
               cheerefull
               a
               Count'nance
               ,
               as
               none
               could
               gather
               by
               her
               outward
               semblance
               that
               she
               conceived
               any
               discontent
               by
               his
               absence
               .
               Yet
               so
               constantly
               affectionate
               was
               she
               to
               her
               divided
               choice
               ,
               as
               no
               distance
               of
               place
               could
               aliene
               her
               love
               ,
               remaining
               of
               a
               votaresse
               (
               yet
               ever
               reteining
               an
               unblemish'd
               Count'nance
               )
               till
               his
               returne
               .
            
             
             
             
               More
               easily
               to
               be
               admired
               than
               imitated
               was
               the
               Modesty
               of
               that
               incomparable
               Aemilia
               ;
               who
               ,
               being
               one
               day
               invited
               to
               a
               sumptuous
               Feast
               ;
               where
               ,
               to
               delight
               the
               itching
               eares
               and
               wandring
               eyes
               of
               light
               Guests
               ,
               were
               presented
               sundry
               wanton
               passages
               :
               Songs
               ,
               whose
               very
               ayres
               resounded
               nothing
               but
               lightnesse
               ;
               Obscene
               Motions
               and
               Gestures
               ,
               which
               relished
               nothing
               more
               than
               Wantonnesse
               :
               was
               asked
               by
               a
               merry
               Gossip
               ,
               who
               sat
               next
               to
               her
               ,
               how
               it
               far'd
               that
               she
               laughed
               not
               at
               those
               revels
               aswell
               as
               the
               rest
               ?
               
                 A
                 modest
                 Dame
                 (
                 replyed
                 she
                 )
                 should
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 give
                 an
                 eare
                 ,
                 much
                 lesse
                 afford
                 a
                 smile
                 to
                 an
                 immodest
                 Sceane
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               HABIT
               .
            
             
               NEXT
               to
               this
               Modesty
               which
               many
               of
               our
               Feminine
               Mirrors
               shewed
               in
               their
               Countenance
               ;
               we
               are
               to
               present
               unto
               you
               the
               Decency
               they
               observed
               in
               their
               Habit.
               Which
               ,
               as
               it
               was
               first
               ordained
               to
               keepe
               the
               body
               warme
               two
               wayes
               :
               by
               keeping
               in
               the
               naturall
               heat
               of
               the
               body
               :
               and
               by
               keeping
               out
               the
               accidentall
               cold
               of
               the
               ayre
               ;
               becomes
               so
               
               inverted
               by
               abuse
               ,
               as
               it
               suites
               it selfe
               to
               neither
               of
               those
               Necessities
               for
               which
               it
               was
               first
               ordained
               .
               But
               the
               phrency
               of
               pride
               suffers
               no
               cold
               .
               Bedlam-like
               it
               can
               goe
               in
               slashes
               ,
               to
               comply
               with
               times
               humour
               ,
               and
               scarcely
               feele
               the
               distemper
               of
               any
               unseasonable
               Weather
               .
               A
               Mistresse
               eye
               is
               an
               Antidote
               against
               a
               fever
               .
               Here
               you
               shall
               have
               one
               to
               beare
               more
               than
               Milo's
               Bull
               ,
               upon
               their
               shoulders
               .
               Such
               a
               weight
               of
               Jewels
               ,
               stones
               ,
               borders
               and
               carknets
               ,
               as
               it
               seemes
               wonderfull
               to
               me
               (
               to
               use
               the
               words
               of
               a
               Learned
               Father
               )
               that
               they
               are
               not
               pressed
               to
               death
               with
               the
               burden
               they
               beare
               .
               Others
               like
               so
               many
               pye-coloured
               Butter-flyes
               ,
               
               falling
               from
               Silke-wormes
               ,
               and
               changing
               their
               nature
               with
               their
               colour
               ,
               disguise
               themselves
               in
               the
               lightest
               stuffs
               of
               vanity
               ;
               which
               kind
               of
               Habit
               may
               be
               ,
               indeed
               ,
               truly
               styled
               the
               minds
               Anatomy
               .
               With
               these
               nothing
               can
               be
               received
               into
               grace
               ,
               that
               appeares
               grave
               :
               nor
               ought
               complete
               ,
               that
               is
               not
               fantasticall
               .
            
             
               Farre
               otherwise
               affected
               was
               that
               Noble
               Lady
               ;
               who
               ,
               when
               a
               Peere
               of
               this
               Kingdome
               came
               to
               visit
               her
               ,
               and
               seeing
               all
               those
               inner
               rooms
               of
               her
               house
               hung
               with
               Black
               ,
               demanded
               of
               her
               the
               reason
               of
               her
               sorrowing
               ?
               
                 Why
                 ,
                 my
                 Lord
                 ,
                 quoth
                 she
                 ,
                 ha's
                 your
                 Honour
                 slept
                 all
                 this
                 while
                 ,
                 and
                 never
                 heard
                 how
                 I
                 was
                 a
                 desolate
                 Widdow
                 ?
                 
                 Yes
                 ,
                 said
                 he
                 ;
                 but
                 it
                 is
                 long
                 since
                 your
                 Husband
                 dyed
                 ,
                 so
                 as
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 custome
                 of
                 our
                 Nation
                 ,
                 you
                 might
                 before
                 this
                 time
                 have
                 left
                 off
                 that
                 Habit.
                 O
                 ,
                 quoth
                 she
                 ,
                 but
                 it
                 seemes
                 but
                 as
                 yesterday
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 since
                 he
                 died
                 ;
                 your
                 Honour
                 then
                 must
                 give
                 me
                 leave
                 to
                 weare
                 one
                 Livery
                 both
                 in
                 Heart
                 and
                 Habit.
                 Why
                 ,
                 replyed
                 this
                 Lord
                 ,
                 the
                 very
                 Pagans
                 had
                 times
                 limited
                 for
                 their
                 sorrowing
                 and
                 Funerall
                 solemnizing
                 .
                 But
                 we
                 are
                 Christians
                 ,
                 said
                 she
                 ;
                 and
                 though
                 I
                 weepe
                 not
                 as
                 those
                 
                   without
                   hope
                
                 ,
                 yet
                 must
                 I
                 needs
                 with
                 a
                 pious
                 sorrow
                 bemoane
                 the
                 losse
                 of
                 so
                 Honourable
                 an
                 Helpe
                 .
                 But
                 admit
                 one
                 in
                 my
                 case
                 were
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 an
                 incessant
                 mourner
                 :
                 You
                 will
                 confesse
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 sure
                 ,
                 she
                 should
                 be
                 a
                 constant
                 remembrancer
                 .
                 And
                 though
                 no
                 profest
                 votaresse
                 ,
                 yet
                 would
                 it
                 well
                 beseeme
                 her
                 to
                 make
                 her
                 Chamber
                 her
                 Cloister
                 .
                 Now
                 ,
                 my
                 Lord
                 ,
                 for
                 mine
                 Habit
                 ,
                 though
                 it
                 please
                 not
                 the
                 eye
                 of
                 a
                 Courtier
                 ,
                 yet
                 will
                 it
                 suite
                 well
                 with
                 the
                 humour
                 of
                 such
                 Suiters
                 as
                 I
                 meane
                 to
                 entertaine
                 .
                 A
                 richer
                 covering
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 need
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 I
                 hope
                 my
                 meanes
                 will
                 maintaine
                 .
              
            
             
               She
               seemed
               constant
               to
               her
               Countrey
               weare
               ;
               who
               comming
               over
               into
               this
               Island
               with
               other
               Out-landish
               women
               ;
               was
               wished
               ,
               to
               accommodate
               her selfe
               according
               to
               the
               Habit
               of
               our
               Nation
               :
               
                 O
                 ,
                 pardon
                 
                 me
                 ,
                 Madam
                 ,
                 quoth
                 she
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 neither
                 so
                 forgetfull
                 of
                 my
                 owne
                 Countrey
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 put
                 of
                 her
                 livery
                 :
                 nor
                 so
                 meanely
                 opinion'd
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 change
                 it
                 with
                 any
                 forraine
                 bravery
                 .
                 Nor
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 should
                 shape
                 my selfe
                 to
                 the
                 Habit
                 of
                 your
                 Nation
                 ,
                 could
                 I
                 any
                 long
                 time
                 be
                 knowne
                 by
                 it
                 ,
                 being
                 so
                 changeable
                 in
                 her
                 fashion
                 .
              
            
             
               A
               Divine
               answer
               return'd
               that
               excellent
               Lady
               to
               an
               impertinent
               Objection
               ,
               when
               being
               one
               day
               asked
               ,
               why
               she
               attir'd
               not
               her selfe
               to
               the
               fashion
               of
               the
               time
               ?
               
                 O
                 ,
                 Sir
                 ,
                 quoth
                 she
                 ,
                 because
                 the
                 Time
                 observes
                 no
                 fashion
                 .
                 But
                 if
                 you
                 wonder
                 at
                 my
                 plainenesse
                 ,
                 and
                 why
                 I
                 bestow
                 no
                 more
                 cost
                 on
                 my
                 apparell
                 ;
                 I
                 must
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 I
                 can
                 see
                 no
                 reason
                 in
                 the
                 World
                 that
                 wee
                 should
                 pride
                 us
                 in
                 that
                 ,
                 which
                 ,
                 had
                 we
                 not
                 sinned
                 ,
                 we
                 had
                 never
                 needed
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               EXPRESSION
               OF
               THEIR
               AFFECTION
               .
            
             
               NEXT
               this
               ,
               let
               us
               instance
               what
               rare
               Modesty
               hath
               beene
               shown
               by
               Women
               ,
               in
               the
               
                 Expression
                 of
                 their
                 Affection
              
               .
               How
               loath
               to
               be
               seene
               to
               love
               ;
               and
               how
               faithfull
               to
               those
               they
               did
               love
               :
               How
               shamefast
               in
               their
               professing
               ;
               and
               how
               steadfast
               in
               their
               expression
               .
            
             
               
                 I
                 preferre
                 love
                 before
                 life
                 ,
                 said
                 that
                 noble
                 Aurelia
                 to
                 one
                 of
                 her
                 Maiden-sisters
                 ;
                 yet
                 had
                 I
                 rather
                 loose
                 my
                 life
                 ,
                 than
                 discover
                 my
                 love
                 .
              
               The
               like
               said
               that
               sweet
               Sulpitia
               ;
               
                 I
                 could
                 finde
                 in
                 mine
                 heart
                 to
                 dye
                 for
                 my
                 Love
                 ,
                 so
                 my
                 Love
                 knew
                 not
                 I
                 dyed
                 for
                 his
                 love
                 .
              
               The
               like
               said
               that
               vertuous
               Valeria
               :
               
                 I
                 could
                 wish
                 to
                 dye
                 ,
                 so
                 my
                 Clarentius
                 knew
                 not
                 for
                 whom
                 I
                 wish'd
                 to
                 dye
                 .
              
               That
               brave
               Burgundian
               Lady
               expressed
               the
               like
               Modesty
               ;
               
                 I
                 will
                 passe
                 by
                 him
                 ,
                 said
                 she
                 ,
                 and
                 never
                 eye
                 him
                 :
                 my
                 heart
                 shall
                 only
                 speake
                 to
                 him
                 ;
                 for
                 my
                 tongue
                 ,
                 it
                 shall
                 rather
                 loose
                 it selfe
                 than
                 unloosen
                 it selfe
                 to
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               A
               rare
               
                 Expression
                 of
                 Affection
              
               shewed
               that
               young
               Maid
               ;
               who
               ,
               seeing
               her
               Lover
               
               deprived
               of
               all
               meanes
               to
               enjoy
               her
               by
               the
               aversenesse
               of
               his
               Father
               :
               and
               understanding
               ,
               how
               he
               had
               resolved
               through
               discontent
               to
               take
               his
               Fortune
               beyond
               the
               Seas
               ,
               with
               a
               religious
               vow
               ,
               never
               to
               solicit
               any
               Womans
               love
               ,
               for
               the
               space
               of
               five
               yeares
               :
               She
               ,
               though
               till
               that
               time
               ,
               she
               had
               ever
               borne
               him
               respect
               with
               such
               discreet
               secrecy
               and
               reservednesse
               ,
               as
               no
               eye
               could
               ever
               discover
               her
               affection
               ;
               intended
               under
               a
               disguised
               habit
               ,
               to
               accompany
               him
               in
               his
               journey
               .
               Cutting
               therefore
               her
               haire
               ,
               and
               taking
               upon
               her
               a
               Pages
               habit
               ;
               she
               came
               aboord
               in
               the
               same
               Ship
               wherein
               he
               was
               received
               ;
               and
               so
               continued
               during
               all
               that
               Sea-voyage
               ,
               by
               the
               helpe
               of
               that
               disguise
               and
               discolouring
               of
               her
               haire
               ,
               to
               her
               Lover
               ,
               altogether
               unknowne
               .
               And
               being
               now
               arrived
               at
               the
               Port
               at
               which
               they
               aymed
               ,
               this
               disguised
               Page
               beseeched
               him
               ,
               that
               hee
               would
               bee
               pleased
               to
               accept
               of
               his
               service
               :
               pretending
               ,
               that
               since
               his
               arrivall
               ,
               hee
               had
               heard
               of
               the
               death
               of
               his
               dearest
               Friends
               ,
               and
               such
               as
               his
               lively-hood
               relyed
               on
               ;
               so
               as
               ,
               he
               had
               no
               meanes
               to
               support
               him
               ,
               nor
               in
               his
               present
               distresse
               to
               supply
               him
               ,
               unlesse
               some
               charitably
               disposed
               Gentleman
               like
               himselfe
               ,
               would
               be
               pleased
               to
               take
               compassion
               of
               him
               ,
               and
               entertaine
               him
               .
               This
               exil'd
               Lover
               commiserating
               his
               Case
               ,
               tooke
               her
               into
               his
               Service
               ;
               little
               imagining
               that
               his
               
               Page
               was
               his
               Mistresse
               .
               But
               no
               doubt
               ,
               bore
               his
               late-entertained
               Servant
               more
               respect
               for
               the
               resemblance
               he
               conceived
               betwixt
               his
               Page
               and
               Mistresse
               .
            
             
               Thus
               lived
               they
               together
               for
               a
               long
               time
               :
               during
               which
               space
               ,
               shee
               never
               discovered
               her selfe
               :
               holding
               it
               to
               be
               to
               no
               purpose
               ,
               seeing
               hee
               had
               taken
               a
               solemne
               vow
               (
               as
               was
               formerly
               said
               )
               that
               hee
               would
               sollicit
               no
               Womans
               love
               for
               such
               a
               time
               :
               so
               as
               ,
               rather
               than
               he
               should
               violate
               his
               vow
               ,
               (
               which
               by
               all
               likelyhood
               hee
               would
               have
               done
               ,
               had
               hee
               knowne
               who
               was
               his
               Page
               )
               she
               chused
               to
               remaine
               with
               him
               unknowne
               ,
               expressing
               all
               arguments
               of
               diligence
               and
               carefull
               observance
               that
               any
               Master
               could
               possibly
               expect
               from
               his
               Servant
               .
            
             
               Hope
               ,
               which
               lightneth
               every
               burden
               ;
               and
               makes
               the
               most
               painefull
               service
               a
               delightfull
               solace
               ,
               sweetned
               the
               houres
               of
               her
               expectance
               :
               ever-thinking
               ,
               how
               one
               day
               those
               five
               yeares
               would
               bee
               expired
               ,
               when
               she
               might
               more
               freely
               discover
               her
               love
               ,
               and
               he
               enjoy
               what
               hee
               so
               much
               desired
               .
               But
               Fate
               ,
               who
               observes
               no
               order
               betwixt
               youth
               and
               age
               ;
               nor
               reserves
               one
               compassionate
               teare
               for
               divided
               Loves
               ,
               prevented
               their
               hopes
               ,
               and
               abridged
               their
               joyes
               by
               her
               premature
               death
               .
               For
               being
               
               taken
               with
               a
               Quartan-fever
               ,
               she
               languished
               even
               unto
               death
               :
               Yet
               before
               her
               end
               ,
               she
               desired
               one
               thing
               of
               her
               Master
               in
               recompence
               of
               all
               her
               faithfull
               service
               ;
               which
               was
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               be
               pleased
               to
               close
               up
               the
               eyes
               of
               his
               Page
               ,
               and
               receive
               from
               him
               one
               dying
               kisse
               :
               and
               lastly
               ,
               to
               weare
               for
               his
               sake
               one
               poore
               Ring
               ,
               as
               a
               lasting
               memoriall
               of
               his
               loyall
               love
               .
               All
               which
               his
               sorrowfull
               Master
               truly
               performed
               :
               but
               perceiving
               by
               the
               Posy
               of
               the
               Ring
               that
               his
               deceased
               Page
               was
               his
               Mistresse
               :
               and
               that
               he
               had
               bestowed
               that
               Ring
               on
               her
               ,
               at
               such
               time
               as
               he
               departed
               from
               her
               ;
               it
               is
               not
               to
               be
               conceived
               ,
               what
               continued
               sorrow
               he
               expressed
               for
               her
               .
            
             
               A
               Story
               of
               no
               lesse
               constant
               nor
               passionate
               affection
               may
               be
               here
               related
               of
               that
               deeply
               inamoured
               Girle
               ;
               who
               ,
               though
               she
               preferred
               her
               Honour
               before
               the
               imbraces
               of
               any
               Lover
               :
               and
               made
               but
               small
               semblance
               of
               any
               fondnesse
               or
               too
               suspicious
               kindnesse
               to
               him
               ,
               who
               had
               the
               sole
               interest
               in
               her
               love
               .
               Yea
               ,
               so
               farre
               was
               her
               affection
               distanced
               from
               the
               least
               suspicion
               :
               as
               her
               very
               nearest
               Friends
               could
               scarcely
               discover
               any
               such
               matter
               betwixt
               them
               :
               yet
               at
               such
               time
               as
               her
               unfortunate
               Lover
               ,
               being
               found
               a
               notorious
               Deliquent
               in
               a
               Civill
               State
               ,
               was
               to
               suffer
               ;
               when
               ,
               all
               the
               private
               meanes
               by
               way
               of
               Friends
               that
               she
               could
               make
               ,
               prevailed
               
               nothing
               for
               his
               delivery
               :
               and
               shee
               now
               made
               a
               sad
               spectator
               of
               his
               Tragedy
               .
               After
               such
               time
               as
               the
               Headsman
               had
               done
               his
               office
               ,
               shee
               lept
               up
               upon
               the
               Scaffold
               :
               and
               in
               a
               distracted
               manner
               ,
               called
               all
               such
               people
               as
               were
               there
               present
               ,
               to
               witnesse
               :
               That
               hee
               who
               had
               suffer'd
               could
               no
               way
               possibly
               be
               a
               Delinquent
               ,
               and
               she
               innocent
               :
               
                 For
                 this
                 heart
                 of
                 mine
                 (
                 said
                 she
                 )
                 was
                 his
                 ;
                 how
                 could
                 he
                 then
                 do
                 any
                 thing
                 whereof
                 I
                 was
                 not
                 guilty
                 ?
              
            
             
               Nor
               could
               this
               poore
               distempered
               Maid
               ,
               by
               all
               the
               advice
               ,
               councell
               ,
               or
               perswasion
               that
               could
               be
               used
               to
               her
               ,
               be
               drawne
               from
               the
               Scaffold
               ;
               ever
               and
               anon
               beckning
               to
               the
               the
               Executioner
               to
               performe
               his
               office
               :
               for
               otherwise
               hee
               was
               an
               Enemy
               to
               the
               State
               ,
               and
               the
               Emperours
               profest
               foe
               .
               Nor
               could
               she
               be
               without
               much
               force
               haled
               from
               the
               Scaffold
               ,
               till
               his
               corpse
               was
               removed
               .
            
             
               The
               Historian
               gives
               a
               noble
               attestation
               of
               that
               majestick
               Marcella
               :
               
                 That
                 none
                 would
                 ever
                 have
                 thought
                 that
                 she
                 had
                 loved
                 her
                 Husband
                 ,
                 till
                 shee
                 injoyd
                 him
                 ;
                 but
                 none
                 more
                 discreetly
                 deare
                 in
                 the
                 Expression
                 of
                 her
                 Affection
                 ,
                 after
                 she
                 had
                 married
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               as
               Vertue
               receives
               her
               proper
               station
               in
               the
               Meane
               ;
               so
               all
               Extreames
               decline
               from
               that
               Marke
               .
               I
               have
               heard
               of
               Some
               ,
               who
               were
               so
               over-nice
               or
               gingerly
               precise
               
               in
               Expressing
               their
               Affections
               ;
               as
               they
               would
               not
               admit
               so
               much
               favour
               as
               a
               faire
               or
               equall
               Parliance
               ,
               unlesse
               he
               observed
               his
               Distance
               ,
               to
               their
               affectionate
               Servant
               .
            
             
               These
               will
               not
               grant
               admittance
               to
               their
               Suiters
               ,
               to
               preferre
               their
               requests
               in
               their
               Chambers
               .
               No
               ;
               they
               must
               be
               distanced
               by
               some
               Partition
               or
               Window
               ;
               or
               else
               wooe
               by
               
                 Prospective
                 Glasses
              
               :
               or
               utter
               their
               thoughts
               (
               with
               the
               
                 Silent
                 Lady
              
               )
               through
               Canes
               or
               Trunks
               ;
               as
               if
               Affection
               were
               an
               Infection
               .
               But
               this
               nicenesse
               tastes
               more
               of
               Folly
               than
               Modesty
               .
               Those
               only
               deserve
               approvement
               ,
               who
               can
               so
               season
               their
               Affections
               with
               discretion
               ;
               as
               neither
               too
               much
               coynesse
               taxe
               them
               of
               coldnesse
               ,
               nor
               too
               much
               easinesse
               brand
               them
               of
               forwardnesse
               in
               the
               ordering
               of
               their
               Affection
               .
            
             
               This
               closeth
               fitly
               with
               those
               Posies
               of
               two
               cursory
               wits
               writ
               in
               a
               window
               by
               way
               of
               answer
               one
               to
               another
               :
               
                 
                   She
                   ,
                   she
                   ,
                   for
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   none
                   but
                   shee
                
                 
                   That
                   's
                   neither
                   forward
                   nor
                   too
                   free
                   .
                
              
               Which
               was
               answered
               in
               this
               manner
               ,
               in
               a
               paralell
               way
               to
               the
               former
               .
            
             
               
               
                 That
                 wench
                 ,
                 I
                 vow
                 ,
                 shall
                 be
                 my
                 joy
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 's
                 neither
                 forward
                 nor
                 too
                 coy
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               thus
               much
               may
               suffice
               for
               instances
               of
               this
               kind
               :
               we
               are
               now
               to
               descend
               from
               the
               Expression
               of
               their
               constant
               but
               modest
               Love
               ,
               to
               such
               as
               were
               Corrivals
               in
               their
               Affections
               ;
               which
               have
               in
               all
               ages
               brought
               forth
               Tragick
               Conclusions
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             SECTION
             VI.
             The
             violence
             of
             some
             Women
             us'd
             upon
             such
             as
             were
             Corrivals
             in
             their
             choice
             :
             With
             Examples
             .
          
           
             
             THERE
             is
             no
             Maxime
             more
             holding
             than
             this
             :
             
               
                 Scepters
                 and
                 Suiters
                 hate
                 Competitors
                 .
              
            
          
           
             Agreeing
             well
             with
             that
             of
             the
             Greeke
             Poet
             :
             
               
                 Imperiall
                 power
                 and
                 Nuptiall
                 bed
              
               
                 Brooke
                 hardly
                 to
                 be
                 rivalled
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             Italy
             hath
             for
             many
             ages
             beene
             a
             Tragick
             
             Theater
             of
             such
             presentments
             .
             Where
             you
             shall
             finde
             here
             a
             Lady
             so
             violently
             strong
             in
             her
             affection
             ,
             as
             her
             Servant
             must
             have
             Spyes
             neare
             him
             ,
             if
             he
             Court
             but
             an
             other
             Mistresse
             :
             Civile
             cu●●sies
             can
             hardly
             passe
             without
             some
             rackt
             Construction
             .
             This
             fury
             ,
             that
             passionate
             Dame
             expressed
             ;
             when
             ,
             having
             entertained
             a
             Gentleman
             of
             excellent
             parts
             and
             worthy
             descent
             ,
             to
             be
             her
             Servant
             :
             and
             having
             enjoyed
             the
             freedome
             of
             their
             Loves
             ,
             with
             much
             familiarity
             for
             long
             time
             together
             :
             at
             last
             ,
             by
             some
             report
             which
             shee
             had
             heard
             ,
             or
             some
             other
             bad
             office
             suggested
             to
             her
             ,
             she
             conceived
             a
             deep
             jealousy
             of
             her
             Servant
             ,
             that
             he
             begun
             to
             aliene
             his
             love
             from
             her
             ,
             by
             setting
             it
             on
             such
             an
             amorous
             Curtezan
             .
             Time
             strengthned
             his
             conceipt
             ;
             For
             where
             suspicions
             of
             this
             kinde
             are
             not
             at
             first
             resisted
             ,
             they
             become
             daily
             strengthened
             ,
             and
             breake
             out
             into
             such
             fearefull
             issues
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             very
             hardly
             without
             blood
             to
             be
             quenched
             .
             This
             jealouse
             Dame
             giving
             free
             scope
             to
             her
             own
             thoughts
             ;
             contracted
             with
             a
             curious
             Limner
             to
             draw
             the
             feature
             of
             that
             Curtezan
             ,
             as
             much
             to
             life
             as
             he
             could
             possibly
             doe
             .
             Which
             done
             ,
             she
             caused
             this
             Picture
             amongst
             other
             Pieces
             of
             incomparable
             art
             to
             he
             hung
             up
             in
             her
             Lodging
             Chamber
             .
             The
             next
             time
             that
             her
             Favorite
             came
             ,
             having
             free
             accesse
             unto
             her
             ,
             entered
             into
             her
             
             Chamber
             :
             where
             she
             had
             withdrawne
             her selfe
             (
             purposely
             as
             may
             be
             imagined
             )
             into
             a
             private
             Closet
             adjoyning
             to
             that
             roome
             .
             Meanetime
             ,
             her
             unhappy
             Servant
             taking
             a
             full
             view
             of
             all
             these
             Pieces
             ,
             amongst
             which
             having
             found
             out
             the
             Picture
             of
             his
             Curtezan
             ,
             he
             bestowed
             his
             eye
             more
             upon
             it
             ,
             than
             all
             the
             rest
             :
             which
             she
             observing
             through
             a
             Cranie
             ,
             and
             being
             not
             able
             any
             longer
             to
             containe
             her selfe
             ,
             came
             hastily
             out
             of
             her
             Closet
             where
             she
             had
             retired
             ▪
             and
             having
             saluted
             her
             Servant
             with
             a
             seeming-gracefull
             Countenance
             as
             if
             all
             had
             beene
             well
             ,
             she
             began
             to
             aske
             him
             in
             good
             earnest
             what
             Piece
             he
             most
             affected
             ,
             or
             (
             as
             he
             conceived
             )
             deserved
             most
             love
             ?
             
               Madame
               ,
               answer'd
               he
               ,
               they
               are
               all
               excellent
               Pieces
               ,
               and
               such
               as
               have
               received
               all
               perfection
               from
               Art
               :
               but
               to
               settle
               much
               affection
               upon
               a
               Picture
               ,
               where
               such
               a
               Lady
               as
               your selfe
               is
               in
               presence
               ,
               were
               to
               preferre
               Art
               before
               Nature
               .
               Come
               ,
               come
               (
               quoth
               she
               )
               you
               can
               dissemble
               daintily
               :
               —
               But
               tell
               me
               truely
               ,
               whether
               this
               Piece
               (
               pointing
               at
               his
               Curtezan
               )
               ha's
               not
               nearest
               Seasure
               in
               your
               heart
               !
               And
               when
               he
               answered
               nothing
               :
               But
               I
               will
               procure
               a
               divorce
               betwixt
               you
               with
               this
               ,
               (
               quoth
               she
               ;
               )
               and
               with
               that
               ,
               (
               having
               a
               poniard
               in
               her
               sleeve
               )
               stab'd
               him
               .
            
             Which
             fact
             of
             hers
             ,
             as
             it
             brought
             to
             him
             a
             premature
             death
             ;
             so
             it
             
             hastened
             upon
             her
             a
             judiciall
             doome
             .
          
           
             A
             revenge
             of
             like
             nature
             ,
             though
             performed
             in
             a
             fairer
             manner
             ,
             was
             sometimes
             presented
             by
             that
             jealous
             Florentine
             :
             who
             suspecting
             the
             Constancy
             of
             her
             Friend
             :
             and
             vowing
             revenge
             if
             it
             prov'd
             so
             :
             at
             last
             she
             perceiv'd
             ,
             that
             the
             grounds
             of
             her
             jealousy
             were
             not
             without
             just
             Cause
             .
             One
             day
             therefore
             she
             invites
             her
             Corrivall
             to
             her
             House
             :
             where
             pretending
             ,
             after
             a
             free
             and
             friendly
             entertainment
             ,
             that
             she
             had
             such
             a
             curiouse
             Antique
             Piece
             to
             shew
             her
             ,
             as
             the
             world
             could
             not
             paralell
             :
             she
             brought
             her
             to
             a
             private
             retyred
             room
             remote
             from
             the
             noise
             of
             eare
             ,
             or
             recourse
             of
             any
             .
             Where
             being
             enter'd
             ;
             
               Madona
               ,
               quoth
               she
               ,
               shewing
               the
               Picture
               of
               her
               Servant
               ;
               doe
               you
               know
               that
               piece
               ?
               Yes
               ,
               Madame
               ,
               replyed
               she
               ;
               And
               what
               would
               you
               doe
               for
               his
               sake
               ?
            
             For
             I
             know
             well
             you
             love
             him
             .
             She
             ,
             though
             shee
             began
             to
             excuse
             her selfe
             ,
             could
             not
             satisfy
             this
             jealous
             Lady
             :
             who
             transported
             with
             fury
             ,
             to
             have
             any
             other
             to
             share
             in
             the
             Object
             of
             her
             fancy
             ;
             interrupted
             her
             in
             these
             words
             :
             
               No
               more
               ;
               it
               is
               in
               vaine
               .
               Your
               dalliance
               be
               it
               never
               so
               private
               ,
               cannot
               shrowd
               it selfe
               from
               the
               eyes
               nor
               eares
               of
               Florence
               .
               But
               as
               you
               partake
               in
               the
               fruition
               of
               his
               love
               ,
               we
               will
               see
               what
               you
               dare
               to
               attempt
               for
               his
               love
               .
               If
               you
               deserve
               him
               ,
               you
               will
               fight
               for
               him
               .
               Your
               spirit
               
               cannot
               be
               weake
               ,
               if
               your
               fancy
               be
               strong
               .
               Though
               I
               might
               many
               times
               before
               this
               have
               prevented
               your
               usurped
               love
               by
               depriving
               you
               of
               life
               :
               and
               that
               in
               so
               private
               a
               manner
               ,
               as
               no
               mortall
               eye
               were
               it
               never
               so
               piercing
               could
               discover
               :
               neither
               were
               my
               thoughts
               so
               base
               ,
               nor
               breeding
               meane
               ,
               nor
               family
               from
               whence
               I
               came
               ,
               obscure
               ;
               as
               to
               stoope
               to
               such
               Cowardize
               .
               I
               must
               tell
               you
               freely
               ,
               you
               could
               not
               have
               bestow'd
               your
               love
               on
               any
               ,
               whom
               I
               did
               more
               fancy
               ,
               nor
               any
               one
               ,
               if
               my
               conceipt
               delude
               me
               not
               ,
               of
               love
               more
               worthy
               .
               But
               ,
               Madona
               ,
               you
               cannot
               be
               ignorant
               of
               that
               Proverbe
               :
               
                 
                   "
                   Love
                   and
                   Command
                   have
                   ever
                   had
                   a
                   care
                   ,
                
                 
                   "
                   That
                   none
                   within
                   their
                   Territories
                   share
                   .
                
              
               Provide
               your selfe
               then
               ,
               faire
               Creature
               ,
               for
               the
               Encounter
               .
               Here
               are
               a
               case
               of
               Rapiers
               ;
               and
               the
               Combat
               shall
               determine
               our
               Titles
               .
               Enjoy
               him
               both
               we
               cannot
               without
               distaste
               ;
               nor
               receive
               him
               without
               distrust
               .
               Now
               ,
               this
               will
               cure
               all
               distempers
               ,
               and
               make
               him
               all
               yours
               ,
               all
               mine
               ,
               or
               neithers
               .
            
          
           
             And
             so
             it
             prov'd
             ;
             for
             this
             fatall
             femini●e
             Duell
             ,
             rest
             them
             both
             of
             their
             lifes
             :
             Albeit
             ,
             the
             one
             lived
             some
             few
             houres
             after
             ,
             relating
             the
             sad
             occasion
             of
             their
             quarrell
             :
             and
             
             with
             what
             cheerefulnesse
             of
             spirit
             the
             Combat
             was
             not
             only
             entertained
             but
             performed
             on
             both
             parts
             .
          
           
             No
             lesse
             desperate
             ,
             but
             fuller
             of
             dishonour
             was
             the
             designe
             of
             that
             jealouse
             amorist
             :
             who
             hearing
             sundry
             reports
             of
             her
             Servants
             inconstancy
             ,
             would
             not
             at
             first
             be
             perswaded
             of
             any
             such
             matter
             ,
             giving
             him
             all
             free
             entertainment
             ,
             after
             her
             wonted
             manner
             .
             Till
             at
             last
             ,
             giving
             more
             easy
             way
             to
             credulity
             ;
             she
             began
             to
             examine
             the
             circumstances
             probably
             inducing
             to
             beliefe
             :
             and
             she
             found
             (
             as
             shee
             conceiv'd
             )
             sufficient
             grounds
             to
             confirme
             her
             suspicion
             ;
             and
             consequently
             a
             withdrawing
             of
             his
             affection
             .
             But
             desiring
             much
             to
             bee
             more
             fully
             satisfied
             touching
             his
             familiarity
             with
             that
             Burgonesse
             ,
             whereof
             such
             frequent
             report
             was
             every
             where
             dispersed
             ;
             she
             resolved
             to
             counterfeate
             a
             Letter
             as
             writ
             from
             her
             servant
             unto
             her
             :
             and
             to
             the
             end
             all
             things
             might
             be
             with
             lesse
             suspicion
             carried
             ,
             she
             used
             the
             helpe
             of
             her
             Secretary
             ,
             who
             could
             so
             nearely
             counterfeate
             his
             hand
             ,
             as
             comparing
             them
             together
             ,
             none
             could
             scarcely
             distinguish
             them
             .
             The
             purport
             of
             her
             Letter
             was
             thus
             :
          
           
             
               Mistresse
               ,
               your
               Servant
               hath
               ever
               addressed
               his
               loyall'st
               endeavours
               to
               serve
               you
               .
               That
               Taske
               you
               could
               never
               injoyne
               him
               ,
               which
               was
               not
               with
               all
               cheerfulnesse
               
               intertained
               by
               him
               .
               His
               Friends
               and
               Fortunes
               he
               ha's
               neglected
               to
               observe
               your
               Commands
               .
               Madame
               ,
               D'Alveare
               (
               meaning
               her selfe
               )
               suspects
               my
               intimacy
               with
               you
               .
               This
               cooles
               her
               affection
               ,
               and
               contracts
               my
               hopes
               of
               aspiring
               higher
               ,
               for
               obtaining
               any
               place
               in
               Court.
               Let
               it
               not
               grieve
               you
               then
               ,
               Deare
               Lady
               ,
               if
               to
               salve
               my
               repute
               ,
               which
               is
               highly
               questioned
               :
               and
               re-assure
               me
               of
               my
               Friends
               ,
               who
               seeme
               much
               estranged
               :
               I
               retire
               for
               a
               season
               to
               Vienna
               ,
               where
               a
               Merchant
               hath
               tender'd
               me
               all
               faire
               acceptance
               .
               Yet
               ,
               before
               my
               departure
               ,
               I
               shall
               desire
               in
               some
               private
               place
               free
               from
               suspicion
               to
               meet
               you
               this
               Evening
               .
               Where
               we
               may
               both
               enjoy
               ourselves
               with
               more
               liberty
               ,
               and
               secure
               our
               loves
               from
               the
               eyes
               of
               jealousy
               .
               Nor
               only
               this
               ;
               but
               to
               be
               advised
               by
               you
               ,
               what
               course
               may
               suite
               best
               with
               my
               present
               Fortunes
               ,
               and
               recovery
               of
               both
               our
               credits
               ;
               which
               I
               must
               tell
               you
               freely
               ,
               are
               brought
               upon
               stage
               in
               such
               a
               disgracefull
               manner
               ,
               as
               no
               subject
               of
               discourse
               within
               the
               City
               stands
               more
               ingaged
               to
               Rumor
               .
               Be
               pleased
               then
               ,
               in
               lieu
               of
               those
               many
               devotions
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               payd
               you
               ;
               those
               constant
               vowes
               of
               affection
               mutually
               received
               from
               you
               ;
               those
               unwilling
               farewe●
               taken
               of
               us
               both
               ;
               those
               faithfull
               remons●●ances
               returned
               by
               us
               both
               :
               to
               
               signify
               unto
               your
               Servant
               by
               this
               Bearer
               ,
               my
               trusty
               Agent
               ,
               where
               we
               shall
               meet
               by
               the
               assisting
               secrecy
               of
               this
               Evening
               :
               when
               and
               where
               you
               shall
               find
               a
               constant
               resolution
               winged
               with
               desire
               addressed
               to
               your
               attendance
               .
            
          
           
             This
             Letter
             she
             made
             up
             and
             sealed
             it
             with
             her
             Servants
             Signet
             ,
             which
             she
             had
             got
             out
             of
             his
             pocket
             :
             and
             with
             all
             secrecy
             ,
             lest
             her
             plot
             should
             be
             surpriz'd
             ,
             and
             come
             to
             discovery
             ,
             she
             delivers
             it
             to
             a
             faithfull
             vassall
             of
             hers
             ,
             to
             be
             conveyed
             according
             to
             direction
             .
             Upon
             receipt
             of
             which
             Letter
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             easy
             to
             imagine
             how
             variously
             her
             thoughts
             were
             divided
             betwixt
             Hope
             and
             Feare
             .
             Feare
             to
             forgoe
             one
             whom
             she
             so
             unfeignedly
             lov'd
             :
             Hope
             ,
             to
             perswade
             him
             by
             the
             reasons
             she
             might
             use
             ,
             to
             stay
             .
             Howsoever
             ,
             she
             resolved
             to
             returne
             him
             an
             answer
             ,
             which
             she
             addressed
             after
             this
             manner
             .
          
           
             
               Servant
               ,
               in
               the
               enjoyment
               of
               which
               title
               I
               have
               ever
               joyed
               ;
               upon
               the
               unripping
               of
               your
               Letter
               ,
               and
               perusall
               of
               the
               Character
               ,
               I
               cannot
               expresse
               unto
               you
               how
               infinitely
               I
               was
               perplexed
               .
               The
               paper
               tels
               me
               you
               must
               leave
               me
               :
               And
               my
               thoughts
               have
               ever-since
               answer'd
               those
               unwelcome
               lines
               with
               sighes
               ,
               and
               told
               them
               you
               cannot
               .
               No
               ;
               you
               cannot
               ;
               if
               love
               or
               loyalty
               may
               confine
               you
               .
               The
               
               precious
               gage
               of
               my
               dearest
               honour
               detaine
               you
               .
               Those
               free
               imbraces
               of
               our
               securest
               privacy
               countermand
               you
               .
               O!
               but
               you
               tell
               me
               ,
               many
               eyes
               are
               on
               us
               .
               Rumor
               ha's
               spred
               it selfe
               freely
               touching
               our
               familiarity
               .
               Nay
               ;
               what
               is
               more
               !
               your
               own
               Fortunes
               become
               weakned
               ;
               your
               friends
               estranged
               ;
               All
               off
               the
               hookes
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               our
               familiar
               recourse
               .
               Nay
               ;
               what
               most
               afflicts
               you
               ;
               Your
               complete
               Madame
               D'Alveare
               grows
               coole
               in
               her
               love
               to
               you
               .
               And
               these
               are
               the
               Motives
               that
               must
               divide
               you
               from
               me
               .
               Faire
               pretences
               !
               And
               yet
               knew
               you
               the
               estimate
               of
               love
               ,
               you
               would
               as
               lightly
               value
               these
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               valued
               mine
               honour
               to
               cloze
               with
               your
               content
               .
               Neither
               are
               you
               so
               wanting
               either
               in
               Friends
               ,
               or
               Fortune
               ;
               should
               these
               who
               beare
               the
               countenance
               of
               Friends
               relinquish
               you
               :
               as
               you
               may
               not
               receive
               a
               supply
               from
               Friends
               as
               eminent
               ,
               farre
               more
               constant
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               full
               as
               cautious
               of
               their
               honour
               ,
               as
               your
               dainty
               Madame
               
                 D
                 Alveare
              
               .
               Let
               not
               these
               then
               decline
               you
               from
               continuing
               affection
               where
               you
               professe
               :
               and
               from
               contemning
               their
               proffers
               ,
               who
               merit
               lesse
               .
               I
               have
               left
               noble
               Friends
               and
               Favorites
               ,
               to
               remaine
               wholly
               at
               your
               devotion
               .
               Offers
               of
               preferrement
               ,
               if
               they
               could
               have
               wrought
               on
               me
               ,
               I
               had
               plenty
               :
               yet
               were
               all
               these
               weake
               
               inducements
               to
               the
               eye
               of
               Fancy
               .
               But
               I
               will
               not
               upbraid
               you
               with
               the
               neglect
               of
               my
               hopes
               :
               nor
               the
               numerous
               Favours
               of
               those
               gracefull
               Suiters
               ,
               who
               tender'd
               me
               more
               if
               I
               would
               have
               inclined
               ,
               than
               my
               owne
               wishes
               could
               have
               expected
               .
               Let
               it
               suffice
               you
               ,
               that
               none
               can
               more
               constantly
               love
               you
               ,
               than
               she
               who
               ha's
               abandoned
               all
               her
               hopes
               to
               enjoy
               you
               .
               This
               very
               evening
               betwixt
               seven
               and
               eight
               of
               the
               clock
               ,
               at
               my
               Garden-house
               I
               intend
               to
               meet
               you
               ,
               where
               shall
               bee
               provided
               both
               repast
               and
               repose
               for
               you
               .
               Your
               welcome
               you
               know
               ;
               my
               true
               heart
               you
               know
               :
               let
               not
               my
               freedome
               in
               these
               beget
               in
               you
               a
               disesteeme
               .
               My
               bosome
               is
               only
               for
               you
               ,
               let
               me
               receive
               like
               approvement
               from
               you
               .
            
          
           
             This
             Letter
             Madame
             
               D'
               Alveare
            
             receives
             ;
             which
             hastens
             her
             intended
             revenge
             .
             Longer
             did
             not
             the
             day
             seeme
             to
             that
             Corrivall
             ,
             for
             the
             injoyment
             of
             her
             love
             ;
             than
             it
             seemed
             tedious
             to
             this
             inraged
             Lady
             ,
             to
             accomplish
             her
             revenge
             .
             Which
             she
             performed
             with
             an
             act
             of
             horror
             in
             this
             manner
             .
          
           
             Receiving
             benefit
             from
             the
             silence
             and
             secrecy
             of
             the
             Evening
             ,
             a
             little
             before
             the
             time
             appointed
             ,
             she
             privately
             repaires
             to
             the
             place
             ;
             where
             she
             shrowds
             her selfe
             closely
             in
             a
             Tuft
             of
             shady
             Tamriks
             standing
             neare
             to
             the
             Garden-house
             :
             expecting
             still
             
             her
             Corrivals
             approach
             .
             Which
             hapned
             all
             too
             soone
             .
             For
             comming
             to
             open
             the
             Door
             ,
             this
             revengefull
             Lady
             having
             her
             backe
             towards
             her
             ,
             pistolld
             her
             :
             using
             these
             words
             to
             aggravate
             the
             quality
             of
             her
             Crime
             :
          
           
             
               Dainty
               Madona
               ,
               your
               Lover
               now
               at
               last
               ha's
               found
               you
               to
               be
               true
               Pistoll
               proofe
               .
            
             
               
                 But
                 dye
                 they
                 must
                 ,
                 who
                 hands
                 in
                 blood
                 doe
                 dippe
                 ,
              
               
                 Gods
                 judgements
                 well
                 may
                 sleepe
                 but
                 cannot
                 slippe
                 .
              
            
          
           
             And
             so
             it
             fell
             forth
             with
             this
             cruell
             Lady
             ,
             who
             surprized
             by
             divine
             Justice
             ,
             suffered
             a
             just
             legall
             censure
             for
             committing
             a
             fact
             of
             such
             horror
             .
          
           
             But
             of
             far
             larger
             extent
             was
             her
             revenge
             ;
             who
             being
             satisfied
             of
             the
             disloyalty
             of
             her
             affectionate
             Servant
             :
             under
             a
             faire
             and
             friendly
             pretence
             ,
             invited
             him
             and
             her
             Corrivall
             to
             a
             banket
             :
             where
             in
             diverse
             sugar
             plates
             she
             had
             caused
             poyson
             to
             be
             inclosed
             :
             with
             which
             she
             not
             only
             dispatched
             those
             two
             ,
             at
             which
             principally
             her
             revenge
             was
             intended
             :
             but
             her selfe
             too
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             Tragedy
             might
             be
             more
             completely
             closed
             .
          
           
             Other
             instances
             I
             might
             here
             produce
             from
             our
             owne
             Pale
             :
             but
             these
             may
             already
             seeme
             too
             many
             ,
             being
             personated
             in
             natures
             
             of
             so
             sweet
             and
             pliable
             a
             quality
             .
             Neither
             let
             these
             unpleasing
             Examples
             distaste
             them
             ,
             seeing
             our
             pen
             is
             addrest
             to
             returne
             them
             recompence
             in
             this
             
               Their
               Modest
               Defence
            
             ,
             here
             prepared
             for
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECTION
             VII
             .
             Their
             Modest
             Defence
             .
          
           
             NO
             age
             but
             may
             bring
             forth
             Presidents
             of
             clemency
             and
             cruelty
             in
             both
             Sexes
             :
             There
             have
             beene
             ever
             Tares
             in
             the
             purest
             wheat
             ;
             Cockle
             in
             the
             soundest
             graine
             ;
             rankest
             weedes
             amongst
             freshest
             flowers
             .
             These
             were
             indeed
             ,
             savage
             acts
             for
             such
             supple
             natures
             .
             But
             if
             the
             wisdome
             of
             Nature
             (
             to
             speake
             like
             a
             Naturall
             man
             )
             hath
             provided
             for
             the
             poysonous
             Spider
             her
             Caule
             :
             give
             me
             leave
             ,
             without
             the
             least
             apologizing
             of
             error
             ,
             much
             lesse
             defending
             actions
             of
             such
             horror
             ,
             
             to
             weave
             a
             thinne
             Cob-web
             Vaile
             in
             a
             
               Modest
               Defence
            
             of
             such
             ,
             who
             ,
             even
             in
             these
             designes
             though
             undeservedly
             have
             incurred
             high
             censure
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             an
             excellent
             rule
             which
             that
             Sententious
             Seneca
             sometimes
             observed
             ,
             
             and
             to
             our
             use
             recommended
             :
             
               I
               had
               rather
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               offend
               by
               speaking
               truth
               ,
               than
               please
               by
               playing
               the
               Flatterer
            
             ;
             or
             palliating
             an
             untruth
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             same
             Rule
             shall
             it
             be
             our
             care
             religiously
             to
             observe
             .
             For
             where
             pennes
             are
             free
             and
             not
             ingaged
             to
             any
             ;
             Truth
             must
             consequently
             bee
             the
             argument
             of
             their
             Story
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             small
             doubt
             ,
             but
             some
             will
             as
             highly
             reprove
             Lucilia
             for
             loving
             too
             much
             ,
             as
             Livia
             for
             loving
             too
             little
             :
             Both
             were
             (
             equally
             )
             occasions
             of
             their
             Husbands
             deaths
             .
             Yet
             was
             there
             as
             great
             difference
             betwixt
             these
             two
             effects
             ,
             as
             betwixt
             Love
             and
             
               Hate
               .
               Phedra
            
             and
             Dejanira
             ,
             both
             of
             them
             brought
             their
             Husbands
             to
             untimely
             ends
             .
             Yet
             what
             the
             one
             did
             ,
             was
             purposely
             done
             ,
             to
             be
             rid
             of
             him
             :
             what
             the
             other
             did
             ,
             was
             casually
             done
             to
             rid
             others
             love
             from
             him
             .
             Good
             intentions
             many
             times
             produce
             heavy
             Events
             .
             And
             now
             and
             then
             ,
             mischievous
             plots
             Comicall
             ends
             .
             Some
             have
             had
             their
             impostumes
             cured
             ,
             by
             their
             weapons
             ,
             by
             which
             they
             were
             wounded
             .
             Others
             have
             had
             their
             wounds
             
             impoisoned
             ,
             where
             they
             expected
             to
             bee
             cured
             .
          
           
             Olympia
             ,
             mother
             to
             that
             great
             Commander
             ,
             the
             invincible
             Alexander
             ,
             could
             not
             but
             thinke
             it
             ill
             in
             her
             to
             preferre
             so
             unjust
             a
             Suite
             to
             her
             Sonne
             ,
             as
             to
             request
             ,
             nay
             conjure
             him
             by
             so
             many
             Motherly
             Obligements
             ,
             to
             send
             forth
             his
             Command
             that
             One
             ,
             and
             he
             an
             innocent
             One
             ,
             but
             much
             hated
             by
             the
             Queene
             ,
             should
             be
             forthwith
             executed
             :
             Yet
             was
             the
             effect
             hereof
             good
             .
             For
             as
             her
             noble
             Sonne
             disswaded
             her
             from
             pressing
             any
             such
             unjust
             Suite
             :
             so
             it
             made
             him
             more
             cautious
             afterwards
             of
             entertaining
             any
             Suite
             ,
             which
             his
             Mother
             preferred
             ,
             through
             the
             injustice
             of
             that
             presidentall
             One
             which
             she
             presented
             .
          
           
             Mandanes
             ,
             did
             ill
             in
             disclosing
             her
             Dreame
             :
             for
             it
             plotted
             the
             ruine
             of
             her
             Son
             :
             yet
             the
             effect
             proved
             well
             :
             for
             the
             exposition
             of
             that
             dreame
             made
             that
             Privy
             Councellour
             of
             State
             ,
             Harpagus
             ,
             to
             provide
             for
             the
             Safety
             of
             the
             Childe
             :
             and
             by
             the
             providence
             of
             heaven
             ,
             to
             raise
             a
             flourishing
             Empire
             out
             of
             a
             Shepheards
             Cottage
             .
          
           
             Againe
             ;
             of
             the
             contrary
             side
             :
             Clitemnestra
             thought
             she
             had
             done
             well
             for
             the
             safety
             of
             Aegistus
             ,
             when
             she
             privately
             hid
             him
             ,
             when
             those
             
               Grecian
               Heralds
            
             summon'd
             him
             ;
             those
             fatall
             warres
             of
             Troy
             called
             for
             him
             .
             Yet
             what
             safety
             could
             there
             be
             in
             the
             
             armes
             of
             Adultery
             ?
             A
             fearefull
             revenge
             prevented
             their
             hopes
             !
             No
             sooner
             was
             that
             long
             tenne
             yeares
             Siedge
             finished
             ,
             unhappy
             Troy
             ruined
             ;
             that
             light
             dishonour'd
             booty
             ,
             the
             hatefull
             remaines
             of
             vitiated
             beauty
             ,
             wanton
             Helen
             restored
             ,
             than
             Aegistus
             his
             shamefull
             retire
             was
             fully
             revenged
             .
          
           
             The
             unfortunate
             Agrippina
             ,
             whose
             birth
             was
             her
             bane
             ,
             whose
             race
             was
             her
             ruine
             ;
             thought
             she
             did
             well
             in
             fitting
             and
             accommodating
             her
             sonne
             ,
             that
             Monster
             of
             men
             ,
             for
             an
             Empire
             :
             yet
             happy
             had
             that
             Empire
             been
             ,
             if
             it
             had
             never
             known
             such
             a
             son
             .
             His
             education
             prepar'd
             him
             to
             comply
             with
             time
             :
             To
             ingratiate
             himselfe
             with
             Senators
             and
             Plebians
             .
             To
             affect
             popularity
             :
             and
             to
             cover
             the
             craft
             and
             cruelty
             of
             his
             nature
             with
             a
             seeming
             Clemency
             ,
             and
             gracefull
             Majesty
             .
          
           
             Thus
             may
             you
             see
             ,
             how
             good
             intentions
             may
             produce
             ill
             effects
             :
             and
             some
             mischievous
             Plots
             good
             ends
             .
             Some
             by
             loving
             their
             Husbands
             (
             or
             to
             use
             that
             complementall
             garbe
             )
             their
             Servants
             too
             well
             ,
             have
             by
             their
             too
             much
             love
             ruined
             both
             their
             Servants
             and
             themselves
             .
             Some
             desiring
             to
             please
             ,
             have
             made
             them
             perish
             whom
             they
             sought
             to
             please
             .
             Like
             that
             over-kind
             Duck
             who
             perceiving
             her
             Sweetheart
             to
             be
             tiklish
             ,
             and
             thinking
             it
             to
             bee
             a
             pleasure
             ,
             tickled
             him
             so
             long
             ,
             till
             he
             burst
             his
             very
             Spleene
             with
             laughter
             .
          
           
           
             Now
             take
             a
             review
             of
             all
             those
             Tragick
             Examples
             ,
             which
             in
             our
             last
             Section
             we
             presented
             to
             your
             sight
             !
             Was
             there
             any
             one
             of
             those
             induced
             to
             shed
             blood
             for
             any
             hope
             of
             honour
             ?
             Filthy
             lucre
             ?
             or
             any
             other
             pleasure
             ,
             save
             only
             to
             become
             sole
             Soveraignes
             ,
             or
             absolute
             commanders
             of
             their
             own
             Love
             ?
             Their
             Plots
             were
             ;
             not
             to
             bring
             in
             an
             Empire
             ;
             usurpe
             immerited
             honour
             ,
             or
             to
             send
             their
             eyes
             abroad
             ,
             to
             hunt
             for
             new
             favour
             .
             Their
             desires
             were
             confined
             ,
             their
             affections
             closed
             ;
             their
             goale
             obtained
             :
             so
             they
             might
             but
             enjoy
             ,
             without
             Sharers
             ,
             those
             whom
             they
             so
             infinitely
             loved
             .
             Content
             is
             worth
             a
             Crowne
             :
             and
             this
             Crowne
             they
             held
             themselves
             seaz'd
             of
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             they
             possest
             their
             owne
             .
          
           
             
               Their
               owne
            
             ,
             you
             will
             say
             !
             But
             you
             relate
             but
             of
             few
             such
             unto
             us
             .
             These
             whom
             you
             have
             brought
             forth
             for
             such
             Examples
             ,
             had
             their
             bosomes
             open
             to
             more
             than
             their
             own
             Corrivals
             in
             others
             affections
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             their
             owne
             .
             Which
             as
             they
             fell
             into
             fearefull
             extreames
             ,
             so
             were
             they
             enlivened
             by
             unlawfull
             desires
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             true
             ;
             yet
             are
             we
             in
             charity
             to
             collect
             ,
             that
             if
             they
             so
             highly
             valued
             
               stolne
               fruits
            
             ,
             they
             would
             much
             more
             prize
             such
             as
             were
             lawfully
             enjoy'd
             .
          
           
             You
             have
             heard
             sufficient
             store
             of
             Arguments
             and
             Presidents
             touching
             their
             Continency
             
             in
             assaults
             ;
             their
             Constancy
             to
             their
             owne
             .
             With
             what
             Equanimity
             they
             have
             borne
             all
             extreames
             to
             expresse
             their
             loyall
             hearts
             .
             Hope
             of
             fortunes
             could
             not
             tempt
             them
             ;
             Baits
             of
             honour
             could
             not
             taint
             them
             ;
             youthfull
             pleasure
             could
             not
             take
             them
             .
             They
             continued
             Widdowes
             in
             the
             absence
             of
             their
             Husbands
             .
             Resembling
             Snayles
             in
             the
             carriage
             of
             their
             houses
             :
             but
             Roes
             in
             dispatch
             of
             their
             businesse
             .
          
           
             Whence
             it
             was
             ,
             as
             I
             conceive
             it
             ,
             that
             the
             Romans
             had
             a
             custome
             ,
             that
             when
             any
             of
             their
             Maids
             were
             married
             ,
             they
             were
             to
             bring
             their
             houshold
             stuffe
             with
             them
             ,
             being
             such
             as
             was
             by
             their
             Friends
             bestowed
             on
             them
             ;
             which
             being
             brought
             to
             their
             Bridegroomes
             house
             :
             They
             were
             likewise
             to
             follow
             in
             their
             Waine
             or
             Caroach
             (
             according
             to
             the
             quality
             of
             their
             persons
             )
             and
             at
             the
             Tressall
             of
             the
             doore
             ,
             to
             breake
             the
             wheeles
             of
             the
             Waine
             ,
             and
             to
             put
             off
             their
             shooes
             ;
             implying
             ,
             that
             from
             thenceforth
             they
             were
             to
             be
             House-keepers
             and
             no
             Gadders
             .
             And
             such
             constant
             House-wifes
             have
             we
             here
             offered
             to
             your
             imitation
             .
          
           
             Plato
             in
             his
             Dialogue
             entitled
             Symposium
             or
             a
             Gossip-meeting
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             fiction
             ,
             (
             which
             rellish
             best
             when
             they
             arise
             from
             a
             pure
             and
             refined
             invention
             )
             describeth
             the
             difference
             betwixt
             two
             kinds
             of
             Venus
             :
             whereof
             the
             first
             was
             more
             antient
             ,
             brought
             
             forth
             by
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             whom
             Vertuous
             men
             doe
             follow
             :
             the
             second
             much
             younger
             ,
             begotten
             betweene
             Iupiter
             and
             Dione
             ,
             whom
             wicked
             men
             doe
             serve
             .
             Which
             Fiction
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             not
             without
             delight
             ,
             so
             neither
             is
             the
             Morall
             without
             fruit
             .
          
           
             Ye
             
               Modest
               Ones
            
             ,
             for
             to
             you
             only
             is
             our
             Lampe
             dedicated
             ,
             are
             these
             who
             are
             brought
             forth
             by
             the
             Heavens
             .
             Your
             Thoughts
             are
             fixt
             on
             that
             Spheare
             from
             whence
             you
             came
             .
             It
             is
             not
             on
             earth
             that
             can
             depresse
             you
             below
             your selfes
             ,
             be
             your
             Fortunes
             never
             so
             dejected
             :
             nor
             on
             earth
             that
             may
             transport
             you
             ,
             because
             your
             desires
             are
             higher
             seated
             .
             When
             you
             Love
             ,
             that
             love
             of
             yours
             is
             so
             purely
             sifted
             from
             all
             loose
             love
             ;
             as
             it
             confirmes
             you
             nothing
             lesse
             than
             divine
             .
             When
             you
             Hate
             ,
             that
             hate
             of
             yours
             is
             so
             farre
             from
             all
             extreames
             :
             as
             you
             have
             an
             eare
             no
             lesse
             ready
             to
             heare
             a
             Submission
             ,
             than
             a
             tender
             heart
             to
             seale
             their
             pardon
             .
             When
             you
             give
             ,
             you
             give
             chearefully
             ;
             when
             you
             forgive
             ,
             you
             forgive
             freely
             .
             You
             cannot
             heare
             any
             one
             defamed
             ,
             but
             with
             an
             averse
             eare
             and
             declining
             heart
             ,
             you
             leave
             the
             relater
             to
             himselfe
             :
             or
             disswade
             him
             from
             dispersing
             such
             reports
             :
             or
             stand
             in
             defence
             of
             their
             honour
             whom
             you
             heare
             traduced
             ,
             especially
             ,
             when
             their
             absence
             leaves
             them
             unjustified
             .
             When
             any
             light
             object
             labours
             to
             suggest
             an
             impure
             
             thought
             to
             your
             unblemish'd
             minds
             :
             you
             take
             a
             wise
             course
             ;
             you
             give
             it
             a
             repulse
             at
             the
             first
             assault
             :
             left
             getting
             enterance
             ,
             it
             plead
             possession
             :
             and
             disturbe
             the
             whole
             Family
             by
             her
             intrusion
             .
             Thus
             by
             making
             Heaven
             your
             Object
             ;
             whatsoever
             is
             lesse
             than
             Heaven
             ,
             you
             make
             your
             Subject
             .
          
           
             Your
             Speech
             ,
             likewise
             is
             so
             seasoned
             ;
             that
             nothing
             is
             uttered
             by
             you
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             true
             ;
             knowing
             ,
             that
             the
             ground
             of
             every
             Speech
             should
             be
             Verity
             ;
             nor
             any
             thing
             with
             vehemency
             pressed
             ,
             but
             what
             may
             redound
             to
             
               Civile
               profit
            
             ;
             knowing
             ,
             that
             the
             ayme
             of
             every
             Speech
             should
             be
             Vtility
             ;
             nor
             continued
             ,
             but
             with
             a
             
               pleasing
               sweetnesse
            
             ;
             knowing
             ,
             that
             the
             grace
             of
             every
             Speech
             is
             Affability
             .
             You
             
               thinke
               twice
            
             before
             you
             speake
             ,
             and
             may
             be
             
               demanded
               twice
            
             before
             you
             answer
             .
             You
             are
             not
             like
             our
             
               forward
               Gossips
            
             ,
             whose
             tongues
             make
             themselves
             thralls
             .
             Discretion
             ha's
             so
             regulated
             your
             Speech
             ,
             as
             it
             ever
             stands
             at
             distance
             with
             Lightnesse
             and
             Spleene
             .
             Your
             words
             ,
             unlike
             many
             of
             our
             feminine
             discourses
             ,
             reteine
             more
             weight
             than
             wind
             ;
             they
             are
             like
             Nayles
             fastned
             by
             the
             Elders
             of
             the
             Assembly
             ;
             such
             is
             their
             efficacy
             .
             They
             are
             like
             
               Apples
               of
               Gold
            
             with
             
               Pictures
               of
               Silver
            
             ;
             such
             is
             their
             propriety
             .
          
           
             All
             your
             Dialect
             is
             regulated
             by
             the
             Rule
             of
             Charity
             ;
             you
             scorne
             to
             Speake
             that
             
             of
             another
             ,
             which
             you
             would
             not
             have
             another
             to
             speake
             of
             you
             .
             Your
             Discourse
             differs
             far
             from
             that
             Talkative
             Orator
             ,
             whose
             use
             was
             to
             powre
             forth
             an
             Ocean
             of
             Words
             ,
             but
             a
             Droppe
             of
             Reason
             .
             Or
             like
             that
             impertinent
             Speaker
             ,
             of
             whose
             studied
             but
             stupid
             speech
             this
             judgement
             was
             given
             :
             
               That
               the
               shortnesse
               of
               it
               was
               the
               discreetest
               part
               of
               it
               .
            
             No
             ;
             there
             is
             not
             an
             accent
             breath'd
             by
             you
             ,
             but
             it
             dignifies
             you
             :
             because
             preparation
             fits
             it
             :
             and
             an
             unaffected
             dresse
             beautifies
             it
             .
             In
             a
             word
             ;
             that
             which
             is
             a
             blemish
             in
             others
             ,
             becomes
             an
             incomparable
             grace
             to
             you
             .
             For
             as
             you
             never
             minister
             occasion
             of
             discourse
             without
             cause
             ;
             so
             you
             never
             close
             it
             without
             maturity
             of
             judgement
             and
             pregnancy
             of
             conceipt
             .
          
           
             Your
             Actions
             ,
             are
             so
             pure
             from
             staine
             ,
             as
             they
             represent
             the
             purity
             of
             your
             state
             .
             Your
             Workes
             desire
             not
             to
             be
             clothed
             with
             vailes
             of
             darknesse
             .
             You
             consider
             how
             that
             
               All-seeing
               Eye
            
             is
             over
             you
             ,
             from
             which
             ,
             though
             Adam
             fly
             to
             the
             bush
             ,
             Sara
             behind
             the
             door
             ,
             no
             ,
             should
             the
             mountaines
             offer
             themselves
             for
             a
             shrowd
             :
             yet
             in
             vaine
             is
             such
             retyre
             :
             no
             place
             can
             hide
             us
             ,
             from
             his
             eye
             that
             is
             ever
             over
             us
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             Seneca's
             councell
             to
             his
             friend
             Lucilius
             ,
             that
             whensoever
             he
             went
             about
             to
             do
             any
             thing
             ,
             he
             should
             imagine
             Cato
             or
             Scipio
             ,
             or
             some
             other
             worthy
             Romane
             to
             be
             in
             presence
             .
             
             This
             Rule
             you
             observe
             ;
             you
             conceipt
             with
             your selves
             in
             the
             sacred
             silence
             of
             your
             hearts
             ,
             which
             are
             so
             close
             from
             the
             affections
             of
             Earth
             ,
             as
             they
             only
             aspire
             to
             the
             Contemplations
             of
             Heaven
             ;
             that
             the
             eyes
             of
             all
             good
             men
             ,
             no
             ,
             even
             of
             those
             who
             are
             become
             Saints
             ,
             of
             men
             ,
             are
             upon
             you
             .
             Your
             desire
             is
             only
             to
             please
             them
             ,
             who
             are
             only
             pleased
             with
             the
             Object
             of
             goodnesse
             :
             Being
             Pythagoreans
             to
             all
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             Peripatetians
             to
             Christ
             ;
             
             mute
             to
             all
             vanities
             ,
             and
             eloquent
             only
             to
             Christ.
             
          
           
             You
             follow
             the
             counsell
             of
             a
             mellifluous
             father
             ,
             
             and
             of
             a
             Wise
             Morall
             :
             by
             setting
             alwayes
             before
             your
             eyes
             some
             
               Good
               person
            
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             you
             might
             so
             live
             as
             if
             he
             were
             ever
             looking
             on
             you
             ,
             ever
             eying
             you
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             no
             young
             Gallant
             that
             need
             encounter
             you
             in
             those
             tearmes
             which
             that
             cautious
             Cavaliere
             did
             in
             Erasmus
             to
             his
             wanton
             Mistresse
             :
             
               Are
               you
               not
               ashamed
               to
               do
               that
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               eye-witnesse
               of
               his
               holy
               Angels
               ,
               which
               you
               are
               ashamed
               to
               doe
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               men
               ?
            
          
           
             But
             now
             to
             take
             a
             view
             of
             these
             Errors
             ,
             to
             which
             your
             Sexe
             becomes
             most
             ingaged
             :
             or
             at
             least
             ,
             for
             which
             you
             are
             many
             times
             innocently
             traduced
             .
             This
             free
             speaking
             Age
             will
             not
             stick
             to
             taxe
             you
             of
             Ambition
             :
             and
             wherein
             must
             this
             consist
             but
             in
             your
             desire
             of
             precedency
             before
             others
             of
             your
             
             sexe
             ;
             and
             soveraignity
             over
             such
             as
             should
             be
             your
             heads
             ?
             And
             these
             will
             tell
             you
             of
             an
             ancient
             custome
             ,
             which
             if
             you
             observed
             as
             you
             ought
             you
             would
             not
             transgresse
             that
             law
             of
             Obedience
             so
             much
             as
             you
             do
             .
             And
             this
             was
             ;
             that
             when
             at
             any
             time
             a
             Couple
             were
             married
             ,
             the
             soale
             of
             the
             Bridegrooms
             shooe
             was
             to
             be
             laid
             upon
             the
             Brides
             head
             :
             implying
             ,
             with
             what
             subjection
             she
             should
             serve
             her
             husband
             .
             But
             me
             thinks
             ,
             this
             Rituall
             Embleme
             or
             Emblematicall
             Rite
             was
             too
             much
             underfoot
             ,
             to
             be
             observed
             by
             one
             that
             should
             be
             esteemed
             an
             equall-individuall
             mate
             .
             She
             came
             from
             his
             Side
             ,
             not
             from
             his
             Foot.
             And
             though
             she
             be
             not
             to
             walk
             Checkmate
             with
             him
             ,
             yet
             when
             her
             Check
             shall
             meet
             with
             him
             ,
             it
             cannot
             chuse
             but
             both
             appease
             him
             &
             please
             him
             when
             any
             thing
             shall
             distemper
             him
             .
             There
             are
             some
             likewise
             that
             will
             say
             ,
             how
             your
             Ambition
             clozeth
             not
             only
             here
             :
             Your
             darling
             ayme
             is
             Honour
             ;
             you
             could
             love
             him
             that
             suits
             you
             ,
             if
             he
             could
             bestow
             a
             new
             stile
             on
             you
             .
             The
             Title
             of
             Madame
             highly
             takes
             you
             .
             Nor
             is
             there
             any
             vanity
             that
             pleaseth
             more
             by
             playing
             on
             your
             fancy
             ,
             than
             the
             naked
             Complement
             of
             
               Lovely
               Lady
            
             .
             I
             have
             heard
             indeed
             ,
             some
             of
             your
             Sexe
             so
             affected
             ;
             but
             alas
             ,
             this
             was
             but
             an
             harmelesse
             Ambition
             .
             Of
             which
             humour
             ,
             that
             honour-inamoured
             Damasella
             seem'd
             to
             be
             ,
             who
             in
             that
             Generall-grand
             
             Call
             of
             Knights
             ,
             finding
             in
             her
             Husband
             an
             unwillingnesse
             to
             accept
             ,
             as
             she
             conceived
             ,
             of
             that
             Honour
             ;
             so
             farre
             at
             last
             prevailed
             with
             him
             by
             strong
             Reasons
             and
             high
             Relations
             of
             the
             Honour
             and
             Mirror
             of
             Knighthood
             ,
             as
             she
             perswaded
             with
             him
             to
             entertaine
             it
             .
             But
             upon
             his
             returne
             home
             ,
             having
             understood
             ,
             how
             he
             had
             payd
             for
             what
             he
             got
             not
             ;
             and
             disburs'd
             money
             for
             that
             he
             had
             not
             :
             She
             entertained
             the
             poore
             Pilcherd
             with
             a
             Bastinado
             :
             telling
             him
             withall
             ,
             that
             though
             his
             dungrell
             spirit
             would
             make
             her
             no
             Lady
             ,
             her
             fury
             should
             make
             him
             know
             what
             she
             desired
             to
             be
             .
          
           
             Truth
             is
             ,
             such
             an
             innate
             evill
             is
             the
             desire
             of
             Honour
             ,
             as
             that
             person
             who
             affects
             it
             not
             ,
             is
             of
             a
             rare
             temper
             .
             And
             yet
             that
             brave
             Girle
             seemed
             to
             be
             one
             of
             these
             ;
             who
             being
             Ladyfide
             ,
             by
             an
             honour
             conferred
             on
             her
             decrepit
             Husband
             :
             presently
             upon
             report
             of
             it
             ,
             thus
             replyed
             :
             
               Trust
               me
               ,
               a
               Cullis
               were
               farre
               more
               Soveraigne
               for
               my
               spent
               Husband
               ,
               than
               any
               Honour
               .
               For
               tell
               me
               ,
               quoth
               she
               ,
               speaking
               to
               the
               Messenger
               ;
               will
               all
               this
               he
               hath
               gotten
               ,
               restore
               in
               him
               Nature
               ?
               Will
               it
               cure
               in
               him
               his
               dry
               Cough
               ?
               Distillation
               of
               rhume
               from
               his
               head
               ?
               That
               perpetuall
               defluxion
               in
               his
               eyes
               ?
               Will
               it
               strengthen
               his
               back
               ?
               Will
               it
               make
               him
               bend
               lesse
               in
               the
               hams
               ?
               Will
               it
               get
               me
               with
               Boy
               ,
               which
               his
               
                 Seere
                 stock
              
               
               could
               never
               yet
               do
               ?
               If
               his
               late-purchas'd
               Honour
               may
               produce
               these
               effects
               ,
               I
               shall
               hold
               it
               worth
               acceptance
               :
               If
               otherwise
               ,
               be
               it
               what
               it
               will
               ,
               I
               shall
               hardly
               admire
               it
               ,
               much
               lesse
               embrace
               it
               ;
               seing
               ,
               a
               Poste
               is
               still
               the
               same
               ,
               be
               it
               never
               so
               neately
               painted
               or
               pargetted
               .
            
          
           
             An
             other
             Error
             you
             are
             likewise
             taxed
             of
             (
             as
             what
             sexe
             or
             degree
             so
             innocent
             ,
             which
             the
             freedome
             of
             a
             calumnious
             tongue
             may
             not
             traduce
             )
             and
             it
             is
             ,
             your
             usuall
             frequent
             to
             Court-Maskes
             and
             other
             publique
             State-Shows
             :
             where
             you
             use
             purposely
             to
             present
             your selves
             ,
             a
             pretty
             time
             before
             any
             such
             Shows
             are
             to
             be
             performed
             ,
             in
             hope
             that
             some
             amorous
             Lord
             ,
             or
             some
             other
             Complementall
             Court-Sparke
             will
             take
             you
             into
             some
             with-drawing
             roome
             ,
             to
             court
             your
             beauty
             ,
             and
             so
             ingratiate
             himselfe
             within
             the
             easy
             Lists
             of
             your
             fancy
             .
             So
             as
             ,
             you
             come
             not
             thither
             so
             much
             to
             see
             what
             is
             there
             presented
             ;
             as
             to
             be
             amorously
             courted
             ,
             affectionately
             suited
             ;
             all
             which
             is
             with
             such
             yeelding
             silence
             and
             pleasing
             smiles
             redarted
             ,
             as
             they
             hold
             you
             wonne
             so
             soone
             as
             you
             are
             wooed
             ,
             tainted
             as
             soone
             as
             you
             are
             attempted
             ,
             soiled
             so
             soone
             as
             you
             are
             assayled
             ,
             ent'red
             so
             soone
             as
             you
             are
             assaulted
             .
          
           
             Others
             likewise
             report
             you
             apt
             to
             take
             affection
             upon
             the
             moving
             of
             any
             personall
             Action
             .
             If
             you
             come
             to
             a
             Play-house
             ,
             and
             
             there
             chance
             to
             see
             an
             Active
             Roscius
             breathing
             life
             in
             his
             Action
             :
             you
             presently
             feele
             a
             glowing
             heate
             in
             your
             veines
             .
             You
             could
             finde
             in
             your
             heart
             to
             bestow
             the
             choice
             of
             a
             Lover
             on
             such
             an
             Actor
             .
             Weake-grounded
             malice
             ,
             to
             vent
             it selfe
             on
             such
             loving
             frailties
             !
             Injurious
             Tetters
             to
             femall
             honours
             !
             Because
             their
             sweet
             pliable
             natures
             are
             such
             ,
             as
             they
             can
             find
             no
             harbour
             for
             hate
             ;
             must
             they
             therefore
             be
             tax't
             ,
             because
             their
             Love
             breaks
             forth
             into
             too
             much
             heate
             ?
             These
             deserve
             so
             little
             answering
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             no
             other
             Advocate
             ,
             even
             Nature
             her selfe
             would
             plead
             for
             them
             .
          
           
             There
             be
             Some
             likewise
             who
             say
             ;
             that
             as
             you
             are
             commonly
             light
             in
             the
             choice
             of
             your
             Love
             :
             so
             are
             you
             in
             your
             Love
             as
             subject
             to
             change
             .
             If
             your
             affection
             be
             for
             Youth
             ;
             though
             it
             best
             please
             you
             :
             yet
             you
             can
             seemingly
             bestow
             it
             on
             Age
             ,
             though
             nothing
             more
             displease
             you
             .
             And
             these
             effects
             those
             lovely
             fortunes
             of
             his
             loathed
             Love
             worke
             in
             you
             .
             And
             what
             is
             all
             the
             employment
             you
             take
             in
             hand
             ,
             after
             such
             time
             ,
             as
             you
             have
             given
             him
             your
             hand
             and
             heart
             ,
             (
             but
             with
             no
             good
             heart
             )
             but
             how
             to
             cosin
             him
             ?
             Your
             use
             is
             ,
             they
             will
             say
             ,
             to
             give
             your
             old
             Chrone
             a
             sleeping
             powder
             ;
             that
             you
             may
             take
             the
             keys
             of
             his
             treasure
             from
             under
             his
             head
             ,
             the
             sooner
             ,
             and
             so
             ,
             long
             before
             his
             death
             ,
             make
             your selves
             his
             Administrators
             .
             
             You
             love
             him
             ,
             but
             only
             in
             hope
             of
             a
             day
             will
             come
             :
             when
             you
             may
             freely
             make
             such
             an
             one
             his
             Heire
             ,
             who
             may
             suite
             better
             with
             your
             affection
             ,
             and
             in
             requitall
             share
             freelier
             in
             his
             fortune
             .
          
           
             These
             will
             say
             too
             ,
             that
             you
             bedew
             your
             Husbands
             Corpse
             with
             Stepdames
             teares
             .
             Those
             funerall
             flowers
             which
             bestick
             and
             bedeck
             his
             Hearse
             ,
             cannot
             be
             so
             soone
             with'red
             ,
             as
             your
             grief●s
             are
             vanished
             .
             You
             bury
             your
             sorrow
             with
             him
             :
             neither
             is
             that
             sorrow
             your
             owne
             ,
             but
             borrowed
             .
             A
             New-husband
             is
             formalled
             ,
             before
             your
             old
             One
             be
             formally
             buried
             .
          
           
             Now
             ;
             what
             poore
             traducements
             bee
             these
             ?
             Might
             Heathens
             have
             their
             times
             limited
             for
             mourning
             ,
             and
             must
             yours
             be
             everlasting
             ?
          
           
             Some
             will
             affirme
             too
             ,
             that
             in
             comparison
             of
             men
             ,
             your
             desires
             are
             more
             unbounded
             ;
             and
             this
             ,
             they
             say
             ,
             even
             our
             owne
             Moderne
             Chronicles
             have
             sufficiently
             confirmed
             .
             But
             we
             finde
             Bodin
             worthily
             taxed
             for
             writing
             that
             Caesar
             in
             his
             Commentaries
             should
             say
             ,
             that
             the
             Englishmen
             of
             his
             time
             had
             but
             one
             woman
             for
             ten
             or
             twelve
             men
             ;
             whereas
             indeed
             ,
             Caesar
             never
             said
             so
             ,
             or
             could
             say
             so
             ,
             for
             that
             he
             never
             knew
             or
             heard
             of
             the
             name
             of
             Englishmen
             ;
             seeing
             their
             comming
             into
             Britaine
             ,
             was
             (
             as
             may
             be
             clearely
             computed
             )
             almost
             500
             yeares
             after
             his
             death
             .
          
           
           
             Againe
             ;
             what
             might
             be
             the
             reason
             ,
             will
             some
             object
             ,
             why
             the
             Serpent
             first
             tempted
             the
             Woman
             rather
             than
             the
             Man
             ?
             and
             this
             question
             (
             ever
             to
             your
             disadvantage
             )
             is
             no
             sooner
             ,
             say
             they
             ,
             proposed
             ,
             than
             resolved
             by
             Chrysostome
             .
             Women
             are
             naturally
             unwarier
             ,
             easier
             ,
             and
             frailer
             .
             So
             as
             ,
             in
             that
             they
             are
             unwarier
             ,
             they
             are
             easilier
             deceived
             ;
             in
             that
             they
             are
             easier
             ,
             they
             are
             sooner
             to
             good
             or
             evill
             perswaded
             ;
             And
             in
             that
             they
             are
             frailer
             ,
             they
             are
             the
             sooner
             vanquished
             .
             For
             this
             cause
             therefore
             would
             not
             the
             Devill
             assault
             the
             Man
             ,
             but
             the
             Woman
             ;
             for
             asmuch
             as
             he
             knew
             ,
             that
             a
             Woman
             was
             sooner
             deceived
             ,
             because
             unwarier
             ;
             quicklier
             perswaded
             ,
             because
             easier
             ;
             and
             sooner
             vanquished
             ,
             because
             frailer
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             Objection
             I
             have
             so
             clearely
             assoiled
             in
             the
             very
             first
             Subject
             of
             this
             Booke
             ;
             as
             I
             shall
             little
             need
             to
             stand
             in
             your
             Defence
             any
             further
             touching
             this
             particular
             .
             Only
             thus
             much
             may
             suffice
             :
             There
             is
             small
             question
             to
             be
             made
             ,
             but
             the
             Serpents
             cunning
             knew
             well
             that
             he
             might
             by
             all
             probability
             soonest
             prevaile
             upon
             the
             weaknesse
             of
             a
             Woman
             :
             yet
             albeit
             ,
             she
             was
             first
             tempted
             ,
             and
             tainted
             so
             soone
             as
             she
             consented
             :
             the
             Man
             was
             as
             soone
             perswaded
             by
             the
             Woman
             ,
             though
             she
             infinitely
             lesse
             subtile
             than
             the
             Serpent
             ;
             as
             the
             Woman
             ,
             though
             the
             
               weaker
               vessell
            
             ,
             was
             by
             the
             Subtility
             of
             the
             Serpent
             .
          
           
           
             But
             we
             will
             passe
             from
             these
             ,
             to
             those
             obvious
             reproofes
             which
             the
             present
             vanities
             of
             the
             Age
             lay
             upon
             you
             .
          
           
             Some
             here
             ,
             amongst
             other
             objections
             ,
             which
             groundlesse
             spleene
             is
             ever
             apt
             to
             suggest
             ,
             and
             calumny
             with
             swift
             wings
             to
             disperse
             ;
             will
             say
             that
             ever
             since
             that
             time
             ,
             that
             your
             teeth
             watred
             at
             the
             Apple
             ,
             they
             have
             ever
             watred
             at
             
               forbidden
               fruit
            
             .
             A
             licorish
             and
             luscious
             tooth
             hath
             ever
             since
             that
             time
             seazed
             on
             you
             .
             And
             were
             this
             all
             ,
             it
             were
             to
             be
             borne
             with
             .
             You
             cannot
             see
             a
             proper
             piece
             of
             flesh
             ,
             promising
             performance
             ;
             no
             dapper
             youth
             ,
             whose
             strong
             sinnewy
             posture
             confirmes
             him
             an
             able
             complete
             Lover
             ,
             but
             your
             eye
             wooes
             him
             ,
             and
             in
             so
             hote
             a
             chace
             pursues
             him
             ,
             as
             though
             your
             tongue
             be
             silent
             ,
             your
             sight
             is
             attractively
             eloquent
             .
          
           
             But
             what
             would
             these
             Criticks
             have
             you
             doe
             ?
             Would
             they
             have
             you
             shut
             those
             beauteous
             Windows
             ;
             and
             to
             open
             them
             to
             no
             Object
             that
             may
             delight
             you
             ?
             Is
             there
             such
             a
             necessity
             that
             you
             cannot
             looke
             on
             him
             ,
             but
             you
             must
             lust
             after
             him
             ?
             If
             there
             be
             any
             rare
             or
             prodigious
             Monster
             to
             be
             seene
             ;
             we
             flock
             unto
             it
             ,
             and
             bestow
             our
             money
             for
             the
             sight
             of
             it
             .
             And
             is
             it
             lawfull
             for
             us
             to
             fix
             our
             eyes
             with
             such
             greedinesse
             on
             a
             Monster
             :
             and
             unlawfull
             for
             you
             to
             delight
             that
             
               pleasing
               Sense
            
             with
             a
             beauteous
             Object
             of
             Nature
             ?
          
           
           
             Yea
             ;
             but
             will
             these
             say
             ,
             we
             direct
             not
             our
             censure
             nor
             judgement
             only
             by
             the
             Eye
             ;
             we
             have
             other
             arguments
             to
             evince
             them
             of
             lightnesse
             :
             for
             goe
             to
             these
             late-licentiate
             Pattentary
             Sedans
             :
             you
             shall
             finde
             them
             shrowded
             there
             for
             strange
             arrands
             .
             Though
             their
             Couches
             have
             windowes
             to
             eye
             Spectators
             ;
             they
             would
             not
             for
             a
             World
             wish
             that
             which
             the
             Philosopher
             sometimes
             Wished
             :
             
             To
             have
             windowes
             in
             their
             breasts
             ,
             that
             the
             whole
             World
             might
             transparantly
             looke
             through
             them
             .
             Poore
             Corky
             fooles
             !
             These
             can
             see
             nothing
             wagge
             ,
             but
             they
             must
             p●epe
             here
             ,
             and
             peepe
             there
             ,
             and
             thinke
             it
             is
             Actaeons
             shadow
             :
             whereas
             ,
             it
             is
             only
             the
             shadow
             of
             their
             owne
             deluded
             fancy
             which
             inthrals
             them
             to
             this
             misery
             .
          
           
             Nor
             doe
             these
             only
             taxe
             you
             of
             a
             various
             lightnesse
             in
             respect
             of
             your
             Change
             ,
             but
             of
             a
             jealous
             doubtfulnesse
             towards
             your
             owne
             Choice
             .
             If
             you
             gossip
             it
             ,
             none
             must
             question
             it
             :
             whereas
             ,
             if
             they
             ,
             good
             men
             ,
             to
             allay
             a
             tedious
             houre
             ,
             or
             drowne
             the
             disquiets
             they
             suffer
             at
             home
             in
             a
             cup
             of
             Lethe
             ,
             keep
             abroad
             late
             ,
             they
             must
             be
             called
             to
             a
             strict
             accompt
             ,
             and
             pay
             a
             new
             reckning
             ,
             after
             their
             mispent
             day
             ,
             in
             the
             evening
             .
          
           
             Nay
             ;
             you
             will
             tell
             your
             innocent
             Husbands
             ,
             when
             ,
             God
             knowes
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             great
             cause
             to
             suspect
             them
             :
             
               That
               you
               know
               by
               your
               Payles
               ,
               what
               way
               the
               milk
               
               goes
               .
            
             Whereas
             ,
             if
             any
             rightly
             knew
             the
             integrity
             of
             your
             thoughts
             ,
             they
             should
             find
             that
             such
             jealouse
             surmizes
             were
             the
             least
             of
             your
             thought
             .
             No
             ;
             you
             did
             never
             so
             much
             as
             suspect
             them
             ,
             nor
             conceive
             any
             such
             opinion
             of
             them
             :
             for
             having
             such
             sensible
             experiments
             of
             their
             weakenesse
             ,
             you
             knew
             well
             ,
             there
             was
             no
             cause
             at
             all
             in
             that
             way
             to
             traduce
             them
             .
             It
             was
             your
             desire
             that
             late
             distempers
             should
             not
             abridge
             their
             daies
             ,
             and
             make
             you
             widdows
             before
             your
             times
             .
             It
             was
             your
             ayme
             ,
             that
             your
             Husbands
             should
             preserve
             their
             fame
             :
             That
             they
             should
             not
             fall
             under
             the
             hazard
             of
             the
             Halbert
             ,
             or
             the
             uncivile
             salute
             of
             a
             peremptory
             Watch.
             Besides
             ,
             alas
             !
             it
             is
             your
             fortune
             ,
             sometimes
             out
             of
             meere
             simplicity
             ,
             to
             misconster
             the
             quality
             of
             an
             error
             .
             As
             that
             good
             Gentlewoman
             did
             ,
             who
             desiring
             to
             heare
             how
             a
             young
             Student
             in
             Cambridge
             and
             her
             kinsman
             ,
             behaved
             himselfe
             in
             the
             University
             :
             and
             inquiring
             of
             a
             Collegiat
             of
             his
             how
             he
             did
             :
             
               I
               can
               assure
               you
               ,
               Mistresse
               ,
               quoth
               he
               ,
               that
               he
               holds
               close
               to
               Catharine-Hall
               .
               I
               vow
               ,
               said
               the
               Gentlewoman
               ,
               there
               was
               no
               vice
               that
               I
               so
               much
               feared
               in
               him
               as
               that
               ,
               for
               the
               Boy
               was
               given
               to
               wenches
               from
               his
               Infancy
               .
            
             Thus
             tooke
             this
             good
             simple
             woman
             ,
             Catharine-Hall
             for
             some
             dainty
             Damsell
             which
             he
             constantly
             haunted
             ,
             whereas
             it
             was
             a
             Collegiat-Hall
             ,
             which
             
             this
             young
             Student
             so
             affectionately
             loved
             ,
             and
             where
             he
             so
             studiously
             frequented
             .
          
           
             But
             let
             us
             go
             on
             with
             these
             ungrounded
             calumnies
             ;
             and
             discusse
             the
             strength
             and
             solidity
             of
             them
             to
             the
             bottome
             .
             Some
             of
             these
             Timonists
             ,
             or
             feminine
             Tetters
             ,
             taxe
             you
             of
             unbounded
             pride
             :
             These
             pencyle
             out
             your
             Borders
             ,
             Habilements
             and
             Embroderies
             ;
             your
             toyes
             ,
             tyres
             and
             dressings
             ;
             your
             wimples
             ,
             wyres
             ,
             and
             curlings
             ;
             your
             paintings
             ,
             poudrings
             and
             purflings
             .
             These
             ,
             say
             they
             ,
             make
             your
             fathers
             patrimonies
             to
             shake
             ,
             to
             maintaine
             your
             bravery
             while
             you
             are
             Maids
             :
             And
             makes
             your
             Husbands
             Mannors
             ,
             to
             doe
             you
             service
             ,
             passe
             the
             Alienation
             Office.
             Alas
             ,
             poore
             Girles
             !
             If
             you
             appeare
             carelesse
             in
             your
             dresse
             ,
             you
             are
             quickly
             taxed
             of
             discontent
             ;
             and
             if
             neate
             in
             your
             dresse
             ,
             you
             are
             censured
             of
             pride
             .
             What
             you
             doe
             (
             I
             freely
             appeale
             to
             your selves
             )
             is
             to
             please
             the
             curious
             eyes
             of
             your
             Husbands
             :
             And
             perchance
             to
             prevent
             the
             worst
             :
             for
             should
             they
             see
             you
             sluttish
             ,
             who
             knows
             not
             ,
             but
             it
             might
             beget
             instead
             of
             loving
             you
             ,
             a
             loathing
             of
             you
             ;
             and
             consequently
             ,
             make
             them
             hunt
             after
             new
             Mistresses
             :
             which
             would
             ruine
             all
             ,
             by
             making
             such
             a
             breach
             ,
             as
             scarce
             time
             could
             repaire
             ,
             or
             the
             remainder
             of
             their
             declining
             fortunes
             redeeme
             ?
          
           
             It
             was
             the
             opinion
             of
             Lessius
             ,
             that
             in
             some
             cases
             Women
             might
             use
             their
             painting
             and
             
             poudring
             without
             sin
             :
             First
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             to
             the
             intent
             to
             cover
             any
             blemish
             or
             deformity
             :
             Secondly
             ,
             
             if
             the
             Husband
             commanded
             it
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             his
             Wife
             might
             seeme
             more
             comely
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             others
             :
             which
             was
             likewise
             the
             expresse
             opinion
             of
             Alagora
             :
             That
             to
             adde
             more
             beauty
             ,
             were
             it
             by
             apparrelling
             or
             painting
             ,
             yea
             though
             it
             were
             a
             meere
             work
             of
             Art
             ,
             and
             colourably
             deluding
             ,
             yet
             were
             it
             no
             mortall
             sin
             :
             confidentely
             maintaining
             the
             use
             of
             painting
             ,
             grounded
             upon
             these
             precedent
             respects
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             shall
             not
             desire
             that
             my
             Lampe
             may
             give
             light
             to
             that
             line
             ,
             which
             may
             seeme
             to
             give
             fuell
             or
             foment
             to
             any
             light
             love
             .
             The
             age
             is
             apt
             enough
             to
             sacrifice
             too
             many
             precious
             houres
             to
             Idolatrize
             such
             a
             Shrine
             .
             My
             ayme
             is
             only
             in
             a
             faire
             and
             just
             defence
             of
             your
             imitable
             actions
             ,
             to
             wipe
             of
             all
             such
             injurious
             aspersions
             as
             calumnious
             pens
             shall
             or
             may
             lay
             on
             you
             .
          
           
             In
             which
             Taske
             ,
             I
             hold
             my
             oyle
             so
             much
             the
             better
             bestowed
             ;
             for
             that
             I
             am
             confident
             that
             whereinsoever
             you
             are
             defective
             ,
             you
             will
             labour
             to
             supply
             it
             ,
             by
             perusing
             this
             and
             collecting
             hence
             what
             may
             truly
             make
             you
             most
             amiable
             and
             accomplished
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             ,
             it
             shall
             be
             my
             constant
             opinion
             (
             nor
             doe
             I
             feare
             that
             there
             shall
             bee
             found
             the
             least
             sprinkling
             of
             heresy
             in
             it
             )
             that
             these
             
               Stigmatick
               Spirits
            
             ,
             who
             have
             
             steep'd
             their
             pens
             so
             deep
             in
             gall
             ,
             have
             sometimes
             received
             some
             occasionall
             scars
             from
             the
             worst
             ,
             which
             ha's
             made
             them
             so
             causelesly
             ,
             and
             without
             exception
             to
             invey
             against
             the
             best
             .
             For
             these
             (
             as
             I
             conceive
             )
             have
             unhappily
             got
             a
             blow
             on
             the
             shins
             with
             a
             
               French
               faggot
            
             ,
             or
             fed
             too
             freely
             on
             a
             
               Neopolitan
               Rabbet
            
             .
             These
             are
             they
             ,
             and
             only
             they
             ,
             who
             stick
             not
             to
             say
             ,
             if
             you
             be
             old
             ,
             you
             are
             lothsome
             ;
             if
             young
             ,
             you
             are
             gamesome
             :
             you
             can
             scorne
             them
             that
             love
             you
             ;
             love
             them
             that
             scorne
             you
             .
             You
             can
             play
             the
             Snakes
             ,
             shrowding
             your selves
             under
             the
             freshest
             and
             fragrant'st
             flowers
             :
             but
             you
             have
             a
             sting
             to
             dart
             upon
             every
             State.
             You
             can
             play
             the
             Syrens
             by
             tuning
             your
             voyce
             ,
             to
             allure
             the
             amorous
             Passenger
             to
             Vice
             :
             But
             sleight
             you
             these
             malicious
             affronts
             :
             you
             have
             within
             you
             to
             secure
             you
             ;
             which
             will
             so
             highly
             improve
             you
             ,
             as
             you
             remaine
             perch'd
             above
             the
             compasse
             or
             reach
             of
             scandal
             .
             Yet
             is
             not
             all
             this
             which
             hath
             been
             hitherto
             spoken
             in
             your
             Defence
             ,
             so
             to
             secure
             you
             (
             for
             so
             should
             I
             delude
             you
             )
             as
             to
             disswade
             you
             from
             standing
             upon
             your
             guard
             .
             There
             is
             in
             no
             place
             security
             ,
             brave
             Ladies
             :
             Neither
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             nor
             in
             Paradise
             :
             much
             lesse
             in
             the
             World.
             
             For
             in
             Heaven
             the
             first
             Angell
             fell
             .
             Whence
             
               Esay
               :
               How
               art
               thou
               fallen
               from
               heavē
               ,
               O
               Lucifer
               ,
               son
               of
               ●he
               morning
               ?
            
             For
             he
             fell
             under
             the
             very
             power
             of
             the
             Deity
             .
             Adam
             in
             
             Paradise
             ,
             
             the
             place
             of
             all
             delicacy
             .
             Iudas
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             from
             the
             Schoole
             of
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             the
             Seed-plot
             of
             all
             Sanctity
             .
             In
             one
             word
             ,
             are
             ye
             Maids
             ?
             you
             have
             your
             patterne
             in
             a
             Dor●as
             .
             Are
             ye
             Wifes
             ?
             you
             have
             your
             patterne
             in
             an
             Esther
             .
             Are
             ye
             Widdowes
             ?
             you
             have
             your
             patterne
             in
             a
             Iudith
             .
             These
             ,
             though
             dead
             ,
             their
             memories
             live
             :
             and
             by
             their
             lifes
             prescribe
             you
             how
             to
             live
             ;
             that
             living
             as
             they
             liv'd
             ,
             and
             doing
             as
             they
             did
             ,
             your
             memories
             may
             live
             when
             you
             are
             dead
             .
          
           
             And
             so
             I
             descend
             from
             their
             
               Modest
               Defence
            
             ,
             well
             becomming
             Creatures
             of
             such
             divine
             Excellence
             ,
             to
             their
             
               Witty
               Aphorismes
               ,
               Apothegmes
            
             and
             Answers
             ;
             which
             I
             shall
             illustrate
             in
             sundry
             choice
             and
             select
             instances
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECTION
             VIII
             .
             Their
             witty
             Aphorismes
             ,
             Apothegms
             and
             Answers
             .
          
           
             TOo
             strait
             and
             narrow
             was
             the
             confine
             of
             his
             shallow
             conceipt
             ,
             who
             wish'd
             his
             wife
             to
             have
             no
             more
             wit
             than
             to
             goe
             out
             o'
             th'
             raine
             .
             It
             seemes
             ,
             he
             had
             a
             desire
             to
             ingrosse
             it
             all
             to
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             to
             suffer
             his
             wife
             to
             have
             small
             or
             no
             share
             with
             him
             .
             But
             such
             a
             Consort
             were
             a
             poore
             Helpe
             .
             We
             shall
             here
             finde
             Creatures
             of
             an
             higher
             pitch
             :
             such
             ,
             who
             knew
             how
             to
             allay
             the
             discomforts
             of
             a
             perplexed
             Husband
             by
             their
             wise
             and
             sociable
             
             sharing
             with
             him
             in
             his
             affliction
             .
             Others
             so
             nobly
             composed
             ,
             as
             they
             scorned
             to
             stoup
             to
             the
             lest
             thought
             of
             basenesse
             ,
             when
             crushed
             with
             the
             greatest
             weight
             of
             affliction
             .
             Others
             so
             far
             from
             coynesse
             to
             those
             they
             lov'd
             ,
             as
             to
             their
             highest
             hazards
             ,
             they
             not
             only
             exprest
             it
             ,
             but
             suffer'd
             for
             their
             affections
             .
             Others
             such
             kind
             loving
             Turtles
             ,
             as
             they
             could
             not
             endure
             to
             lose
             the
             presence
             of
             their
             owne
             ;
             or
             to
             conceive
             any
             defects
             or
             infirmities
             in
             their
             owne
             :
             and
             though
             all
             beside
             themselves
             distasted
             them
             :
             yet
             were
             their
             true
             affectionate
             thoughts
             ever
             individually
             knit
             and
             cemented
             to
             them
             .
             Others
             ,
             who
             could
             make
             such
             excellent
             use
             of
             their
             decayed
             beauty
             ;
             as
             they
             made
             it
             their
             Embleme
             of
             mortality
             :
             begetting
             no
             lesse
             veneration
             with
             their
             riveld
             age
             ,
             than
             they
             did
             affection
             with
             their
             enamor'd
             youth
             .
             Instances
             in
             each
             of
             these
             we
             shall
             take
             occasion
             to
             offer
             unto
             you
             ,
             with
             such
             witty
             Aphorismes
             ,
             pretty
             Apothegms
             ,
             and
             pithy
             Answers
             ;
             as
             may
             infinitely
             delight
             you
             .
             And
             first
             ,
             of
             such
             as
             could
             apply
             comforts
             and
             cordials
             ,
             seasonably
             to
             their
             disconsolate
             Husbands
             ,
             when
             surrounded
             with
             Objects
             of
             approaching
             misery
             .
          
           
             ☞
             Theogena
             wife
             to
             Agathocles
             (
             of
             whom
             we
             have
             made
             honourable
             mention
             elsewhere
             )
             shew'd
             admirable
             constancy
             in
             her
             Husbands
             greatest
             misery
             :
             shewing
             her
             
             selfe
             most
             his
             owne
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             relinquish't
             and
             forsaken
             of
             his
             owne
             :
             and
             confirming
             her
             true
             affection
             with
             this
             resolution
             :
             
               That
               she
               was
               not
               given
               him
               to
               leave
               him
               ,
               or
               to
               share
               with
               him
               only
               in
               prosperity
               ,
               but
               in
               what
               fortune
               soever
               should
               befall
               him
               ,
               to
               keepe
               him
               company
               .
            
          
           
             The
             like
             constancy
             of
             love
             ,
             and
             comfort
             in
             advice
             shewed
             Sulpitia
             to
             her●
             ,
             when
             she
             plainely
             told
             him
             :
             
               What
               ,
               though
               Fortune
               leave
               you
               ,
               she
               who
               loves
               you
               best
               ,
               and
               whom
               you
               should
               love
               best
               cannot
               leave
               you
               ?
               Should
               you
               be
               wholly
               miserable
               ,
               she
               will
               part
               stakes
               wlth
               you
               ,
               to
               make
               you
               lesse
               miserable
               .
            
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             for
             such
             ,
             whose
             brave
             and
             well-composed
             temper
             would
             not
             suffer
             their
             masculine
             spirits
             to
             stoupe
             to
             any
             Disasters
             :
             we
             shall
             furnish
             you
             with
             imitable
             patternes
             in
             that
             kinde
             :
             A
             lovely
             Lydia
             ,
             who
             could
             with
             Medea
             in
             the
             Tragedy
             ,
             expresse
             her selfe
             nobly
             ,
             and
             make
             death
             and
             danger
             the
             least
             of
             her
             feares
             .
          
           
             
               Who
               can
               be
               forc'd
               ,
               she
               knowes
               not
               how
               to
               dye
               ;
            
             
               Honour
               knowes
               how
               to
               suffer
               ,
               so
               doe
               I.
               
            
          
           
             This
             that
             brave-spirited
             Martia
             shew'd
             good
             proofe
             of
             ,
             curing
             all
             threats
             with
             this
             exquisite
             receipt
             :
             
               I
               know
               well
               how
               to
               pay
               my
               
               debt
               to
               Nature
               ,
               but
               I
               hope
               I
               shall
               never
               know
               ,
               how
               to
               ransome
               life
               with
               dishonour
               .
            
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             you
             shall
             finde
             such
             ,
             who
             were
             so
             farre
             from
             coynesse
             to
             those
             they
             lov'd
             ,
             as
             no
             danger
             could
             decline
             them
             from
             their
             embraces
             ,
             to
             whom
             they
             had
             sacrificed
             their
             affections
             .
             This
             that
             incomparable
             Marcella
             well
             discovered
             ;
             answering
             such
             as
             advised
             her
             to
             bee
             more
             reserved
             in
             her
             love
             ,
             with
             that
             elegant
             Poet
             ,
             in
             this
             manner
             :
             
               
                 
                   
                   Non
                   here
                   conveniunt
                   ,
                   nec
                   in
                   unâ
                   sede
                   morantur
                
                 
                   Majestas
                   &
                   Amor
                   —
                
              
               
                 
                   Love
                   coynesse
                   hates
                   ,
                   as
                   Birds
                   distemper'd
                   weather
                   ,
                
                 
                   "
                   For
                   Love
                   and
                   Majesty
                   suite
                   ill
                   together
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             This
             that
             constant
             Chariclea
             expressed
             to
             her
             dearest
             Archas
             ;
             when
             in
             a
             Tablet
             she
             caused
             this
             to
             be
             ingraven
             ,
             to
             confirme
             her
             resolution
             ,
             in
             despite
             of
             all
             opposition
             :
             
               May
               I
               sooner
               leave
               to
               live
               ,
               than
               my
               Archas
               whom
               I
               love
               .
            
          
           
             In
             the
             fourth
             siege
             ,
             (
             though
             they
             deserve
             an
             higher
             place
             )
             shall
             you
             see
             presented
             such
             tender-hearted
             Turtles
             ,
             who
             held
             it
             a
             punishment
             worse
             than
             death
             ,
             to
             be
             deprived
             of
             the
             presence
             of
             their
             owne
             :
             No
             Object
             
             could
             delight
             them
             ,
             being
             reft
             their
             sight
             whose
             affection
             only
             inchain'd
             them
             .
          
           
             Of
             this
             ranke
             both
             Divine
             and
             Humane
             Stories
             render
             us
             two
             examples
             :
             The
             one
             is
             that
             of
             
               Caja
               Tranquilla
            
             ,
             who
             ever
             used
             this
             apt
             Posy
             for
             a
             Bride-bush
             ,
             to
             her
             royall
             Spouse
             
               Caius
               Tarquinius
               Priscus
            
             ;
             
               Where
               thou
               art
               Caius
               ,
               I
               am
               Caia
               .
            
             The
             other
             ,
             that
             of
             Ruth
             unto
             Naomi
             ;
             
               Whither
               thou
               goest
               ,
               I
               will
               goe
               :
               and
               where
               thou
               dwellest
               ,
               I
               I
               will
               dwell
               .
            
          
           
             ☞
             This
             that
             noble
             Lady
             Armenia
             ,
             (
             whom
             we
             have
             formerly
             mentioned
             ,
             and
             whose
             memory
             cannot
             bee
             too
             much
             revived
             )
             with
             a
             princely
             modesty
             seconded
             ;
             when
             being
             invited
             to
             King
             Cyrus
             Wedding
             ,
             went
             thither
             with
             her
             Husband
             .
             At
             night
             when
             they
             were
             returned
             home
             ,
             her
             Husband
             asked
             her
             ,
             (
             amongst
             other
             Curtaine
             parliance
             )
             how
             shee
             liked
             the
             Bridegroome
             ,
             whether
             she
             thought
             him
             to
             be
             a
             faire
             and
             beautifull
             Prince
             or
             no
             ?
             
               Truth
               ,
               
                 saith
                 she
              
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               :
               for
               all
               the
               while
               I
               was
               forth
               ,
               I
               cast
               mine
               eyes
               upon
               none
               other
               ,
               but
               upon
               thy selfe
               .
            
          
           
             Nor
             could
             some
             of
             these
             conceive
             any
             such
             defects
             in
             their
             Husbands
             ,
             as
             were
             more
             than
             manifest
             to
             the
             Senses
             of
             others
             .
             So
             as
             ,
             when
             one
             of
             Hiero's
             enemies
             reproaching
             him
             with
             a
             stinking
             breath
             :
             he
             went
             home
             and
             question'd
             his
             Wife
             why
             she
             told
             
             him
             not
             thereof
             ?
             
               
                 Who
                 answered
              
               ,
               Shee
               thought
               all
               men
               had
               the
               same
               savour
               .
            
             Which
             confirmes
             what
             Plato
             sometimes
             affirmed
             :
             
               The
               Lover
               is
               ever
               blinded
               with
               affection
               towards
               his
               or
               her
               beloved
               .
            
          
           
             No
             lesse
             gracefull
             than
             loyall
             was
             the
             answer
             of
             that
             young
             Bride
             to
             her
             Husband
             ;
             
             who
             being
             borne
             of
             the
             Scottish
             borders
             ,
             &
             married
             to
             an
             Englishman
             ,
             was
             demanded
             one
             day
             by
             her
             Husband
             ,
             whether
             ,
             if
             she
             were
             to
             play
             the
             Souldier
             ,
             she
             would
             fight
             for
             her
             owne
             Nation
             ,
             or
             for
             his
             ?
             
               As
               I
               ●all
               ,
               
                 quoth
                 she
              
               ,
               ever
               an
               aye
               acknowledge
               my
               Husband
               for
               my
               head
               ,
               so
               God
               forefend
               that
               I
               sud
               crack
               the
               allegeance
               I
               owe
               to
               the
               head
               of
               my
               Husband
               .
            
          
           
             ☞
             Some
             Aphorismes
             there
             be
             ,
             if
             they
             may
             merit
             that
             stile
             ,
             who
             lose
             much
             of
             their
             state
             ,
             by
             their
             too
             weake
             discovery
             of
             an
             Anacreontick
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             rendring
             themselves
             too
             light
             .
          
           
             That
             wench
             was
             of
             a
             more
             amiable
             face
             ,
             than
             admirable
             conceipt
             :
             who
             having
             enter'd
             marriage
             with
             a
             Tradesman
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             entertaining
             too
             familiar
             acquaintance
             with
             a
             Knight
             ;
             By
             whom
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             suspected
             ,
             she
             had
             children
             as
             well
             as
             by
             her
             owne
             Husband
             :
             stickt
             not
             to
             aske
             this
             wise
             question
             at
             a
             Gossips
             feast
             :
             
               Put
               case
               ,
               a
               Woman
               having
               issue
               by
               a
               Knight
               ,
               with
               whom
               she
               was
               acquainted
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               by
               a
               
               Man
               of
               Trade
               ,
               to
               whom
               she
               was
               married
               ;
               whether
               those
               children
               shee
               had
               by
               the
               Knight
               ,
               might
               not
               
                 take
                 the
                 wall
              
               of
               those
               she
               had
               by
               a
               Man
               of
               Trade
               ?
               Or
               ,
               being
               to
               be
               made
               Apprentices
               ,
               whether
               they
               might
               not
               be
               Freemen
               before
               their
               Elder
               Brothers
               ?
            
          
           
             A
             reverend
             old
             Bencher
             ,
             the
             very
             first
             night
             that
             he
             went
             to
             bed
             to
             his
             Lady
             ;
             She
             sent
             forth
             a
             Shreeke
             ;
             and
             being
             asked
             the
             cause
             ;
             
               How
               could
               I
               doe
               lesse
               ?
               said
               she
               ;
               If
               the
               embraces
               of
               an
               Husband
               be
               so
               cold
               ,
               What
               coldnesse
               shall
               I
               finde
               in
               the
               armes
               of
               Death
               ?
            
          
           
             That
             amorous
             Tomboy
             was
             a
             kinder
             Trout
             ;
             who
             ,
             though
             she
             had
             no
             competent
             portion
             ,
             yet
             had
             she
             a
             competible
             proportion
             ,
             an
             incomparable
             affection
             .
             She
             ,
             one
             day
             ,
             upon
             a
             loving
             Enterview
             ,
             debated
             the
             matter
             with
             her
             Sweet-heart
             in
             this
             sort
             :
             
               Sir
               ,
               I
               cannot
               conceive
               how
               you
               should
               love
               me
               ,
               seeing
               you
               spinne
               out
               so
               much
               time
               ,
               when
               you
               so
               shortly
               may
               really
               enjoy
               me
               .
               You
               make
               much
               adoe
               in
               getting
               of
               a
               portion
               ,
               Whereas
               with
               lesse
               adoe
               we
               might
               beget
               a
               Christian.
               Had
               I
               more
               ,
               you
               should
               enjoy
               it
               :
               having
               lesse
               ,
               your
               joy
               should
               be
               no
               lesse
               ,
               in
               enjoying
               me
               with
               it
               .
            
          
           
             That
             Girle
             approv'd
             her selfe
             an
             expert
             and
             experienc'd
             Artist
             for
             repairing
             the
             decayes
             of
             a
             broken
             Tradesman
             ;
             who
             being
             
             rudely
             encounter'd
             by
             One
             ,
             who
             shew'd
             himselfe
             more
             haughty
             ,
             than
             his
             state
             was
             weighty
             ;
             more
             sensually
             light
             than
             suited
             with
             his
             gravity
             :
             
               Sir
               ,
               you
               've
               lent
               me
               your
               pulse
               ,
               and
               I
               have
               found
               your
               disease
               .
               —
               Now
               ,
               the
               best
               Receipt
               for
               any
               one
               who
               pines
               away
               of
               a
               Consumption
               in
               the
               bowels
               of
               his
               Estate
               ,
               (
               of
               which
               distemper
               I
               finde
               you
               labour
               )
               is
               store
               of
               Monopolian
               gold
               decocted
               from
               a
               Pound
               to
               a
               Noble
               ;
               and
               to
               take
               such
               a
               quantity
               of
               this
               in
               a
               broath
               from
               sixe
               Mooneths
               to
               sixe
               Mooneths
               .
               A
               precious
               Cordiall
               to
               make
               rich
               Heires
               ,
               and
               rare
               teares
               at
               a
               Funerall
               .
            
          
           
             That
             hote
             -
             
               brain'd
               Calacute
            
             shew'd
             himselfe
             of
             too
             Italionate
             a
             temper
             ;
             whose
             Wife
             being
             surprized
             with
             an
             extreame
             Fever
             ,
             which
             drove
             her
             into
             so
             a
             violent
             a
             distemper
             ;
             as
             the
             fury
             or
             phrensy
             rather
             of
             her
             disease
             ,
             forc'd
             her
             to
             discover
             many
             things
             she
             did
             ,
             and
             (
             perchance
             )
             more
             than
             she
             ever
             did
             .
             He
             ,
             after
             her
             recovery
             ,
             believing
             what
             her
             distraction
             had
             intemperately
             disclosed
             ,
             willed
             her
             to
             goe
             along
             with
             him
             to
             his
             Countrey-house
             :
             where
             ,
             upon
             his
             departure
             from
             her
             ,
             he
             was
             pleased
             to
             use
             these
             words
             unto
             her
             :
             
               Madonna
               ,
               here
               I
               intend
               to
               leave
               you
               ;
               for
               I
               must
               tell
               you
               ,
               I
               love
               your
               roome
               more
               than
               your
               Company
               ,
               such
               is
               my
               affection
               .
               And
               I
               
               replied
               she
               )
               preferre
               Rome
               before
               your
               Company
               ,
               such
               is
               my
               devotion
               .
            
          
           
             That
             haplesse
             Malecontent
             fell
             upon
             a
             desperate
             conclusion
             ;
             who
             ,
             having
             relinquish'd
             his
             owne
             Bed
             for
             the
             embraces
             of
             a
             a
             Strange
             Woman
             :
             and
             in
             a
             Melancholly
             Fitte
             ,
             taking
             a
             pinte
             of
             white
             Wine
             and
             mixing
             it
             strongly
             with
             Mercury
             ;
             
               Willed
               his
               Curtezan
               (
               as
               ever
               she
               lov'd
               him
               )
               to
               drinke
               halfe
               unto
               him
               :
            
             She
             ,
             whether
             out
             of
             a
             servile
             feare
             ,
             (
             or
             which
             is
             more
             rare
             in
             one
             of
             her
             condition
             )
             out
             of
             a
             reall
             love
             ,
             drunke
             it
             to
             him
             ;
             which
             he
             with
             an
             active
             hand
             stirring
             ,
             to
             make
             it
             more
             powerfull
             ,
             pledged
             and
             drunke
             it
             of
             to
             the
             bottom
             .
             She
             ,
             to
             expresse
             a
             care
             of
             his
             life
             ,
             as
             she
             had
             formerly
             tender'd
             to
             his
             love
             ;
             having
             in
             readinesse
             some
             Sallet-oyle
             with
             other
             soveraigne
             receipts
             to
             repell
             poyson
             ,
             mixed
             them
             in
             another
             pinte
             :
             
               Willing
               him
               (
               as
               ever
               he
               loved
               her
               )
               to
               pledge
               her
               annother
               health
               ;
            
             But
             his
             desperate
             melancholy
             would
             not
             accept
             it
             :
             While
             she
             ,
             no
             lesse
             desirous
             to
             live
             ;
             than
             tender
             of
             his
             love
             ,
             drunk
             it
             ,
             and
             recover'd
             by
             it
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             leave
             the
             Suburra
             ,
             and
             approach
             the
             Temple
             of
             Viriplaca
             ;
             a
             place
             of
             more
             peace
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             eye
             of
             goodnesse
             deserving
             more
             praise
             .
          
           
             ☞
             The
             Last
             ,
             though
             not
             lowest
             ,
             because
             furthest
             divided
             and
             estranged
             in
             their
             
             thoughts
             from
             earth
             ;
             are
             those
             ,
             whose
             decayed
             beauty
             ,
             though
             it
             h'as
             divorc'd
             them
             from
             youthfull
             affection
             :
             yet
             hath
             the
             constant
             opinion
             of
             their
             goodnesse
             purchas'd
             to
             their
             rivell'd
             age
             ,
             a
             reverend
             estimation
             .
             This
             appeared
             in
             that
             sometimes
             faire
             Bellingeria's
             excellent
             Apothegme
             :
             
               Though
               our
               beauty
               bee
               despicable
               in
               the
               eye
               of
               youth
               :
               
               our
               rivels
               are
               venerable
               in
               the
               eye
               of
               age
               .
               Though
               we
               lose
               that
               which
               our
               beauty
               did
               gaine
               ,
               opinion
               :
               yet
               we
               retain
               that
               which
               our
               beauty
               might
               have
               lost
               ,
               reputation
               .
            
             What
             divine
             use
             that
             excellent
             Eugenia
             made
             of
             her
             decayed
             beauty
             ,
             may
             be
             gathered
             by
             this
             expressive
             Aphorisme
             :
             
               Sometimes
               I
               made
               my
               Glasse
               a
               Corrector
               of
               my
               Face
               :
               now
               I
               make
               my
               Face
               the
               Corrector
               of
               my
               Life
               .
               Nor
               is
               it
               possible
               I
               should
               forget
               my
               Grave
               ,
               beholding
               so
               many
               Graves
               
                 (
                 meaning
                 furrowes
              
               )
               in
               my
               Face
               .
            
          
           
             We
             shall
             finde
             
               Aphorisms
               ,
               Apothegm●
            
             and
             Answers
             of
             another
             nature
             ,
             and
             a
             rising
             from
             a
             lighter
             temper
             ;
             lesse
             serious
             ,
             but
             no
             lesse
             ingenious
             .
          
           
             This
             that
             pretty
             pert
             Girle
             expressed
             in
             her
             quicke
             answer
             to
             her
             Mother
             ;
             who
             being
             reproved
             by
             her
             for
             looking
             so
             boldly
             on
             mens
             faces
             ,
             saying
             ,
             that
             it
             became
             Maids
             to
             be
             bashfull
             ,
             and
             to
             looke
             upon
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             for
             Men
             to
             looke
             upon
             Maids
             .
             
               No
               ,
               Mother
               by
               your
               favour
               ,
               
                 quoth
                 she
              
               ,
               it
               rather
               
               becomes
               Maids
               to
               looke
               upon
               Men
               ,
               and
               for
               Men
               to
               looke
               upon
               the
               Earth
               .
               For
               as
               Man
               is
               to
               looke
               upon
               that
               whereof
               he
               was
               made
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               the
               Earth
               :
               so
               is
               a
               Maid
               to
               looke
               upon
               that
               whereof
               shee
               was
               made
               ,
               and
               that
               was
               Man.
               
            
          
           
             Shee
             came
             nothing
             short
             of
             this
             Girles
             boldnesse
             ,
             occasioned
             by
             her
             own
             lightnesse
             ,
             who
             after
             such
             time
             as
             shee
             had
             too
             freely
             plaid
             the
             Wanton
             ,
             left
             the
             Child
             which
             she
             had
             brought
             forth
             to
             the
             Care
             and
             Charge
             of
             the
             Parish
             :
             and
             being
             rebuked
             for
             it
             ,
             saying
             ,
             shee
             was
             unthankfull
             ,
             so
             to
             abuse
             that
             place
             where
             shee
             had
             received
             so
             many
             Curtesies
             :
             
               O
               ,
               
                 quoth
                 she
              
               ,
               no
               such
               matter
               ;
               I
               have
               in
               this
               rather
               showne
               my selfe
               every
               way
               ready
               to
               tender
               a
               requitall
               ,
               than
               any
               way
               ungratefull
               :
               For
               in
               this
               ,
               I
               resemble
               the
               Storke
               ,
               a
               Bird
               of
               a
               thankefull
               nature
               ,
               who
               ever
               leaves
               one
               of
               her
               young
               Ones
               in
               the
               house
               where
               shee
               breeds
               them
               to
               the
               Owner
               .
            
          
           
             ☞
             That
             witty
             wench
             return'd
             to
             a
             Dunse
             in
             a
             Cassocke
             as
             shrewd
             an
             answer
             (
             though
             she
             ever
             reflected
             more
             religiously
             upon
             her
             conjugall
             honour
             ;
             )
             Who
             telling
             this
             Maid
             ,
             that
             Women
             were
             at
             best
             but
             
               Necessary
               Evils
            
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             were
             never
             needfull
             to
             any
             but
             in
             time
             of
             necessity
             :
             whereas
             the
             
               Lord
               stood
               in
               need
               of
               such
               as
               him
               .
            
             
               Truly
               ,
               
                 quoth
                 she
              
               ,
               I
               highly
               honour
               your
               place
               ,
               yet
               
               did
               I
               never
               read
               that
               the
               Lord
               stood
               in
               need
               of
               any
               thing
               but
               an
               Asse
               .
            
          
           
             That
             well-meaning
             Wife
             knew
             right-well
             how
             to
             shape
             her
             Husband
             a
             Reply
             :
             Who
             ,
             when
             her
             Husband
             told
             her
             that
             it
             should
             be
             progresse
             time
             for
             a
             season
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             might
             lye
             apart
             ,
             because
             it
             was
             Dogge-Dayes
             :
             
               Well
               ,
               Husband
               ,
               
                 (
                 quoth
                 she
              
               )
               but
               I
               hope
               there
               are
               no
               Dogge-Nights
               .
            
          
           
             No
             lesse
             to
             purpose
             was
             that
             good
             Wifes
             answer
             to
             that
             Chimick
             Doctor
             :
             Who
             ,
             telling
             her
             what
             rare
             experiments
             his
             sublimated
             Art
             had
             extracted
             from
             the
             
               Philosophers
               stone
            
             .
             And
             that
             Kelly
             (
             that
             Austrian
             Captive
             )
             was
             but
             to
             him
             a
             Puny
             in
             that
             Mysterious
             Secrecy
             :
             And
             that
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             only
             make
             her
             Pots
             ,
             Pipkings
             ,
             Kettles
             ,
             Land-irons
             with
             all
             her
             other
             Utensiles
             ,
             pure
             Indian
             Gold
             ;
             but
             convert
             her selfe
             too
             ,
             if
             she
             pleased
             ,
             into
             the
             very
             same
             Mettall
             ,
             and
             not
             only
             colour
             ,
             but
             cover
             her
             quite
             over
             with
             gold
             :
             
               O
               no
               ,
               by
               no
               meanes
               ,
               
                 quoth
                 she
              
               ,
               Good
               master
               Alchimist
               ;
               I
               had
               rather
               be
               covered
               with
               a
               little
               good
               flesh
               ,
               than
               all
               the
               gold
               of
               the
               Indies
               .
            
          
           
             Of
             such
             present
             flashes
             and
             flourishes
             of
             feminine
             wit
             ,
             we
             might
             here
             in
             large
             our selves
             with
             variety
             of
             Instances
             ;
             but
             these
             for
             a
             taste
             ,
             may
             serve
             at
             this
             time
             for
             a
             sufficient
             repast
             .
             Hence
             it
             may
             appeare
             that
             our
             endevours
             have
             beene
             imployed
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             expresse
             
             their
             maturity
             of
             judgement
             ,
             which
             i●
             of
             highest
             worth
             ;
             but
             likewise
             their
             pregnancy
             of
             conceipt
             ,
             an
             infallible
             argument
             of
             a
             Mother-wit
             .
          
           
             From
             these
             are
             we
             to
             descend
             in
             order
             ,
             to
             the
             last
             but
             not
             least
             improvement
             of
             their
             honour
             :
             Their
             
               Eminent
               Labours
            
             ;
             and
             how
             they
             were
             Assistants
             in
             the
             
               exquisitest
               Workes
            
             that
             have
             beene
             formerly
             composed
             ,
             eyther
             for
             History
             or
             Poesy
             .
             Which
             relation
             will
             redound
             no
             lesse
             highly
             to
             their
             glory
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECTION
             IX
             .
             Their
             Eminent
             Labours
             ;
             And
             how
             they
             were
             Assistants
             in
             the
             exquisitest
             Workes
             that
             have
             been
             formerly
             composed
             ,
             eyther
             for
             History
             or
             Poesy
             .
          
           
             
             SUCH
             men
             ,
             who
             have
             casten
             their
             Lots
             in
             
               faire
               fields
            
             ,
             by
             making
             choice
             of
             such
             consorts
             ,
             whose
             vertues
             confirme
             them
             Mirrors
             ,
             and
             whose
             lives
             are
             lines
             of
             examples
             unto
             others
             ;
             finde
             Hymen
             smyling
             ,
             nay
             shining
             on
             their
             Nuptials
             all
             the
             yeare
             long
             .
             Whereas
             such
             ,
             
             who
             cast
             their
             Lots
             in
             
               barren
               fields
            
             ,
             by
             joyning
             hands
             to
             sensuall
             Brides
             ,
             Brothell-Beds
             :
             who
             are
             nothing
             but
             voyce
             or
             ayre
             ;
             with
             a
             small
             portion
             of
             skin-deepe
             beauty
             to
             practise
             on
             deluded
             Sense
             ,
             till
             it
             grow
             weary
             .
             The
             Bodies
             of
             such
             men
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             begin
             to
             undergoe
             Mezentius
             torment
             ,
             living
             in
             the
             embraces
             of
             the
             dead
             till
             they
             dye
             .
             For
             as
             death
             holds
             in
             his
             power
             all
             that
             is
             past
             ,
             governs
             all
             that
             is
             present
             ,
             and
             pretends
             to
             governe
             all
             that
             is
             to
             come
             :
             the
             very
             like
             Soveraignty
             ha's
             death
             over
             these
             who
             have
             enwreath'd
             and
             embath'd
             themselves
             in
             such
             loathed
             embraces
             .
             Dead
             they
             are
             to
             all
             former
             comforts
             ,
             for
             those
             are
             vanished
             :
             Dead
             to
             all
             present
             comforts
             ,
             for
             these
             are
             from
             them
             estranged
             :
             Dead
             to
             all
             future
             comforts
             ,
             unlesse
             their
             earth
             be
             with
             Heaven
             exchanged
             .
          
           
             The
             Stomack
             ,
             (
             to
             use
             the
             words
             of
             an
             experienst
             Practist
             )
             resembleth
             the
             good
             man
             of
             the
             House
             ,
             and
             being
             the
             cause
             of
             all
             Concoction
             and
             Digestion
             ,
             must
             be
             fortified
             and
             strengthened
             ,
             by
             being
             kept
             temperately
             warme
             ,
             retentive
             ,
             and
             cleane
             ,
             without
             oppressing
             humours
             ;
             not
             empty
             ,
             or
             fasting
             ,
             being
             nourished
             by
             it selfe
             ,
             more
             than
             by
             the
             reines
             ;
             and
             lastly
             in
             appetite
             ,
             whereby
             Digestion
             is
             sharpned
             .
          
           
             Their
             Stomacks
             are
             of
             a
             strong
             Concoction
             ,
             that
             could
             digest
             Wenches
             of
             such
             an
             
             humerous
             condition
             .
             But
             I
             shall
             spread
             a
             Table
             dished
             up
             with
             Creatures
             of
             another
             nature
             ,
             choycer
             temper
             ,
             and
             such
             ,
             as
             with
             modesty
             and
             majesty
             can
             tender
             you
             a
             
               Boulster
               Lecture
            
             .
          
           
             Not
             a
             smyle
             but
             implyes
             state
             ;
             No
             light
             smyle
             that
             may
             imply
             a
             staine
             .
             In
             these
             you
             shall
             finde
             (
             to
             use
             Verstegens
             words
             )
             A
             restitution
             of
             decaied
             intelligence
             in
             Antiquities
             ,
             concerning
             their
             owne
             Nation
             .
             And
             lest
             I
             should
             keep
             your
             Stomacks
             too
             sharpe
             ,
             or
             tyre
             your
             patience
             with
             too
             long
             preambles
             ,
             I
             present
             here
             unto
             you
             their
             Catalogue
             .
          
           
             Zenobia
             ,
             (
             to
             begin
             with
             a
             Princely
             patterne
             )
             after
             the
             death
             of
             her
             deare
             Spouse
             Odonatus
             ,
             though
             a
             Barbarian
             Queene
             ,
             yet
             by
             her
             reading
             of
             both
             Romane
             and
             Greeke
             Histories
             ,
             with
             other
             memorable
             relations
             ,
             suting
             well
             with
             the
             passage
             and
             posture
             of
             those
             times
             ,
             so
             mannaged
             the
             State
             of
             that
             rich
             and
             free
             City
             Palmyra
             in
             Syria
             ,
             as
             she
             retained
             those
             fierce
             and
             intractable
             people
             in
             her
             obedience
             :
             and
             in
             a
             Princely
             privacy
             ,
             reserving
             ever
             some
             select
             houres
             for
             perusall
             of
             Philosophicall
             Politicks
             ,
             Oeconomicks
             ,
             Naturall
             and
             Morall
             Philosophy
             ,
             Discourses
             of
             History
             ;
             all
             which
             held
             good
             0correspondence
             with
             her
             Majesty
             ,
             she
             a
             bridged
             the
             Alexandrian
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Orientall
             Histories
             :
             a
             taske
             of
             no
             lesse
             difficulty
             than
             
             utility
             ;
             whereby
             she
             attained
             the
             highest
             pitch
             of
             wisdome
             and
             authority
             .
          
           
             The
             like
             inward
             beauty
             upon
             her
             Sexe
             ,
             bestowed
             that
             vertuous
             Cornelia
             ,
             mother
             to
             the
             victorious
             Gracchus
             ;
             who
             ,
             as
             she
             was
             an
             Exemplar
             or
             Mirror
             of
             goodnesse
             and
             chastity
             ;
             so
             by
             the
             improvement
             of
             her
             education
             to
             her
             children
             (
             the
             lineall
             branches
             of
             so
             hopefull
             a
             succession
             )
             she
             exprest
             her selfe
             a
             noble
             Mother
             ,
             in
             seasoning
             their
             unriper
             yeares
             ,
             in
             the
             studies
             of
             History
             ,
             Poesy
             ,
             and
             Philosophy
             .
             Next
             her
             ,
             
               Portia
               ,
               Brutus
            
             his
             wife
             ;
             Cleobula
             ,
             daughter
             to
             Cleobulus
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             seven
             Sages
             of
             Greece
             .
             The
             daughter
             of
             Pythagoras
             (
             to
             leave
             Rome
             and
             descend
             to
             Samos
             )
             who
             after
             his
             death
             governed
             his
             Schoole
             ;
             excelling
             in
             all
             humane
             Learning
             ;
             and
             afterwards
             ,
             to
             give
             the
             World
             a
             further
             testimony
             of
             her
             chastity
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             ability
             ;
             erecting
             a
             Colledge
             of
             Virgins
             ,
             shee
             became
             sole
             governesse
             or
             guardinesse
             of
             it
             .
             What
             shall
             I
             say
             of
             Theano
             ,
             daughter
             to
             Metapontus
             ,
             a
             disciple
             of
             the
             same
             Sect
             ?
             Of
             which
             name
             there
             were
             two
             ;
             both
             highly
             enriched
             with
             all
             knowledge
             .
             The
             one
             a
             learned
             woman
             of
             Crete
             ,
             and
             wife
             to
             Pythagoras
             :
             the
             other
             the
             wise
             of
             Antenor
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             Priest
             of
             Pallas
             .
             What
             of
             Phemone
             ,
             that
             mysterious
             Sibyll
             ,
             who
             first
             gave
             life
             to
             an
             Heroick
             verse
             :
             and
             in
             exquisite
             composures
             
             (
             amongst
             other
             propheticall
             raptures
             )
             recounted
             the
             memorable
             actions
             &
             occurrents
             of
             her
             time
             ?
             What
             of
             
               Sulpitia
               ,
               Calanus
            
             his
             wife
             ,
             farre
             wiser
             than
             her
             ill-advised
             husband
             ,
             who
             before
             great
             Alexander
             ,
             feeling
             himselfe
             sicke
             and
             distempered
             ,
             leapt
             into
             a
             great
             fire
             and
             there
             was
             burned
             :
             for
             she
             left
             behind
             her
             most
             soveraigne
             Precepts
             touching
             Wedlock
             ,
             with
             the
             Relations
             of
             that
             age
             ,
             in
             a
             most
             proper
             and
             elegant
             style
             ?
             And
             Hortensia
             ,
             daughter
             to
             that
             most
             famous
             Orator
             Hortensius
             ,
             who
             for
             copiousnesse
             of
             speech
             ,
             gravity
             or
             weight
             of
             sentence
             ,
             gave
             a
             living
             lustre
             to
             her
             lines
             ,
             a
             succeeding
             ●ame
             to
             her
             Works
             ?
             And
             Edesia
             ,
             borne
             at
             Alexandria
             ,
             one
             of
             such
             infinite
             Learning
             ,
             sweetnesse
             of
             disposition
             ,
             as
             she
             was
             highly
             admired
             by
             those
             that
             lived
             in
             her
             time
             :
             and
             amongst
             other
             excellences
             (
             to
             make
             her
             more
             accomplish'd
             both
             in
             forraine
             and
             moderne
             affaires
             )
             singularly
             read
             in
             Histories
             ;
             then
             held
             a
             Study
             worthy
             the
             entertainment
             of
             noblest
             Ladies
             ?
             And
             Corinnathia
             ,
             who
             is
             reported
             to
             have
             surpassed
             the
             Poet
             Pindarus
             in
             artfull
             and
             exact
             composures
             :
             contending
             with
             him
             five
             severall
             times
             ,
             (
             as
             may
             be
             probably
             gathered
             by
             the
             testimonies
             of
             the
             Ancient
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             were
             happy
             Spectators
             of
             those
             glorious
             Duello's
             )
             for
             the
             Laurell
             Chaplet
             or
             Coronet
             ,
             usually
             bestowed
             upon
             such
             ingenious
             
             followers
             and
             favorites
             of
             the
             Muses
             ?
             And
             
               Paula
               ,
               Seneca's
            
             wife
             ,
             a
             Matron
             not
             only
             improved
             by
             his
             instructions
             ,
             but
             highly
             inriched
             by
             the
             benefit
             of
             her
             owne
             proper
             Studies
             :
             ever
             reserving
             some
             choice
             houres
             for
             the
             perusall
             of
             such
             Relations
             ,
             as
             either
             in
             those
             or
             preceding
             times
             had
             occurred
             .
             So
             as
             ,
             we
             may
             very
             well
             gather
             ,
             whence
             the
             ground
             of
             her
             husbands
             griefe
             proceeded
             ;
             whence
             the
             source
             of
             his
             sorrow
             was
             derived
             ,
             in
             bewailing
             the
             ignorance
             of
             his
             Mother
             ,
             not
             sufficiently
             seasoned
             in
             the
             Precepts
             of
             his
             Father
             :
             by
             reflecting
             upon
             the
             abilities
             of
             his
             Paula
             ,
             whose
             discourse
             for
             History
             ,
             Morall
             Philosophy
             ,
             and
             all
             Humanity
             appeared
             so
             genuine
             and
             proper
             ,
             as
             her
             very
             name
             conferred
             on
             her
             Family
             a
             succeeding
             honour
             .
             Lastly
             ,
             (
             that
             I
             may
             not
             dwell
             too
             long
             on
             these
             Feminine
             Features
             ,
             Memorable
             Mirrors
             ,
             lest
             their
             diligence
             should
             taxe
             some
             of
             our
             trimmer
             Ladies
             of
             their
             supine
             and
             neglectfull
             errors
             )
             
               Argentaria
               Pollia
            
             ,
             or
             Polla
             ,
             wife
             to
             the
             Heroicke
             Lucan
             ,
             is
             said
             to
             have
             assisted
             him
             in
             the
             apt
             and
             majestick
             composure
             of
             his
             verses
             :
             being
             no
             lesse
             rich
             in
             fancy
             ,
             than
             hee
             himselfe
             when
             most
             enlivened
             by
             a
             Poeticall
             fury
             .
             Nor
             did
             she
             restraine
             her
             more
             prosperous
             studies
             ,
             only
             to
             dimensions
             ;
             being
             no
             lesse
             conversant
             in
             Historicall
             Relations
             ,
             with
             other
             humane
             
             Sciences
             ,
             than
             Poeticall
             raptures
             .
          
           
             Such
             as
             these
             might
             make
             good
             Companions
             to
             Pray
             with
             ,
             to
             Play
             with
             ,
             to
             Converse
             or
             Commerce
             with
             .
             These
             make
             the
             cheerefull
             beames
             of
             every
             day
             breake
             forth
             ,
             as
             if
             every
             day
             were
             the
             Solemnization
             of
             a
             new
             Marriage
             day
             .
             These
             with
             an
             averse
             eare
             listen
             to
             the
             Apocryphall
             verses
             of
             those
             fondlings
             ,
             nor
             can
             they
             credit
             them
             ,
             when
             they
             heare
             them
             :
             
               
                 
                   Primus
                   erit
                   Mensis
                   Mellitus
                   Origine
                   Sponsis
                   ,
                
                 
                   Proximus
                   extinctas
                   sentit
                   amore
                   faces
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   First
                   Moneth's
                   an
                   Honey
                   Moneth
                   unto
                   the
                   Bride
                   ,
                
                 
                   Next
                   Moneth
                   all
                   fondling
                   must
                   be
                   laid
                   aside
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             These
             have
             no
             knowledge
             of
             any
             such
             proverbiall
             experiments
             .
             For
             so
             much
             estranged
             were
             they
             from
             fondnesse
             (
             an
             error
             too
             familiar
             with
             New-married
             Cooples
             )
             as
             their
             discretion
             could
             never
             incline
             to
             any
             such
             lightnesse
             .
             Their
             youth
             never
             admitted
             youthfull
             parliance
             :
             nor
             stouped
             to
             any
             uncomely
             dalliance
             .
             Their
             affections
             were
             not
             grounded
             on
             Sense
             ,
             which
             made
             them
             to
             bee
             of
             longer
             continuance
             .
             For
             those
             Loves
             quickly
             expire
             and
             dye
             ,
             which
             receive
             their
             onely
             infusion
             by
             the
             eye
             .
          
           
           
             If
             thou
             wilt
             believe
             thy
             eyes
             ,
             sayes
             Loves
             Lecturer
             ,
             thou
             givest
             credit
             to
             thy
             betrayers
             ;
             thy
             spirit
             will
             suffer
             a
             thousand
             paines
             and
             confusions
             :
             thou
             wilt
             take
             lookes
             for
             azure
             Mountaines
             ,
             because
             that
             distance
             and
             proximity
             deceive
             the
             sight
             :
             a
             river
             may
             also
             deceive
             thee
             in
             its
             course
             ,
             till
             a
             branch
             or
             strawe
             informe
             thee
             what
             way
             the
             streame
             goes
             .
             So
             may
             the
             Glo-worme
             delude
             thee
             with
             her
             burnisht
             Skales
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             counterfeate
             shine
             surprize
             thy
             sight
             .
          
           
             Know
             ,
             I
             say
             know
             (
             if
             at
             any
             time
             ,
             any
             such
             adulterate
             beauty
             shall
             seaze
             on
             thee
             )
             that
             this
             Woman
             ,
             this
             sin-●eered
             Curtezan
             ;
             who
             seemes
             for●ally
             perfect
             ,
             gulls
             and
             abuses
             thee
             .
             Yesternight
             she
             slept
             ugly
             ,
             and
             this
             Morning
             is
             adorned
             with
             that
             beauty
             that
             thou
             so
             much
             praisest
             ,
             so
             highly
             prizest
             ,
             and
             yet
             she
             holds
             it
             not
             but
             by
             hire
             .
          
           
             If
             thou
             hadst
             piece-meale
             examined
             her
             ,
             thou
             would'st
             have
             found
             nothing
             but
             prinn'd
             cloth
             ,
             parget
             powder
             and
             plaister
             ;
             and
             to
             begin
             her
             anatomy
             at
             the
             head
             ,
             the
             haire
             she
             weares
             came
             from
             the
             Periwigge-makers
             shoppe
             ;
             for
             her
             owne
             was
             blowne
             away
             with
             an
             ill-wind
             that
             came
             from
             Naples
             ;
             and
             if
             any
             remaines
             ,
             she
             dares
             not
             shew
             it
             ,
             lest
             it
             should
             accuse
             her
             of
             the
             
               Time
               past
            
             .
             Her
             Eyes
             have
             no
             other
             browes
             than
             those
             which
             a
             Pencill
             makes
             .
             Nor
             her
             face
             no
             other
             colour
             than
             that
             of
             painting
             :
             'T
             is
             
             an
             old
             Idoll
             newly
             painted
             over
             ,
             and
             yet
             it
             is
             no
             little
             wonder
             to
             see
             a
             Picture
             have
             Motion
             :
             and
             she
             is
             such
             a
             one
             ,
             who
             hath
             almost
             found
             the
             secret
             of
             that
             famous
             Negromancer
             (
             that
             pretended
             to
             grow
             young
             againe
             ,
             by
             shutting
             himselfe
             in
             a
             glasse-violl
             )
             since
             that
             all
             that
             which
             hath
             made
             her
             appeare
             so
             faire
             ,
             as
             thou
             speakest
             ,
             comes
             from
             the
             Alembick
             waters
             ,
             Esseno's
             ,
             and
             painting
             .
             If
             she
             would
             suffer
             her
             face
             to
             be
             washt
             ,
             thou
             wouldst
             know
             her
             no
             more
             ,
             she
             would
             be
             hideous
             unto
             thee
             ;
             rivels
             and
             ridges
             would
             each
             where
             encounter
             thee
             :
             And
             were
             it
             not
             for
             the
             Confections
             she
             eates
             and
             the
             Perfumes
             she
             weares
             ,
             her
             mouth
             and
             feet
             would
             quickly
             make
             thee
             stop
             thy
             nose
             ;
             if
             thou
             shouldst
             kisse
             her
             ,
             all
             thy
             lips
             would
             be
             stuck
             with
             oyle
             and
             grease
             ;
             embrace
             her
             ,
             and
             she
             is
             nought
             but
             past-boord
             ,
             canvas
             ,
             &
             whale-bone
             ,
             with
             which
             all
             the
             body
             of
             her
             gowne
             (
             the
             better
             body
             of
             the
             too
             )
             is
             stuft
             ,
             to
             repaire
             the
             faults
             of
             her
             proportion
             ;
             and
             when
             she
             goes
             to
             bed
             ,
             she
             leaves
             upon
             the
             table
             (
             at
             her
             beds-feet
             )
             halfe
             of
             her
             person
             in
             putting
             of
             her
             Cloths
             .
          
           
             Upon
             what
             then
             is
             thy
             bleered
             Judgement
             founded
             ,
             that
             thou
             findest
             her
             so
             accomplish't
             ?
             Thy
             eyes
             have
             they
             not
             betrayed
             thee
             ?
             Admire
             thou
             thy
             ignorance
             ,
             and
             know
             (
             not
             to
             trouble
             my selfe
             with
             this
             womans
             imperfections
             )
             that
             most
             of
             the
             rest
             
             of
             the
             Sexe
             (
             meaning
             such
             only
             as
             have
             ingaged
             themselves
             to
             shame
             ,
             and
             exposed
             their
             honour
             to
             sale
             )
             are
             but
             beasts
             full
             of
             pride
             ,
             who
             triumph
             over
             the
             simplicity
             of
             men
             :
             and
             that
             even
             those
             who
             seeme
             to
             be
             worth
             somthing
             ,
             bring
             a
             thousand
             sufferings
             to
             those
             that
             seeke
             after
             them
             ;
             so
             that
             at
             the
             end
             of
             the
             account
             ,
             the
             expences
             doe
             always
             arise
             to
             more
             than
             the
             Principall
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             make
             thee
             despise
             the
             embraces
             of
             these
             kind
             of
             Creatures
             ,
             put
             before
             thy
             eyes
             that
             secret
             infirmity
             ,
             to
             which
             nature
             hath
             so
             often
             subjected
             them
             ;
             and
             I
             believe
             thou
             wilt
             entertaine
             a
             profitable
             disdaine
             ,
             and
             repent
             that
             thou
             ever
             lovedst
             a
             thing
             so
             vile
             and
             hatefull
             .
          
           
             By
             this
             ,
             we
             may
             collect
             how
             miserable
             that
             Love
             is
             which
             draws
             breath
             from
             a
             deceiving
             sense
             :
             whose
             beginning
             ,
             as
             the
             best
             of
             it
             is
             but
             fonding
             ,
             so
             the
             issue
             thereof
             is
             many
             times
             seconded
             with
             distaste
             and
             revenge
             ,
             closing
             their
             once
             pretended
             ,
             but
             now
             vanished
             love
             ,
             with
             an
             easy
             forgetfulnesse
             .
             For
             None
             takes
             greater
             pleasure
             to
             bee
             revenged
             than
             a
             Woman
             ,
             when
             she
             revenges
             her selfe
             on
             her
             discarded
             Friend
             or
             Favorite
             ;
             and
             to
             play
             with
             advantage
             is
             the
             most
             pleasing
             and
             greatest
             vengeance
             that
             can
             be
             taken
             .
             And
             that
             they
             are
             apt
             to
             forget
             ,
             who
             is
             it
             having
             eyes
             ,
             and
             sees
             not
             ?
             Experience
             will
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             she
             ha's
             seene
             one
             ,
             that
             
             with
             her
             right
             eye
             wept
             for
             her
             dead
             Husband
             ,
             and
             with
             her
             left
             laughed
             to
             her
             living
             Friend
             .
             But
             wee
             have
             reserved
             our
             Lines
             ,
             and
             bestowed
             our
             Oyle
             on
             better
             Subjects
             .
             For
             even
             to
             descend
             to
             our
             own
             Moderne
             times
             ,
             we
             shall
             find
             store
             of
             noble
             Ladies
             ,
             who
             are
             enriched
             with
             such
             unequall
             abilities
             ,
             such
             matchlesse
             indowments
             both
             by
             Art
             and
             Nature
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             deservingly
             acquired
             ,
             and
             constantly
             reteined
             that
             Select
             style
             of
             THE
             WITS
             .
             Their
             desire
             is
             ,
             to
             have
             their
             Muses
             rather
             Buskin'd
             than
             Busked
             .
             Sweet
             and
             dainty
             Ayres
             are
             the
             attendants
             of
             their
             Eares
             .
             High
             and
             Heroick
             measures
             those
             treasures
             ,
             which
             they
             desire
             to
             store
             ;
             and
             which
             give
             an
             incomparable
             grace
             to
             the
             Theatre
             of
             our
             state
             .
          
           
             These
             are
             they
             ,
             who
             hold
             houres
             of
             such
             estimate
             ;
             as
             they
             cannot
             endure
             that
             the
             least
             minute
             should
             expire
             in
             vapour
             ,
             or
             spend
             it selfe
             upon
             perfume
             or
             powder
             .
             Yea
             ,
             with
             some
             of
             their
             precious
             darling
             Poems
             have
             I
             sometimes
             encounter'd
             ,
             wherein
             I
             found
             couched
             such
             a
             priority
             of
             Art
             and
             Conceipt
             ,
             as
             they
             matched
             if
             they
             outstrip't
             not
             many
             of
             our
             most
             ambitious
             and
             laurel-assuming
             Labours
             .
          
           
             Others
             we
             have
             ,
             who
             though
             they
             be
             not
             altogether
             so
             happy
             for
             strength
             of
             fancy
             ;
             yet
             are
             they
             no
             lesse
             usefull
             in
             an
             other
             faculty
             .
             
             And
             these
             bee
             such
             ,
             as
             read
             Principles
             of
             Huswifery
             to
             their
             well-ordered
             Family
             .
             These
             will
             never
             spend
             ,
             where
             discretion
             bids
             them
             spare
             ;
             nor
             spare
             ,
             where
             reputation
             bids
             them
             spend
             .
             These
             know
             how
             to
             command
             without
             domineering
             ,
             how
             to
             mannage
             the
             charge
             of
             an
             House
             without
             mutining
             .
             These
             can
             welcome
             their
             Husbands
             home
             with
             an
             affable
             smyle
             :
             and
             can
             put
             on
             the
             same
             Count'nance
             in
             the
             entertainement
             of
             his
             Friend
             ,
             without
             a
             thought
             of
             ill
             .
             These
             ,
             though
             their
             care
             be
             great
             ;
             yet
             so
             modest
             are
             they
             in
             arrogating
             ought
             to
             themselves
             ,
             as
             they
             ascribe
             the
             good
             carriage
             and
             dispatch
             of
             all
             things
             to
             their
             Husbands
             wisdome
             and
             providence
             :
             holding
             ever
             the
             approvement
             of
             his
             fame
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             improvement
             of
             their
             owne
             .
             If
             at
             any
             time
             ,
             These
             be
             given
             to
             Read
             ;
             they
             make
             right
             use
             of
             what
             they
             read
             .
             They
             read
             not
             to
             dispute
             ,
             but
             to
             live
             :
             Not
             to
             talke
             ,
             but
             to
             know
             .
             Humility
             ever
             keepes
             them
             Company
             ,
             both
             in
             
               Gate
               ,
               Speech
               ,
               Looke
            
             ,
             and
             Habit.
             They
             are
             circumspect
             whom
             they
             consort
             with
             ▪
             ever
             remembring
             that
             true
             Maxime
             :
             
               Tell
               me
               with
               whom
               thou
               conversest
               ,
               and
               I
               will
               tell
               thee
               what
               thou
               art
               .
            
             To
             prevent
             the
             worst
             ,
             they
             addresse
             themselves
             to
             the
             best
             ,
             converse
             with
             the
             best
             :
             bestowing
             all
             houres
             of
             the
             day
             upon
             some
             proper
             imployment
             .
             For
             they
             finde
             more
             by
             Reading
             ,
             
             than
             their
             own
             practick
             declining
             ,
             that
             all
             Loose
             and
             Effeminate
             infirmities
             proceed
             only
             through
             idlenesse
             ;
             for
             where
             that
             is
             ,
             lust
             findes
             easy
             accesse
             .
             So
             saith
             Petrarch
             in
             his
             
               Triumph
               of
               Love.
            
             
          
           
             
             Where
             observation
             may
             informe
             every
             cautious
             Reader
             ,
             lest
             through
             indiscretion
             he
             deservingly
             suffer
             ;
             That
             a
             man
             ill-married
             ,
             may
             boast
             that
             he
             possesses
             in
             the
             person
             of
             his
             Wife
             ,
             all
             necessary
             qualities
             to
             be
             put
             into
             the
             List
             of
             Martyrs
             .
          
           
             Whereas
             ,
             these
             ,
             whom
             we
             here
             discourse
             of
             ,
             are
             so
             far
             from
             making
             their
             Husbands
             suffer
             ,
             as
             they
             esteeme
             it
             their
             highest
             honour
             ,
             equally
             to
             close
             with
             them
             in
             the
             harmony
             of
             their
             comforts
             ;
             and
             to
             allay
             the
             surcharge
             of
             their
             griefes
             with
             the
             sweetnesse
             of
             their
             temper
             .
             This
             the
             Poet
             in
             the
             person
             of
             Cyrnus
             cheerefully
             chanted
             :
             
             
               
                 Than
                 a
                 good
                 Woman
                 nought
                 can
                 sweeter
                 be
                 ,
              
               
                 Thou
                 Cyrnus
                 knows
                 't
                 ,
                 be
                 witnesse
                 then
                 with
                 me
                 .
              
            
          
           
             In
             one
             word
             then
             ,
             Brave
             and
             noble-disposed
             Ladies
             ,
             be
             it
             your
             care
             to
             be
             the
             Same
             we
             have
             described
             you
             ;
             so
             may
             you
             amply
             requite
             us
             for
             this
             Service
             wee
             have
             done
             you
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A16650-e16020
           
             MOTIVE
             1.
             
          
           
             OPPOSITE
             1.
             
          
           
             MOTIVE
             2.
             
          
           
             OPPOSITE
             2.
             
          
           
             
               Nec
               me
               meavincula
               terrent
            
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Carcere
                 clausa
                 suam
                 modulatur
                 avicula
                 sortem
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 —
                 Sic
                 Carcere
                 canto
              
               .
            
          
           
             Boccase
             .
          
           
             
               Viduae
               ,
               defuncto
               primo
               conjuge
               ,
               comitantur
               oculis
               funera
               siccis
               .
            
             
               Viduales
               lachrymae
               citò
               numerandae
               .
            
          
           
             M●la●nd
             .
             
               Epigram
               .
               lib.
               1.
            
             
          
           
             The
             Wind-fall
             .
          
           
             MOTIVE
             3.
             
          
           
             OPPOSITE
             3
             
          
           
             
               A
               Cuckold
               with
               a
               witnes
            
             .
          
           
             MOTIVE
             4.
             
          
           
             The
             〈◊〉
             conditi●n
             of
             the
             M●sco●ian
             Women
             .
          
           
             Barclay's
             Icon
             animorum
             .
             Cap.
             8.
             
          
           
             OPPOSITE
             4
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ;
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               Homer
               .
               11.
            
             
          
           
             ☞
             
          
           
             ☞
             
          
           
             *
             Th●se
             
               foure
               Cardinall
               Vertues
            
             are
             resembled
             by
             S
             Ambrose
             to
             those
             
               foure
               Rivers
            
             which
             issued
             from
             the
             foure
             borders
             of
             th●
             Garden
             of
             Paradise
             .
             
               In
               li●de
               Paradiso
               .
               c.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             PRUDENCE
             .
          
           
             JUSTICE
             .
          
           
             TEMPERANCE
             .
          
           
             FORTITUDE
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             6.19
             .
             2
             King.
             20.13
             .
          
           
             The
             like
             mortification
             ap●eared
             in
             that
             Virgin
             Eugenia
             ,
             during
             the
             ●ontificate
             of
             
               leut●
               cri●●
            
             .
          
           
             Rex
             Apum
             non
             ●abet
             aculeum
             ●um
             quo
             potest
             pungere
             sicut
             coeterae
             Apes
             .
             Plin.
             
          
           
             Solusbonus
             est
             ●ono●and●s
             .
             Arist.
             4.
             ●t●
             .
          
           
             
               Quint.
               curt
               .
               lib.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             a
             
               Aug.
               de
               Christ.
               Fide.
            
             
          
           
             b
             
               Hieron
               .
               ad
               Furiam
               de
               vid.
               Serm.
               Tom.
            
             1.
             
          
           
             c
             
               Cyprian
               de
               discip
               .
               &
               hab
               .
               Virg.
               
            
          
           
             d
             
               Hieron
               de
               exitu
               Leae
            
             .
          
           
             e
             
               Ambros.
               He●am
               .
               lib.
            
             6.
             cap.
             8
             
          
           
             f
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             g
             
               Petrarch
               .
               de
               remed
               .
               utriusque
               fort
               .
            
          
           
             h
             
               Tertull.
               de
               hab
               .
               Mul.
               c.
            
             7.
             
          
           
             i
             
               Pet.
               Mart.
               in
            
             2
             R●g
             .
             9.30
             .
          
           
             k
             Scult
             .
          
           
             l
             Hieron
             .
          
           
             m
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             
               &c.
               Nazian
               .
               con
               .
               Mal.
               immodice
               comp●as
               .
            
          
           
             n
             
               Clem.
               Constit.
               Apost
               l.
            
             1.
             c.
             9.
             
          
           
             D●m●ar
             .
             ●p●g
             Cent.
             1.
             
          
           
             
               Cl●m
               .
               Alex.
            
             2
             Paedag.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             an
             usefull
             observation
             :
             Satans
             infections
             shoot
             many
             times
             through
             some
             great
             Star
             the
             influence
             of
             damnation
             into
             lesser
             bodies
             :
             as
             may
             be
             discovered
             by
             these
             Tragicall
             Instances
             .
          
           
             Pind.
             
          
           
             
               Maluerim
               veris
               offendere
               ,
               quam
               placere
               adulando
               .
            
             Sen.
             de
             Clem.
             cap
             1.
             
          
           
             Nolan
             .
             3.
             
          
           
             Bern.
             de
             vita
             solit●ria
             .
             
               Sen.
               Ep.
            
             11.
             
          
           
             Epicurus
             .
          
           
             L●ssius
             
               de
               I●stitia
               &
               ●ure
               ,
               l●b
               .
            
             4.
             
             〈…〉
             .
             802.
             
             Pet.
             Al●go●a
             
               in
               Co●pend●o
               M●nu●l
               ●a●arr●
               ,
               c.
            
             2●
             Num.
             19.
             ●ol
             .
             257.
             
          
           
             Esay
             14.12
             .
          
           
             Bern.
             
          
           
             Ovid.
             
          
           
             The
             loving
             and
             loyall
             answer
             of
             a
             young-married
             Bride
             ,
             to
             her
             Husband
             ,
             touching
             the
             late
             rumor
             of
             our
             Scottish
             warres
             .
          
           
             Iuvenilem
             vul
             tum
             amisimus
             ,
             Senilem
             cultu●
             atsigimus
             .
          
           
             This
             clozing
             Section
             is
             illustrated
             with
             examples
             of
             incomparable
             constancy
             ,
             judgement
             ,
             ingenuity
             ,
             in
             that
             excellent
             History
             of
             Philocl●s
             and
             Doricl●a
             .
          
           
             
               Einacque
               di
               otio
               e
               di
               lascivta
               humana
               .
            
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Theog
             .