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A01376 An apologie for vvomenkinde I. G., fl. 1605. 1605 (1605) STC 11497; ESTC S105724 7,086 31

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AN APOLOGIE FOR VVOMENKINDE Odi prophanum vulgus et arceo Fauetc linguis Catmina non prius Audita Musarum Sacerdos Virginibus Faemimsque canto LONDON Printed by Ed. Allde for William Ferebrand and are to be solde at his Shop in Popes-head Alley neere the Royall Exchange 1605. TO THE QVEENES MOST SACRED MAIESTIE GReat Queene at first this taske I took in hand Thinking Eliza and your selfe to sing And for examples your sole names to bring As mightye Princes of the Womens band As two choise rulers of our Britissh Land As splendent mirrours of dame Natures wealth The poores afflicteds and th'oppresleds health But when my strength a space I tryed had Str●●in● in deepe conceits to pen my minde My wit starke dull I found my sight meere blinde My hands did tremble and my wordes were bad Not one rich sentence gal●●ntly was clad Nor wonder was it form bookes I finde Some Birds the Sunnes bright beames do feare by kinde Wherefore soone as I came to see my fall From Sky-built hopes which had borne vp my heart I straight resolued on another part Brief●ly to writ in sence more generall An Elegle in The me vnmisticall And h●●g it by your Princely Altars light Where Lampes of grace might keepe it still in spight Your Ma ties humble obedient servant I. G. AN APOLOGIE for VVoman-kinde MVses diuine which on Pernassus dwell Bathing your selues in Pegasaean well Infuse high thoughts into my dullard sprite And guide my trembling hands whilst I indite The sacred honours of your fellowe Sexe Which mens vnlawfull tirannye doth vexe And you three Sisters whome we Graces name Fayre spotlesse Virgins without fault or blame Bestowe some beautyes on my rugged rimes That they may please our more then carping times And in full health preserue themselues at least From sharp-tongue dartes of many headed beast Immortall Nectar in my minde distill That I may write with fauourable quill Womens admired gloryes and then praise That may be read in our next Nephewes dayes And you bright Lampes which to the world giue Light Mightie Commaunders of the greatest might Braue Ladyes sage Matrones comely Damoselles Whose armed thoughts resist all wicked spelles Be you my Load-starres guide me without sayle Direct this little Barque wherein I sayle That it may scape the sandes of high disdaine And to the Porte of fauours safely game Full well I wot this subject was more fitte For peerlesse Homers or for Virgils witte The Florence-Petrarkes Tassoes or Ronsardes Sidnyes or Spencers vnto whome rewardes Garlands of Bayes by Poets graunted are Yet sithence one whose temples still are bare Whose fruitlesse braine is like a barren rocke A stonye ground or ouer-dryed stocke Could thus much sing what might some others say Swannes notes excelling on their dying day Nor is it pride that makes me thus presume A great Atlanticke burthen to assume A labour which might Hercules beseeme Or one whose same the world should more esteeme It 's iust dutie to a cause neglected By all abler persons vnrespected That makes me take this Pencill in mine hand The most vnskilfull Paynter in our Land And on this playned table vndertake Of your high worth some portraiture to make Would God I had renoum'd Apelles skill Then might my worke well answer to my will But why doe I the artes of men desire Who Chymons are vnlesse first set on fire By kindely heat whence all their science flowes Which afterwards so bright resplendent showes Within this Laberinth I hope to tread With fearlesse foote led by your beauties thred So as no vglye Minotaur of spight Shall dare with hellish mouth at me to bite Nor gainst me snarling dog tooth'd Momus barke But say I chaum like to the morning Larke In musique straines a measur'd harmonye For women-kinde Natures Epitomye And as for me one louing kinde regarde Or freindly looke shall be my sole rewarde Now muse no longer stay thy race beginne Declare dame Euahs state before her sinne Was by the Thunder-darter punished By paines enioyn'd vnto all women-head Shewe what in Edens garden she hath beene Let at the least her gloryes past be seene When other creatures God created had And sawe that all were good and none were bad Al 's carelesse man whome he as best did prize Seated to dwell in earthly Paradize Then there he framed passing faire the rest With knowledge and with wisdome chiefly blest Woman replenished with excellence Conceipt and gloden streaming eloquence Her splendent hayres were Amber coloured And like fresh flowers in Aprill sauoured Her smooth forhead that no arte did borrowe Was like the sea which no winde doth furrowe Her vaulted eyebrowes made of Ebeny The horned Moone resembled in the Skye Her sparkling eyes as two cleer starres did shine Full of sweet grace and maiestie diuine Her cares whose shape my thoughts doe farre surpasse Were like two Roses in a Christall glasse Her white pretty Eagle-nose descended As a mount amidst a plaine it hanged Enuie herselfe beholding it had shame Because therein she-nothing found to blame Two red flowers set in milke her cheekes did seeme Where his strong holde the Shooting-Boy did deeme Her mouth which did embalme the aire about At Corrall lippes did send hersweete breath out Shewing two ranckes of pearles well polished Which hedg'd her tongue by Suada furnished But what meane I in short wordes to comprise That which in ample theame I might deuise Her body beauties store-house God did make And not from mudde but Adames side did take The matter whence he did the worke compose Durt was ore base a subiect to be chose So as her essence though not different As two times flood was more excellent Then Adams was my speech I will confirme Least that I seeme it vainely to affirme Being the first thinges God did onely giue The second plancals life the third did liue Endu'd with sence reason the fourth obtaind And so the last more worthinesse still gaind This certainely well vnderstood the man When at the first sight boasting he began To say out of his flesh she had been tooke So soone as from his brasen sleepe he wooke This perfectly the subull Serpent knew When her he tempted with his Is it true To winne the man he thought it was no doubt That was his feare the woman would stand out Wherefore to her he did addresse his wiles Wherewith mankinde hee daily still beguiles Who though at first she did well shun his sleights Yet ah at length he catch'd her by his baites Well what did Adam he did not deny But cat the fruite forbidden readily And after deem'd his case could not be bad Telling by Euahs meanes he sinned had To high lehouah punisher of vice Which cal'd them foorth hidden in Paradice And tooke the rule out of the womans handes Making her thrall vnto subiections bandes That was before mans pow'rfull gouernesse His mistresse loue his wife his Empresse Yet did he not her cast in slauery Nor any baser foule