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The worth of women
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Ferrers, Richard.
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1622
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by a womans hand subuerted be Whose valiant head she froÌ„ his body drew And did the same in his owne blood imbrew 183 Euen aâ— a Lyonesse doth range the coast When she perceiues her whelps are made a pray So Thamaris doth breake through Cyrus host And brauely with her sword did make her way And to her frieÌ„ds his royal head she brought Like Pallas with the spoils of Gergon fraught 184 Amongst these Queenes oh let me not forget That Queen of Queenes which in our age did raigne Who like a Comet in the skie was set Vnparalleld for euer to remaine To write her praise I neuer shall aspire Whom euery eye with wonder did admire 185 The worlds great Artist nature did complaine Such beauty rare the earth did not enioy And that no other might the like obtaine She doth againe this heauenly stamp destroy Then all the powers supernall freely came And gaue perfection to this matchles dame 186 Imperious Iuno at her feete did lay That all commanding Scopter which she bare Wherewith she did the pride of Spaine allay Supported France the Royall crowne to weare And Belgia her peerelesse praise may sing Whose famous acts all Christendome doth ring 187 Arete for her Temple chose her breast And with faire vertues did it freely fill Religious Vesta with chast thoughts her blest Minerua gaue her sacred wisedome still And royall Ceres who with a liberall hand With great aboundance did inrich her land 188 The faithlesse Pagan misbeleeuing Turke Virginian heathen with the Indian Moore In whoÌ„ doth nought but secret mischeife lurk They all with reuerence did her state adore Great giftes they offer to her sacred shrine So was she blest euen by the powers diuine 189 An happy fight this blessed woman fought Whilst here she liu'd wore the royall crown Her subiects all to peace and loue she brought The humble spar'd beat the haughty down Thus left her thron which time shal quit destroy An euerlasting kingdome to enioy 190 But now me thinkes I heare some whispering say This fellow sure is fearefully in loue Whilst other straight vnto my charge doe lay Some mercinary hire doth him moue No no my friends it is a case more coÌ„mon which you forget my mother was a woman 191 Whom nature taught me tenderly to loue And thinke it is a duty which I owe To her and women for her sake to proue The praise on them both God men bestow No art so excellent hath euer bin But women haue bin famous actors in 192 T is true say they there was a time of olde When women sure were better far then now Through this opinion diuers men doe hold I doubt not but the wiser will allow This costome nature doth to all men giue To thinke that age is worse wherein they liue 193 Virgill and Ouid many yeares agoe Do testifie that then the world was nought In stately stile of verse from them did flow Their sober lessons publickly they taught Homer might come with musike to his whores Yet wanting mony get him out of dores 194 Either these men haue spirits of diuining Or else the world stands now as then it did If worse it is by enuious mens repining Which if they would conuert from ill to good ThousaÌ„ds of womeÌ„ this bad age might name That want rare pens to eternize their fame 195 Like Romes Colassae I might write a booke Or the Egiptian Piramid of old If I should strictly striue to ouerlooke The vertues rare that are of women told Which I referre to men of better skill Who can this taske more worthily fulfill 196 VVherein my pen already is growne dull VVanting that tinckture of heroicke straine VVith which braue spirits of our age are full Let this but animate their flowing vaine While my poore Muse shal wel contented be Her humble valley once againe to see 197 Where she with pleasure did behold the Beare The Wolfe the Swan the Dragons head taile The no meane Lion and the fearefull Hare The dart which ' gainst the Griffen did preuaile The King of Egipt and his stately Queene Who for her beauty now in heauen is seene 198 The crowne which Ariadne did obtaine From Venus for becomming Bacchus loue The harpe of Orpheus whose melodious straine Made careles beasts senceles trees to moue The sonne of Danaae that Medusa slue The waggener that lustfull Phedra flue 199 The son of Ioue whoÌ„ Satan would haue slaine The serpent holder bright Appolloes sonne The fish that sau'd Orion in the maine Alcides after all his labor done The horse of Bacchus forst his masters loue The bird that brought faire Ganymede to Ioue 200 The flying horse sprang from Medusaes bloud Bellepheron did vndertake to ride Who for his paines was drenched in the floud The horse flew vp to heaueÌ„ wher he doth bide The triangle which Ceres did request The Gods to place in heauen amongst the rest 201 The wife of Perseus and the monstrous whale The crow which by the wel the serpent found Ixions wheele with Venus daughter pale The riuer wherein Phaeton was drownd Chyron that taught Achilles great in Greece The ship that brought home Iasons golden fleece 202 The Rambe with Phirxes and her sisters went Ore Hellespont Europaes roring Bull The twinns of Loeda Iunoes crabe she sent To Hercules who did in peeces pull The Lion iustice slue from earth to Heauen Who by her ballance found mens acts vneuen 203 The Scorpion slue Orion with his sting Euthemiaes Sonne that with the Muses slept Disguised Pan the Boy Ioues bird did bring The fishes Venus from the Giant kept All these the Gods haue stellifi'de in heauen With Pleiades whose number once was seuen 204 Vntil Electra seeing Troian fire Shrunke in her head and neuer since was seen Whose griefe doth make my pittying Muse â—tir Casting her eies vpon the louely greene Where she will mourne among the shepheards swaine Admires high hills but loue she lowly plaine FINIS Gen. 24 25. Gen. 29. 30. Exo. 1. Exod. 2. Ios 2. Exo. 22. Iudg. 4. 45. Iudg. 5. Ruth 34. 1. Sa. 1. 1. Sam 25. 2 Sam. 13. 1. Kin. 1. Kin. 10. Luk. 11. 10. 31. 1. Kin. 17. 2. Kin. 4 Hest 14 Tob. 3. Iudith 13. Luk. 1. 10. 27. 28. 29. 30. Mat. 28. Ioh. 20. Mar. 16. Ioh. 11. 15. Ioh. 12. Mat. 15 Luk. 7. Luk. 1. â—k 36. Mat. 8. 14. 15. 16. Mat. 9. 23. 24. 25. Luk 7. 10. 13. 14. Iob. 3. Luk. 1. 3 27. 28. Act. 9. Act. 16. Act. 16. 16. Rom. 1. 16. 2. Ioh. 1. Iustin Ouid. Ouid. Thucidides Domitian Thucidides Guiceâ—â—din Cor. Tac. Plime Pollio Cicero Pollio Cornelia the wife of Africanus Mother to the Greechi Eicsebius Plato Lasterna Axiothe Strabo Eutropius Salust Plime Portia the wife of Brutus Herodat Iustine Cassads Iustine Iustine