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The picture of a vvanton her leawdnesse discouered.
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and reforme your life by it it will teach you to saue both body and soule in the day of the Lord. Thais My Sophronius this kind of life which I lead is common yea many Ladyes and gallant Women commit the same fault though not so commonly knowen as our life is Sophro. It may be most true but the more is the pittie yet ought not we to follow an eâ—ill example no not in great ones neither should we follow a multitude to doe euill Thais Why then I pray you Sophronius doe you set on mee as if I were alone thus ill disposed Haue you since your returne instructed any other of this life if not you seeme to mee to single out mee from all other as if I were the greatest Sinner Sophro. O Thais Thais I haue not talked with many since my arriuall but I first come to thee because with griefe of heart I speake it I haue liued dissolutly with thee and whereas I doe kindly admonish thee thou hast cause to take it in good part and make good vse of it Neither doe I iudge thee to be the greatest Sinner this way but I know that you and I are great sinners therefore let vs both repent and craue mercie of God in the mediation of Iesus Christ Thais If you wish mee well my Sophronius as you pretend and tender my saluation as you say speake on and I will heare you gladly Sophro. And I will doe it chearefully But first let me intreat thee to answere mee to one or two questions Thais I shall most willingly my Sophornius Sophro. Tell mee Thais Haue you not some Diuines that wish you euill Thais Yes too many Sophro. Would you willingly doe that thing which is euill to procure your owne destruction and to minister matter of ioy vnto them Thais No verily I would rather giue them Poyson to bane them Sophr. You speake indeed like a naturall Woman for before we be regenerate Luke we all Hate our Enemies we are ready to render euill for euill we are eager to reuenge our selues but our Lord Iesus doth teach vs not to resist Euill For Vengeance is mine saith the Lord I will repay But to returne to that which you say you would not doe and yet you doe commonly Thais Not so my Sophronius I hope Sophro. Yes Thais it is too euident as hereafter I will shew you more at large But tell mee againe Thais Would you willingly doe that which should offende your deare Friends Thais No verily Sophro. I but your euill and vncleane life doth not onely greatly grieue but much offende your Parents your Breathren and Sisters and your Kinsfolke You haue renounced all naturall affections vnto them vnto whom by nature you are most neerely ioyned they are ashamed of thee and thou art ashamed to come in their sight Thais Though I haue changed some few Friendes and haue renounced my affections to them yet I haue by this kind of life which I liue gotten me many more Friendes whereof you are one whom I esteemed all wayes as my Brother Sophro. Let these wordes passe and consider seriously of the matter as it is You which thinke you haue so many Friendes haue no Friend beleeue mee my Thais for they which come vnto thee esteeme thee not for a Friend but vse thee as a Harlot Consider then thou miserable Woman into what mischiefe thou hast throwne thy selfe Christ Iesus the Sonne of GOD esteemed thee so deare that hee redeemed thee not with corruptible thinges as Siluer and Gold but with his precious Blood that hee might make thee one of his members the Child of God and an inheritour of the kingdome of Heauen And thou makest thy selfe a publike Sinke in which euey filthy vncleane and scabbie person doth discharge their filthinesse And if as yet that infectious Leprosie which some call the Spanish Pip some the French Pox hath not touched thee yet thou canst not long escape it which if it come to passe who can be more miserable then thou though all other things else prosper well with thee Weigh with thy selfe thy substaunce and thy report what else shalt thou be then a liuing Carkasse Thou wert grieued to obey thy Mother now thou seruest Dorio a shamelesse Baud. It wearied thee to heare the Admonitions of thy Parents but now often times thou art beaten of Whore-maisters frantique Fornicators It was irkesome to thee to doe any worke at home whereby thou mightest get thy liuings but now What watchings what tumults what intollerable indignities dost thou indure of these filthy vnchast persons to whom thou dost prostitute thy body Parmenio I le be sworne Sophronius you seeme to be new changed indeed for from a gallant youthfull Gentleman you are transformed to a Puritane Preacher but I thinke if Dorio were here you would turne your tale and change your coppie shee would hold you â—acke and make you sing a new Song and I purpose presently to fetch her Sophro. You speake Parmeno as you are you are a goodly Apple-squire a Pander to such Punks as Thais is you draw by one line are an vpholder of bawdry and though you fetch that old Baud neither she nor you shall make me goe from that truth which I haue spoken and if you make hast you shall finde me here to auerre that I haue vttered And now Thais consider with me that this flower of thy beautie which procureth thee Louers it will shortly vanish away for either sicknesse or age will deface it what wilt thou then doe thou wretched woman No Dung-hill will be abhorred more then thou Then of a Harlot thou must become a Baud for such are the proceedings of your wicked trade which if it happen what can be more vile What can approch nearer vnto the Deuils malice Thais I confesse my Sophronius that all these things which thou sayest are true but tell me I pray you from whence you haue learned this holines You were wont to be a good fellow and to delight in me no man came more often to me and more vntimely then you Come you not lately from Rome Sophro. Yes I came from Rome very lately as before I tould you Thais I wonder not a little that you are so transformed my Sophronius for commonly they which goe to Rome returne not better but much worse how then are you growne so Godly Sophro. I will tell thee my Thais Because I went not with the same minde nor after the same fashion that many young Gentlemen and others doe for they goe to Rome to see the Pope that Antichrist Papastupor Mundi the wonder of the world to see and learne Italian trickes to learne to court and serue their Mistris And I will tell thee Thais the occasions to make a man a Libertine are there abundantly offered for a man may be there what he will so hee shew not any liking of godlynesse and honestie and therefore no maruaile though they that haue been at Rome for the
some Lady or Gentlewoman and I my selfe will helpe to preferre you yea and if I can preferre you to a good Match I will giue a reasonable Portion to further it and I will labour to reconcile you to your Parents and to your Breathren and Kinsfolke Thais Blessed be God my Sophronius that brought you hither this day to giue mee this good Counsell and I thanke God that I haue such a Friend that is so carefull for my good and saluation And that you may know how you haue preuayled with mee I submit my selfe wholy to your disposition and am content to be ordered by you in all things But see Dorio is at hand and P. Dorio I am at hand indeed and I haue this good while heard your communication and your conclusion I vtterly mislike and altogether distaste Will you Thais commit your selfe to Sophronius to be ordered Will you giue ouer this pleasant and gainefull kind of life No no my Thais let not him deceiue you to draw you vnto Miserie and Penurie What can you more desire then you haue You haue the Pleasures of this life you haue costly Garments daintie Fare Money at will and the companie of lustie Gallants at commaund and will you leaue this kind of life to waite and attend vpon others who are now attended vpon Will you be at the commaund of others who may your selfe commaund To doe so were extreame follie And you Sophronius who seeme to be so altred from the man you were when you went from vs I doubt not but you will be as kind to Thais as you haue bin for if you haue not her to vse at your command you will haue your haunt some where els therefore play the good fellow do as you haue done and let it not be sayd that you are turned Puritane Sophro. Auoyd thou old Baud I defie thee and thy counsell I vtterly detest I do from my heart hate my former life and doe flie vnto the mercie of God in Iesus Christ And I tell thee Dorio thou art an vncleane woman and an Instrument of the Deuill to corrupt and destroy young persons thy heart is full of Gall and bitternesse Repent therefore if so be the Lord will haue mercie vpon thee Or if thou wilt not God shall punish thee in the end as he hath done many for the same fault Dorio Marie muffe Sophronius are you become a Preacher In sooth sir your yeeres are to young to teach me I meane not to forsake this kinde of life yet I haue vsed it too long to leaue it I will endeauour to bring young Gentlemen to Thais to enioy their pleasure Should not young men reioyce in their youth cheere their hearts in the dayes of their youth and walke in the wayes of their heart and in the sight of their eyes Sophro. I confesse indeed that I am young yet my counsell ought not to be refused in respect of my youth but rather it checketh your old age continuing still in vncleannesse And whereas you say you will not leaue that filthy course of life yet take heed that you harden not your heart against God and so heape vp wrath against the day of wrath And whereas you say you haue vsed it too long to leaue it herein you shew how dangerous a thing it is to accustome ones selfe to any euill It is an easie thing to fall into any sinne but it is hard to get out of it And whereas you say you will be an Instrument to bring others to follie and to impietie know this that thou shalt the more seueerely be punished for asmuch as thou doest not onely euill of thy selfe but art a Soliciter and abettor of others in sin Neither ought yong men liue laciuiously and dissolutely for if they doe God will call them to iudgement for it Dorio I tell thee Sophronius thou art become a precise Foole or rather I thinke thou doest but dally with mee and Thais that we may know and vnderstand thy sharpe Witte But come Sophronius be vnto vs as thou hast been for thou shalt not finde vs changlings Thais Speake Dorio for thy selfe for I tell thee plainely without any equiuocation that Sophronius hath so preuayled with me that I disclay me thee and vtterly detest that filthie and vncleane life whereunto thou hast brought mee for had not GOD in mercie made Sophronius an instrument to reclayme mee I had good cause to curse thee for thou didest draw mee to this abhominable life Thou art shee that did procure mee to forsake my Parents and their good counsaile to practise this odious and wicked course therefore I doe now defie thee and all such leawde Women as you which are the destruction of many young Women about this Cittie bringing them into euill company and giuing them leawd counsell Dorio Why how now Huswife are you become so Holy It doth not agree with your profession Haue not you promised to be ordered and ruled by meet Doe not you call mee Mother and confesse your selfe to bee my Daughter I thinke you dare not forsake mee on this fashion for if you doe I will display your life and make you to be poynted at in the streetes Thais You may tearme mee at your pleasure but your mockes and scornes shall not much offende mee and though I promised to be ordered by you I now see my follie therein and am sorrie for it and I know that euill Promises are better broken then kept And though I called thee Mother I see now to my griefe that thou wert a wicked Mother to mee And though you dare mee and feare mee with discouering my follie I had rather be hated of thee the World poynted at then haue the displeasure of Almightie God but if he loue me as I know he will if I loue him and hate all iniquitie I little care for the hatred of the World For I now see that they which are Gods friendes shall be hated of the World And indeed if you had your desert you deserue to be poynted at and to be seueerely punished for intising of young Maydes vnto follie and I will make you knowne to others that they may take heed of you and others of your fashion Dorio Mary you are a goodly Gossip indeed you will be shortly one of the Holy Sisters I shall haue you shortly one of the Family of Loue I will obserue you and marke your fashions and I sweare by my Honestie if Sophronius were not heere I would so beat thee that thou shouldest not lift thine hands to thy head But I shall find a time to be reuenged of thee for thy malipartnesse Sophre It is the manner of such as you are to frumpe and mocke at such as forsake your euill life and begin to serue God and to make a conscience of their wayes But you shall smart for it one day if you doe not repent And whereas you say you will obserue Thais and marke her life I would wish thee to obserue thy selfe and seriously consider what an abhominable and hatefull life thou doest lead And whereas thou swearest by thy Honestie thou swearest by that thou hast not for such as thou art are at defiance with Honestie and wholly delight in dishonest and shamefull life And whereas thou sayest that thou wouldest beate her if I were absent and doest threaten to be reuenged of her I tell thee thou shamelesse old Baud that if thou doest touch her or doest any way wrong her I will cause thee and thy companions to be punished Dorio Nay then I defie thee thou proud Puritane and if Parmeneo wil helpe me I will scratch out thy eyes for abusing me in this manner but I hope I shall be reuenged of thee ere it be long But Parmeneo come let vs leaue them let vs be gon they are no companie for vs they are a couple of precise Fooles and so they will proue Sophro. I perceiue that thou hast a Harlots face and hast hardned thy heart that thou wilt not repent but know thou thou euill woman that God shall punish thee and all such persons Yee shall be excluded out of heauen and cast downe into Hell this shal be the portion 〈◊〉 Adulterers Fornicators Drunkards and all vncleane â—â—rsons that will not repent Oh that thou such as thou it would consider this be wise and lay hold on grace whiles the day of grace lasteth for when the day of iudgment commeth Pro. 1. 28. it wil be too late to call for mercie for as you stop your eares Zacha. 7. 7. and will not heare God speake vnto you now so he will not heare you then but will say depart from me you workers of iniquitie I know you not Dorio I tell thee thou young Puritane that thou pratest in vaine to mee I am no fit hearer for you I will when I thinke good alter my trade of life and not be at your disposition nor be directed by the best Preacher of the Land Therefore take your Puritane Punke with you you haue made her a holy Sister I and Permeneo will goe seeke some other young Mistris which I doubt not will be more faythfull then your Huswife hath been who hath broken her honest word and so a diew Sophro. Farewell thou old Baud happie are they that are farthest off from such rotten members and from such noisome and infectuous plagues which are able to destroy many And now my Thais consider with me how sinners hardned in sin refuse to heare good counsell and stopp their eares like the deafe Adder refusing to heare the voyce of the Charmer charme he neuer so wisely Shee will shee sayes reforme her life at her pleasure as if shee could repent when she listed whereas it is the gift of God Her purpose is as she saith to corrupt some other as she hath done you But God I trust will crosse her in her euill purpose and confound her wicked enterprise Thais Amen my Sophronius And God Almightie graunt vs his grace to continue in that good course whereinto wee are entred and guide vs with his holy Spirit that the rest of our life may be wholly consecrated vnto him that wee glorifying him in this life mâ—â— be glorified of him in the life to come through Iesâ—â— Christ our Lord. Sophro. Amen Amen FINIS