with wonder and they take her for a kind of a Terrestial Paradise furnished out with delights not common to the World Friends and Relations are forsaken for her and she is exalted upon the Soveraign Throne of Affection Life is a small hazard to protect or vindicate her Honour Says Esdras though it was death for any to touch the Persian Kings without an especial Command yet says he of Darius I saw Apame his Concubine sitting familiar with him on his right hand and she took the Crown from off his head and put it on her own and stroaked him with her left hand yet the King was well pleased Gaping and Gazing on her and when she smilled he smilled and laughed when she laughed and when she was angry he flattered to be reconciled to her When the fair Chariclea fell into the hands of Pyrates with divers others she only escaped being put to the Sword her Excelling Beauty working upon the Villains heart contrary to their bloody custom to save her Life Some Nations chuse their Kings and Queens by their Beauty and Proportion of Body without regard to their Birth As of Old the Indians Persians and Aethiopians have done Barbarians Stand in awe of a Fair Woman c. Barbarous People have many times given Adoration to Beauty And Helena though she was the cause of a Ten Years War attended with so much Ruin and Dissolation with the Armour of her Dazling Beauty stood proof against her injured Husbands Anger and Disarmed his hand that was about to take her head so that he stood as one amaz'd at her Excellent Features and letting his Weapon fall tenderly Embraced her For as the Old saying is The Edge of the Sword is dull'd by Beauties Aspect It is said of Sinalda a Queen that when she was doomed to be trampled to death by wild Horses the Beasts though before untractable were so astonished at her Beauty that they stood still gazing with wonder upon her admirable Form and would not by any force be driven over her Lucian confesses though a Person very judicious that his Mistrisses Presence has for a time so over-powered his Senses that he has been void of Understanding And others indeed have run quite distracted when they have found nothing but disdain after a long attendance They waite the sentence of her Scornful Eyes And whom she favours lives the other dyes No Medium she allows there always waits Life on her smiles her frown commands the fates To cut his Early Thread who must forego Her Beauties for the Mellancholy shades below Body the Beautifying thereof Bodies that are weak and moving Mansions of Mortality are exposed to the Treacherouâ— underminings of so many Sicknesses and Distempers that it 's own frailty seems a Petitioner for some Artificial Enamel which might be a fixation to natures Inconstancy and a help to its variating Infirmities for he that narrowly observes that Fading house of distempered Clay will soon find that it Imulates the Moon in Mutability that though to day it be Varnished o're with a Lively Rosie Blush to Morrow it is white-washed with Megar paleness as if death had took it to hire and made it a whited Sepulchre that though to day it appears smooth and gay So that Venus herself might be tempted to take her Recreation there to Morrow it may be so rough cast and Squall'd that Cupid can scarce walk there without being over Shoes Now to Sublimate Nature beyond the reach of Sickness by a lasting Aetherial Pulcritude and by Cosemetick Antidotes to fortifie it with and Incapacity of being surprized by any Features Fretting Malady would be a business that would not only puzle the whole Elaboratory of Chymists but their Atcheus too although of the Privy Council to Nature and confident to her recluded Privacies But to make Beauty the Lure of Love of a more ordinary Lustre to fix the Complexion of the Body so that it be not too frequent in it's variation or to keep the Fair and Damasked Skin from being too much sullied with deformities Is a task not transcending the Sphere of a Modest Vndertaking and such a one Ladies you will find in this work beyond perhaps what ever has been before exposed to your fair Eyes though not in a Compleat Body but reduced under their Several Alphabets as the nature and necessity of this undertaking requires But let us come a little nearer to the purpose Bodies that are very Lean and Scragged we all must own cannot be very Comely It is a contrary Extream to Corpulency and the Parties Face seems always to carry Lent in it though at Christmas looking so Megarly that when such of either Sex come to their Confessor he perceiving them meer Skelitons dares not for fear of Solecism join them Pennance to Mortifie the Flesh No part about them thrive but their Bones and they look so Jolly and Lusty as if they had eaten up the Flesh and were ready to leap up of the Skin that they may fall upon others Truly Ladies such Leanness is a very Ravenous Guest and will keep you bare to Maintain him If thefore you are Desirous to be rid of his Company observe the Following prescriptions Be sure to take care in the Summer to keep your Chamber Cool and moist with some Fragrant Flowers set or scattered about it when you are about to go to Meals chase your Body as much as you can that the blood may be stirred in the Veins and the Skin sit more loose At your Meals Eat not any thing that is very Salt Sharp Bitter or too Hot but let your Food be sweet of a quick Digestion and Nourishing as New Eggs Veal Mutton Capon c. and for three hours after Meat take your Recreation in that whereby your Body may be moving and stiring twice a Month if the weather be not extream bad make moreover an Electuary to be taken Morning and Evening in this manner viz. Take sweet Almonds Pistach-nuts Sugaâ— and white Poppy-Seed beat them according to Art into the form of an Electuary and take the Quantity of a Walnut for many Mornings and Evenings this will not only make you Fat but give you a good Complexion then for your diet take a young Capon and the Flesh of Four Calves feet with a piece of the Fillet of Veal boil them in a sufficient quantity of fair Water and white Wine then scum the Fat off and put the Broth well pressed from the Meat into a New Earthen Vessel with a pound and a half of Sugar a dozâ—â— of Cloves half an ounce of Cinnamon then boil it gently again and add the whites of 2 Eggs reboil it and pass it through a strainer before it cool mix with it a little Musk and Amber boiled in Rose-water and take of this which will be a kind of a Jelley twice or thrice a day Bodies sometimes fall away in one part and not in another if so to bring your Body to even terms take
are strained higher with both hands that is the knee Rolls of his Stockings that you may sâ—e how Compleat they fit and his Surtout which our Ignorant Ancesters not understanding the French so well as their Poâ—â—erity called an upper Garment is brushed down with his hand though not a speck be on it the Reckoning paid and passing by the Bar he must Kiss his Landlady and seeming very much enamour'd with her Ruby Face tells her in a languishing Tone she is Esâ—lat the Lustre of Beauty or some other fine Matter to that purpose and so parting says a Revoir Madam till I see you again then he being Top heavy is for Couchee going to Bed but not being able to pull off his Cloaths lies all Night in his Brandenburger or Night-gown Anger in Ladies c. discommendable and hurtful and by what means to be avoided and remedied Anger is unseemly and discommendable in all but more especially in Young Ladies who like Doves should be without the Gall that serments and stirs up these kind of Passions to disturb and hurt the Mind and â—pot the Names of those that indulge them with the Epethits of rash pievish revengeful and inconsiderate Anger is a professed Enemy to Reason Council or found Advice it is a storm and loudness in which none of these can be heard nor is it to be surpressed but by something that is as inward as it self and more habitual So that we may conclude that of all Passions this chiefly endeavours to render Reason useless It surpasses Envy for there are many things in the World so miserable and contemptible that they are below that but Anger once let loose quarrels with every thing even a Spot falling upon the Angry Person 's Cloaths though but of Rain by the common Courses of Nature is a sufficient subject for it to insist upon till a Tempest rises in the Mind and Heaven is cavell'd withal for not restraining the Drops of the Clouds till she was under a secure shelter But if it proceeds from a greater Cause it turns to Fury and so is always either terrible or ridiculous it makes a beauteous Face in a little time Monstrously deformed and contemptible rendring the Voice of an unpleasing Sound the Eyes fiery and staring and seperates the the lovely mixture of Roses and Lillies by quite removing one or the other out of the Ladies Cheeks Anger in some causes a Paleness and in others a fiery Red the Mein and Gesture is fierce and threatning yet frequently very Antick the Speech loud and clamourous it is neither Heroick nor Ingenious always or for the most part proceeding from Pusilanimity or softness of Spirit which makes the Fair-Sex frequently more subject to Anger than the other by reason the Passions of their Minds are sooner moved and agitated and this is the reason likewise that old People are more pievish and angry than the younger sort It is a Passion more becoming Bruiâ—s than rational Creatures professing Charity Nobleness and Bounty Meekness and Patience in their Christian Calling It is troublesom not only to those that suffer it but to those that behold it it makes Marriage to be necessary and an unavoidable Trouble Friendships Societies and Familiarities to be intolerable It makes innocent Jesting to be the beginning of Tragedies it turns Friendship into Hatred and makes one lose one's self in the Alteration it makes and turns the desires of Knowledge into an itch of Wrangling it adds Insolence to Power it turns Justice into Cruelty and Judgment into Oppression it changes Discipline into Tediousness and Hatred of liberal Institution it makes those that are Prosperous to be Envied and those that are unfortunate to be unpitied it is a Confluence of all the irregular Passions there is in it Envy and Sorrow Fear Scorn Pride and Prejudice Rashness and Inconsideration a rejoicing in Evil and a desire to inflict Punishment it has Self-Love Impatience and Curiosity and above all it is the most troublesom to those that possess it Be diligent then Ladies to observe that it gain not too great a Power over you least when you think to surpass it you run into another Errour by being passionate and angry with your selves for being angry like Physicians who give a bitter Potion when they intend to eject the bitterness 〈◊〉 Choler for this will but provoke and encrease the Passion therefore rather placidly anâ— quietly set upon the Mortification of it do it by degree and make no thorough resolve at first but resolve not to be Angry for a time and theâ— watch over your Passion anâ— let it not kindle so much as within and the shorter the Time the less Trouble it wiâ—â— be unto you and so you may encroach upon it till aâ— length you subdue and bring iâ— under and then you may say you have truly conquered and triumphed over your self and the better to do it observe what we now lay down aâ— Rules to be regarded in avoiding or remedying this dangerous Evil. 1. Anger arising in your Breasts instantly seal up your Lips and let it not go forth for like Fire when it wants vent it will suppress it self It is good in a Feavor to have a tender smooth Tongue but it is better that it be so in case of Anger for if it be rough and distemper'd There it is an iâ—â— Sign but here it is an ill Cause Angry Passion is a Fire and Angry Words are like Breath to fan them together they are like the Steel and the Flint sending out Fire by mutual Collusion Some will discourse themselves into Passion and if those they discourse withal be kindled too they flame with Rage and Violence 2. Observe that Humility is the most excellent natural Cure for Anger for he or she that daily considers his or her own Infirmities make a Neighbours or Servants Errors their own Case and remember that their is daily need of God's Pardon and the Charity of our Neighbour and so neither will be apt to rage at the Lenities Misfortunes or Indiscretions of another of greater than which they consider they are very frequently and more inexcuseably guilty Let us remember the Examples of those prudent and patient Persons in Scriptures and such Histories as we have read who have overcome and subdued their Anger 's whose firm and constant Souls nothing could trouble or shake And if we be tempted to Anger in the Action of Government and Discipline to our Inferiours let us propound to our selves the Example of God the Father who at the same time and with the same Tranquility decreed Heaven and Hell the Joys of Angels and blessed Souls and the torment of Devils and wicked Spirits and at the Day of Judgment when all the World shall burn under his Feet he shall not be at all enflamed or shaken in his Essential Seat and Center of Tranquility and Joy and if at first the Cause may seem reasonable yet stop your Anger and proceed in all things
with Mildness and Moderation that so you may make a better Judgment and more easily determine what is fit to be done Anger makes People rush blindly upon things that many times they repent in their ruin The Athenians were extream angry and displeas'd with the Macedonian Government that Philip the Father of Alexander as a Conqueror had set over them so that when they heard that Alexander was dead at Babylon they were imediately for revolting and assuming their former Liberty but Phocian staid their hasty Proceedings which their Anger to the Macedonians who were set over them in Command was about upon a meer Rumour to put in practice which if it had fail'd to have been true would have been their ruin by telling them that they ought advisedly to consider what they did and that their rashness if Alexander was not dead would bring a great Calamity upon them but on the other hand if he were dead their staying for the Assurance of it could no ways prejudice them for if he was dead to day he would be as certainly dead to morrow So if your Servants or Inferiours deserve Punishment staying till to morrow will not make him innocent but it will many times abate an unjust Anger and you see your Error that in your Passion you was blind too 'T is the greatest Victory for one to over-come one's-self So Aristotle finding Alexander the Great was causlesly in his Anger determined to put one of his Princes to death none of the Commanders daring to interceed in his behalf the Philosopher went boldly to the King and told him he would that day that he should be a greater Conqueror than ever he had been to which Alexander admiring to what it should tend seeing he had made so great a progress in Arms that he wept to think there was no more Worlds to Conquer he would be contented so to be why then says the other I will that you Conquer your self by subduing your Anger which is more Glory to a Prince than the Conquering of Armies for there he is assisted by others and but here his own Power and Magnanimity is more evident upon this a Pardon was granted But for all this there is something that requires our Indignation but it must be with great Caution and that is a displeasure against Sin which is more properly called a Holy Zeal than Anger and an Effect of Love to God and our Brother For whose Interest we may like concerned Persons be passionate and if we take care that our Anger makes no Reflection of Scorn or Cruelty upon the Offendor or of Pride and Violence and Transportation on our selves it is not blameable Ability In some Women why Extraordinary Although Man from the Dominion given him in Paradice may stile himself Superior and boast of his wonderful Abilities looking on those in Women much Inferiour Yet let us mind him that he frequently runs into mistakes for though the Strength of body may be different by reason that of the fair Sex is Soft and Plyable made for Pleasure and Charming Attraction more than Rebuâ—â— Actions and suffering hardship Yet we conclude that either Souls proceeding from the Same Fountain of Life can admit of no difference or distinction and where the Organick parts are Entire and Undisturbed why should they not equally operate If we consider Women in these particulars we find her more lively and active than Men by reason of her Soft Contexture Nature has not been wanting to frame this Cabinet of the Soul to the best Advantage manifesting her self herein an excellent work Mistris for a Creature more Regular in every part or fairer and more lovely in proportion she never made Therefore those that Object that the difference is in the Organs of the Body where the Soul Actuates in the several Faculties may here be mistaken unless in case of some visible defect as in Idiots Madmyn or those not of years of Discretion or where distempers Reign and Disorder the frame of Nature nor can the reasons they would fain seem to draw from the Coldness of the Womans Constitution be allowed in this case to hinder them from vigor Activity Acuteness and solid Judgment since Experience shews us the contrary and we frequently find that a Womans Wit upon a sudden Conception or a swift turn is most available and many times draws Men out of danger which they would otherwise sink under by their own Inadvertencies when all their solid reason as they term it would fail to help them at a dead Lift. Any one of Understanding observes that Men are of divers Complexions and Constitutions yet of every kind there have been some famous on sundry Accounts as in Learning Arts and Arms c. And Men doubtless of Flegmatick or Melancholly Complexions cannot easily be allowed to be of hotter Constitutions than Women that are of Cholerick and Sanguine ones if it be measured by strength which heat in General gives more to the Men than to the Women We answer that some Women are stronger than some Men which they have proved in War and by the Atchievement of much Fame and Renown and therefore their Souls freedom in Acting cannot reasonably be said to be so restrained but that they move and operate in their degrees equal at least to those of Men But for a plainer Demonstration we see that Crooked Deformed body which one might imagine should have more obstructions and hinderances than one cast in Natures curious Mould is frequenly joined with a Beautiful Mind that makes even the Bodies Deformities seem Fair and Lovely Aristotle was Crooked and Deformed yet the World has never since been known to produce a Man of so universal Learning and Skill in all Arts and Sciences And to confute the main Obstruction we find that Men of the coldest Constitutions are frequently the Wisest and most Judicious too much heat being an Enemy to the Sagacity of the Understanding And is rather fit to push them rashly on to unadvised attempts and actions why then though Women in General are granted to be of a colder Constitution than Men should that hinder them from being Prudent Learned and Skilled in Arts and Sciences We can find no warrantable Reason to Obstruct it and therefore must be apt to think that Men having gotten the upper hand and Engrossed the Power will right or wrong have Women to be no wiser than they will have them to be and then to be sure they will not allow them to be so wise as themselves what ever Evidence they can bring as plain Proof and Demonstration a Master-piece in Cunning. We must allow it is in the Men to Endeavour as much as in them lyes to keep the Fair-Sex in Ignorance that they may Reign the more securely without Controul and to Effect it possess them if possibly with a belief of their Incapacity that they are not made to reach at Sublime things but ought to be contented and rest satisfied with things that are In view near
in great Pain and Grief he soon after Dyed A Captain under the Duke of Anjou when he came to Assist the Revolted Netherlanders against the Spaniards coming into a Farmer 's House and not content with the Provisions they aforded him on sreecost he demanded his Daughter for his pleasure the Countryman who loved her dearly intreated him he would be otherwise satisfied offering him any thing else that was in his power but this so inraged him that he ordered his Soldiers to beat 'em all out of doors except the young Woman whom amidst Tears and lamentable Cries he forced to his Lust and after his beastial appetite was satisfi'd with unlawful pleasure he fell to flouting and dispising her This Master'd up a Womans Revenge in its most bloody shape so that being at the Table with him the with one home-thrust of a sharp Knife let out the hot Blood that circled in his Veins whilst he was giving orders to one of his Corporals and not aware of the stroak that brought him sudden death Thas you see Carnal Lust. 'T is a bewiching evil being an 〈◊〉 appetite in whomsoever it reigneth it kâ—lleth all good motions of the mind 〈◊〉 drieth and weakeneth the body shortning life deminishing memory and understanding Cirena a notorious strumpet was sirnamed Dodo Camechana for that she found out and invented twelve several ways of beastly pleasure Proculeius the Emperour of an hundred Samatian Virgins he took Captives defloured ten the first might and all the rest within fifteen days after Hercules in one night defloured fifty Sigismund Malatesta strived to have carnal knowledge of his Son Robert who thruâ—â—ing his dagger into his Fathers â—osom revenged his wickedness Cleopatra had the use of her brother Atâ—â—oâ—eus's company as of her Husband Auteochus staid a whole winter in Chalcidea for one Maid which he there fancied Lust was the cause of the Wars between the Romans and the 〈◊〉 Thalestins Queen of the Amazons came 2â— days journey to lie with Alexander Adultery in Germany is never pardoned 〈…〉 and P pilia were so incoâ—in 〈◊〉 that they commended with most shameful 〈…〉 themselves without respect of time place or company to any though never so 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not coâ—â—ented with â—is three 〈…〉 commiâ—ted 〈…〉 siâ—teâ—s 〈…〉 like 〈◊〉 the 〈…〉 by his wiâ—e the 〈…〉 A 〈…〉 the câ—â—se of the 〈…〉 of the City of Rome Sempronia a woman well learned in the Greek and Sappho no less famous defended Luxury and Lust by their Writings Cleopatra invited Anthony to a Banquet in the Province in Bithynia in the wood Sesthem where at one instant of threescore young Virgins fifty and five were made Mothers Cleophis a Queen of India saved her Kingdom and Subjects from destruction by a nights lodging with Alexander by whom she had a Son called Alexander who was afterward King of India she was ever after called Scortum Reginum Jane Queen of Naples was hanged up for her Adultery in the same place where she had hanged her husband Andreas before because he was not as she said able to satisfie her beastly desire Foron King of Egypt had been blind ten years and in the eleventh the Oracle told him that he should recover his sight if he washed his Eyes in the water of a Woman which never had to do with any but her husband whereupon he first made trial of his own wife but that did him no good after of infinite others which did him all as little save only one by whom he recovered his fight and then he put all the rest to death Julia the Daughter of Augustus was so immodest shameless and unchaste that the Emperor was never able to reclaim her And when she was admonished to forsake her bad kind of life and to follow chastity as her Father did she answered That her Father forgot he was Caesar but as for herself she knew well enough that she was Caesars Daughter Caelius Rhodoginus In his II Book of Antiquities telleth of a certain man that the more he was beaten the more he fervently desired women The Widow of the Emperour Sigismund intending to marry again one perswaded her to spend the remainder of her life after the manner of the Turtle Dove who hath but one Mate If you counsel me quoth she to follow the example of Birds why do you not tell me of Pidgeons and Sparrows which after the death of their Mates do ordinarly couple with the next they meet Hiero King of Syracusa banished the Poet Epicharmus for speaking wantonly before his Wife and that very justly for his Wife was a true Mirrour of Chastity Sulpitius Gallius put away his Wife by divorce because she went about unmasked Pompey caused one of his Souldiers eyes to be put out in Spain for thrusting his hand under a Womans Garment that was a Spainard and for the like offence did Sertorius command a footman of his band to be cut in pieces If Caracalla had not seen his Mothers thigh he had not married her Tigellenus died amongst his Concubines The Terentines had taken and spoiled Carbinas a Town in Japyges and were not only for Ravishing the Women themselves but permitted Strangers that came that way to do it even in the Temple where they had Penn'd them up naked Divine Vengeance over-took them so that all who had committed this Villany were struck dead with Lightning from Heaven and their own Friends looking upon it as a just Judgment were so far from pittying them that they offered Sacrifice to Jupiter the Thunderer It would be too tedious to draw the Scene too open and discover the miseries that have befallen such as have been eager in pursuit of these Vices they have occasioned the subversions of Kingdoms and States Tarquine the proud and all his Race were driven out of England for Ravishing Leucretian who finding her Chastity violated though by a King killed her self and if we believe our Chronologers it occasioned the calling in the Danes by the incensed Husband who had been Ravished by the Kings Viceroy in the North and with them came in a Deluge of miseries for almost a hundred years The Adulteries of Fergus King of Scotland was by the occasion of hers likewise for when she had killed him in his bed and was yet unsuspected for the good opinion all people had of her vertue hearing that divers people ignorant of the Murther were tortured in order to a Confession She came into the Judgment Hall where the Lords and others were Assembled and thus Expressedâ— her self As for me said she good People I know not what it is that moveth me nor what Divine Vengeance pursues and vexes me with divers Cogitations but this I am sure of all this day I have had no rest nor quiet either in body or mind And truly when I heard that divers guiltless Persons were cruelly tortured Here in your presence had it not been for their sakes I had soon rid my self out of the way and not have
below him he keeps hiâ— Residence there that he might with the more Facility direct their beaâ—â— Influences when and whither he pleases you may Ladies by this means make them beautiful Brows that have their Hair growing too thick or irregular Take Ivy Gum Emmets-Eggs or Pincent Colophonie Leeches burnt half an Ounce grind and mingle them with the Blood of a Frog and annoint the superfluous Hair and it will come off or you may take the Juice of Henbane Sanguinis Draconis Gum-Arabick and Frankincense of each three Drams Juice of Nigthshade as much as will suffice to make it into an Ointment and apply it as the former Brows falling too low over the Eyes you must work to remedy that defect a little Mastick together with the Juice of Colworts and going to Bed put the Brow up into its place and in the form of a Plaâ—â—ter apply the Mastick to it all Night and in so doing three or four Nights it will keep in its proper place Brows that shed their Hair may be prevented from so doing by taking the small filings of Lead a little Linseed-Oil and Goose-grease with which being well mixed annoint them or Maiden-hair one Dram black Henbane-seed two drams Unguentum Irinum three Spoonfuls bruise what is to be bruised and with Oil make them into an Unguent and having bathed the Brows with Water wherein Mirtle-Berries have been boil'd annoint them with it Brows that have lost their Hair to recover it take Wasps or Bees burn them to Ashes and mix the Ashes with Honey and laying it to the Hair 't will quickly come again Brows reddish or white are made black by this means Take what quantity you please of Red Filberds calcine them in an earthen Vessel mix it with Goats-grease and annoint the Brow with it and if the Skin be soil'd wash it off with warm Water and in often using the Hair 't will become of a very curious Black Beauty of an Itchy oâ— Scabby Skin repaired Beauty Ladies by these defects is much impaired but we fear whilst we are prescribing Remedies for such loathsom Skin-defiling Maladies you will perhaps think we have forgot you and are Addressing our selves to your Kitchen-maids We must confess these fretting Exulcerations are more frequently incident to such as have not the advantages of Neatness and anticipating Remedies but most certain it is that not only they but the most nice and delicate if any thing the most Irregular or Intemperate cannot at all times be secur'd from them If ever then your ill dispos'd Humours grow so strong as to break their way through the inclosing Skin it will do you no harâ— to have something in readiness that may check their Presumption Be it so then take Fumitory-water an Ounce and a half Succory-water three Ounces Syrup of Fumitory and Succory of each one Ounce mix them together and take two Spoonfuls in a Glass of White-wine for your Mornings draught and by often using you will find it an excellent Remedy or take Rhuburb one Scruple Senna two Drams Anniseeds half a Scruple White-wine half a pint put them into an earthen Bottle stop it close and set it over warm Embers all Night in the Morning strain it out and drink it and to purge your Body afterwards that the Humours may be remov'd which may be done with Pills made of Citron Mirabolaus and Rhuburb of each half a Dram Aloes washed in the Decoction of Senna one Scruple mix them well by bruising and make them up into Pills with Syrup of Fumetory And to wash the place afflicted Take Balm a good quantity bruise it well and set it to macerate one Night in White wine the next day draw off the Water in a Glass-still it is exceeding sweet and will cleanse and purifie the Skin after the defect is taken away then annoint it with Natural Balsom and a Grain of Musk and you will find a rosie Beauty where Deformity had usurped the place Big-belly'd Woman how to govern herself Good Government in these Cases has not only saved Miscarriages and Abortions but prevented endangering the Mother's Life wherefore we have thought it convenient for the Instruction of new marry'd Women to lay down some modest Rules and commend them to their Observance First then We advise Women with Child iâ— they are not strong of Body and very healthful to chusâ— a temperate Air where no grosâ— Fogs or Damps arise from Lakes Marishes or the like and noâ— to venter herself abroad when the Weather is either too Cold or too Hot nor when the South-wind blows too strong for that above all others is held to be injurious to the Birth she carries in her Womb The North-wind in the next place when it is too turbulent and cold is offensive to her Person carsing Catarrhs Coughs and Rheums which opening the Body le ts in too much Air 〈◊〉 the Womb or causes it to dismiss its Burthen untimely and if any evil Vapours be drawn in during pregnancy they produce many disorders and sometimes cold Diseases And Secondly In her Diet 〈◊〉 ought to be careful and cautious chusing such Meats 〈◊〉 create wholsom Nourishment and those are held to do so which are moderately dry she must avoid Excess on the one hand and immoderate Fasting on the other for as the one causes it to swell beyond its natural bounds so the other renders it weakly and sickly and often for want of Nourishment to come before its time All Meats too hot or too cold are to be avoided as Sallets any thing dressed with hot Spices Salt-meats and the like which being eat to any degree sometimes makes the Child come forth without Nails and such other defects as are signs of short Life or a very unhealthy Constitution therefore let her take such as are of good Nourishment and a facil Digestion as Lamb Veal Mutton Larks Partridges and the like and of Fruits such as are sweet and pleasant as Cherries Apricots Rasberries Pears Plumbs c. but by any means avoid those things that occasion windyness in the Body she must regulate as well as she can her Longings that they extend to nothing that 's unwholsom or extravagant Government must in pregnant Women be observed in their Sleeping which we advise to be moderate not soon after Meals and little as may be in the day time Moderate Exercise is likewise requir'd to move the Body and keep it in a good Temper by distributing the Humours and giving the Blood a freer Circulation but all viâ—lent Motion in Walking or otherways must be avoided for it molests and injures the frame of the Womb any great Sounds or Noises especially Ringing of Bells and Shooting off Guns are to be shun'd as much as may be Immoderate Crying or Laughing are very hurtful and the better to help the Birth when it comes near to delivery Let the Childbearing Woman take such things as will keep her Body soluble as Syrup of Violets sweet Wines or the like avoiding
all Astringents that contract the Vessels and Passages and going Loose Let her give what scope she can in the Fourth Month when the Motion is great she may Sweath her Belly with a Sweath-band And Annoint it with an Ointment thus made Get of Capons-grease and Goose grease each an Ounce and a half the Gall of a Kid or a Lamb three Ounces then having melted and mixt them well together add the Marrow of a Red Deer or the Suet for want of it an Ounce then work it up in half a pint of Rose-water and in using it will keep the Belly smooth and from hanging down after delivery It during her Pregnancy she finds but little motion let her make a Quilt thus Take the Powder of Red-roses Red-Coral and Gilliflowers each three Ounces Maâ—tick a Dram and of Angelica-seeds two Drams Amber-greece two Grains and one of Musk being beaten well and mixed Then make a Quilt of a Linnen bag put the Ingredients into it and lay it upon the Woman's Navel and it will not only refresh her but greatly strengthens the Infant This we have thought fit to advise which will turn to the Advantage of those that are due observants Books Directions to Ladies about Reading them It is not necessary then to read many Books but to read the best and especially never to be curious of such whereby we cannot Learn any thing without the danger of becoming Vitious And here I needs must encounter with two gâ—eat Errors the one proceeding from Fear and the other from Boldness Some Mothers of Children and others there are who make a great scruple that their Children should read the Books of the Heathens such as Seneca 〈◊〉 and others in English and yet they will give them full leave to read any lying Pamphlet There are some again who make a Conscience to read the Books of the 〈◊〉 though full of good Precepts yet the History of Parisinus or Ornatus and Artesia must be commended and read by them But what Contentment can there be in a counterfeit Pamphlet which is not found in History Are there not Succeses and Events fair enough Can there be a greater Pleasure than to be present at the Birth and Ruin of Monarchies and Empires and in the compass of an Hour to see what hath passed many Ages It is not an honest and a witty Way to shorten time when it seemeth long by fetching it again when it is slipt away and to find Recreation against Cares and Memory against Oblivion What cause is there that young Gentlewomen may not refresh themselves without danger of Debauchment The reading of many wanton things do heat by little and little it insensibly takes away the Repugnancy and the Horrour we have to Evil and we acquaint our selves so thorowly with the Image of Vice as we afterwards fear it not when we do meet with Vice it self When once Shame is lost we are in great danger to lose that which is not preserved but by it But this is not all for after that these Pamphlets and Songs of Wantonness have made young Maidens bold it afterwards doth make them to practice what they read or sing then they labour to find out Subtleties to carry them on to what so much they do desire and do learn not only the Evil which they should not know but even the faireâ—â— way to commit the 〈◊〉 And to speak the truth what likelihood is there for them to be familiar with such alluring Books and Songs and not put their Innocency it self in danger In those vain Pamphlets they read how this Virgin leaves her Country and her Parents to run after that Stranger another is in love in a Moment when she reads that she hath received Letters from such and such a Gallant and how they have appointed private places where to meet together These are but cunning Lessons to learn young Maids to sin more wittily and there is no Man can comprehend with what reason nay with what probability such perillous Books and Sonnets may be justified And not to dissâ—emble it is a great calamity to see now adays that it is even to make us more eager and it doth put an edge upon our Curiosity to read a Book that is forbidden It seems the same Spirit who deceived our Great Grand-Mother Eve by seducing her to lose the sweetness of the Fruit of Knowledge inspires no less too many with the same Liberty promising that their Eyes shall be opened to see admitable things and that they are denyed the reading of such wanton Books only out of pure envy This Errour corrupteth a greâ—t number of Ladies Behaviour in Conversation Zeâ—xis being to Paint a perfect Beauty proposed to himself five of the most accomplish'd Ladies in all Greece to take from every one of them those Charms and Representations which he conceived to be most powerful But to frame the Model of a woman whose Behaviour should be such as to please in all Companies he had need of greater assistance all that Nature affords or Morality teacheth is too 〈◊〉 for this End To say then what seemeth to me to be at the first most necessary I could content my self to wish in young Gentlewomen those three Perfections which Socrates desired in his Disciples Discretion Silence and Modesty Behaviour in young Ladies is a comely Grace if well considered and diligently regarded it is that which makes them to be Esteemed in the World and â—iâ—s them to go abroad in it as they would wiâ—h to be Prized and Rated It raises them a Character that will 〈◊〉 their Names to poâ—erâ—ty and better the 〈◊〉 they have 〈◊〉 if their Examples be 〈…〉 Practice and all 〈◊〉 Examples better than 〈…〉 or Precepts 〈◊〉 your behavioâ—r then strongly encline towards a reserved part not excluding a modest freedom being well timed and innocent but avoid all Extravangances that too much Encumber and peiter the Age And indeed though a Generous freedom in itself be innocent and harmless yet the too great Liberty ill Men upon that account have taken to encroach upon the honour of your Sex though but in their own opinions has made such freedom in a manner unjustifiable and involved you into a necessity of reducing it into more strictness and although it cannot so alter the nature of things as to render that Criminal which in it self is indifferent yet if it make it hazardous to your Reputations that ought to be a sufficient cause for a nearer reservedness A close Behaviour is the most seemly to receive Vertue for a constant Guest because it is a Fortress in which it can only be secure from Assaults For proper and seemly Reserves are the outworks and must not at any time be diserted by those that design to keep the main 〈◊〉 in possession for then if you see the danger at a distance you have more time to prepare for the repelling of it She that will suffer things to come to the utmost 〈◊〉
Amaury King of the Vice-Goths in Spain but he abusing her because she would not change her Religion Childeber her brother made War upon him and rescued her out of his hands but in her way to France she dyed Clotho one of the Fatal Sisters that spun the thread of Mens Lives which when cut by Atropos another of them the Party whose Thread was so cut dyed Clusia the Chast Daughter of King Thuscus who being denyed in Marriage to Valerius Torquâ—tus he Besieged her Father in his Chief City When to prevent the Misery of which she was innocently the Cause the threw herself from the Battlements but her Coats 〈◊〉 the got no harm Constance or Constantia Daughter of the Emperour Constantine Clorus by his Wife theodora she was Married to Licinus who raising Rebellions in the Empire was slain Constance Daughter of Roger King of Sicily Constance Marryed to Robert King of France she was Daughter of William the First Earl of Provence Constance Queen of Aragon Wife to Peter the Third King of Aragon and Daughter of Manfroy Frederick Core Daughter of Cereâ— the word from the Greek signifying Nourishment Corrina a Grecian Lady famous for Poetry and muâ—â— Celebrated by the Poets of heâ— Nation and others as a very Learned Ingenious and Beautiful Woman Cornelia Daughter of Scipio first Married to Marcus Crassus but he being 〈◊〉 in the Parthian Wars 〈◊〉 Marryed Pompey the Great and Accompanyed him in his flight after the Battle of Pharsalia Cornelia a Roman Lady Married to Cornelius Grâ—chus Cornelia Daughter to Ciâ—na and Wife to Julius Cesar she had by him Julia marryed to Pompey before Cornelia Cratefipolis Wife to Alexander King of Siconie The Siconeans after the death of her Husband Rebelled against her and fought to Dethrone her but at the head of a far less Army she Routed them Executing the Chiefs which quieted the rest Cretheis Marryed to Ascestus King of Thessaly a Woman of infatiable Lust. Creusa Daughter of Creon King of Corinth she was Married to Jason upon which Medeâ— his former Wife destroyed â—er and most of her Fathers Family by Inchantments Cumegonde Marryed to the Second yet living with him as a Virgin upon his suspecting her not to have brought her Virginity to his Bed After his death she went into a Convent of Nuns and spent the remainder of her days Cunina a Goddess held by â—he Ancients to have the care of young Children in their tender Age. Cyana a Nymph attending in Proserpina endeavouring â—o rescue her from Pluto was â—â—med into a Fountain that â—ears her Name Cyble stiled the Mother and Grandmother of the Gods and Goddesses she is represented Crowned with Castles and 〈◊〉 Key in her hand Cyna Daughter of Philip King of Macedon Marryed to â—myntas Son to Perdicas the Third and then to Lageus King of the Argives a Lady of a Courageous and Magnanimous â—pirit for under the Command of the Argives won many Victories She killed the Queen of the Illyrians fighting hand to hand and after the death of Alexander the Great her Brother she opposed the aspiring of Perdicas who in vain contrived her death Canidia a Thessalian Woman that dealt in Charms so powerful that it held She could easily destroy People at a great distance stopt the Course of Rivers and make Birds fall in their Flight raise Storms of Rain Hail and Thunder stop a Ship in her Course and many such like Matters by the Power of her Hellish Art Cumea or the Cumean Sibyl a Prophetess that foretold the Roman affairs and many of other things Of which see more at large Converted Whore An honest Gentleman in the heat of Summer having been walking in the Fields comtemplating with himself and returning back not the same way he went out but through another part of the Suburbs to which he was a meer stranger and finding himself athirst he stepped into the first House and called for a Cup of Beer seating himself in the first Room next the Street He had not well wip'd the Sweat from his Face with his Hankerchief but two or three young Wenches came skittishly in and out of the Room who seeing him to be a Man of Fashion they thought to make of him some booty being it seems set on by the Grandam of the House for as 〈◊〉 proved it was a common Brothel house The handsomâ—â— amongst them was put upon him who entreated him not to be seen below where every Porter Carman and common Fellow Came to drink but to take a more convenient and retir'd Room The Gentleman being willing to see some fashions took her gentle prosfer and went with her up Stairs where they two being alone Beer being brought up she began to offer him more than common courtesie which he apprehending ask'd her in plain terms If these were not meer Provocations to incite him to Lust which she as plainly confess'd To whom he reply'd That since it was so he was most willing to accept of her kind proffer only for modesty sake he desired her to shew him into a Darker Room to which she assented and leads him from one place to another but he still told her that none of all these was dark enough insomuch that she began at length somewhat to diâ—taâ—le him because in all that time he had not made unto her any friendly proffer At length she brought him into a close narrow Room with nothing but a Loop-hole for light and told him Sir unless you propose to go into the Cole home this is the darkeâ— place in the House How doth this please you To whom he answer'd Unless thou strumpet thou canst bring me to â— place so palpably tenebrioâ—â— into which the Eyes of Heaven cannot pierce and see me thoâ—â— canst not perswade me to 〈◊〉 Act so detestable before Goâ— and good Men For cannot 〈◊〉 that sees into the Hearts and Reins of all behold us here 〈◊〉 our Wickedness To conclude he read unto her so strict and austere a Lecture concerning her base and debauch'd Life that from an impudent Strumpet he wrought her to be â— repentant Convert Whâ—â— further asking her of her Birtâ— and Country the freely coâ—fess'd unto him That she 〈◊〉 sold such small things as 〈◊〉 had to come up to 〈◊〉 with the Carriers where iâ— was no sooner alighted at 〈◊〉 Inn but she was hired by 〈◊〉 Bawd altogether unacquaintâ—â— with her base course of Life 〈◊〉 by degrees trained her to 〈◊〉 base Prostitution Her appâ—rent Tears and seeming Pâ—â—tence much prevailing 〈◊〉 the Gentleman he protested If it lay in him he would otherwise dispose of her according to her wishes and with 〈◊〉 charging her That if he 〈◊〉 unto her within two or three days with Mony to acquit heâ— of the House that she 〈◊〉 attire herself as modesty as 〈◊〉 could possibly not bringing with her any one rag that belonged to that Abominablâ— House or any borrow'd Gâ—ment in which she had offended but instantly to repair unto him at his
pound and a half the whites and shells of thirty Eggs the young branches of a Fig-tree cut in small shivers incorporate them well and distill them in a Glass Alimbick over a gentle five Then to the Water you draw off add Sugar-Candy Borace and Camphire each an ounce Olibanum two ounces bruise them small and then distill them over again preserving the Water upon this Second Distillation as a rare Secret and improver or Imbellisher of Beauty Again take Lithargy of Gold and Silver each a dram put them into stronge white Wine Vinegar add Camphire and Allum of each half a Scrupleas much of Musk and Ambergreece to scent the Composition boyl them in a small quantity of Vinegar silter and keep it then boyl a little Roch-Allum in spring water and keep it apart from the other but when you use them mingle them together Thus Venus in her brightest form you 'll vie Or all those Female Starâ— that guild the Sky Who for their Beauties there were 〈◊〉 and shine But you out dazled now 〈◊〉 must refine To see their long 〈◊〉 leave 〈…〉 Faustina was cured of dishonest Love And of divers other Remedies against that Passion That the affection and prison of the Mind which is ordinarily called Love is a strong Passion and of great effect in the Soul let us ask of such Men which by Experience have known it and of such whom Examples are notorious namely of very excellent Personages that have suffer'd their Wills to have been transported even so far that some of them have died Jules Capitolin amongst other Examples recites that which happen'd to Faustina Daughter to Amoninus and Wife to the Emperor Marcus Aurelius who fell in Love with a Master of Fence or Gladiator in such sort that for the desire which she had of his Company she was in danger of Death she did so consume away Which being understood by Marcas Aurelius he presently call'd together a great company of Astrologians and Doctors to have counsel and find remedy thereupon At last it was concluded That the Fencer should be kill'd and that they should unknown to her give Faustina his Blood to drink and that after she had drank it the Emperor her Husband should lie with her This Remedy wrought marvellously for it put this Affection so far from her that she never afterwards thought of him And the History saith of this Copulation that the Emperor had then with her was begotten Antoninus Commodus which became so bloody and Cruel that he resembled more the Fencer whose Blood his Mother had drank a the Conception of him than Marcus Aurelius whose Son he was which Commodus was always found amongst the Gladiators as Eutropius Wâ—â—nesses in the Life of the same Commodus The 〈◊〉 and Arabick Physicians place this Disease of Love amongst the grievous Infirmities of the Body of Man and thereupon prescribe divers Remedies Câ—dâ—mus Milesien as Sâ—ydâ—â— â—â—ports in his Collections writes a whole Book treating of 〈◊〉 particular Remedies which Physicians give for this Disease one is That to him that is passionate in Love one 〈◊〉 put into his hands great Affairs importuning his Credit and his Profit that his Spirit being occupied in divers matters it may draw away his Imagination from that which troubles him And they say further that they should 〈◊〉 him to be merry and conversant with other Women Against this heat Pliny saith it is good to take the Dust upon which a Mule hath tumbled and cast it upon the Lover and all to be powder him or else of the Sweat of a chased Mule as Cardanus affirms in his Book of Subtilties The Physicians also teach how to know what Person is loved of him that is sick in Love and it is by the same Rule that Eristratus Physician to King Seleucus knew the love that Antiochus bare to the Queen Stratonicus his Stepmother for he being extream sick and would rather die than discover the cause of his Sickness proceeding from Love which he bare to his Father's Wife She came into the Chamber just then when the Physician was feeling the Patients Pulse which beat so strong when he saw the Queen come into the Chamber that Eristratus knew that he was in Love with her and that was the cause of his Sickness wherefore he found the way to make the King acquainted with it by such a means as would be too tedious to recite Which being experimented by the Father and seeing his Son in danger if he did not prevent it thought it good tho contrary to the Intention of the Son which chose rather Death than to be healed by his Father's Loss to deprive himself of his Queen and give her to his sick Son And so indeed the Age and the Beauty of the Lady and likewise Marriage was more proper for the Son than for the Father And by this means Antiochus lived well and gallantly many Years with his well-beloved Stratoniâ—â—â— The History is very neatly recited by Plutarch in the Life of Demetrius And thus you see why Physicians say that you must feel the Pulse of those that are in Love and repeat to them divers names of Persons and if you name the right the Pulse will beat thick and strong and by that you shall know whom they Love By divers other signs one may know when any is in Love and with whom which I leave to speak of now Friendship Friendship well chosen and placed is a great felicity of Life but we ought in this respect to move very cautiously and be certain we are not mistaken before we unbosom our Thoughts or make too strict a Union We see in Politicks Leagues offensive and defensive do not always hold and being abruptly broken prove more mischievous than any thing before they were contracted because there is a more eager desire of Revenge and ground of Injury started and so when a close knit Friendship slips the knot or is violently broken in sunder by the force of some mischievous Engine set on work to that end Anger and Hatred ensues all the Secrets on either side how unbecoming or prejudicial so ever are let fly abroad to become the Entertainment and Laughter of the World redounding perhaps not only to the Injury of your self but of others whose Secrets have upon Confidence of your Virtue been intrusted with you and by you again upon the like Confidence communicated to the Party you entrusted with your own who upon breaking with you persidiously discloses them Therefore keep to your self a Reservedness and try all manner of ways the strength and constancy of Fidelity before you trust too far for if you lay out your Friendship at first too lavishly like things of other natures it will be so much the sooner wasted suffer it by no means to be of too speedy a growth considering that those Plants which floot up over quickly are not of long duration comparable with those that grow flower and by degrees Choice of this kind ought
what Wits more pregnant or present entituled a Supplication to Candlelight discovering the abuses committed and curtained by the silent and secret Shade of Night where it might be demanded as God in Esay did sometimes ask the Devil our Wathcman Custoâ— quid de Nocte What seest thou What discoverest thou Thô Lanthorn and Candlelight hang out thô the Bellman traverse the street thô the Constable and his rugged Gownmen 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 business have you so late Yet it seems they have no Commission to examine Coacted Sin These may hurry along by their Noses and shroud a loose Gentleman-Usher with as light a Curtezan in a running Broshell from those conniving Eyes of Endymion and his Brotherhood And this light piece must be conducted to his Lord while he is to be admitted to his Lady to present both their Actions on the stage of Folly With what a commanding posture rides this Foot-cloath Sin How apt to forget his composition and how confident in the priviledge of greatness These generally have their Purveyors to furnish them with such stuff as may content their liqu'rish appatite and feed their intemperate desires with fresh fuel In every Solemn or Festival Show these Forragers take their stand eying what Beauties are of most attractive quality then enquire they of their places of habitation Occasions they take to converse with them and in short time so to win in upon them as they begin to commend their Masters Suit to their too easie attention and with long Battery according to the strength of the Fort so seize on their affection as they make way to their Lords admission Green-Sickness in Virgins and Young Widows cause symptems and Remedy Green Sickness is a Capital Enemy to Beauty it comes shadowing over it like a dark Cloud and hides it's lustre from the Eyes of Men Elcipsing that Adorable Splendor that a little before Animated the World of Love to guide Lovers to the blest Elizium of Joy and Delight displacing the Roses and Lillies that fairly flourished to a wonder and planting Beds of Leeks in their stead This happens more to Phlegmatick Constitutions than others because the Humours more abound making the face and other parts of the Body look green pale dusky yellowish c. proceeding from raw indigested Humours nor doth it only appear outwardly in the discolouring the Body but it very sensibly afilicts the Parties with difficulty of breathing pains in the head palpitation of the Heart unusual beatings and small throbbings of the Arteries in the Temples Neck and Back many times if the Humour by very vicious casting them into Feavors creates a loathing of Meat and the distentions of the Hypocondriack part by reason of the Inoridnate Efflux of the Menstruous Blood to the larger Vessels also by the abundant Humour we find sometimes that the whole Body from the Effects of these Causes is pestered with swelling at least the Thighs Legs and Anckles and a universal weariness overspreads the Microcosine or little World Galenical Physicians tell us that this Distemper chiefly proceeds from those Vessels that are about the Womb proceeding from the abundance of Crude and Viscid Humours arriving from several Inward Causes and many times from outward ones as eating raw Fruit catching wet on the Feet drinking too excessively of Water and Intemperate Diet of any kind but above all by the solly of such Virgins who covet to eat Coals Chalk Wax Nutshells whited Wall Starch Tobaccopipes and such like unaccountable Trash that certainly hurts but cannot nourish but on the contrary dry up and consume the best Nutriment drawn from wholsome Diet and cause a Suppression of the Menses and obstructions through the whole Body So that the victims Humours are turned upon the outward parts whilst others of the same kind not capable of being dilated oppress the Internals To remove this Malady enter into a wholesom Course of Diet and bleed moderately in the Arm or foot as the Age requires it take then Decoction of Gaincwâ— with Dittany of Creet made in White-wine fasting and for want of these take Aloes Senna Agrie Rhubarb boiled and well mixed with Whitewine but drink not Vinegar nor very Stale Beer or Ale for sharp things shut up the passages and retard the Humours from flowing to those places where they may be Evacuated and if the obstructions are not to be opened or removed without requiring great difficulty take prepared Steel Roots of Scorzonera Bezora stone and Oyl of Chrystial of each a dram powder the Roots and mingle the Powder with the rest and beat them well together then take a dram at a time in a Glass of small Wine and by a short using of these measures the Humours will decrease and in the end the force of Nature will recover it's power to operate In a temperate calm manner and then the Complexion will return and the Body be full of Vigour and Liveliness and by Leagueing with Temperance and Sobriety be ever after more Healthful Green Sickness has yet another Cure when it can be had to advantage and liking but it seldom can unless it be dearly bought because Beauty that should allure it is faded You may guess Ladies at our meaning for you have often we suppose heard it said 'T is pity such a one is not Marry'd she 's now very handsom but alas she 's going into the Green Sickness for want of a Husband and then Beauty As some fair Tulip by a Storm opprest Shrinks up and folds its siâ—ker Aâ—ms to rest Bends to the blest all pale and almost dead Whilst the loud Wind sings round it's drooping bead And òre it's lustre a â—ull darkness spread â—o shrouded up her 〈◊〉 disappears Who this Diseases 〈◊〉 Livery wear We must a flow that Marriage greatly contributes to the removing this Malady for by Nuptial Embraces and Caresses the Humours are stirred the Menses that were obstructed flow according to their Natural and due course The Humours by this means being wasted and no more Maver administ'red to the encreasing them they will cease however we advise neither Virâ—â—â—◠〈…〉 to be too hasty upon this account to III match themselves least the Remedy be by far worse than the Disease but rather take what we have before prescribed wait with Patience and Converse with Temperance and so you may do well in all particulars to your own Content and Satisfaction which is what we most Cordially wish to the Fair Sex yet we confess Some when this Cloud they see a coming on Too fondly grasp worse Mischiefs than they shun As Flowers peep out too soon and miss the Sun By the cold nipping Frosts are quite undone Gate or Gesture to be observed by Ladies c. Great Notice is taken of the Gate and Gesture of Young Ladies and
Observations made thereon by the Nice and Cenforious They guess at the Disposition of her Heart by the dimension of her Motion concluding a light Carriage most commonly discovers a loose Inclination and that jetting 〈◊〉 the Head bridling up the Chin and walking stately 〈◊〉 a haughtiness and Selfmoceit They will say were a Ladies Body transparent she could not more perspicuously display her levity of Mind than by wanton Gesticulations this then must be avoided to avoid offence and scandal nay we must confess that Decency her self beholding a Lady whose Modesty should be the Ornament of her Beauty demean her self in the streets or elsewhere more like an Actress on the Stage than Virtues 〈◊〉 she endeavours to reclaim her by soberly admonishing her to look back to precedent times or to the wise and grave hurt of the Sex and she will be convinced her Gestures are inseemly consider you are 〈◊〉 Earth and seem not to 〈◊〉 that Earth you tread on from whence you was Originally taken and in whose Dust the most Exalted Beauty must lye down and set in shades of Darkness If a Virtuous Lady seriously considers the Apish Gestures of Light and Loose Women they must needs not only make her detest an Imitation but utterly put her out of conceit with any that shall be so vain to Imitate them A Swimming Gate or an affected Pace as if you were treading out or measuring the ground by the Foot as you pass along and that your Mind kept pace with every step is to be avoided lest it be looked upon as a studied measure to be singular in your walking and consequently draw more Eyes upon you than others A shuffling or rigling motion is likewise discommendable it gives a suspicion that you are crook-leg'd or have received some hurt in your Limbs that has distorted them when it is nothing so but that they are fair straight and beautiful as Pillars of Alablaster or Ivory but move with an Unaffected pace which when you see convenient you may change to slow or swist but beware of taking stradling steps or running a head for those are Indecent in a Lady and more becoming the Rural Girls that tread the Summer Dews and Winter Snows Gracefulness c. Grant we that Beauty External in Women is exceedingly to be admired yet more by the Vulgar than those who see with clearer Eyes into the chief Graces and Ornaments of the Fair Sex As from the well mixed Elements arises bodily Temperament and from the Blood mingling with lively humours in the face Beauty so from a well tempered Spirit ariseth Gracefulness If Virtue could be seen in her proper Lovely and Comely Form it would above all Objects ravish the Beholders We see Gracefulness very highly priz'd when but breaking through a dark Cloud and appearing with a little brightness in a Ladies Conversation Graces are like the links of a Chain fastened to each other all of them making but one Entire Complement when united thô some are larger and more lasting than others more befriending and Beautifying The first of these may reasonably be Humility and a Meek Spirit it carries a Lustre and Adornment with it like Rubies that shine on their Native Rocks in the darkest Nights or Diamonds in their Quarry To be little in her own Eyes is the ready way to her Exaltation in the Eyes and Esteem of God and Man Secondly Stedfastness and firmness of Mind add another Jewel to her Crown What a pleasing sight is it to see a Woman who can overcome her Passions and Affectations and consult Reason in all her Actions and Undertakings having a sufficient 〈◊〉 of Wit and Abilities to carry on her Designs and Purposes And again is the Centre of all her other Virtues 't is the Jacob's Ladder whereon Blessings descend to her and on which 〈◊〉 ascends to Heaven in steadfast believing and Divine Contemplations of the Adored Mystery No Gold is so precious nor will bear such a Tryal of Faith it bears the Test against all Calamities no storms 〈◊〉 Tempests of Persecution Temporal Miseries or Affliction thô they rage and beat never so fierce upon it can shake 〈◊〉 foundation when fixed on the Rock of Salvation It has always its Eye fixed on the Centre to which it tends and nothing can rèmove it or 〈◊〉 benighting Clouds between in piercing Rays and the Object it is fixed on to interrupt or dim the Glorious Prospect from whence a Lustre is again rejected on the Soul and gives it a dazling brightness Innocency and Truth are likewise exceeding Graceful to the Fair Sex a Compound of two in one the one is a Breastplace of Defence the other a Golden Zone to Circle in all other Graces startling approaching Dangers and Calumnies and putting them to a shameâ— retreat Armed with these Celestial Armories Woman is made strong for the Battle and capable of encountring the Legiâ— of Darkness and storming all the Batteries the World can 〈◊〉 against her for there is an Invisible assisting Hand strengthening her that no power is able to resist who by break things confounds the strength the Mighty and kings the exalted Vain gloriâ— to the Dust. A Woman 〈◊〉 she may not put on Man's Apperel yet she may be clad in the same Armour of Light which will rebate the Eyes of sharpâ—expandâ— Envy and stands Invulnerable against all Assaults 〈◊〉 is another Grace joyned with Piety which makes her 〈◊〉 in God's Cause reasons for his Honour and can by to means hear his tremendous time reproached or blasphemed without being wounded on the Soul with Horror and Detestation whilst a Holy Anâ—expandâ— burns within her as being truly Jealous for the Lord God 〈◊〉 Hosts thô in her own Concerns Meekness and Humility is 〈◊〉 suitable to her Let those then hear who are over angry hot or fiery to turn them to God and to his Cause and it will make them cool and calm In their own for as bleeding on the Arm by Art stops Natural bleeding by Flux so Zeal 〈◊〉 God cools the corrupt Passions in us as the bright blazes of the Sun dim and allay the heat and splendor of Earthly fires This Grace becomes the Fair Sex the rather because it argues truth of Grace for else calmness of her Frame may denote flatness or folly or want of Spirit It must therefore be with most Women doubcless were there nothing to allay it as with the Females of the Creatures Nature hath put a fierceness into them beyond that of the Males thô not furnished them with so great a strength to exert it The She-bear Tygeress and Lyoness are by the Naturalists always accounted the most fierce and cruel but Grace tempers and cools this fierceness in Woman making her humble mild and gentle affable courteous tender charitable and compassionate We must acknowledge Mens Spirits are hardier and cannot without a great humbling if ever be so plyable as those of Womens so that a Woman being in the way of Virtue pursues it
builded she was called Augusta and Imperatrix and relieved the Poor wiâ—h all the Treasure that came to her hand and was a munificent Patroness to the before afflicted Christians Helle was Daughter to Athmus King of Thebes who flying from her Mother-in-law with her Brother Phryxus was drowned in the Narrow Sea that parts Asia from Europe and by that Misfortune gave to it the Name of Hellespont Heliades Sisters accounted the Daughters of the Son and Celymene whose Brother Phaeton was who unwarily aspiring to guide the Chariot of the Sun was destroyed by Jupiters Thunder for firing the Earth and Skies by his misguiding it for whom these Sisters wept till the Gods turned them into Poplar-trees and their tears into Amber Here 's Martia or the Martial Heir it was accounted amongst the Ancient Romans as a Goddess of Heirs and held to be one of Mâ—â—s's Companions she took her Surname of Martial by reason in those times Quarrels frequently arose about Inheritances and Successions and when they were decided either by Arms of contesting in Law they supposed a right decision Hermophrodite An ancient Idol bearing the Resemblance of Venus and Mercury called otherwise Aphrodite as Joyning trading and Eloquence with delights c. Hersilia Wife to Romulus first Founder of Rome a Virtuous Sabian Lady Herta was accounted a Goddess among the Germans worshipped in a thick Grove and her residence when she pleased to appear was a Cart with a Carpet over it her Victims were menial Servants or Slaves who were thrown into a Lake and there perished in hopes of enjoying Pleasure and Plenty in another World her Cart upon general Processions was sometimes drawn with Oxen and sometimes by Lyons Hesione the fair was Daughter to Leomedon King of Troy and by reason of the raging of a Plague the Oracle being consulted it told them that to appease the God of the Sun and the Sea with whom the King had broken his word a Virgin must every day be tyed to a Rock where a Sea Monster should be sent by Neptune to devour her this being done by Lot it fell upon Hesione but Hercules returning from his Hysperian Voyage in a dreadful Combate killed the Monster and freed the Royal Maid Hildigardcan Abbess of the Order of the Benedictines famous for her Learning and Piety but more for her Prophecies of the Errors that should creep into the Romish Church Hannah the Mother of the famous Prophet Samuel who obtained him of God by her servent Prayers after she had been a long while Barren Hiparthia Marry'd Crates only for his Wisdom and Learning being otherways deformed and unfightly and poor 〈◊〉 could all her Friends or 〈◊〉 offers of Rich matches 〈◊〉 her from him She was â—â—r self very Learned and Inâ—â—â—â—ous so that their Souls rather than their Bodies coveted to be near together Hippodamia Daughter to Briseus and fell among other Captives at the taking of Tenedos to the share of Achilies but Agameamon falling in Love with her took her from him which made him refuse to assist the Greeks till the Trojans had near vanquished them and came to set fire to his Ships Hippodame Oenomaus the King of Ellis's Daughter being very Beautiful abundance of Suitors crouded to gain her in Marriage which made him consult the Oracle about the success which gave Answer That whoever married his Daughter should came his Death whereupon he made Decree that whoever could outrun him in a Chariot-Race should have the fair Hiâ—podame in Marriage but being vanquished he should dye Many declined it but some being vanquished were put to death Till Pâ—lâ—ps having bribed the King's Chariotier to leave a Pin out of the Wheel that it might fall off in the Career by which fall the King was wounded to death Hortensia a Roman Lady Daughter to the Orator Horlensius At the time a great Tax was laid upon the Matrons of Rome she notably pleaded their Cause before the Triumvire that a great part of it was remitted Hostilina was by the Pagans accounted a Goddess taking care of their Corn that it should grow to an equal length and be full Eareâ— without Blasting Houres by some Reputed God esses begot by Jupiter 〈◊〉 Themis and were call'd Eunormia Irene and Diâ—ce or Good Laws Peace and Justice Howard Ciâ—â—erine she was Marryed to King Henry the VIII and was Daughter to the Lord Edmond Howard Son to Thomas Duke of Norfolk she was one of the two Queens that he caused to be beheaded upon suspicion of Incontinency though neither against her nor Anna Bullen who felt the same Fate before her any thing deserving Death appeared only the Kings Pleasure must be obeved to make way for more Wives Hyacinthides six Daughters of Erichtheus who succeeded Pandion King of Athens taking their Names from the Village Hyachithius where they all seâ—â— a Sacrifice for their Court v. for the Oracle having declared that the Thracians who were Warring against the Athenians could not be overcome unless one of their Ladies was offered up as a Sacrifice to Dima they all contented so earnestly to have the Honour to dye for their Country and the Love they bore to each other that they would not have one to dye unless â—â—w all participated in the same Death and their Wishes being granted the Athenians gained most notable Victory their Proper Names were Pandora Procris Clithonia and Orithia and are fabled to be placed among the Stars Hyades are a Company of Stars to the number of seven placed in the Neck of Taurus they are tabled to be Nurses to Baâ—chus and by him in return of their Kindness fixed as Constellations and are called the Weeping Stars as having great Influence over Rains and moâ—st Clouds Hypermenstra one of Daraus K. of Argo's fifty Daughters who married the fifty Sons of Egytus whom Daraus ordered them to kâ—ll on their Wedding Night which they all did but this Lady who saved her Husband Lynceus for which her Father Impâ—â—â—tioned her but soon after 〈◊〉 her and restored 〈◊〉 to her Husband Hysiphile ho Queen of the Island of 〈◊〉 was banished by the Cruel Women who had killed all their Husbands Fathers and Brothers for sparing her Father Thaos and being taken upon the Sea by Pirates she was sold to Lycurgus King of Neâ—eâ— who understanding who she was gave his Son Archemrus to be Nursed by her she having a little before brought forth Twins whom Jason had begot on her in his Voyage to Colobis when he fetched thence the Golden Fleece House-keepers to Persons of Honour or Quality Those Persons who would qualifie themselves for this Employment must in their Behaviour carry themselves grave solid and ferious which will inculcate into the beliefs of the Persons whom they are to serve that they will be able to govern a Family well They must endeavour to gain a Competent knowledge in Preserving Conserving and Candying making of Cates and all manner of Spoon-meats Jellies and the like Also in Distilling all
woman of a Martial Spirit she was Mother to Henry the fourth called Henry the Great King of France who was Grandfather to the present French King she being a Protestant highly Espoused their Cause for which she is said to be poisoned at Paris with a Pair of perfumed Gloves presented her at her Sons Wedding with Margaret Sister to Charles the Ninth of France and soon after her death the horrid Massacre of the Protestants ensued in which perished about 300000. Ioan of France Daughter to King Lewis the Eleventh was Married to Lewis Duke of Orleance afterwards King of France she was a Princess of Great Virtue she Instituted the Order of the Annuntiation forming it upon the ten Virtues of the Blessed Virgin Viz. Prudence Humility Chastity Verity Devotion Obedience Poverty Patience Compassion and Charity Ioan the first Queen of Jerusalem Naples and Sicily was Daughter to Charles of Sicily Duke of Calabria who after having successively Married four Husbands Andreas James Lewis and Otho was deprived of her Kingdoms and Life by Charles d' Durass her Cousin whom she had adopted her Heir as having no Children of her own Joan the second Queen of Naples a Woman of great Courage and Conduct but had a very troublesome Reign upon William of Austria her Husband retiring into a Monastery upon Discontent occasioned by her being too Prodigal of her Favours to others and dying without Children she bequeathed her Kingdom to Rene Duke of Anjou Ioan Infanta and Regent of the Kingdom of Portugal she was Daughter to Alphonsus the fifth who for her Prudence and Courage left her Regent when he went to War against the Moors yet at last she retired into a Monastery Ioia a Woman of Spain who preached to the People in the Cathedral of Barcelona and is said in the time of the Papacy of Pope Paul the third to Convert divers Jews at Rome and to explain in the presence of the Cardinals the Books of John Don Scotus commonly called the Subtle Doctor Iole Daughter of Eurytus the Oechalian King with her Hercules fell desperately in Love but her Father would not Consent he should have her unless he could gain her by Combate with him which when he had done he still denied to give her to him which so inraged Hercules that he slew him and took her away by force and afterwards gave her to his Son Hillus but Dejaneiza Jealous of Hercules she being his first Wife sent him a Shirt dipt in Poison and Tinctured in Nessus Blood which in Pains and Torment put an end to his Glorious Atchievements with his Life Iphianassa Daughter 〈◊〉 Praetus King of the Argines who with her Sister being in the Temple of Juno and despising the homeliness of it as also the Beauty of the Goddess she throughly nettled at the Contempt so Changed and Disordered their Minds that they fancied themselves to be Heifers and could by no means be perswaded out of that Opinion till Melampus the Physician restored them again to their Right Senses and for his Reward had Iphianassa in Marriage and a part of the Kingdom for her Dowry Iphis she was the Daughter of Lygdus and Theletusa whose Sex her Mother kept secret and from her Infancy brought her up in Masculine Apparel for that her Father had doomed the Infant if a Girl to be made away when under this disguise she came of Years Lygdus concluded a Marriage between her and Janibe a Beautiful Maid which made her Mother almost at her Wits end because that by this means a Discovery would be made but however upon her invoking Venus and offering in her Temple she on the Wedding-day was changed into a Man and did the Office of a Bridegroom to the Satisfaction of her Fair Bride Iphigenia she was Daughter to King Agamemnon by Clyâ—â—â—nestra and is said by Homer to be offered up to Diana for the successful Passage of the Grecian Fleet to Troy but as she lay on the Altar ready to be sacrificed the Goddess wrapt her in a Cloud and bearing her thence made her her Priesteis Irene Empress of Constantinople Mother to Constantine the seventh whose Eyes she put out that she might Reign alone upon which as if Heaven demonstrated a Detestation of the Cruelty the Sun for eighteen days shined so dimly as if it had drawn in its Light as it Thyestes Feast but Nicephorus having wrested the Empire out of her Hands banished her to Metylene where she soon after died of Grief Irene the Fair Grecian Lady that was presented to Mabomet the Great at the Sack of Constantinople on whom he doated so much that he spent whole Days and Nights in her Company and neglected his weighty Affairs but being reproved by his Bassas he in a rage cut off her Head with his Scymeter but repenting it betook him to the Wars to put the cruel Act out of his Mind Iris Messenger to Juno said to be the Daughter of Thaumus and Electra she is painted with a Rain-bow circling her her Name importing the Painted Bow so often seen after Showers in the Clouds Isaura Clementia a Lady of Tholouse in France famous for her Learning and Ingenious Parts she appointed the Floral Games yearly kept there and in the Town-house her Marble Statue stands Crowned with Flowers Ius a Goddess worshipped by the Egyptians her Sacrifice and worship was Infamous and Obscene insomuch that the Priests were forbidden to speak any thing of them and the Romans forbid it in their City Isota of Verona a Lady of great Learning she wrote five hundred sixty four Books which are to be seen in Thaurus Library and held divers Disputes with the most Learned Men yet dyed at the Age of thirty six Years a Virgin Iudith a Holy Widow who by destroying the Tyrant Holyphernes delivered the Jews Iudith Daughter to Velpo Count of Ruensburge she was made Recluse by the People Iudith Daughter to Charles the Bald and Wife to Ethelwolfe and Ethelred Kings of England Iulia Wife to Severus the Roman Emperour and Mother to Geta she after the Death of her Husband Married Bassianus Caracalla her Son in Law who fell in Love with her upon seeing her naked Thigh Iulia Wife to Pompey and Daughter to Julius Caesar she died in Child-bed before she could compose the differences between those great Captains which afterward caused such Distractions in the Roman State by a Piteous war Iulia the Daughter of Augustus Caesar and Scribonia â—he greatly perplexed that Emperour in the heighth of his Fortune by her loofe Carriage and Wanton way of living she was Married to divers Husbands by whom she had several Children but Wedlock not being capable of satisfying her Lustful Desires and shâ— continuing her leud Courses her Father Banished her after that she was Married to Tyberius but disdaining him he coming to be Emperour revenged her Pride and Scorn by confining her so straight that she pined away for Hunger Iulia Daughter to Agrippa and the beforementioned Julia she followed her
kind partners of their kind enjoyments That their diet intended to prepare them for such a purpose be hot and dry and to take such things as may make for a kindly digestion and to be considerably in moderate Exercise that so the body may be kept in a good Temperature if healtd and then the heat being predominant Nature will be capable of bringing about her Ends and Purposes Much Wine is a great Enemy to Nature in this matter because by its heat and inflaming it chills and disorders the orderly moving and natural heat of the body which is that alone which works to farther the Ends of Generation Excess likewise impairs the health and Plato commends the Carthaginians for prohibiting it to married people by a Law for a limited time when they were to prepare for conjugal duty However moderately taken it refreshes and helps Nature Nature and Art considered in Wisdom and Vnderstanding Now as to the Observations made by divers upon children that they may be brought forth so as to be of wise and understanding capacities are as various as their Opinions Some pretending to Astrology hold that it is because the Infant is born under the influence of such Stars as have power to give Wisdom which follows not for we may upon Enquiry find divers born perhaps in one and the same minute and yet growing up they exceedingly many times differ in their Understandings as likewise in their Fortunes Manners and Conditions which they likewise annex to the former cause Hoppocrates Plato and Galen hold That an Infant receives the conditions of his Soul at the time of its forming and not of his birth for then continue they the Stars do superficially alter the child giving him heat coldness moisture and drought but not his substance wherein the life is contained as do the Elements of Earth Air Fire and Water who not only yield to the body composed what is consistent with their Qualities but the substance that may maintain and preserve them during all the course of Life by which menas that which most importeth in the producing the Infant is to procure the Elements whereoâ— it is compounded may partake the Qualities which are requisite for the Wiâ— and Largeness of Understanding for these â—ccording to the weight and measure by which they enter into the composition must alwaies so endure in the mixture and not the Alterations of the Heavens or Heavenly bodies Galen further given his opinion as to what the elements are in what manner they enter to produce and perfect the â—ormation of a body in the womb he tells us that they are no other than what compound all other natural things That the Earthly and watery parts are from the substance of the meat and drink the mother takes in to support Nature when concocted in the stomach and ordered by Natures kind preparation into a proper and suitable matter and that the Air and Fire are likewise mingled by her order and enter into the body by the Pulse Pores and Respiration and of these Elements mingled and digested by our natural heat are made what is fiâ— and necessary for the Infants Generation and therefore to meats drinks and airs the Parents ought to have regard the siner and most delicate the better because the thinnest and most â—arified blood is by that means produced and that is chiefly instrumental in producing the composition for the brain wherein we hold the chief seat of Understanding to be placed being temperate and compounded of a substance subâ—il and curious The Learned are of opinion that the Wit will participate of its fiâ—eness and become like unto it That is such a brain will produce an apt and sprightly Wit because there it has all manner of freedom to operate wâ—hout Obstruction no foggy fumes damp clouds or gross Vapours being there to stifle or oppreis it but a pure thin and rarâ—â—ied air still moving and â—â—lling the vacancy And further iâ— is allowed by them that a reasonable soul though Immortal and Incorrupâ—â—â—l◠〈◊〉 corresponds â—ith the diâ—posâ—â—on of the Brain which not being such as is requisite the soul cannot influence iâ— as it is desirous to do as being a defective Organ that hinders the excellency of its proper operation and tendency to a perfect harmony iâ— some measure suitable to the divine mind who gave it as a guide to the natural body till reâ—â—ring leaves it to be laid up in the Repository of the Grave waiting a second Union in the Resurrection When children are brought forth and Nature has done her part in furnishing them and furnished them with such materials as may capaciraâ—e them for large understanding there is something more required not only to train them up in what is most material from their Infancy but to confirm it to them by Rules and Precepts that they retain and improve it â—or the matter whereof mankind is compounded proveth so alterable that we find it has frequent variations in one sense or other and is so subject to corruption that in the state of mans life he â—asseth under many degrees that dâ—ffer one from the other Temperance and Society are the great continuers of the Understanding when Riot or Luxury very much impair it sending those gâ—oâ—s Fumes to the brain that dull and discompose it Nature we find by Experience is â—â—â—sfied with a little and grosâ—â—eeding is an Enemy to her It may indeed make the body sâ—ell and mountainous with flesh and uncomâ—liness but then by ill digestion those noxious humours superabound that afflict and disorder the whole Frâ—me with distempers and diseases that turn even Life and that Tranquility we might otherwise enjoy and poâ—â—â—ss into uneasiness and â—estlâ—ss perturbations Anxieâ—ies and cares cannot easily be debarr'd because they flow from accidents and casualties but by moderation the other nay be avoided yet a firmness of mind which a good temperature of body creates may mainly contribute to a sedate calmness in all Emergencies Health is the richest Jewel in Nature yet rarely â—rized or esteemed but when we are wanting of it we know not how rightly to value or esteem it till we are made sensible by a miserable Experience how precious it is Let us coâ—sider then seriously wâ—â—â—st we are possessed of it what great advantages it affords us and if our considerations are duly weighed we cannot but conclude we ought to study all manner of ways to preserve it and secure it to our selves as the greatest temporal blessing when it brings with it and continues to us so many advantages A crasie sickly body cannot be the Receptacle at least the container of a solid and sound Judgment many impertinencies and peevish sollies will be breaking in which ought to be shunn'd and avoided Why should we not then consider what best â—uiâ—s our conditions and earnestly to be câ—utious in preventing our mishaps Parents then that regard their Posterity ought so to bring them up that their Early Nurttiture may be a pattern to
High Way where the Bâ—ide and Bridegroom are to pass and Poles are provided with which the Young men run a Tilt on Horseback and he that breaks most Poles and shews most aâ—â—vity wins the Garland But 〈◊〉 in his Survey of London p. 76. says That in Ann. 1253. the Youthful Citizens for an Exercise of their activity set â—orth a Game to run at the â—â—sin and whosoever did best should have a Peacock for â— prise c. Queries of Sundry Kinds relating to the Fair Sex Questions are easily ask'd but not so soon resolv'd especially to purpose and satisfaction Many rather employ their inventions in raising and starting of Questions than their judgments in determining them The one however makes Learning fruitful of Disputes the other of Works Asking of Questions proceeds commonly from some pre notion of that which the party demands which occasion'd that Opinion of Plato to think that all Knowledge was but only Remembrance It is a great parâ— of Learning not to teach only what to assert or affirm but prudently to ask Those that are very forward in asking do often use the same liberty in telling like Vessels that want bottoms they receive most because vent most In cunning mâ—n they are dangerous for Questions in them are like beggars Gifts a Gift with an Hook in it only to draw some thing back again by way of answer to find out your abilities Sudden Questions do often procure the truest Relation of matters which on consideration they do begin to colour They must in weighty matters especially be very warily raised for as delight in humane Learning is inferiour to that which is divine so Faults committed in Divine Knowledge are more dangerous than those in humane But laying this aside we now come to the matter intended which is to answer divers Questions of sundry natures Queries have been put why the External parts of the bodys of those that are in Love are more subject to have their sudden changes of cold and heat than others To which we answer That the passions of the mind in such are more stirring and agirated than in such as are not at all or at least less concerned and when any Grief or Discontent is conceived the natural heat passes away with the blood into the Internal parts of the body which gives the cold a greater opportunity to possess the Vacancies it lest in iâ—s Retreat So that the outward parts become cold and for the same Cause paleness takes place and a cloud of sadness hangs upon the countenance But on the contrary when hopes of success inspir'd by smiles and a prospect of attaining our desires restore joy and alacrity then a Spring Tide of blood flows again into every part brings along with it the retreated heat and both of them produce colour and warmth and for this cause Love is frequently painted sometimes pale and wan sad and dejected and other times sprightly Gay and blushing And Poets seign Love to be a Firebrand and the Reason they give for it is because that the minds of Lovers are sometimes in suspence sometimes incumbered with hopes and fears the one making them soar towards the Object of their desire and being too ardently scorched with a violent passion in approaching too near the flame the wax of their Icarian Wings melted by some Repulse send them fluttering down again and startles them with â—read and amazement when they see from whence they are fallen Loves Qâ—iâ—er signifies a Loven heart fill'd with arrows which are the Glances of the Fair Ones Eyes whom he admire which like wounding Weapons or Instruments of death stick there till her condescending Goodness vouchsafes â—â— draw them thence and the assurance of Love stays the bleeding and heals the wound We might largely comment on these matters but the Question proposed being resolved we proceed to others Query Whâ— women are sâ—â— and fairer than men It is because they are of a colder and moister Constitution which gives whiteness â—â— softness when a greater degree of heat in men render their bodies firmer moâ—â— brawny and of larger 〈◊〉 implying strength and thoâ—â— Excrements which cause hâ— on the Faces Breasts c. men are in women evacuaâ—â— in their Menses the whiâ— ceasing by age we may â— serve many Old Women hâ— hair upon their Chins â—â— some have Beards of a lâ— Growth Heat is likewise â— occasion of it But above â— woman was design'd to be the delight of the Eyes of man and therefore was more curiously furnished with all the â—â— allurements of beauty set â—ot with a pomp of winning Graces and attracting charms Query Why are not women bald iâ— at least so soon or often as men It is because of the great quantity of moisture by reason of their coldness the cold binding the pores and moisture giving nutriment to the hair Qâ—ery Why are women desirous to go neat and exceed men in the care of their attire To this we answer That woman being one of the delicatest peices of the Creation and modesty compelling her to hide a great part of her beauties she nevertheless desiring that every thing should answer what is visible calls in Art to her assistance and Knowing she was made to be beloved and highly prized by men she will not omit any thing that may give them cause to turn their affections from the Center whereto it ought to tend Besides the esteems it as a comely Decency to have nothing about her but what may demonstrate her careful in the management and conduct of all her Undertakings whilst man who is taken up with the hurry of worldly affairs is less thinking or less at leisure in matters to him of so little moment Many other Reasons might be urg'd but these as to our part may sâ—ffice whilst we leave the rest to the imagination of the Reader Query Why is womans wit upon a sudden a sâ—act or turn pregnant and exceeding mens but in weightier matters upon mature deliberation not so solid or substantial The Reason we give is because being incumbered with less Cares the Womans Understanding is free less puzzl'd and disorder'd and consequently more ratified at that time and capable of recollecting its powers to form suddain conceptions which by length of Time delate and losing succinctness become less solid if not multiplied into confused notions that cannot again be recollected to solidity because the passions of the mind by one contingency or other throw in those obstructions that foil the Reason and render it uncapable of making a second Judgment so true or suitable as the former to the purpose if suddainly laid hold on nor is it allowed that Woman is endowed with such discerning Faculties as man when he enters into the deep retirement of serious Cogitations There are divers Philosophical Reasons given for it but by reason they vary we omit them Quere why do women Love men best who had their first affestions We answer as to the first part of this Quere
â—o Dâ—â—iâ—s a woman of great Courâ—ge who bore all her afflictions with patience and dispised the Frowns of Fortune Sophia Emperess to Jusâ—trnian the second she held a great sway in the Empire and after her husband's death advanced Tiberius to the Throne in hopes of marrying him but finding her self defeated she in Favour of Justinian the Nephew of Justine conspir'd againâ—â— him Sophoâ—isba of Cremona a Lady very Famous for her skill in painting Sophronia a Roman Lady who being ravished by the Tyrant Maxentius begg'd leave of her husband that she might kill her self which accordingly she did and is called the Christian Lucretia Spaco Wife to Mithridates Herdsman to Astyages King of the Medes she was Nurse to Cyrus the Great King of Persia and Hedia Statira the beautiful Daughter of Darius Codmanus she was taken Prisoner at the battle of Issus by Alexander the Great and at his return from the Conquest of a great part of India he marry'd her though when she was offered as a Pledge of Peace by her Father he refused it and at the Wedding give away 9000 Golden Cups to so many persons that attended the Feast After his Death she was murthered by Roxana his first Wife being then great with child by Alexander Stesiclea a Lady of Athens Exceeding beautiful beloved by Themistocles and Aristides which Rivalship caused a great Division between them upon which much mischief ensued in the state Stratonice Concubine to Mithridates King of Pontus a Lady of great Courage and Beauty yet contributed to his misfortunes by siding with the Romans upon a disgust she took for her husbands checking her Ambition but afterwards she greatly lamented the Ruine of her house Sulpicia a Roman Lady living in the Reign of Domitian she composed divers books one in Verse of her own Amours and boasted she was the first that incited the Noble Women of Rome to aspire to the Wit and Learning of the Grecian Ladies Sulpitia daughter to Paterculus a chaste and virtuous Lady which made her only among all others be thought sit to dedicate the Statue of Venus at its setting up in Rome Sylvia daughter of Numitor an Albanian King otherways called Rhea she was Mother to Romulus and Rhemus Founders of Rome and held to conceive them by others Sylvia Botrix she founded the Order of the Conception and retired with Twelve Virgins to an house given her by Q. Isabella of Castile and led a chaste Life all her days Syrinx an Arcadian Nymph beloved by Pan the God of Rusticks but flying from him to the River Ladâ—â— she pray'd to be turned into Reed that she might escapâ— his Lust which being 〈◊〉 he made a Pipe of it to makâ— the Shepherds merry Susannah a chaste Hebrew Lady who was wrongfully accused of Incourine â—y by the Elder and proved Inâ—â—cent by Daniel to the shame and confusion of her Accuiers Sable Fr. Black colour in Blazon It is also a Rich Fur a beast so called â—â—e and near as big as a Poleâ—â— of colour between black â—d crown and breeds in 〈◊〉 but most in Tartana Strowling Morts Strowling Morts are such as â—â—tend to be Widows travelling about from Country to Country making Laces upon lives as Beggar Tape or the 〈◊〉 They are subtle Queans 〈◊〉 hearted light finger'd impocritical and dissembling and very dangerous to meet if any Ruffer or Rogue be in their company Shop Lift. She is most commonly well clad and 〈◊〉 that wants more of Grace â—woedâ— Wit she has several large â—â—â—kets about her but that which stands her principally instead is her Gown or Petâ—â—â— so tuckt up before that will contain any thing withâ—â— falling out Thus prepaâ—â— she will boldly go into a 〈◊〉 shop and there preâ—â— to lay out a great deal of 〈◊〉 whereas her whole 〈◊〉 is to convey into her lap 〈◊〉 Piece of Silk or Satin which will lie in a little comâ—â— And that she may the better facilitate her purpose she will be very troublosome to 〈◊〉 Shop-keeper by causing him to shew her much variety of Commodity to the intent that what she hath stolen may not be easily mist And having sped in one Shop she will attempt other Shops of a different Profession She hath variety of Customers for these stolen Commodities As Taylors Piece-Brokers c. Where she makes up her Merchadise She Orators that have pleaded their own Causes or others Strange and admirable is the Efficacy and Force of Eloquence Amesia a modest Roman Lady who being of a great Crime accused and ready to incur the sentence of the Praecor she in a great confluence slept up among the people and without any Advocate pleaded her own Cause so effectually and strongly that by the publick Suffrage she was freed and acquitted from all Aspersions whatsoever which she did with such a manly yet modest constancy that from that time forward she was called Androgine Equal to her was Hortensia the Daughter of Q. Hortensius She when the Roman Matrons had a grievous Fine put upon them by the Tribunes and when all the Tribunes Lawyers and Orators were afraid to take upon them the Patronage of their Cause this discreet Lady in Person pleaded before the Triumvirate in the behalf oâ— the Women which she did boldly and happily For as one hereditary to her Fathers Eloquence she prevailed so far that the greâ—â—st part of the mulctimpoled 〈◊〉 them was instantly remined Differing from their modesties was tha◠〈◊〉 Aâ—â—â—â— the Wife of Lycinius Eruâ—â—â— a Woman plompt and apâ— for all contention and discord and in all Troubles and Controversies still pleaded her own Cases before the 〈◊〉 Nor that she wanted the help of an Advocate but rather to express her own impudence whose common railing and 〈◊〉 before th◠〈◊〉 grew to that scandal that it almost streâ—cht to the injury of the whole Sex insomuch that if any women were 〈◊〉 taxed with boldness or irregularity she in the way of a Proverb was branded with the Name of Affrania My 〈◊〉 leaves her with this Character That it is much better to 〈◊〉 when such a 〈…〉 than 〈◊〉 to be 〈◊〉 when or of whom she was 〈◊〉 Val. Max. lib. 8. cap. 3. 〈◊〉 Orators I come to Sophists and from Declamer to Disputants It is reported of Câ—cilia the chast Roman Virgin being married against her Will to a Noble Gentleman calted Valerianus when they were left together in the Bride-Chamber she with her strong Reasons and prompt Arguments discoursed and disputed with him in the Patronage and Defence of her Virginity proving unto him from the Scriptures how justly vowed Chastity is more acceptable in the Eyes of the Great maker than marriage insomuch that notwithstanding his 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 meeâ—ing with a Tempting Provoking Beauty the Convenience of Opportunity Time and Place with the lawfulness of the Act Establishâ— by the Ceremonies of the Church yet he at her intercâ—ssion not only 〈◊〉 from that time to offer her any Force or Violence but ever after
brings half a Crown into the Drawers Pocket and now they begin to talk of going home where one is appointed centinal beforehand to let them in without knocking to disturb the family at such a time of Night and is sure to be gratified the next visit for Betty will not forget to bring it in one way or other who did them that service however the Mother is up for she cannot sleep till her Daughter is in Bed yet to deceive her and put a better colour upon the matter they slip by the Parlor door up stairs and immediately change their dress to their Night cloaths and then begin to stamp about the room that they may be heard the Mother then calls and they presently make their appearance and the First Salutation they meet with is alas Daughter where have you been though she knows as well as her self perhaps I wonder you will stay out thus late it is not well done Now whilst our Young Mistress is framing an excuse and it sticks between her teeth Betty briskly prevents her with replying Why truly Madam we have been above stairs this two hours did you not hear us come in and if she replyes no other confident is called to vouch it and so all is well again We leave them now to take their rest as well as they can for thinking what has passed and follow our young Inamoreto who by this time is ratled to his Lodging highly pleased and full of satisfaction and having thrown himself into Bed falls asleep After some wanton Conceipts and Dreams all Night of Kisses Dancing Drinking Treats and Discoursing with his Fair Mistress talking of her and to her in his sleep as if she was present sometimes â—alling so loud into Rapturous Expressions that he disturbs the Family who not readily understanding the Cause take him to be Crack-braind when they hear him at such an unseasonable time of Night talk of Angels and Goddesses The Morning he â—in is her Handkerchief after having kiss'd it many times sets about his Poetry which for the most part he studies in Bed whipping out to his Desk to write now a line then in again to consider of another that will twist with itâ— but above all is much puzled to find a Rhyme to match with Handkerchief and not hitting on it he puts â—it into the middle and makeâ— one more easy serve at the end As Fairest of Creatures wonder well you may How your fine Handkerchief is gone astray But I could tell you wou'd my Muse be kind It is not lost although it lay'd behind It was content though you would go to stay With him who does the Owner Homage pay By this she knows he has taken it as a love Token and expects either a Gold-watch or a Diamond Ring in exchange at the next Meeting We pass over the Pleasant Diversions and Treats he accomodates the Lady with at Bartholomew Fair if the Wooing happen about that time or continue till then Nothing that is rare must scape her senses of Seeing Tasting Hearing Smelling and Feeling nor must she go thence before she has taken a turn or two with him in the Hospital made a Visit to the Lotteries and Raffâ—ing Shops where he humbly beseeches her to throw his Mony away in trying her Luck or to place his Mony for him on the Figures not doubting but she has a great command over the blind Goddess and can make her turn to his sideâ— iâ—â—spight of her Teethâ—â—o and so making her a large â—â—esent of Plate and China over and above what she has coyly receiv'd He takes courage and setting a good face upon it waits on her home in a Coach not sneaking away as before but with his Hat in one hand and her fair â—and on the other in he leads her The Mother is ready to receive them and the Daughter immediately falls to shewing her and relating the History of the Proceedings The Mother then gently chides our Spark for being so extravagant and blames her Daughter for â—uffering it which he excuses with a Pâ—gh Dear Madam these are only small Triffâ—es I am only sorry this Lousy Fair afforded nothing rarer or of greater value And then a Bottle or two being sent for if there be none in the house and having drunk briskly about his Tongue String is loosed to the purpoâ—e He is able to ask his Mistress the Question and demand the Mothers consent if there be no Father in the case However the Mother in such Matters is always consulted and left at her discretion to mould the Father into a complying temper as best able to deal with him He at first meets with some excuses of unpreparedness for Answer but so faint that the concernment as to Jointure Portion and the like being well weighed and rightly stated he from the little difficulty he finds to hinder the progress he from that very moment dates himself Cock sure of being made Master of his Wishes and things being in a fair forwardness he now has free Access and he is highly pleased to find himself the only Welcome Guest of the House and he is not only profoundly Respected by the Servants who had so often tasted of his Bounty but by the graver sort and of those that were frequently summoned thither to consult the Affair in hand so that he is in a manner become one of the Family and he is mightily pleased to hear large commendations and Encouragements upon his Mistress on every hand what a virtuous diligent careful kind good-natur'd and dispositioned Wife she is like to prove and this makes him hug him self in his Approaching happiness In the mean time if he were but in Lodgings before he take a New House and the Workmen are hastened in the sitting it up fit for the Accomodation of the Bride No colt is spared to render it pleasant and taking and least any thing should be amiss he carries her to see the forwardness and to give such directions as she thinks more convenient and a large Entertainment is provided for her and such as she is pleased to bring along with her and the Place he had left him by his Indulgent Mother and upon the account of several Legacies over and above what the Gossips presented â—t â—his Christening are exposed in the most ample manner and though all be very splendid and more than is requisite he gentielly excuses it as a Batchelor Fair and doubts not but there will be â— large amendment to entertain his Friends and Visitants by her more prudent management When she comes to take Government of household Affairs upon this commendation obliges her to spread her Fan over her Face to hide her Smiles and Blushes which is infinitely taking with our Spark We now come to consider this Entertainment drawing to an end and that he cannot acquire himself like a Gentleman unless the workmen to their own management waits upon them home he then leaves them a Guinea to drink her Health but