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The character of a bad woman
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THE CHARACTER OF A Bad Woman A Bad Woman Heav'n bless us Sirs Who dare Approach so near to write her Character Plagues owe their Birth to her envenom'd Breath To see her's dangerous 〈◊〉 touch her Death All Torments and all Ills at first did grow From Her and thence as from a Spring still flow He favour'd her too much that call'd her Worse Than all th' Ingredients cramm'd into a Curse The Bane of Mankind Foe to Innocence First-born of Hell and Poysons Quintessence Creation's Blot and Nature's great'st Disgrace The Seven Deadly Sins drawn in One Face A Sex for Servitude by Heav'n design'd Yet the most proud and cruel of Humane Kind Bold flattering fond disdainful idle vain A double Tongue false Heart and giddy Brain Inconstant gadding tattling simple light Compos'd of Rashness Self-love Fraud and Spite Revengeful sullen covetous ambitious Always complaining envious superstitious Faithless ungrateful subtle troublesom Contentious with her Neighbours more at Home Who always lives in the Intemperate Zone For Means and Measure she 'll be rul'd by none But chilling Frost or scorching Dog-days proves Mortally hates or else too fondly loves The Studies of her Youth are wanton Dances Lascivious Songs Plays Masquerades Romances These antedate her guilty and begin To debauch her long before she 's ripe for Sin She ne'er regards the Laws of Right and Just But tramples all things to promote her Lust The Wickedness her Strength to act denies She by Deceit and Subtlety supplies With seeming Modesty she baits her Hooks Consults her Glass to frame enticing Looks Lisps minces simpers and instructs her Eyes What Glances are most charming to surprise Her Face as Tavern-bush bedeck'd with Toyes Our easie Youth into her Toil decoys Her Curls like Streamers waving seem to court Each spritely Combatant to storm the Fort Whilst naked panting Breasts too plainly show Th' insatiate Thirst that she endures below And tho' in Single Life she oft be naught Yet when at length some doating Fop sh ' hath caught And into wretched Noose of Wedlock brought By Midwife-Rules she boldly goes to Bed And on the Novice pawns a Maidenhead Who starts next Mor◠to see her in his Arms She 's perfect Hag when stripp'd of Arts gay Charms The painted Roses of her Cheeks are dropt Hunch-back's discover'd with Pads underpropt He 's fore'd with strong Perfumes to guard his Nose From poys'nous Whiffs of Breath Arm-pits and Toes◠Ah cursed LOVE well art thou feigned Blind His Mistake's no less fatal in her Mind Handsom she proves a Wench Deform'd a Witch If Poor she makes him Beggar Slave if Rich Or if sh ' affects the Name of Virtuous Woman That 's one who sins but seldom is not Common She then takes privilege and thinks she may Justly rant domineer and disobey Her Husband soon into Consumption cast For Back and Purse do both together waste Whiles to allay not quench her wanton Fires Sometimes she Dildoe sometimes Stalion hires Fine Clothes new Fashions Gossipping rich Fare And sturdy Gallants take up all her Care Honour she counts an empty Term no Tie Her Zeal's Pretence her Study Vanity Her Beauty Paint her Wit Bawdry refin'd Her Kisses Baits her Love a Snare design'd Her Soul if she have one so foul and base Hell's half asham'd it self t' afford it place But hold enough Let none be angry here And think our Pen too sharp a Nib doth bear All this of a Bad Woman 's understood But prithee Reader shew me One that 's Good FINIS