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A89721	Hæc & hic; or, The feminine gender more worthy than the masculine. Being a vindication of that ingenious and innocent sex from the biting sarcasms, bitter satyrs, and opprobrious calumnies, wherewith they are daily, tho undeservedly, aspers'd by the virulent tongues and pens of malevolent men. ...	Norris, James, fl.1682-1684; Harefinch, John, fl. 1682-1690, printer	1683 (1683)	Wing N1242A; ESTC R228457	50,405	172

whom she had bin solemnly contracted was slain in the Lemnian War being impatient to survive him laid violent hands on her self Martia the unspotted Daughter of Varro who is styled Romanorum Doctissimus the most Learned Man of the once most Learned Nation the Romans was of such admirable and undefiled Chastity that she being most Excellent in the Ingenious Art of Painting did so alienate her Pencil from any thing that might have the least appearance of Dalliance or VVantonness that she was never known to draw the Face of a Man and the same is storied of Lala Sizizena of equal Excellency both in that Art and Virtue Selymus the grand Seignior had several stately Ships sent him as Presents tho they never were in his Possession and in the richest of them all was a noble Cyprian Lady destinated to the Lust of the Mahumedan Empire who to prevent so barbarous a Rape fired certain Barrels of Gun-powder by the Violence whereof both the Vessel and the Booty in it was in part burned in part drowned A Famous and Heroick Act saith my Author inferiour to none of the Roman Dames so much commended in their Stories tho more to be commended in a Roman than a Christian Lady Matilda the Beautiful English Virgin was the Daughter of Robert Fitz-Walter the most valiant Knight of that Age being in the year of our Lord 1213. It is recorded there arose a great Discord between King John and his Barons upon the account of Matilda for her matchless Beauty surnamed the fair whom the King caress'd and courted tho lasciviously but was so deservedly unsuccessful that he could neither obtain her own nor her Father's consent to any Act so sordid and unlawful whereupon and for other like Causes issued War commonly known by the name of the Barons Wars throughout the whole Realm to revenge which Indignity as King John misjudged it he exil'd the said Fitzwalter with others demolish'd his Castle call'd Baynard and other his stately Structures this done he sent his Messageur d'Amour to renew his old yet not extinguish'd Amours to Matilda who treated her with all the Respect and Reverence imaginable but ineffectually She being too worthy to be his Whore tho too worthless to be his Wife and he most inhumanly and prophanely quia noluit consentire toxicavit eam because she would not expose her pure Body to his impure Embraces poisoned her with a poached Egg in the very Nunnery where she fled for Sanctuary and Preservation of her Chastity against the fiery Assaults of a burning and salacious Prince and was afterward interr'd in the little Church of Dunmow in Essex In the time of Heraclius the Roman Emperour there was a certain Maid named Phara who made a Vow of Chastity but at length partly in Obedience to her Father's commands partly being tired out with Assiduous and unintermitted Importunities was overpersuaded to a married Life but withall rack'd with internal Regret and overwhelm'd with insupportable Grief that in an inconsiderable space of Time such an Ocean of Tears fell from the Cataracts of her Eyes that she wept her self blind When the City of Amileia was taken by the barbarous Huns a Lady of Honourable Parentage and Noble Descent 't is pitty that ever the Spunge of Oblivion should have wip'd her Name out of the Records of Time being taken captive and finding it decreed by cruel Fate that Death or the loss of Chastity must be her bitter Potion made choice of the former tho the King of Terrours rather than the latter which She thus effected for by a pious fraud and so it was if ever any Deceit merited that Name she feigned to condescend to the Will and Lust of her intended Ravisher and at length with Prayers and Tears two prevalent Arguments even with the most profligate Barbarians obtain'd leave of her brutish Keeper to go and petition the Gods to pardon so foul a Crime desiring to be conducted to the top of the House where she no sooner arriv'd but said with a charming look and an undaunted Resolution Villain if thou wilt enjoy me follow me and immediately precipitated her self and was broken to pieces with the fall preferring the loss of her Life before that of her Chastity Baldraca a Maid both young and beautiful two charming Qualifications tho of very poor and mean Parentage and too too cruelly harass'd by Penury and Want yet could not Otho one of the twelve Roman Caesars subdue her inexpugnable Chastity with all the Batteries of Bribery or alliciating and fascinating Temptations of Power and Grandeur resolving to live Chastly in a homely Rural Hovel rather than dissolutely in a Princely Palace or Imperial Apartment Lucia a fair Virgin of Syracuse in Sicily adorn'd with inward and outward perfections both of Body and Mind her very Eyes cast such a sparkling and irresistable Lustre that she inflamed the Syracusan Tyrant Dionysius insomuch that he was captivated with their Beauty even to the highest dotage and used all possible means fairly if possible to obtain her and she on the contrary to frustrate his wanton Desires but at length he resolv'd to conquer by Force since he could not by Courship and acquainted her therewith who inveighing against her fad Fate and the occasion thereof her Eyes pluck'd them out and presented them to the Tyrant saying Take my Eyes which thou so much admirest and satisfie thy exorbitant Appetite and Desire by which more than manly Action she secur'd her Chastity Sextus Marius the Roman had a Beautiful Daughter who so moved Tiberius the Emperour that his Thoughts were solely taken up with her Matchless Features which Amorous Intrigue as soon as it reach'd her Father's Ear he sent her into the Countrey to remove that admir'd Object from him and to try if her absence might cure the Lascivious Distemper that he labour'd under but he left nothing unatrempted which Love instructs Men with in such cases to gratifie his Libidinous and Unlawful Passion so that all means proving ineffectual he at last had recourse to Base and sordid Practises beneath an Emperour or Man and caused an Accusation to be brought against her by foul and damnable Subornation of Incest with her own Father She perceiving there was no possibility of escaping the Tyrant's hands accosts her Father with this Resolute Language Sir said she let him not dispose of us both to his Will and leave an indeleble Stain upon our Names and Posterity but rather let us Dy honourably Her Father astonish'd and asham'd to be moved to so Heroic an Action by his Daughter kill'd himself first and she did the like after him A Religious Votaress whose chaste Bosom was a Sacred Recluse Dedicated to Goodness upon the Rencounter of a Lascivious Lover return'd this Modest Answer Sir I Honour you so much that I have chosen rather to suffer than by my Tyrannous Beauty to make you a Prisoner Whereupon she discovered her Face in Complexion much alter'd by some Impostur'd

in Battel his Souldiers flying toward the City for Refuge insomuch that the Enemy was ready to enter with them but the Women perceiving it issued out of the Gates holding up their Cloaths as high as their Breasts met them running and reproved them saying O ye Cowards and Basest of Men whither flye you Have you any hopes to hide your selves in these places from whence you came This Object cast such a shameful blush upon them that returning and renewing the Battel smartly Defeated the Conquerours and they obtain'd a glorious Victory in memory of which Action Cyrus made a Law that what Persian King soever should approach that City at his Entry thereof should bestow on every woman there a piece of Gold The renowned Matron commonly called Arria Mater because she had a Daughter of the same Name understanding that Poetus her Husband was condemned to dye and willing that he should expire with his own hand rather than by the stroke of a common hang-Man persuaded him to a Roman Resolution but finding him somewhat terrified at the Approach of his Death she snatch'd up a Sword wherewith she transpierced her self and then with an undaunted Courage pluck'd it off her Bosom and presented it to her Husband with these few and last Words Poete non dolet behold Poetus it hath done me no harm and so fell down dead at his Feet In whose Commendation the witty * Epigramatist hath made an Epigram whereby he Celebrates her matchless Resolution to all succeeding Times 'T is reported of Valasca Queen of the Bohemians who for her Courage obtain'd the Surname of Bold that having by Reason of the roughness and insolence of Men which they lived under in the time of Primislaus made a Conjuration with those of her own Sex to take away all the usurped Jurisdiction and Prerogative of Men and instructed them in military Discipline levied a War met with their Husbands engaged them and totally routed them by which means they obtained the Soverain Power as the Amazons had done before them and for many years managed all Affairs of State offensive and defensive without the Advice or Council of any Men whatsoever Zenobia Queen of the Palinyrians after the Death of her Husband Odenatus took upon her the Imperial Regency and among other Warlike Actions made the Kingdom of Syria Tributary to her nor wanted she Courage to take up Arms against Aurelianus the Roman Emperour but had the misfortune to be overcome and led captive in Triumph to Rome but when it was objected to Caesar by some of his Friends who certainly was a Friend likewise to that Sex as a Dishonour and Reproach to Triumph over a Woman he answer'd it was no Disgrace at all being over such a Woman as excell'd most Men in Masculine Virtue of whom Pontanus makes honorable mention Qualis Aethiopum quondam sitientibus arvis In Fulvum Regina Gregem c. Artemisia Queen of Caria after the Death of her Husband was admired all over Greece who not only in a Naval Expedition overcame the invading Rhodians but pursued them even to their own Coast and took possession of the Island amidst whose Ruins she caused her own Glorious Statue to be erected of Herodotus whom the Greek Historian saith farther I cannot sufficiently admire at this Martial Queen who unintreated or uncompell'd followed the Expedition of Xerxes against Greece out of her own Courage and Excellency of Spirit in which War she furnished five Ships at her own Charge in the great Sea-Fight near Salamine to behold which Battel Xerxes had retired and stood but as a Spectator and Justin saith lib. 2. there was to be seen in Xerxes Womanish Fear and in Artemisia Male Audacity for she demeaned her self to the Consternation of all Men of whose Vessels the King taking special notice not knowing to whom they belonged nor in whose management they then were one spake to the King and said Great Lord behold you not how bravely the Queen Artemisia bears her self this day the King could not at first believe that such Resolution could be in that Sex but at length notwithstanding her brave Service he perceiv'd his Navy put to flight said sighing My Men this day have shewed themselves Women and there is but one Woman among them and She hath shewed her self a Man When the Sabines demanded Roman Women in Marriage with their Swords in their hands to revenge a Refusal the wise Senate was puzled for an Answer in such a case where a denial would beget a certain War or a Grant Hazard their State because their Alliance was but a Color to make themselves Masters of Rome Tutola being very young presented her self with her Advice which at first surprized them but afterward succeeded to the Glory of the Romans and shame of the Strangers and after she perceiv'd a great Irresolution in the Discourse of so many old Senators whom Experience should have furnished with good Council proposed this that they would agree to their demands and dress up their Maids like Brides and so carry them to the Sabines who preferred their Pleasure before their Designs of making War these Slaves seeing their pretended Husbands in a sound sleep subtilly stole away their Armor and advertised the Roman Soldiers thereof by a lighted Torch who came upon them and carried away a Victory wherein Fortune had no part One cannot praise enuf the Courage Conduct and Affection of Tutola who found an expedient for the Common-Wealth when the whole Senate and Nation could find nothing but Fear and Apprehension The same Author saith farther p. 324 325. As for Fortitude which the Male Bragadochios think intail'd on the Breeches the Women of Argos will soon confute that vain Conceit who upon the instigation of a Valiant She-Wit and Poetess Telesilla by name took up Arms maintain'd the Walls and repell'd the Enemy with great loss Was not here both Mercury and Mars Wit Valour Poetry and Fortitude and all in long Coats And it is observable what Solemnity they kept in Memory of this valiant Enterprise namely the Hybristica sacra in plain English their upbraiding Festivals wherein the Women wore the Breeches and the Men their Wives Apparel What Resolution did the French Ladies show at the Siege of Beauvais which was part of the Glory of the Victory Anno 1472. When they presented themselves valiantly and more than Man-like upon the Walls casting Wild-fire Stones scalding Oyl and Water upon the Enemies and so Repulsed Charles Duke of Burgundy with his Forces nay there was to be seen in the Jacobins Church at Beauvais an Ensign which a Woman Joan Foucquet by name wrested out of an Ensign-bearers hands who had gain'd the top of the Walls This demonstrates that Virtue makes no distinction of Sexes and that there are Women to be found who may teach Men both to Live and Dye In Plato's Commonwealth Women are call'd to Politick and Military Charges and Antisthenes made no difference between Masculine

done it may be judg'd without difficulty what they are capable of doing If Men sometimes would take their Advice whom God hath given for their Help and Consolation in their Affairs 't is probable they would have a happier success in their Enterprizes and these ensuing Examples do sufficiently and apparently justifie that those Praises we bestow upon that Sex are not ill grounded but we have Reason to maintain that their Prudence hath often bred Remedy to the most desperat Diseases of States Republics and Kingdoms Of learned Women and their Affection to Learning and learned Men. NIcostrate the Mother of Evander was the first that taught the Latins their Letters Pericles was admirable in Eloquence and Valiant in Armes but he had Teaching Education and Eloquence from his noble and beautiful Mistris Aspatia afterward his Wife Pythagoras and Aristippus confess that they receiv'd their chiefest Secrets in Philosophy from Theoclea Polla Argentina the Wife of Lucan and Statius both noted Poets was so learned that she corrected their Books namely the three first of the Pharsalian War and the first Book of Statius Areta Corvina exceeding skilful in Poesie and hath surpassed Pindar the Prince of Greek Lyric Poets in the Opinion of some Critics she wrote five Books of Epigrams Hippatia Wife of Isidore wrote many Books in Astrologie openly taught Philosophie and many Sciences in Alexandria had many Auditors Suidas Dama the Daughter of Pythagoras excell'd in Philosophie and shewed her Wisdom and Learning in commenting upon her Father's Books Sosipatra a Lady of Ladies she was skilful in all sort of Learning and in all Sciences insomuch that she was said to be engendred of a Deity Lesbia wrote a Poem in the Doric Dialect which is thought to contend with Homer for the Excellency of the Verse Caia Affrania Wife to Lucius was so fit for and skil'd in Law that she pleaded often before many Magistrates Clandia Ruffina a British Lady skill'd in the Tongues celebrated by the Epigrammatist Sappho the Lesbian from whom came the Sapphic Verses she taught Scholars had three Female Pupils and wrote four Lyric Books Epigrams Elegies Iambics and Menias The Romans erected her a Statue in Porphiry richly wrought to perpetuate her Memory Endocia the Wife of Theodosius the younger and Daughter of Leontius the Athenian Sophister cal'd Athaenais before she was baptized into the Christian Religion and married to the Emperour then she was called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 because tho she was born of mean Parentage yet for the famous Qualifications both of her Body and Mind she so pleased the Emperour that he took her into his Bed and made her his Wife She left and Octateuch written in Heroic Verse so called from the number of Books which she wrote and they were eight Photius extremely commends this Work She also made a Metrical Metaphrasis of Daniel and Zecariah the Prophets and three Books in Verse in Praise of the Blessed Martyr Cyprian Olympias a Thebaness and famous Physicianess Trota or Trotula of Salerno a Town in Italy a noble She-Physician who wrote a Treatise of the Diseases incident to Women and their Cure Aloysia Sigea a Spanish Lady versed in five Languages Latin Greek Hebrew Syriac and Chaldee Cassandra a very learned Venetian Maid Politian writes a whole Epistle in her Commendation Certum est enim saith he Ep. li. 3. Ep. 13. non minus ad cam invisendam quam ad Livium nostrum Patavinum olim ab ultimis Orbis partibus confluxisse plurimos qui sui seculi Ornamentum sexus Miraculum Ingenii monstrum depraedicabant 'T is most certain that very many Persons came from the most remote Parts of the World to see her no less then our Patavinian Livy who did speak her to be the Ornament of her Age the Miracle of her Sex and a Monster of Ingenuity Annas Comnenas Empress of the East a learned Woman she wrote eight Books call'd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 de Rebus a Patre Jestis in Greek Corinna there were three learned Women of that name the first a Theban who is reported to have overcome Pyndar the Prince of Greek Lyric Poets five times and to have put forth five Books of Epigrams of whom Propertius makes mention the second a Thespian much celebrated by the Antients the third flourished in the time of Ovid and was most dear to him Margaret Queen of Navar Sister to Francis the first there are her Memoires in public together with her Poetical Works Anna Maria Schurman a learned Woman whom Spanheim calls ultimum Naturae in hoc Sexu Conatum and decimam Musam c. The Dernier Effort of Nature in that Sex the tenth Muse c. a Dutch Maid She hath published her Works in Hebrew Greck Latin French Prose and Verse in the third Edition of which Book in the end there are divers Elogia of her by Learned Men the loss of whose being out of Town that is from Vtrecht Edward Brown Physician to our King seems to bewail and to content himself with her Picture drawn by her own hand with this Inscription Cernitis hic picta nostros in Imagine Vultus Si negat Ars formam Gratia Vestra dabit Elizabeth Weston a learned English Gentlewoman commended by two of the greatest Wits of our late Modern Age Joseph Scaliger and Janus Dousa She hath written a Book of Poesie intituled Parthenion who admir'd her as they say before they had the Happiness to be acquainted with her Margaret More Daughter of Sir Thomas More attained that Skill in all Learning and Languages that she became the Miracle of her Age Forreiners took such Notice hereof that Erasmus Dedicated some Epistles to her No Woman that could speak so well spake so little whose Secresie was such that her father Lord Chancellour of England entrusted her with his most important Affairs such was her skil in the Fathers that she corrected a depraved place of St Cyprian for whereas it was corruptly written nisi vos Sinceritatis she amended it Nervos Sinceritatis This is acknowledged by two eminent Authors Costerus and Pamelion on that place nay farther she translated Eusebius out of the Greek and Mr. Fuller hath placed them among the English Worthies Nay his three Daughters were all so Learned that Erasmus saith he found them so perfect in Livy that the worst Scholar of them was able to expound him quite through without Hesitation except some places of extraordinary difficulty Quod me vel mei similem esset moraturum which might puzzle me or one as knowing as my self Besides within Memory our Nation hath produced four Sisters the Daughters of Sr. Anthony Coke rare Poetesses skilful in Latin and Greek besides many other excellent Qualities eternized already by the Golden Pen of Buchanam with many other incomparable Ladies and Gentlewomen in our Land One example or two of their Affection to Learning and learned Men and so we will dispatch this Subject Octavia the Sister of