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love_n	affection_n	love_v	reason_n	2,986	5	5.2856	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67503	Female policy detected. Or, The arts of a designing woman laid open In maxims proper to be observ'd by all, especially the youth of this nation, to arm themselves against the subtilties and devices of intreiguing women. Divided into six chapters. I. Of their allurements. II. Of their inconstancy. III. Of their love. IV. Of their revenge. V. Of their pride. VI. Of their ingratitude. To which is added, two poems, one in commendation of vertue, the other in dispraise of vice. Dedicated to the apprentices of London.	Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.	1695 (1695)	Wing W734; ESTC R219388	13,859	51

when a Passion cooled to the same Indifferency will look slighting and neglective besides he that loves a Woman too much is apt to love himself too little Depend not on the Love of a lewd Woman 't is a Reed will soon deceive you her Love is intangled with her Lust to continue the one is to be a Slave to the other and rather than be that I would share the Punishment of Cesaphus Secure not your Love to a Woman by Oaths or Protestations for she will then think you have bound your self to continue that Respect which would be otherwise her Care and Study to merit and preserve Let not the Protestations of a Woman's Love to you be a President for you to follow though you Love her for she does it purely to tempt you to give in the same Security that she may have the more to upbraid you with whenever you shall prove false If you are Belov'd by a Person you cannot Marry whom you are willing to secure to your own Embraces draw what you can from her by Insinuations the more you get the faster you bind her she will not part with that easily she hath purchas'd dearly and the more you cost her the more she 'll prize you The Love of a Virgin is much to be pitied the Love of a Wife highly to be valued but the Love of a Vitious Woman deserves neither for she will Love any that will serve her Lust. Give no Encouragement to the Love of anothers Wife for it is Lustful in the beginning Treacherous all along and Dangerous in the end Love is a Distemper will wade through the greatest Difficulties to obtain a Cure he that is the Phisician may exact what Fees he pleases therefore do you be careful how you become the Patient Seraphick Love is the Bliss of Angels mutual Love the Comfort of Mankind natural Love the Chain of the World but Lustful Love the Mother of Misfortune To Love a Wife is our Duty to Love a Friend our Interest but to Love a Curtizan is a dangerous Venture CHAP. IV. Of the Malice and Revenge of Women OF all Passions that of Revenge is the most opposite to Reason and good Humour it will so far blind and deceive the Judgment that Persons under this Madness value not what Injuries they do themselves in rashly attempting some trifling Prejudice to an Adversary This Passion in Women springs frequently from the envenom'd Seeds of Corrupted Love as the best Wines once turn'd become the sharpest Vinegar and is so predominant in this Sex that they value nothing they do to accomplish those ends in which the Sweetness of their Revenge is center'd and as they love to extreams every little neglect they construe a great Slight and through their Weakness mistake Accident often for Design and fling themselves by their own Whimsies and Conceits into an evil Opinion of Persons which they Love Thus oftentimes they let their own Jealousies pass for Realities and sowre their Affections into a sharp Revenge without a just Occasion turning Furies to those they Lov'd through a fanciful Ingratitude which I conceive to be the chief Reason why Women are much more Subject to this Passion than Men therefore covet no Woman's Love but whom you will be diligent to Oblige for a small neglect is taken by them as a great Ingratitude Deal with a Revengeful Woman as with a Hand-Granado which you cast from you as soon as the Fuse is lighted lest it burst to the Prejudice of him that fir'd it Have no Familiarity with her you have highly disoblig'd least Bee-like she stings you with her Tail She who once Lov'd you and is turn'd your Enemy look upon her always to be so be not deluded by her Flatteries to give it into her Power to hurt you for Women though they seem to forget a Wrong they have been forced to suffer yet you will find they have good Memories when they have Power to revenge it Trespass not on the Affections of a Woman who Loves you to Excess for Women like Ale if over Sweet will turn sowre the sooner Take not always a Womans Frowns as Slights nor her Smiles as a sure Argument of her Love for every time the Sun is clouded it does not predict soul Weather and when it shines out a Storm may be near at hand Women can dissemble their Passions and change their Looks as a Scorpion can its Colour A Woman's Love turn'd into Revenge is like Wine turn'd to Vinegar which can never be reduced to its primitive Goodness but will always remain Sowre till its dead Nothing is so Revengeful as an injured Woman for which Reason the Poets have ordered the Furies to be put up in the Feminine Gender The Love of a Vertuous Woman is a great Blessing but if once lost by Ingratitude you will find she will turn her Love that could not last into a Revenge that will Shun a Woman that 's your Enemy for every time she sees you it puts her upon fresh Mischiefs If you have dealt Ingratefully by a Woman converse with none that respect her lest at some time or other it should happen to your Prejudice The Passion of an Envious Woman is virulent and Flattery the only Antidote to expell the Poyson To dissemble shows more Prudence than to aggravate by the one you may pacifie the Fury of fermented Spirits when the other will beget in your Enemy fresh Resolutions of further Mischiefs Be Merciful to those you can over-power but Flatter such Enemies you cannot Conquer for Revenge though sweet to those who seek it is always bitter to the Sufferers Some Women are so politickly Penitent after a Revenge compleated they will palliate the Injury with succeeding Pity but think the Sorrow of such a Person as great as hers who weeping follows a dead Husband to the Grave whom she hath wish'd out of the World a Thousand Times whilst he was Living Changes in inconstant Tempers are never to be minded she who does you a wilful Injury and seems Sorry for it it is your Prudence to believe she only grieves that the Mischief she hath done you is no greater Trust an Enemy who hath once hurt you upon a Reconciliation no further than you would the Fawning of a Mastiff Dog who hath attempted to worry you Most Women are Politick in their Love but much more Subtle in their Revenge therefore be careful how you affront them or deceive them to deserve it besides 't is Ignoble to offend the Pevish or to hurt the Weak Make not her that Loves you by Ingratitude your Enemy nor let not the Ingratitude of whom you Love excite you to be hers for Revenge like a Crab-Tree produces a sweet Blossom but a sowre Fruit. CHAP. V. Of the Pride of Women STateliness in a Woman may become her as she walks but Pride in Conversation is hateful and ridiculous and exposes the Persons affected with it to the Censures of the Company in such awker'd

that thinks a Woman Constant because he keeps her proves a Knave to himself and a Fool to his Madam Put no Faith in a Woman that is Wife to another for she who is not Constant to her Husband will never be so to you A Woman who hath a Husband and will admit of a Gallant let him look upon her as Faithful as Monsieur Raggou's Mistriss who was Constant to the whole Troop A Married Woman if Lewd is Subtle by Experience for she who hath her Husband to Deceive every Day can Deceive a Gallant at Leisure A Durable Love is the Supporter of Constancy but that Love can never be Lasting which stands on a False Bottom Be Constant to no Woman but a Wife if you be you Deceive your self expect no Constancy in a Whore for she 'll deceive you Credit no Womans Words who hath lost her Vertue but believe the contrary for she talks Counter If you have Contracted any Friendship with a Woman let all she can do for you be no more than you deserve but if she prove Constant let it be more than you expect Think not a Woman is most Faithful to him she is most Fond off for to him the Deceives most she seems always most Obliging Believe not all to be Virgins that talk much of their Virginity for all would seem Maids that have been made otherwise To one a Woman may be Constant but if she divides her Affections between two she can be Constant to neither If you are Familiar with anothers Wife believe her not when she says she knows none but her Husband and you for she will Swear to her Husband she knoweth none but himself Credit nothing a Woman says as to her Constancy or Vertue for she will judify her Innocence before him with whom she hath been Guilty Love no Woman in the Absence of her Husband you only stop a Gap for another who will return you no thanks for your Labour and remember his Approach will be your Distance If you Love a Woman Conceal it Oblige her with common Courtesies but show no Passion for by your Prudence you may Master her to whom a discovery of your Love will make you become a Servant Measure a Womans Love by her Jealousy for she Loves him best of whom she is most Jealous and of whom she is most Jealous to him she is most Constant. Be Jealous of a Woman that wo'nt be Jealous of you for she that won't be Jealous Loves you not and she that Loves you not will never be Constant to you Answer all the expectations of a Woman you would keep Constant for one single neglect hazards the loss of her Affections Keep a Watchful Eye over the Woman which you Love seem not to be over Credulous of her Vertue if you do she will make tryals of your Faith She who Kisses her Husband in Publick hath generally her Eyes upon him she would Kiss in Private and she that will Kiss both in Publick and Private values not where she Kisses Be Constant to your Wife that she may be Constant to you for Gratitude may constrain a Woman to preserve those Bonds which Revenge may make her violate Chuse for your Wife a Prudent Woman for Prudence preserves Vertue Vertue Love and Love Constancy Inconstancy in a Wife makes Wedlock a Bramble which bears Abundance of Thorns Inconstancy in a Husband makes Inconstancy in a Wife and an inconstant Wife makes a Husband a constant Cuckold Trust no Man with your Wife Abroad nor court your Friend to bear her Company at Home in your Absence for Opportunity and Importunity may conquer the most Heroick Vertue Carry no Man to your Mistress if you prize her for if she loves you she will be civil to your Friend for your Sake 'T is the Policy of a Designing Woman to oblige the Friend of him that loves her to acquaint her self by that means with his Affairs that she may manage him the better Most Women are of cold Constitutions and under the Dominion of the Moon and remember 't is an approved Maxim That all Sublunary things are subject to Mutation Constancy is a great Vertue and its opposite is a dangerous Vice whoever neglects the former to practice the latter is neither to be Belov'd or Trusted 'T is Good to be Wise 't is Wisdom to be Just and Just to be Constant. CHAP. III. Of the Love of Women THE Love of a Woman is easie to be gain'd but difficult to be preserv'd you may with more facility subdue Vertue and bring a Chast Woman to your Embraces than engage her to be Constant after she hath resign'd her Honour 'T is a receiv'd Opinion among their whole Sex That the Passion of Love ceases in a Man after Enjoyment and the Esteem he had before of her Person is much lessen'd by her Condescention to his Desires which Conception occasions her to withdraw her Affections from you unless every Hour you confirm her in a different Faith by fresh Assurances coveting to be Belov'd by some Body who hath a good Opinion of her Vertues for there is nothing more certain that Women who have been deceiv'd themselves take a secret Delight in Deceiving others therefore you that are the Deceivers be careful you are not Deceiv'd The Love of a Virgin is innocent and lasting as her Vertue The Love of a Just Wife friendly and delightful The Love of a Widow politick and deceitful The Love of a Lewd Woman lustful and revengeful If you are the Favourite of a Lady and depend upon her Courtesies you must be industrious to oblige her and as watchful to preserve her from the Efforts of Rivals or you will soon find your Mistress like a Pot-Gun the last Pellet she receives will drive out the former Simpathize not with a Woman who loves you Passionately for as she finds your Love encreases she will cool her own with the Assurance of yours If you have gain'd a Woman's Love and would preserve it be sure be constant in your Visits or you will find most Women have so bad Memories that a Weeks Absence will make them quite forget you The Love of a Woman hath its Seasons like the Year its Spring Summer Autumn and Winter It begins with a warm desire and is nourished to a grearer heat by the kind Influence of the Object till the Harvest of her Joys are full ripe but when the Fruits of her Affections are reap'd and gather'd you will soon perceive some sharp Breezes as Signs of an approaching Winter The Love of a Chast Woman will be continued towards you as long as you behave your self well but the Love of a Woman who hath lost her Vertue is but during Pleasure Love a Woman with Moderation that loves you to an excess her Passion will naturally reduce it self to the same Equality for no Extreams are lasting and then you have the Advantage for the Continuance of a little Love shews a constant Temper and looks friendly and obliging