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A08172
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An apology for vvomen: or, Womens defence. Pend by C.N. late of Albane Hall in Oxon
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C. N. (Christopher Newstead)
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1620
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STC 18508; ESTC S101131
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not forst fond thraldome to allow As we to get are fram'd so they to spare We made for paine they made our paines to cherish We care abroad and they at home haue care I may say of them Euri. Trag. as Euripides saith of the iust man They seeme non sibi Pet. de reemr sortu sed alijs natae not to be borne to themselues but to others Dulces parentes dulces fillij dulces fratres dulces amici sed dulcissimae vxores It is a sweet thing to haue parents children brothers and friends but it is most amoene it is most sweete to haue the comfort of a louing woman when parents proue vnnaturall children rebllious brothers vnkind friends vnconstant wiues are onely like the Gemelli of Hypocrates inseparable the sweete that must relish all those sowre potions a wife is as a good conscience to a man wheresoeuer she is there is true peace and ioy a man is neuer perfect vntill he be married till then he is defectiue he wants a Ribbe not vxor fulgit as the Ciuilian saith radijs mariti sed maritus radijs vxoris She is as the Sunne and hee the Moone the beames of her presence is the cause of his shining It may be an Axiome as well as an Adage Verberat vxorem qui non habet vnmarried men only beat their wiues who discommend them out of ignorance for wee cannot iudge of sweet vntill we taste them but most maligne them as Appius did Virginia because they cannot obtaiâ—e them and married men dislaude them because they haue them for Quicquid domi est vile est we alwaies esteeme the worst of that wee inioy praesentium taedio futuri desiderio laboramus wee are sick alwayes of the present and for future things tardius bona quà m mala sensimus 〈…〉 wee are more sensible of ill then good as Cicero saith of his Terentia that till he was exilde from her company hee neuer knew what content it brought vnto him wee neuer know what pleasures are till we bee bereaued of them widdowers can onely iudge of the comfort of a wife That Children are most obliged to their mothers EDucing education and affection are the threefold cords that should tye each childe to the loue of its mother first by educing or inducing to this world wherin euery mother is as a good Land-Lord to her childe giuing it both house-roome and nutriment when it like an vnruly Tenant doth grieue and vexe her and which is against the Lease of equity many times cuts and crops the flourishing trees of their beauty and growne too great for their places as many mens minds are for their estates they seeke for a more ample habitation neither can they haue the Lawyers bene decessit for many times Proh dolor they ruinate in their departure their continents and yet women shew themselues the truest louers they loue them that hurt them that it is better not to beginne a good action at all then to desist hauing begunne they perseuere in their benefits giuing them that alter a natura that other nature education nourishing our bodies as the Pellicane though not with the bloud yet with the substance of their brests and when they are able instruments to exercise the faculties of the soule they and id maximum beneficium quod animum reddit meliorem that is the greatest benefit which perfects the soule suckle our mindes with the milke of good manners training vs vp 〈…〉 as Tanaquill did her sonne in religion and learning The two Gracchi reaped all the flowers of their Oratory from the Garden of their mothers vertues Sucto Caesar obtained his eloquence by conuersing with his mother And Socrates that Athenian Eagle exhausted all his wisedome from the well-spring of Diolâ—nna's instructions 〈…〉 Lastly by their affection Rutilia followed her sonne Cotta in his exile and yet when death bereaued her of him her eyes neuer shewed her heart loued him in expulso virtutem ostendit in amisso prudentiam in his exile she shewed her loue in his death her wisdome Two Roman Matrons beholding their sons Petrar de Mater whom they deemed to haue bin slaine in the great battel at Thraceninus their soules as incapable of so inexpected ioy took leaue of their bodies But I need not induce Instances since they are oftner with Niobe Satyrus for ouer-louing theÌ„ for not louing them reprehended Two reasons may be giuen why they doe most affect their children First because they are certain they are theirs VVherfore Tâ—lâ—machus being asked if it were true that Vlisses was his father answered Mater quideÌ„â—ta hoc dicit My mother saith he was Secondly for that they haue most sorrow by them for emnis amat beneficia sua wee loue that most dearely that costs vs dearest There is one honour saith Aristâ—tle due to the father another to the mother we owe most honour to our father in a Geometricall proportion in respect of dignitie but most to our mother in an Arithmeticall proportion in respect of desert For we haue of them principally 〈…〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 our essence Secondly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 our nourishment thirdly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 our education and amor amoris magnes est durus est qui amorem non rependit Loue is the Loadstone of Loue and hee is the most obdure that doth not repay it There is no ingratitude comparable to that which is committed against the mother Euery man may say with Seneca 〈…〉 Quicquid praestiti infra aestimationem materni muneris est When I haue performed all that I can I can neuer recompence her For hee is neuer conquered in benefits whose benefit it is that he is conquered I will winde vp the clue of this Tract with that patheticall saying of Petrarch Petrar de Mater Cum nihil sit natis materno magis amore Iam mater studijs est veneranda pijs Since Mothers most their childrens states doe tender By obsequious dutie we them thankes should render The Castrophe IT is no maruell if the Catharri would rechange three or foure men Diodâ— Aâ—â— for one woman captiuated or taken prisoner if the Egyptians Lycians would haue them rule both in publike and priuate If the Lacedemonians called their wiues 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ladies Tacide Mâ—r. Oâ—r If the Germans paid so deare for their Spouses If Platâ— held a woman as necessary in a Family as a King in a Countrey since they doe excell in all the principall passions of the minde hauing as Museus saith of Hero a hundred graces In continencie Cato's in fortitude Scipio's in constancie Achates in pulchritude as the Poet saith of Amarintha all beauty in wit the Marmulade and sucket of Muses Cordial Nepenthes of comfort to their husbands True Pellicans to their children If Nature saith Plutarch would see her selfe woman must be her perspectiue or Looking-glasse Women What are they Natures pride Vertues ornament Angels on earth Saints in Heauen memorable to be registred worthy to bee serued In a word if the world bee a Ring woman is the Diamond set in this Ring And now my Pen will needs take his leaue of its faire Loue the Paper with blubbering as you see these ruder teares of Inke I may say as Festus saith of himselfe Festus hist Rom. init Res gestas signaut non scripsi I haue touched not handled their vertues VVherein I haue obserued halfe of Aesops counsel to Solon Lubin in Juâ—e 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that his speech should bee either short or sweet VVhat I want in suauitie I haue endeuoured to supply by breuitie of which if any one accuse me let Seneca giue a pricke to their Toade-swolne galls with his Nuâ—quam parum est quod satis est I know that more may be said of each qualitie but I desired not to say all but enough FINIS