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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51611	An essay to revive the antient education of gentlewomen in religion, manners, arts & tongues with an answer to the objections against this way of education.; Essay to revive the antient education of gentlewomen, in religion, manners, arts & tongues	Makin, Bathsua, fl. 1612-1673.	1673 (1673)	Wing M309; ESTC R8034	31,566	44

for Government and swayed the Scepter of this Nation with as great honour as any man before her Our very reformation of Religion seems to be begun and carried on by Women Mris. Ann Askue a Person famous for Learning and Piety so seasoned the Queen and Ladies at Court by her Precepts and Examples and after sealed her Profession with her Blood that the Seed of Reformation seemed to be sowed by her hand Henry the Eighth made a beginning out of State Policy his Feminine Relations acted out of true Piety this stuck in the Birth till his Daughter Queen Elizabeth carried it to the height it is now at My design is not to say all that may be said in the praise of Women How modest and chast many have been how remarkable in their love to their Husbands how constant in Religion how dutiful to their Parents or how beneficial to their Countrey The Scripture mentions the wise Woman at Abel who ransomed the City from Joab's Sword with Sheba's Head when all the men were in a maze and knew not what to do Debora was more instrumental to deliver Israel than Barak Nabal and his House had been destroyed had not Abigail wisely pacified David The whole People of the Jews had been cut off had not Hester adventured her life at the feet of Abasuerus My intention is not to equalize Women to Men much less to make them superior They are the weaker Sex yet capable of impressions of great things something like to the best of Men. Hercules and Theseus were very valiant Manalippe and Hyppolite were little inferior to them Zeuxes and Timanthes were brave Painters So were Timarete Irene Lala Martia and many others For Poetry Sappho may be compared with Anacreon Corinna with Pindar Tullia was eloquent like Cicero Cato's Daughter little inferior to himself in the Theory and Practice of Philosophy Semiramis was like Alexander in magnificence The Tanaquils as politick as Servius Tullius The Porcea's were as magnanimous as Brutus The inference I make from hence is that Women are not such silly giddy creatures as many proud ignorant men would make them as if they were uncapable of all improvement by Learning and unable to digest Arts that require any solidity of Judgment Many men will tell you they are so unstable and unconstant born down upon all occasions with such a torrent of Fear Love Hatred Lust Pride and all manner of exorbitant Passions that they are uncapable to practise any Vertues that require greatness of Spirit or firmness of Resolution Let such but look into History they will find Examples enow of illustrious Women to confute them Before I mention the Objections I shall state the Propositions I have endeavoured to prove That which I intend is this That Persons of competent natural parts indifferently inclin'd and disposed to Learning whom God hath blessed with Estates that they are not cumbred in the World but have liberty and opportunity in their Childhood and afterwards being competently instructed in all things now useful that concern them as Women may and ought to be improved in more Polite Learning in Religion Arts and the knowledge of things in Tongues also as subservient to these rather then to spend the over-plus time of their youth in making Points for Bravery in dressing and trimming themselves like Bartholomew-Babies in Painting and Dancing in making Flowers of Coloured Straw and building Houses of stained Paper and such like vanities Object No Body means Gentlewomen should be thus educated in matters of meer vanity but in practising their Needle in knowing and doing those things that concern good Housewifery which is Womens particular qualification Answ I know not what may be meant but I see what is generally done In most Schools for educating this Sex little more is proposed by the Undertakers or expected by the Parents As far as I can observe the less any thing of solidity is taught the more such places are frequented I do acknowledge in the state of the Question that Women should be accomplished in all those things that concern them as Women My meaning is The over-plus time may be imployed in polishing their minds with the knowledge of such things as may be honourable pleasant and profitable to them and their Relations afterwards Before I proceed further to Answer the remaining Objections I desire this may be taken notice of That what-ever is said against this manner of Educating Women may commonly be urged against the Education of Men. Object If we bring up our Daughters to Learning no Persons will adventure to Marry them Answ 1. Many men silly enough God knows think themselves wise and will not dare to marry a wise Woman lest they should be over-topt 2. As some Husbands debauched themselves desire their Wives should be chast and their Children vertuous So some men sensible of their own want caused by their Parents neglect will chuse a learned Woman in whom they may glory and by whose prudence their defect may be supplyed 3. Learned men to be sure will chuse such the rather because they are sutable Some Men marrying Wives of good natural parts have improved themselves in Arts and Tongues the more to fit them for their converse 4. Many Women formerly have been preferred for this very thing Athenais Daughter to Leontius the Philosopher left destitute by him was entertained by his Sister Placida for her Learning and was after married to the Emperor Theodosius charmed by her worth being fitted by her education for that high place she is recorded for an excellent Empress Upon her being baptized she was called Eudocea Constantine married Helena the Daughter of Lois more for her Learning than any other accomplishments We may probably imagine Hortensia Terentia Tullia and divers others had never been married to such brave men had not their Education preferred them If this way of educating Gentlewomen should now be set on foot there will not be so great a number bred but as degenerate as times are there would be found learned men enow to whom they may be preferred for their very Education Object It is against custom to Educate Gentlewomen thus Answ Bad customs ought to be broken or else many good things would never come into use I have shewed this is a Heathenish Custom or a worse continued amongst us upon very bad grounds Object Solomon 's good Housewife is commended for rising early imploying her Servants making Garments by which her Husband was known in the Gate It seems she was of quality she had so many Servants and her Husband a Magistrate their Courts of Judicature were at the Gate no mention is made of Arts or Tongues Answ It seems Persons of Quality were more industrious in those times than they are now I do not intend to hinder good House-wifery neither have I called any from their necessary Labour to their Book My design is upon such Persons whose leasure is a burthen Further if Solomon's good House-wife was accomplished with Arts