below him he keeps hiâ— Residence there that he might with the more Facility direct their beaâ—â— Influences when and whither he pleases you may Ladies by this means make them beautiful Brows that have their Hair growing too thick or irregular Take Ivy Gum Emmets-Eggs or Pincent Colophonie Leeches burnt half an Ounce grind and mingle them with the Blood of a Frog and annoint the superfluous Hair and it will come off or you may take the Juice of Henbane Sanguinis Draconis Gum-Arabick and Frankincense of each three Drams Juice of Nigthshade as much as will suffice to make it into an Ointment and apply it as the former Brows falling too low over the Eyes you must work to remedy that defect a little Mastick together with the Juice of Colworts and going to Bed put the Brow up into its place and in the form of a Plaâ—â—ter apply the Mastick to it all Night and in so doing three or four Nights it will keep in its proper place Brows that shed their Hair may be prevented from so doing by taking the small filings of Lead a little Linseed-Oil and Goose-grease with which being well mixed annoint them or Maiden-hair one Dram black Henbane-seed two drams Unguentum Irinum three Spoonfuls bruise what is to be bruised and with Oil make them into an Unguent and having bathed the Brows with Water wherein Mirtle-Berries have been boil'd annoint them with it Brows that have lost their Hair to recover it take Wasps or Bees burn them to Ashes and mix the Ashes with Honey and laying it to the Hair 't will quickly come again Brows reddish or white are made black by this means Take what quantity you please of Red Filberds calcine them in an earthen Vessel mix it with Goats-grease and annoint the Brow with it and if the Skin be soil'd wash it off with warm Water and in often using the Hair 't will become of a very curious Black Beauty of an Itchy oâ— Scabby Skin repaired Beauty Ladies by these defects is much impaired but we fear whilst we are prescribing Remedies for such loathsom Skin-defiling Maladies you will perhaps think we have forgot you and are Addressing our selves to your Kitchen-maids We must confess these fretting Exulcerations are more frequently incident to such as have not the advantages of Neatness and anticipating Remedies but most certain it is that not only they but the most nice and delicate if any thing the most Irregular or Intemperate cannot at all times be secur'd from them If ever then your ill dispos'd Humours grow so strong as to break their way through the inclosing Skin it will do you no harâ— to have something in readiness that may check their Presumption Be it so then take fumitory-Fumitory-water an Ounce and a half succory-Succory-water three Ounces Syrup of Fumitory and Succory of each one Ounce mix them together and take two Spoonfuls in a Glass of White-wine for your Mornings draught and by often using you will find it an excellent Remedy or take Rhuburb one Scruple Senna two Drams Anniseeds half a Scruple White-wine half a pint put them into an earthen Bottle stop it close and set it over warm Embers all Night in the Morning strain it out and drink it and to purge your Body afterwards that the Humours may be remov'd which may be done with Pills made of Citron Mirabolaus and Rhuburb of each half a Dram Aloes washed in the Decoction of Senna one Scruple mix them well by bruising and make them up into Pills with Syrup of Fumetory And to wash the place afflicted Take Balm a good quantity bruise it well and set it to macerate one Night in White wine the next day draw off the Water in a Glass-still it is exceeding sweet and will cleanse and purifie the Skin after the defect is taken away then annoint it with Natural Balsom and a Grain of Musk and you will find a rosie Beauty where Deformity had usurped the place Big-belly'd Woman how to govern herself Good Government in these Cases has not only saved Miscarriages and Abortions but prevented endangering the Mother's Life wherefore we have thought it convenient for the Instruction of new marry'd Women to lay down some modest Rules and commend them to their Observance First then We advise Women with Child iâ— they are not strong of Body and very healthful to chusâ— a temperate Air where no grosâ— Fogs or Damps arise from Lakes Marishes or the like and noâ— to venter herself abroad when the Weather is either too Cold or too Hot nor when the South-wind blows too strong for that above all others is held to be injurious to the Birth she carries in her Womb The North-wind in the next place when it is too turbulent and cold is offensive to her Person carsing Catarrhs Coughs and Rheums which opening the Body le ts in too much Air 〈◊〉 the Womb or causes it to dismiss its Burthen untimely and if any evil Vapours be drawn in during pregnancy they produce many disorders and sometimes cold Diseases And Secondly In her Diet 〈◊〉 ought to be careful and cautious chusing such Meats 〈◊〉 create wholsom Nourishment and those are held to do so which are moderately dry she must avoid Excess on the one hand and immoderate Fasting on the other for as the one causes it to swell beyond its natural bounds so the other renders it weakly and sickly and often for want of Nourishment to come before its time All Meats too hot or too cold are to be avoided as Sallets any thing dressed with hot Spices Salt-meats and the like which being eat to any degree sometimes makes the Child come forth without Nails and such other defects as are signs of short Life or a very unhealthy Constitution therefore let her take such as are of good Nourishment and a facil Digestion as Lamb Veal Mutton Larks Partridges and the like and of Fruits such as are sweet and pleasant as Cherries Apricots Rasberries Pears Plumbs c. but by any means avoid those things that occasion windyness in the Body she must regulate as well as she can her Longings that they extend to nothing that 's unwholsom or extravagant Government must in pregnant Women be observed in their Sleeping which we advise to be moderate not soon after Meals and little as may be in the day time Moderate Exercise is likewise requir'd to move the Body and keep it in a good Temper by distributing the Humours and giving the Blood a freer Circulation but all viâ—lent Motion in Walking or otherways must be avoided for it molests and injures the frame of the Womb any great Sounds or Noises especially Ringing of Bells and Shooting off Guns are to be shun'd as much as may be Immoderate Crying or Laughing are very hurtful and the better to help the Birth when it comes near to delivery Let the Childbearing Woman take such things as will keep her Body soluble as Syrup of Violets sweet Wines or the like avoiding
an ounce and a half of Oyl of Foxes Oyl of Lillies and Capons Grease and Goose Grease each two ounces Pine Rosin Greek Pitch and Turpentine of each two ounces boile them together in an Earthen Glaz'd-Vessel Adding then an ounce of the Oyl of Elder being taken hot from the fire add some Virgins-Wax to them as much as will stiffen the Mass into a Sear-cloth and when it is almost cold spread it and apply it to the place that Languishes or does not equally Thrive And for that and the rest the Plaister after some continuance being taken off use this Bath in Claret Wine Boil half a handful of Wormwood Roses Stachas of Rosemary Calamint Sage Squinath Cammomile each a handful boil it till the third part of the Wine be consianed and when it is warm Bath the Body or any particular part more immediately requiring it will Nourish Strengthen and Beautifie the Framâ— of the Body Body when too Fat Hoâ— to reduce it to a Beautifâ—â— Form and handsom Proporâ—â—â—on Bodies of an 〈◊〉 weildy Bulk are to many â—â—â— pleasing as the former as beiâ—â— the other Extream no one câ—â— think it a very pleasing Sigâ— to see a Soul Strugling 〈◊〉 a mountanous Load of Flesâ— and the Body stretched to 〈◊〉 Dimensions as renders it 〈◊〉 most out of shape And if the were nothing more than 〈◊〉 Incumbrance it were sufficâ—â—ent to deter any one from 〈◊〉 unweildy a Magnitude 〈◊〉 here in too Legible Character those that can Read 〈◊〉 Sloth and Voluptuousnes occasioned it for when e're 〈◊〉 Carcase swells it self into a buâ— too Voluminous Idleness 〈◊〉 there described in Folio Ladies then be careful to keeâ— your Bodies in an due Proportion and if ever they enlarâ—â— themselves to Extravagant Lâ—â—mits use the Directions to â—â—â—duce them to their formâ— bounds that so you may 〈◊〉 gain both your Credits 〈◊〉 your Beauties Bodies 〈◊〉 such Proportions must 〈◊〉 Early in the Morning be Exercised to Sweating be 〈◊〉 in Diet not Eating Sweâ—â—t things but rather Salt Sharâ— or Bitter especially â—awcâ—â— lye not over Soft at Night Bleed in the Right Arm preâ— largely in the Spring and in 〈◊〉 Left in Autumn purge pretty strongly in those Seasons and once a Week take some Laxatives and in Winter Mornings the Powder thus Composed Bray Anniseeds Fennel Agnus Castus Carroway Rue and Cummin Nutmegs Pepper Mace Ginger Galingale and Smallage dry'd Marjorum Gentian Round-bithwort of each an equal part and by drying beating and sifting bring it into a Powder and take in a Glass of White-wine a Dram of it half an hour before Meals and to the Heart and Liver as you see Cause â—ay cooling Applications as the Juice and Decoction of Plantane Sheepherds-purse Lettice and the like and if any particular part be more Corpulent then the rest take Cerus Fullers-earth and white Lead mix them with the Juice of Henbane and Oil of Mirtle and when the part has been bath'd with Vinegar annoint the place and the Success will be evident Breaâ—â—s hanging down or large how to make them Plump and Round Breasts that hang loose and are of an extraordinary Largeness lose their Charms and have their Beauty buried in the grave of Uncomliness whilst those that are small plump and round like two Ivory Globes or little Worlds of Beauty whereon Love has founded his Empire command an awful homage from his Vassals captivate the wondring gazers Eyes and dart warm Desires into his Soul that make him languish and melt before the soft Temptation therefore to reduce those Breasts that hang flagging out of all comely Shape and Form that they may be plump round and smaller Bind them up close to you with Caps or Bags that will just fit them and so let them continue for some Nights then take Carret-seed Plantan-seeds Anniseeds Fenel-seeds Cummin-seeds of each two Ounces Virgins-Honey an Ounce the Juice of Plantane and Vinegar two Ounces each bruise and mingle them well together then unbinding your Breast spread the Composition Plaister-wise and lay it on your Breasts binding them up close as before after two days and two nights take off the Plaisters and wash your Breasts with White-wine and rose-Rose-water and in so doing for twelve or fourteen days together you will find them reduc'd to a curious Plumpness and Charming Roundness wash them then with Water of Benjamin and it will not only whiten them but make their Azur Veins appear in all their intricate Meanders till the Lover in tracing them looses himself Breasts are likewise to be reduc'd by washing them with Scabeous Water-Verjuice the Waters of Bean-Blossoms Rosemary-flowers and the Juice of Citrons annointing them afterward with Oil of Mastick and Myâ—rhe and binding them up close as before directed So the unseemly spreading Alps you 'll see Round as Parnassus spiry Tops to be Bracelets Perfumed how to make them Bracelets have been highly in Esteem among the Ladies adorn'd with Gold and precious Stones but since those seem to be laid aside we hope Pomander or Perfumed Bracelets may be used they by their odoriferous Scent conduce much Ladies to the making your Captives numerous though they bind only your Arms yet they take Men your Prisoners To make them then Beat Musk and Ambergreece of each forty Grains with two Ounces of the Buds of Damask-Roses the Whites being clipt off add of Civit twenty Graiâ—â— also a little Labdanum being well mix'd and fine beaten make them up with Gum-tragacanth disolv'd in Rose water and so make them when harden'd into small Beads and string them the Scent is rare and Comfortable or for another sort take Labdanum and Styrax Calemite each a Dram and a half Benjamin one Dram Mace Cloves Lavender-Flowers and Wood of Aloes of each half a Scruple Musk and Ambergreece of each four Grains a little â—â—rpentine and Gum-Tragaâ—anth dissolved in Rose-water as much as will suffice beat and mix them well together in a warm Mortar and make them into a Pomander according to Art Boxes of Perfume Boxes are very necessary on sundry Occasions viz. To hinder Vapours prevent Infections remove Ill Scents or bad Airs To make these Perfum'd Boxes Take right Jessemine Butter half an Ounce Essence of Orange-flower Essence of Cynnamon Oil of Orange peel Oil of Nutmegs Essence of Roses of each half a Scruple Flowers of Benjamin one Scruple Essense of Amber Musk and Civit of each half a Scruple All these you must work well together in a cold Marble-Mortar keeping it as close as may be Then put it into your Boxes of Ivory or Silver with holes for the Scent to come through and it is a great preservative against the Plague Pestilence c. as well as pleasant and delightful to the Brain Brows of the Eyes How to Beautifie and Adorn. Brows of the glittering Eyes are Cupid's Groves of Pleasure where he shelters himself from the violent Heat of the too flaming Opticks or rather 〈◊〉 a controlling Intelligence made super Intendant to the Chrystal Spheres
Kidneys Take of the middle rind of the Root of Asiâ— bruised two pound Juniper-Berries bruised three pound Venice-Tâ—â—pentine of the bell two pound and a half put these into twelve pints of Spring-water in a Glass-Vessel well closed and there let them purifie in Horse-doing three Months then distill them in Ashes and there will come forth an Oyl and a Water seperate the one from the other ten of twelve drop being taken of this Oyl every Morning in four or six spoonfuls of the said Water dissolves the Stone and Gravel in the Kidneys most wonderfully An excellent Water for the Worms Take of Worm-seeds bruised eight ounces the shaving of Harts-horn two ounces of Peach-flowers dry'd an ounce of Aloes bruised half an ounce pour on these the Waters of Tansie Rue Peach-flowers and of Wormwood of each a pint and half let them be digested in a Glass-Vessel three days then distill them cohobate this Water three times This Water may be given from half an ounce to three ounces according to the Age and Strength of the Person In the Second Part of the Ladies Dictionary I shall insert the Receipts of several pretious Waters and their Use which I have receiv'd from the Fair-Sex and which were never yet made publick Dells are young bucksom Wenches ripe and prone to Venery but have not yet been debauch'd Dresses for Persons of different Qualities There are Robes of Distinction which are clasped on Subordinate Magistrates both innocent and laudable in themselves and are expressive of the Dignity and Office of such as wear them Thus we read that Severus allowed his Judges Gowns to 〈◊〉 in publick Judgment and others to wear at home in their private Houses Our very Quakers were never so impudent to affront the Scarlet of the Judge or Praetor It is lawful and in some respects necessary that Kings Princes and Magistrates especially in the solemn Exercise of their proper and respective Offices be distinguished by their Robes from private Persons and from each other All civiliz'd Nations have so unanimously concurred in this Distinction that we may receive it as the dictate of Nature the vote of Universal Reason Jehosaphat wore his Royal Robes tho the wearing them once had like to have cost him dearer than the matter and making Solomon's outward Glory was the Admiration of the Queen of Sheba and yet when he shone in all his external Lustre and Splendor was not array'd like the Lily of the Field Mat. 6. which glorify'd only in the Bravery of Nature's own Spinning So short are the finest works of Art of the coursest manufacture and meanest pieces of the God of Nature The Famous Burleigh when at Night coming weary home from the Croud and Business of the Court and pulling off his Gown was usually heard to say to it Lye there Lord Treasurer And indeed when we remember what Cares the Robe of State are lined with we shall have little Reason to suspect those of much Pride that bear them The same dispensation doubtless extends to each Order and Decree of the Royal Household It being not so Honourable for Princes like him of the Air to be attended on by a Black-Guard When the Queen of the South took her tedious Journey to hear the Wisdom of Solomon 't is expresly said The attendance of his Ministers and their Apparel was so glorious that it ravish't away her Spirit passaest Ecstasin saith Junius there was no more spirit in her She fell into a trance to view so glittering a Court where the great King as the Sun the chief Ministers as the Planets of the first magnitude and each inferiour Officer as the minor Stars the very least had his Splendor but all together were as our Saviour expresseth it Solomon in all his Glory Surrounded with all his Nobles and Councellors and Attendants each one in his Sphere contributing to the Glory of so great a Constellation Indeed God arrayed Solomon in the brightest Robes of Royalty with full design to make him the most illussious Prince that he might unrobe him again and make him the most experienc'd Preacher that all Princes to the Worlds end might have the Word of a King to assure them how much vanity attends the Courts of the most Magnificent Potentates and how little satisfaction or SoulAcquiescence himself had found in all the Grandeurs of State But above all how remarkable is the crowding of at least forty Dukes of the Progeny of Esau whom God hated into one short Chapter justling them together three or four into one line seven or eight of them into two Duke Teman Duke Omar Duke Zepho Duke Kenaz c. their whole story lost in the air of an empty Title their Persons and Hopes entred together in the dark vault of eternal Oblivion while yet above a dozen Chapters are proved in the deciphering out the Excellencies of but one younger Son of a Plain man that dwelt in Tents and gives us the exact memories of his whole life and actions to the Grave Gen 37. to 50. However we may judge charitably of those whom rather Reason and Necessity of State than any natural Inclination to the folly does exact from them a more gay and splendid Appearance and Dress Dairies c. I must now speak something of Dayries for the better satisfaction of the Gentlewomen both in City and Country that so the one might the better understand the practice in the Country and the other being delighted with her own experience may give a full consent to the Truth of what we shall deliver In the first place the Kinâ— must be of the best Choice and Breed that can poâ—â—â—bly be procured the larger the Cow is the better she is The Signs of a Cow that gives good Milk are a wreathed Horn a thin Neck and a full Udder But above all things the good Housewife must be sure the Bull be of as good a Breed as the Kine themselves And it is very good counsel that if at any time you buy any Kine to increase your Dairy you must be careful that they do not come from a Soil that is more fruitful than your own but that rather they come into a better Pasture for then they will prosper and thrive with you when otherwise they will pine away and fall into Diseases as Piâ—ing of Blood and other Inconveniences Those Kine are said to give most Milk which have but lately Calved If a Cow gives at once but one Gallon at a time and that constantly she may pass very well for a good Milch Cow The best time for a Cow to Calve in is the latter end of February and in the Months of March and April for then the Grass is either coming on or springeth up in 〈…〉 goodness The best and most approved hours for â—â—lâ—ing are in the Spring and â—ummer betwixt five and six in the Morning and about 〈◊〉 of the Clock in the Evening And remember it is the worst 〈…〉 that can 〈…〉 Cow half
Decency One speckled Bird will not warrant us all to be Jayes and Mag 〈◊〉 A single Cato would abhor those Garments which 〈◊〉 calls 〈…〉 and which Suidas terms Tunicas interlucentes Latice a Garmenti wherein under their pretence of covering the Debauchees of Rome discover'd their Nakedness nor should a thousand precedents encourage one sober Christian to heard with those in this who in many other things give a demonstration that they are under no tyes of Conscience Further all fashions of Apparel however lawful in themselves that spring from or give indications of an evil heart are sinfully used Augustus Cesar was wont to say the Rich and Gay Cloathing was either the sign of Pride or the Nurse of Luxury Perhaps he might be mistaken nor can any such necessary Connexion between Pride and costly Apparel be demonstrated as shall infallibly prove them sinful Nevertheless when at any time they do so spring from an evil Principle they may without Violating the Law of Charity be doomed as evil It was an Argument of their Sobriety of that Great Emperour what the same Author Reports of him that he never wore any Apparel but such as his Wife his Sister or Daughter made for him Nor indeed do we read of any such Trade as that of a Taâ—â—or in all the Scripture which argues the 〈…〉 and plâ—â—â—ness of the 〈…〉 thaâ— they 〈…〉 Art and Skill little Labour and 〈◊〉 to make them up But Luxury hath Roâ—aged every corner of the Earth to fetch home Fewel to feed that insatiable are of Lust which the more iâ— Eats the more it Hungers Alexander Siverus and Aurelianus those Great Emperors are reported never to have worn a Garment of entire 〈◊〉 all their Lives which 〈◊〉 becoâ—◠〈◊〉 ordinary wear of everâ— Nurse of a Village Emperours then were not Cloathed as Servants are now It was above 150 Years after Christ that some Idle Monks brought into Europe these Silk Spinsters And truly it s no great Credit to the Ware that they who first brought in strange Religions and new fashions of Worship should be the Men who first introduced strange Attire and new fashions of Apparel but so it is Whilst we pursue exotick lying vanities we forsake our own domestick Mercies And weigh it seriously Says the same 〈◊〉 Author with a long train of sins wait upon this stately Lady Vainglory Pride never walks the Streets alone nor without a vast Retinue of Lusts to Adorn her Pageantry He that will be profuse in one Instance must be Covetous in another Riotous Spending is accompanied with Penutious Sparing A great fire must have great â—â—re of Fewel to seed it And an open Table requires abundance of Provisions to maintain it Pride must be maintain'd by Oppression Fraud Couznage If the Tradesmans Wife lashes it out in the Streets the Husband must fetch it in one way or other in the Shop They that spend unmercifully must gain unconscionably The Mill will not grind unless some Lust brings Grilt unto it A Gentleman anticipates his Rent in the Country he comes up to Town to Vamp his Lady and fine Daughters with the newest fashion he ransacks the Court and City for the Fashions searches the Shops for materials to furnish out the Pompe he returns home and then his poor Tenants go to wrack the sweat is squeez'd out of their Brows to maintain his Prodigality so that we may now take up a Lamentation as is the Profane so is the Professor and as is the Harlot so in this particular are many whom we hope to be Chaste If a Wise Man would not willingly be seen abroad in a Fools Coat why should a Modest Virgin walk the Streets in the Garbe of the Debauched and Prostitute or if they will needs do it let them not be angry if others judge them as bad as those whom they are ambitious to imitate I could wish therefore tho' with small hopes to see it take effect that as once there was a Proclamation That all Curtezans should be known by their striped Veyle so we had the same or some like Law revived that there should be a visible mark of Discrimination between two such contrary Parties Faces though naturally Beautiful are many times foiled and disordered by being studded over with Pimples or put in a Scarlet Livery The Inundation of Crimson Blood often drowns the slowry Eletium of a Charming Face disfiguring it with such a Flaming hue as if the Juicy God had trod his Wine-press there or scattered it with Ruby coloured Grapes To abate the fury of such high colours and fright them into pleasing Paleness call to your assistance the following friendly Receipts but to prepare you for them be temperate before their Application in abstaining from Wine or hot Liquors that Enfeavour the Body by Enflaming the Blood and when you find temperance in Meats and Drinks has allayed much of the heat that glowed within you than for removing the defects Take of Rose-water a pint put it into a Glass and steep an ounce of Camphire in it an ounce of Sulpher beaten to powder Myrrh and Frankincense half an ounce each set it in the Sun or some warm place and after ten days end wash your Face with the Water and in often doing it your colour will be restored then if the Pimples sinking away have left a Scurff use some Pomatum to smooth it over and like the Sun from behind the Moons dark Body you will appear out of your Eclipse as bright as before or for want of the former take this Fine Brimstone Powder an once the Juice of Limmons half a pint Juice of Onions two ounces Cutle-bone and Camphire each one a Dram pound what is to be pounded and Incorporate your Powder with your Juices anoint the Face with it going to Bed and wash it off the next Morning with Water wherein Bran has been decocted and by using it a few times you will we hope confess the knowledge of it worth the buying of this work Freckles are found to be the Product of Fuliginous Vapours and like smoke molest those most who have the fairest Skins as if Beauty jealous of being outvied by too clear Complexions did bestow that yellow Livery on others which she rather deserved to wear herself but seeing what is done requires a remedy the best means to remove such disfiguring spots are these Take Figtree Juice or the white Milk that comes out of it Oil of Tartar a Dram Honey two drams mix them well together and anoint the Face with the Unguent they produce when you go to bed washing it off in the Morning with warm Water and a few times using it those Cholerick Spots will be dispersed and disappear or if the forementioned Ingredients are not to be procured Take three ounces of Cummin seed bruise them with two ounces of Salt Brimstone Powder an ounce Rye-Meal half an ounce the juice of Celandine and the Gall of a Cock press out from these an Oyntment
and anoint the freckled part and they will quickly disappear 〈◊〉 that the Amourous Sun has Impressed too 〈…〉 on to the injury of 〈◊〉 and by his brightness dull'd their Lustre in dwelling or doating too much upon them as once he he did upon that of the fair 〈◊〉 may yet be divested of those Clouds and uneclipsed shine as bright as ever by borrowing a renewing advantage from our Art For the obliterating such casual shrouds to Beauty Take Rose-Mary Flowers an ounce the like of Fumitory flowers decoct them in a pint of White wine add Benjamine and Cassia a like quantity each infuse them in the decoction and wash your Face with the Liquid part Morning and Evening or for want of these take the Juice of Limmons mixed with the Juice of Bilm and Rue heated over a Gentle Fire and strained that the grosser part may be excluded set the Glass wherein you put the Liquid in the Sun or in some warm place for ten days to 〈◊〉 then pour it into another Vessel that the dregs may be left behind and the Face or Hands being bathed with it the swarthiness will vanish and the former Complexion appear more fresh and charming than ever For fear these come not to your hand take another to the same purpose viz. White Bryony water two drams an ounce of rose-Rose-water the white of an Egg Oyl of Tartar two drams Verjuice one ounce mix them well and dipping a Linnen in the Liquid supple your face with it and then the Beams of your Beauties will break through the Cloudy Curtains and make a perfect day in Loves Empire for Lovers to see their way to the Elizium Fortunes Envy or Fate often so orders it that the smiling Glories of Beauties spring are too severely nipt with an early Autum when sharp Scythed Time cuts those Flowry Graces down shrouds them in the â—urrows of a wrinckled-Face Now to make your Verdant Features flourish in spite of Envy or Accidental decay and smooth your Faces for a new Plantation of Roses and Lillies Take our following directions Bitter Almonds two ounces Lilly roots dryed and powder'd an ounce Oyl of Roses an ounce Virgins Wax half an ounce make them into an Oyntment over a gentle fire and anoint the Face with it Again take an ounce of oyl of St. Johns-wort of Water Lillies Quinces Jessemine Mastick and Mirtles their Oyls take half an ounce each melt them in an Earthen Vessel and being taken off add two ounces of Rose water and use it as the former For want of these wash the wrinkled places with a decoction made of an equal weight of Bryony roots and Figs or take Incense the scum of Silver each half an ounce white Pepper an ounce powder them apart and then Incorporate them with Mouth Glew and make them up into small balls which you must disolve in Rose water as you use them and make a Linnement for the Face or particular part where the wrinkles intrude upon your Beauty and surrow the late smooth plains of your Faces Faces have various Features and it is observed among the multitude of Men and Women throughout the World there is something in the Face that differs though in many other Creatures it is not in the least so much discernable and in Love various are the fancies of Men and Women as to their making choice or being surprized and overcome by the Lineaments of the Face some hâ—lding the dimplâ—d Cheâ—ks most Lovely others those that are plump some for the Lillies whiteness others for the Rosie blushes some for the dimpled Chin others its Oval form c. It would be endless to describe all the Ideas of Fancy and indeed natural Beauty is a strong Loadstone of it self and above all parts the Eyes are most alluring For as they take in Love in some so in others they send it out again and Lovers are most Infascinated when they directly gaze on each other so that many times they have not power to take off their Eyes but drink and as it were suck in Love between them and a fair Eye will many times take as a sure snare when all other parts of the Body are deformed Leonardus tells us that by this Interview or Gazing the purer Spirits are Infected the one Eye piercing through the other with its rays And many have been those piercing Eyes that their brightness compelled their Spectators to look off by reason of their being near as dazling as the Sun beams for the Rays as some think sent from the Eyes carrying certain Spiritual Vapours with them and so insect the Gazing party in a Moment And Facinus goes about to prove this from a Blare-Eye that the steadfast fixing ones Eyes upon it long will alone occasion soreness and gives this reason that the Vapours of the Corrupt Blood doth get in together with the Rays and so by the Contageon the Spectators Eyes are Infected Some hold that the Basilisk kills by her sight at a distance which if true justifies what is said But our business at this time is Love and not of death and therefore Eyes that destroy in that nature are not for our purpose and that Love is Natural appears in this There is in the Liâ—â—s of the Fathers a story of a Child brought up in the Wilderness from his Infancy by an Aged Hermit and coming to Mans Estate he saw two comely Women wandering in the Woods whereupon he demanded of the Old Man what Creatures they were who not willing to let him return to Worldly pleasure told him they were Faries or a kind of Spirits of another World yet the sight of the mâ—raised such a passion in his Mind that he became restless And being shewed from a high place several Curious Prospects and being asked which was the pleasanteâ—â— he ever saw not minding the Question then put replyed The Faries he had seen in the Wilderness So that without doubt there is some secret Loadstone placed by Nature in a Beautiful Woman a Magnetick Power a Natural Inbred Affâ—iâ—ion which moves us as one Intimates when he says 〈◊〉 I have a Mistress yet to come And still I seek I Love I know not whom This indeed holds very strong in Natural and 〈◊〉 Love but not in every 〈◊〉 or Lustful Passion where the Eyes lye in wait like Soldiers in Ambush and when they spy an Innocent Spectator fix on him and shoot him through and presently bewitch him especially when they Gaze and Gloat as wanton Lovers do on each other and with a pleasant Eye conflict Participate each others Souls and truely the Language of the Eyes if rightly understood is a very moring Oratory even in the Persons of all sorts that are subject to Love for although they may keep their Tongues Barocaded and Locked in Silence yet their Eyes cannot for Inspight of all their Precaution They will express a Languishment or Joy According to the Condition or Affection of the party and will be darting their
as her self Now because their Youth perhaps will not admit of it so soon she hurries them on to it by degrees by the excess of Drink Smoke and Venery If you visit her House she pretends to have no Drink but will send for some that she may be sure of your Mony If you touch her Bedding it will infect you for few comes near it but they are troubled with a fit of the Falling-sickness but yet this I shall tell you she 'l teach you Temperance not suffering you to have too much Liquor for your Mony If she stays a Year in a place she is befriended by the Justices Clerk The Instruments in chief of a Bawd's Trade are an Hector or Huff which seems instead of the Gyant to defend her Inchanted Castle from being violated by Knights-Errant The Pimp which brings Grist to the Mill that is Bawdy Customers to the House which he picks up under this pretence Go along with me and I will shew you the fairest Wench in Christendom or raise a Discourse of Bawdry and then swear There is not such a curious fine Sinner in or about the City as there is at such a place c. But the Whore is the main support of the House The first will not swagger unless he be paid the next wont procure unless he may Spunge and have his Folly for nothing and the Whore will not ply unless she have half share of her own getting besides a little Mony by the by The Market-places to which a Bawd resorts to buy Tools for her Trade are Inns where she enquires of the Carriers for Servant-Maids and according as they are Handsom she entertains them and trains them up in the Mysteries of her Occupation and having quallified them for her Profession of a Prostitute the Bawd furnishes them with Butterfly Garments and other gawdy Accoutrements for which she hath three shares or as much as they can agree about Piutarch in the Life of Pericles reports That Aspasia his sole delight made her House a Stews in which the Bodies of the fairest young Women were made commâ—â— for Money In my opinâ—â—â— to be wondred at it is 〈◊〉 these being past their own acâ— al Sins wherein too much â—â—ciety hath bred a Surfeit or 〈◊〉 Infirmity of Age or Disease meer disability or Performancâ— yet even in their last of daâ— and when one Foot is alreaâ—â— in the Grave they without 〈◊〉 thought of Repentance or 〈◊〉 hope of Grace as if they 〈◊〉 not Wickedness enough of theâ—â— own to answer for heap upâ—â— them the Sins of others as 〈◊〉 only inticing and alluring 〈◊〉 gins and young Wives to 〈◊〉 base Venerial Trade and 〈◊〉 infinite Inconveniences both 〈◊〉 Soul and Body dependiâ—â— thereupon but to wear theâ—â— Garments by the Prostitutiâ—â— of others and eat their Breaâ— and drink Sack and Aqua-viâ—â— by their mercenary Sweaâ— and so base an usury and 〈◊〉 comely a travel of their Bodieâ— as is not only odious in thâ— Eyes of Man but abominabâ—â— in the sight of Angels Brute Beasts in Love with an Account of the strangâ— Love of an Athenian To seâ— Men affectioned to Women and Women to Men is a nâ—tural thing and to be believed But here Blindness is come 〈◊〉 that height that that which intend to speak of seems impossible and incredible Hâ—storiographers write it for truth That in the Town of Athenâ— there was a young Man of aâ— honest Family competently Rich and well known who having curiously observed a Statue of Marble excellently wrought and in a publick place in Athens fell so in love with it that he could not keep himself from the place where it stood but be always embracing of it and always when he was not with it he was discontented and blubber'd with Tears This Passion came to such an Extreamity that he addressed himself to the Senate at Athens and offering them a good Sum of Mony beseeching them to do him the favour that he might have it home with him The Senate found that they could not by their Authority suffer it to be taken away nor to sell any publick Statue so that his Request was deny'd which made him marvellous sorrowful even at the Heart Then he went to the Statue and put a Crown of Gold upon it and enrich'd it with Garments and Jewils of great price then ador'd it and seriously beheld it musing always upon it and in his folly persevered many days that at last being forbidden these things by the Senate he kill'd himself with Grief this thing was truly wonderful But if that be true which is written upon Xerxes and affirmed by so many Authors indeed he excell'd in Folly all the Men in the World They say he fell in Love with a Palm-tree a Tree well known though a stranger in England and that he loved it and cherished it as if it had been a Woman Seeing then these things happen to rational Men we may be-believe that which is written of Bruit Beasts which have loved certain Men and Women especially when we find it certified by great and famous Writers as Glaucus that was so loved of a Sheep that it never forsook him Every one holds that the Dolphin is a lover of Men. Elian writes in his Book of Beasts a Case worthy be read He saith that a Dolphin seeing upon the Sea-shoar where Children were a playing one among the rest which he liked very well he fell so in love with it that every time that the Dolphin see him he came as near as he could to the edge of the Water to shew himself At the first the Child being afraid did shun it but afterwards by the Dolphin's perseverance one day after another and shewing signs of love to the Child the Child was encouraged and upon the kind usage of the Dolphin the Child was emboldned to swim upon the Water near unto the Fish even to go ride upon the back of it and the Fish would carry him for a good space of time even to the bottom of the Water till the Child made a sign to rise again In this solace and sport they spent many days during which the Dolphin came every day to present himself to the brink of the Sea But at one time the Child being naked swimming in the Sea and getting upon the Dolphin willing to hold fast one of the sharp pricks in the Fin of the Dolphin run into his Belly which wounded him so that the Child died immediately in the Water which the Dolphin perceiving and seeing the Blood and the Child dead upon his back he swam presently to the shoar and as though he would punish himself for this fault swimming in great fury he leaped out of the Water carrying with him as well as he could the dead Child which he so much loved and died upon the shoar with him This very thing is recited by Pliny and others with Examples of Dolphins which have born love to Men. And particularly he saith that in the
juice one dram and a half Opium a Scruple steep these well bruised in common lye covering them about two Inches then boil them over a gentle Fire and with the liquid part anoint the place and have cooling Oyl as before Hair if you would have it grow no more in the place after it is taken away by the means aforesaid must be secured from so doing by taking Gum of Ivy Emets Eggs Colophony Orpiment an ounce of each mingle these with the Blood of a Frog or Tench and make them into an Ointment or for want of these take the juice of Henbane Gum Arabick Sanguis Draconis and Frankincence of each three drams and with the Juice of Night shade make them into an Ointment and it will effectually perform your desire Hair how to cause it neatly to Curl Hair twining in curious Curls is very graceful and modish to the Ladies but especially to the other Sex whose Faces if any thing comely it sets off to a wonder and these kind of Curls were once so taking with the Fair Sex though now reduced much shorter that none were thought Paragons for Beauty save those whose graceful Locks did reach the Breasts and make Spectators think those soft tempting Ivory Globes of Venus were upheld by the friendly aid of their Crispy Twirls wherefore seeing it is not as yet utterly laid aside if any one affect the Fashion they may by our Directions serve themselves so advantageously that none shall desire to be free that may have the honour to be fettered with their Curled Hair Hair iâ— you would have it curiously to Curl must be first washed and cleansed well that done take Oak-galls to the number of twenty two ounces of Maiden-hair boil them well stamped in a small quantity of Water and Salt till the Water be boiled to the Consistence of Honey work them well together and then at sundry times for two days anoint the Hair with it and on the third day cleanse it in this Bath viz. Take Beet-Leaves and Fern-Roots of each a handful bruise them in two quarts of Water till a third part of the Water be consumed then taking it off put in a little piece of Gum-arabick and use it cool after which on Twirling Irons turn up your Hair in what Curls or Ringlets you please and it will continue so a long while but finding iâ— begin to fall and grow Limber it must be renewed or for 〈◊〉 of the former Receipt take the Oyls of White Henbane and Fenugreek Seed and with them mix a little Gum-arabick and Mirrh and over a gentle Fire make it into a flowing 〈◊〉 soft Ointment and anoint youâ— Hair with it before you turn it up and it will be curiously Curled Hair Bushey to make it Lank and Flag The stately Bushy Forest of the Head like Atlas Crowned with Pines is sometimes Labirinth'd with Mazie and rude Meanders whilst the Locks themselves retreat in â—â—ch Recoiling Twirls as if they took the Breasts for the Alpin bills cover'd with Snow and were afraid their tender Tops should touch them But that they may be forced to extend themselves to a pleasing length follow the Rules we have prescribed Hair is reduced from this stubbornness by taking the Oyls of Roses and White Lillies each an ounce two ounces of the Oyl of Violets Marsh Mallows a good handful Green beat these together squeeze out the liquid part and over a gentle Fire make it into an Ointment and by anointing the Hair often with it will render it soft and plyable or Oyl of Roses worked well in a Pint of Spring-water will go a great way in this Matter Hair how to lengthen it Hair though it is accounted but an excremental Superfluity yet we see it is cherished carefully as a plant of value since most fancy it to be the Microcosmical Flax whereof Cupid twists his Bow-strings To see it we acknowledge in the Female Sex of a more than usual length is a pleasing Spectacle therefore those Ladies that are desirous to be so accommodated may prove our Directions and find in that an ample Satisfaction Hair is cherished and lengthened by taking Vervine the inward back of an Elme and Agrimony each a handful boil them in two quarts of Water till the third part be consumed and often wash your Hair with it when warm or for want of these take Politrick Reed Roots Flax-Seed and the Ashes of Maiden-hair bruise these make them into a Lye dissolve into it a little Mirrh and add a third part of White-wine and wash it as the former Hair that is harsh and stiff how to soften it Hair that hangs on the Heads of some like Sedge or Thatch on a homely Cottage and serves more for use than Ornament to secure them from the Impetuous Injuries of Wind and Weather rather than with it's soft and tender sheaves to delight the admiring Eyes such stiff bristles are usually Attendants to a harsh and churlish Disposition however those then that desire a more graceful covering and would alter those harsh Conceits that others are apt to entertain of their Hoggish Nature may to their great Advantage use these Directions Hair if you would reduce to a comely shape take black and white Helebore Roots long and round BrithwortRoots and the Roots of Briony with the Leaves and Roots of Wake Robin make these by drying into 〈…〉 and rub the Hair well 〈…〉 For want of these 〈…〉 burn the Twiggs of 〈…〉 and making a Lye of 〈…〉 put into it the Meal of Vetches Beans Lupins and Barly strain after it be well soaked the liquid part and add about half a Pint of White-wine then wash your Hair with it cleanse it and comb it out well and often Hair splitting how to prevent it for the Future Hair that is very slender when by Nature it is Spun to it's utmost length must be well regarded and carefully kept or by sundry Accidents it will be fray'd and ravell'd at the ends which seem to envy that work they cannot mend then take as a Provision against such Injuries these Instructions Mix Oyl of Roses and Water a like quantity anoint the Hair with it going to Bed and turn it up against the next Morning boil the Bark of a Willow Tree Flebane and Marsh Mallows in running Water and wash your Head with the Decoction or if it be already very much split take Mirrh and Willow Leaves two ounces of each Labdanum in Powder six scruples Emblick Mirabolans powdered half a Dram Oyl of Mirtle four ounces and half a quarter of a Pint of Whitewine boil them gently to the Extremity of a third parts Consumption and anointing the extream ends of the Hair with the Liquid part it will stop the Cracks from going further and render the Hair fresh and lively Hair how to make it of any Colour Hair of a yellow or shining golden Colour was in highest esteem among the Ancients the Poets rarely delineating any excellent Beauty without appropriating that to
every turn she would Kiss the Cup and Drink to him and smile and drink on that side he drank on till he Acknowledges 〈◊〉 sipt and sipt so long till in the end he was drunk with Love Aristaenetus tells us he meeting a Fair Maid though a stranger looked back at her and she looked back at him and smiled which first kindled that â—â—ming Love that undid him If you make a Choice be sure let it be by Day-light that you may see what you do tho' the Enjoyment may be perhaps to the more agreeable Canopy of the Night for Women and Gloworms shine brightest by glimering Tapers as your Course Wares are put upon people to Cozen them by the help of false Sky-lights A Florentine Gentleman having made a Choice by Candle light deceived by her being raidiantly set out with Jewish Rings Lawns Scarves â—â—lace Gold Spangles and Gauâ—â— Devices took his Mistress 〈◊〉 an Angel and was so Impatient of delay that he would 〈◊〉 be married presently but her Gaudy Trapings laid aside in the morning when he viewed her undressed she appeared a perfect Hagg Lean Yellow Rivel'd c. and such a one as pall'd all the pleasures and delights he had promised himself in that Marriage so that he could not endure to look upon her In Italy such Matches are usually made most of their wooings being in the Churches and those Windows generally cast false Lights to make things seem fairer than they are Interchanging but few words and are much addicted especially if they be not very Fair and Lovely to have their Faces for the most part Clouded with Vails or Masks In the Old Lacedemonians time the Bride was to be brought into the Church or Chamber with her Hair girt about her and the Bridegroom untied the Knot and was not at all to see her by day light till such time she had Conceived but thanks to our prudent Ancestors who have made no such Law that we should be compell'd to have a Pig in a Poke we are a Free-born People and have free Liberty in our Choice may talk with Freedom and Familiarity and use any Modest Expressions or Recreations that may tend to the Accomplishing our desires Here Ladies one Complements you and holds you up by the Arm to prevent stumbling Wrings your Fingers drinks to you and tenderly Embraces you another Kisses you whilst the Fidler plays and perhaps sings a Third singles you out to dance another accosts you with dumb signs as not daring to trust his Tongue with relating his Passion whilst you walk up and down in state and by the ruffling your Silks and Tinsels make men turn their Eyes upon you In these you have Advantages above other Nations and encrease your Trophies by new and unforbidden Conquests at pleasure We only put you in mind that you ought to be merciful to those you overcome In this we find that Women who are made such soft Temptations ought not to be Cruel where their Charms have made a Conquest over the hearts of Men nor be boastingly proud of their Triumphs when being Compassionate in dispensing their Favour gains them not only Applause but even the very Essence of Love it self and furnishes you with such ravishing pleasures as are unaccountable but in the Enjoying Marriage when sutable to either Party brings many Blessings with it Cornelia a Virtuous Roman Lady being Challenged by a Light Housewife to number Jewels with her produced a great many beautiful and well educated Children saying they were her Jewels which she Esteemed of a greater Value than all the Jewels India or Arabia could afford and indeed they are the Blessing of God the sweet Recompences and Pledges of Chast Conjugal Love Inconstancy and it 's bad effects Inconstancy is very uncommendable in either Sex because it shews not only a wavering but a Treacherous Disposition a Sandy or Wavy Foundation on which no Trust or Confidence can have a Foundation In the Country of the Trogloditae Geographers report that there is a Water or Lake the Taste whereof is bitter and Salt thrice a day and again returns as often to be sweet so that for its continuing at no stay it is termed the mad-Mad-water even such may we reasonably term those Men and Women that give themselves up to be turned about with every Wind and Fancy being no less unequal and inconstant in their Manners than those Waters are in their Taste sometimes Courteous and sometimes Rough now Prodigal and then Sordid seldom being many hours in one stay one while being extreamly kind and in a while vehemently hating where they Passionately Loved or seemed so to do before blowing like the Traveller in the Satyrs Cave hot and cold with the same breath in Consideration of which Circling an ingenious Person thus Descants upon his inconstant Fair one 1. Unconstant that Word strikes me more Than the bright Lightning of your Eyes That made my yielding Heart your prize â—ou'd ever do before 2. Ab like a cruel Murthress you Fly from your Lover slain Some other booty to pursue And proudly kill again 3. But why shou'd I for this despair Or at Inconstancy repine Since only change can make you mine Now you anothers are 4. What though the Heavens beauteous frame Daily delights to move It still returns again the same All Harmony and Love 5. T is Pity too methinks that she By Duty sure design'd To cherish all Mankind Should be confin'd to me 6. For shou'd the Suns all Smiling Light To his loved Rhodes display All other parts must Mourn in Night And ne're enjoy the day Incest incestus did signifie all kind of Pollution committed by undoing or untying the girdle called Cestus or 〈◊〉 but now in a more strict acceptation it signifies only that kind of Naughtiness which is committed between two of near kin Godwin Incest the Evil that attends it Incestuous Love and Marriages are to be avoided among Christians though in the first Ages of the World they were in some measure winked at for the speedier way of peopling of the Earth The Words of St. Augustine are that the Commixture of Brothers and Sisters the more Ancient it is in respect of Compulsion of Necessity the more damnable it is now afterwards become through the Prohibition of Religion Amongst those with whom Religion hath but little to do whole Nations are delighted and polluted with all sorts of Incestuous Copulations the Persians and Parthians allow Incest in their Royal Families which warrants others by Example to commit it though this evil has been severely punished as for Example Incestuous desire so possessed a Moor in Persia named Hajam Mojam that coveting to enjoy his own Daughter though her Mother was alive he went to an Ecclesiastical Judge informing him in general Terms that in his Youth having taken Pleasure to plant a Garden and Dress and Order it with great Care it now brought forth such excellent Fruits that his Negihbours greedily coveted it importuning him every day
Cure or at least easing this Malady Savanorola chief Observations and some more and some less And the first they prescribe is Exercise and Diet and there is an old saying That without Ceres and Baâ—â—bâ—â— Venus grows Cold a lazy Life and high feeding are great Causes of this kind of Love so their Opposites must needs decay and wast it for as the Poet says Take Idleness away and put to flight All Cupids Arts his Torches give no Light Cured by Business or harmless Recreations imploys and takes it off from the thoughts of Love puts to flight those Whimseyâ— that wander about the Heart and Brain like the Atoms in the Original Chaos for when it is imployd the old saying is The Devil has no power over him because his thoughts being wholly taken up with his Business there is no room for a Temptation to enter but the mind being unoccupied lies open to all Aâ—â—auâ—â—s which many times as easily prevail as an Army against a City when the Drawbridges are carelesly left down the Gates open and the Port-Cuillis drawn up or as a Stream getting at first a small passage by degrees throws down the Dam that opposes and overflows all before it If no Business offer Exercise your self in Walking or Running do it vigorously and not leisurely and musing keep your Eyes as much as may be off fair Objects as imagining Crafty Love lays every where a Snare to entangle you and in time as the Course of mighty Rivers with much Labour are turned you will find an Easement and the burning Flames of Love having spent in your Bosom the matter whereon they â—eed may expire or much abate of their vehemency Cured is this kind of Love by extraordinary Temperance Spareness and ordinary Diet Fasting allays the hot Desires and hinders Concupiscence for as Physitians hold that the Bodies of those feed high and live at ease are full of bad Humours and those gross Humours operate on the mind and stir up Lustful thoughts and desires which Abstinence would prevent by wasting and at length removing those Causes so that the Effects would cease St. Ambrose tells us That Temperance and Abstinence are great Friends to Virginity and Enemies to Lasciviousness when abounding Luxury overthrows Chastity and fostereth all manner of Provocations to Lust and this method the wise Philosophers observed as did the Fathers of the Christian Church and Origen because he had no due regard â—o this found the Temptation so strong when he Preached in an Assembly where there were handsome Women that he supposed there was no possible way to remove it but by gelding himself which he put in Practice to his disgrace when Abstinence might have been as Efficacious Consider that to tumble in a Bed of Down is a great Contributer Lascivious thoughts and Imaginations it gives soft â—â—pose and that Drowsiness and Sleep and therein wanton Ideas are represented one Dreams he is Courting his Mistress and she Smiles upon him another that he is Embracing her and finds an imaginary Heaven oâ— Contentment in the Charming Phantom and this makes them burn with a desire to do that waking which they only Fancied sleeping these delusive Dreams by lying hard and somewhat uneasie might be prevented the Pamperedness of the Body being brought under For this very Cause the Indian Brachmans a kind of Priests among them keep themselves Continent and will have no other Lodging but the ground covered with certain rough Skins of Beasts as the Redshank do on harder and Diet themselves very sparingly and in that spare Diet they avoid such Roots herbs and other Food as they know by any Phisical Virtue or natural Operation provoking to Lust as if they had observed the Poets Prohibition Eringo's are not good for to be taken And Lust provoking meats must be forsaken Certain it is that the Athenian women in their Solemn Feasts called Thesmopheries because they were to abstain from the Company of men for nine days they did saith Aelian lay a herb named Hanea in their beds which by a secret virtue queâ—â—â—ed the flames of desire and freed them from the Torments of any violent Passion Some hold that Melons Cucumbers Purflain water Lillies Ammi Lettice and such cold fruits and Herbs are of a Phisical vertue to allay the feavour of a violent Passion Mizaldus prefers Agnus Castus before any other Care what ever rules we have prescribed must notwithstanding be taken that by their Passion â—re much dejected and brought very low and feeble in their bodies they must not go thro' these kind of hardships but as fainting or languishing distempered Persons must have Cordials and Restoratives A Lover that has as it were lost himself through Impotency and Impatience must be called home as a Traveller by Musick feasting and good Wine Sports and Merriments and viewing of pleasant objects but not those that occasioned his Melancholy but curious prospects of Gardens Orchards Rivers Flowry Meads and the like And sometimes Hunt Hawk hear or read merry Tales pleasant Discourse and use moderate Exercise in any manual Occupâ—ation that so new spirits may succeed those that are wasted and decayed and by that means those Anger 's Fears Cares Suspicions c. may be overcome that a too violent passion had created in the former and the paâ—ty be weaned from his ill habit of Body and Mind Melancholy Symptoms are accountedtwofold affecting both in Body and Mind the first of these are plain to the Eye by the Dryness Leanness and Paleness occasions holloness of the Eyes wistful looks c. They pine away and look ill with Restlessness and Sighs there is a dulness in the sight and a cloud of sadness hangs upon the Brow and there is a feasible decay of Appetite and the reason the Learned give for this is that the disorder of the spirits obstruct the Liver from the performance of it's office by means whereof it cannot turn the Aliment into any reasonable good Blood as it ought and for that cause the Members weaken and shrink for want of their due sustenance as trees and plants wither and pine when their roots draw not sufficient Moisture from the Earth to supply them And this Ladies falls in a great measure your share in the bloom of youth because you are put upon longing and languishing many times when Modesty and Bashfulness charms your Tongues from uttering what we verily believe you wish at the same time were known so your selves were not the relators of it and it is very hard indeed that you are tied up to so nice a point that you must not ask for that which you no doubt might have for speaking but must endure because you will be too severely strict to the rules of Modesty there is reasonable allowance in all things that are not dishonest or ofâ—ensive These longing desires bring the Green-sickness often upon young Virgins and Widdows and strangely alters their Complexions as they do the Câ—â—â—xia or evil
that all Innocent and render things where a propper Impression of this kind is to be made are most apt to receive it and that which imprints the first Idea in the Heart of a Virgin is most lasting in her memory we are apt when Children of any moderate growth to retain transactions or such things in our mindâ— as we have done or seen when things of greater moment being grown up to ripâ—r years â—â—p our remembrance by reason of the mulâ—â—â—icity of business an I incuâ—brance of affairs which rowling like the fluctation of Waves one upon another the forerunners are covered and seem to be lost by the over flowings of those that crowd upon them The First Love where the affections are setled upon ant beâ—utiful or taking object makes a deep impression so that if Virgins would labour to obliterate it they cannot without doing violence to themselves And perhaps it is too deep rooâ—ed in the mind and fancy to be pluck'd up by such ways Some have been prepossessed that they have lain dreaming of a first Lover even in a second 's armâ— and their minds have been sed with his Idea whilst an other has been embracing them and therefore Hesiod advises those that would have an entire and undivided Love to marry a Virgin rather than a Widow Queen of Sheba c. Queens have we find taken long Journeys to gâ—â— knowledg and spared no Pains or Labour to gratify their Curiosities Sheba's Queen we find came to Jerusalem with many rare presents and was wonderfully satisfied in enlarging her Heart with understanding but as Camerarius tells us out of Cedrenus when she found thaâ— Solomon without much difficulty had Expounded her â—iddles and Philosophical questions she was resolve to try his Wisdom in distinguishing yet further and having prepared one day certain youâ—g Boys and Girls she appaâ—â—lled them all alike and set them before the King their Faces being so parallel that they discovered not the difference but the King knowing what her design was in it caused Water to be brought and ordered them to Wash Their Hands and Faces distinctly whilst he look'd on by which device he easily discern'd the Males from the Females for the boys rubed their Faces hard and lustily and the Girles more nice only stroaked them a little at which subtil discovery of the Kings the Queen gave him great applause Quality c. Quality if rightly taken carries with it something extraordinary towards the adornment of the Fair Sex It is not â—â— Estate that renders a person one of Quality tho now adays theVulgar lok no further than to their Wealth not doubting that if she be rich she must be a Gentlewoman and one Quality by course but in the serious weighing and considering the circumstances it is found otherways â—â—ilded Trapings make not a Mâ—le an Horse But to deal â—â—â—didly and reflect on none we shall delineate that which may truly bear the Test in the Character of a Court Lady Question not her â—irth for that is lively paintâ—â— in her Virtues that it was â—igh and noble she sets not â—er Face so often by her glass â—â—â— she composeth her Soul by Gods word which has all the Excellent qualities of a true â—â—â—â— 1. It is clear in all 〈◊〉 necessary to Salvation â—â—â— those that will not be ignorantly or rather wilfully 〈◊〉 2. It is not like those 〈◊〉 Glasses by which some â—â—dies Dress themselves â—â—ich flatter them into a beâ—â— more Beauty and Comâ—â—â— than they are Mistresses â—â—â— 3. It is very spacious â—â—d presents to view the l cast external or internal Maculatiâ— 4. It is durable tho in 〈◊〉 sense it is broken too 〈◊〉 when God's Laws are â—â—olated yet it will like the â—â—one cut from the Mountain â—â—â—hout hands fall on its â—eakers at last and grind 〈◊〉 into powder and not 〈◊〉 title of it shall fall to the â—â—ound 5. It hath power â—â—â— smooth the wrinkles sin has â—â—de in the Soul to cleanse â—â—e spots and mend the saults discovers but to come â—â—â—er she walks humbly beâ—â—e God in all Religious â—â—ties the better to claim â—â— assistance in time of temptation that her Faith fail not she knows the best without Gods assistance would be often soiled by the various delusions and temptations of the grand enemy of mankind she is always careful and most tender of her Reputation Travellers tell us that in Mexico in the West Indies there is a Tree which shrinks in its Leaves at the approach of a man as it by Nature it were shamefac d and if he touch tho neverso lightly they immediately wither and dye A Ladies Credit is of equal bashful niceness Lacivous Eyes may injure it and a small touch may wound and destroy it which makes her avoid all privacy with suspicious company she declines Pride and Stateliness and is modest curteous and obliging to all that are Virtuous and of good Report liberal to the poor aâ—d has her Ears always open to hear and redress the Grievances of the Distressed she is no respector of Persons where the Cause is unjust nor is she more careful of any thing than of God's Glory she holds her self bound by the Tenure whereby she holds the Possession of Grace in this Life and Reversion of Glory hereafter to assert and vindicate the Honour of the King of Heaven whose Champion she professeth her self to be she is pittiful to all Learned and Wise above the usual Stature of her Sex and improves those excellent acquirements more to the publick benefit than to her own advantage in Discourse her words are rather very fit than fine not any ways affected or studdied yet very Choice tho not chosen Quality sits triumphing in her looks and compasses each Feature tho mild and winning to command awe and distance she affects not the vanity of foolish Fashions but keeps up the antient Grandure and plain and modest Garments and if they be Rich they are not Gaudy and is highly contended with the beauty God and Nature has bestowed on her If very beautiful she is not in the least the more proud but it induces her to be the more thankful for her maker for the favour he has bestowed on her If unhandsom she labours to make here Soul shine more Beautiful and better her body in the virtues of her mind instead of washes and beautifying Waters and Pomanders c. her Closet is stored with Physicks and Cordials prepared by her own Skill and Industry to send to her poor Neighbours when they are sick and in pain she detesteth all Adulterated Complexions in her Marriage she principally has a respect to Virtue and Religion and is careful in her Marching not to bestow her self and unworthily to an ignoble Person or one unequal years however she is not covetous of large Fortunes in Marriage regarding the Virtue of the Person more than his Estate Quiet and Moderate she is in all her affâ—â—â—â— she makes no noise nor bustâ—â— in the World