Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T23: wife, husband, cuckold, jealousy, woman, jealous, mistress, love, house, honest.
Women, women, women. What of women? Most women love to talk, To scatter tales, and yet swear silence too, To breed sedition, to deceive all those Who in simplicity are confident, Of honest meaning: o they do insult With a tyrannic boldness over one Who through bewitched opinion, doth impart The substance of included secrecy. O they will dare the soul of such a man, Make him so subject to their base command, As if they had his heartstrings in their hand. Rail at our sex? why husband, though perhaps Such women do survive, what will you hence Conclude within their guilt, my innocence? ' Cry mercy wise,' good faith I did imagine Their wicked conversation, general, (All in good time be otherwise:) But wise, The painters of our age be culpable Of high abuse committed; they portrait. Each mental vice in habit of a whore, A Hag, a Witch, or Woman, at the least. Virtue (although the others opposite) Is painted with the like habiliment, Therefore conclude, if tender womanhood Take any full impression of deceit, Virtue, or vice, of either strong belief. Or colourable incredulity; To change her mind will ask another age. You may convert belief, you may revoke Errors of wisemen, by a deep dispute, But women settled, nothing will confute. For painters do imply this consequent By emblem; that our sex is permanent. Are you so philosophical I'faith? Well dost thou argue, for they sex and self. She hath a ripe conceit, and I approve Her subtle apprehension, out of love. I relish her deep judgement; for indeed, My railing laboured only to obtain Of wits reply the due experience, That in our wisdom of credulity. We may impart a proud conspiracy. women shoot fair sometimes, though seldom true Like whetstones they give edge to tricks a anew. Brave Catiline for this cause did account Young Orestilla worthy to partake Of his attempt (though far above the brain Of woman to accomplish) he approved The talkative Sempronia: Thus will I Induce my wife through cunning circumstance, To give directions for a raw conceit: Though man is rather blessed, who may withhold His closet counsel from a woman's ear; Yet am I of such spongy clay compact, As till I am disburdened of my care, Nothing yields comfort: o I must unclasp A volume, which may prejudice my life; Happy's the man who dares believe his wife. What magic may this motion ocular Of lips, without all utterance portend? For men to pause at a poor style of Dukes, Most frequent Lords, and yet more common knights Proclaims them base and trivial; if means Of more advantage may be thought upon: Thy father was a King Lucilla. Just. And shall the Chronicles of age report Lucilla was no Queen? Were I a woman— The Madam Favorina doth usurp My due respect. Shall Favorina live? Shall she outshine the beauty whom I love? Nature, nay Gods deny a double Moon, They both are ominous; they do import A prodigy of uproars and of death.
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Women, women, women. What of women? Most women loue to talke, To scatter tales, and yet sweare silence too, To breed sedition, to deceiue all those Who in simplicity are confident, Of honest meaning: ô they do insult With a tyrannicke boldnesse ouer one Who through bewithch'd opinion, doth impart The substance of included secresie. O they wil dare the soule of such a man, Make him so subiect to their base command, As if they had his heart-strings in their hand. Raile at our sexe? why husband, though perhap Such women do suruiue, what will you hence Conclude within their guilt, my innocence? 'Cry mercy wise, 'good faith I did imagine Their wicked conuersation, generall, (All in good time be otherwise:) But wise, The painters of our age be culpable Of high abuse committed; they portraict. Each mentall vice in habit of a whore, A Hagge, a Witch, or Woman, at the least. Vertue (although the others opposite) Is painted with the like habiliment, Therefore conclude, if tender woman-hood Take any full impression of deceit, Vertue, or vice, of either strong beleefe. Or colourable incredulity; To change her minde will aske another age. You may conuert beliefe, you may reuoke Errors of wise-men, by a deepe dispute, But women setled, nothing will confute. For painters do imply this consequent By embleme; that our sexe is permanent. Are you so philosophicall I'faith? Well dost thou argue, for they sexe and selfe. Shee hath a ripe conceit, and I approue Her subtill apprehension, out of loue. I relish her deepe iudgement; for indeed, My railing labour'd onely to obtaine Of wits reply the due experience, That in our wisedome of credulity. We may impart a proud conspirasie. women shoot faire sometimes, though seldome true Like whetstones they giue edge to trickes a new. Braue Catiline for this cause did account Yong Orestilla worthy to partake Of his attempt (though farre aboue the braine Of woman to accomplish) hee approu'd The talkatiue Sempronia: Thus will I Induce my wife through cunning circumstance, To giue directions for a raw conceit: Though man is rather bless'd, who may with-hold His closet counsell from a womans eare; Yet am I of such spungy clay compact, As till I am dis-burthen'd of my care, Nothing yeelds comfort: ô I must vnclaspe A volume, which may preiudice my life; Happy's the man who dares beleeue his wife. What magicke may this motion ocular Of lips, without all vtterance portend? For men to pause at a poore stile of Dukes, Most frequent Lords, and yet more common knights Proclaimes them base and triuiall; if meanes Of more aduantage may be thought vpon: Thy father was a King Lcilla. Iust. And shall the Chronicles of age report Lucilla was no Queene? Were I a woman— The Madam Fauorina doth vsurpe My due respect. Shall liue? Shall she out-shine the beauty whom I loue? Nature, nay Gods deny a double Moone, They both are ominous; they do import A prodigie of vprores and of death.