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.
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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.
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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
add●d
,
Two
POEMS
,
one
in
Commendation
of
Vertue
,
the
other
in
Dispraise
of
Vice.
Dedicated
to
the
Apprentices
of
LONDON
.
London
,
Printed
for
Benj.
Harris
,
at
the
Lower
end
of
Bartholomew
〈◊〉
,
near
the
Royal-Exchange
,
1695.
THE
Epistle
Dedicatory
TO
THE
Apprentices
of
LONDON
.
WE
may
observe
the
Happiness
or
Unhappiness
that
waits
upon
this
Life
,
are
most
commonly
owing
to
the
Vigilent
and
Industrious
,
or
the
careless
and
ungovern'd
Actions
of
our
Youth
;
and
as
the
former
lays
a
probable
Foundation
,
upon
which
(
by
a
continued
Care
)
we
may
build
our
succeeding
Fortunes
to
a
comfortable
height
,
so
the
latter
robs
us
of
that
Substance
upon
which
we
ought
(
for
our
Security
)
to
place
the
Pedestal
of
our
future
Prosperity
:
And
as
there
is
nothing
tends
more
to
the
Destruction
of
Youth
,
or
renders
them
more
incapable
of
considering
their
own
Welfare
,
than
the
Conversation
of
Intrieguing
Women
:
I
thought
,
Young
Men
,
I
could
not
do
you
a
greater
Service
in
this
Age
,
where
to
tempt
cunningly
,
and
deceive
slily
,
are
the
Study
of
the
Female
Sex
,
than
present
you
with
a
small
Pocket-piece
,
which
shall
serve
as
Armour
to
defend
you
from
the
Darts
thrown
from
Wanton
and
Designing
Women
,
whose
evil
Communication
corrupts
good
Manners
,
and
will
make
you
(
if
deluded
by
them
)
Disobedient
to
the
Laws
of
GOD
,
undutiful
Children
to
your
Parents
,
unjust
Servants
to
your
Masters
,
ill
Husbands
(
when
you
Marry
)
to
your
Wives
,
ba●
Fathers
to
your
Children
,
Enemies
to
your
Countrey
,
and
Slaves
to
others
,
as
well
as
to
your
own
Vices
.
There
is
nothing
more
evident
,
than
that
several
Young
Men
in
this
City
of
London
have
been
drawn
aside
,
to
their
Ruin
,
by
the
attractive
Sorcery
of
these
bewitching
Load-stones
,
which
having
been
observ'd
of
late
by
the
Right
Honourable
the
Mayors
,
and
other
the
Iustices
of
London
,
that
they
have
been
so
commendably
Industrious
in
suppressing
this
Vice
,
within
the
Bounds
of
their
Jurisdiction
,
that
it
is
a
hard
matter
for
a
Night-walking
Strumpet
to
strole
through
the
City
unpunish'd
.
The
Magistrates
have
done
their
Parts
,
and
nothing
is
requir'd
further
,
(
for
the
more
effectual
Promotion
of
the
City's
Glory
)
but
your
Care
to
avoid
the
Lust
and
Subtilty
of
those
private
Madams
,
whose
gay
Apparel
,
and
false
Pretence
to
Modesty
,
gives
them
Covert
in
reputable
Families
,
where
they
heard
with
the
Vertuous
,
declaim
against
the
Vices
of
the
Age
,
and
seem
to
wonder
at
that
Wickedness
in
others
,
which
themselves
do
practice
daily
,
to
maintain
their
Pride
.
I
have
therefore
Taught
you
how
to
know
these
Vultures
in
Peacocks
Plumes
,
and
how
to
avoid
them
,
and
how
to
converse
with
them
without
Prejudice
in
the
following
Treatise
,
which
I
dedicate
to
your
View
,
and
commend
to
your
Practice
,
as
you
are
the
Flower
of
our
Nation
,
and
Glory
of
the
Metropolis
;
to
whom
I
Subscribe
my self
Your
most
Humble
Servant
,
E.
W.
THE
PREFACE
.
THE
Study
of
Designing
Women
in
all
Ages
having
been
to
Improve
,
and
set
off
Nature
with
such
Artificial
Charms
,
alluring
Dresses
,
and
resistless
Glances
,
that
most
of
our
Youth
,
before
they
have
shifted
of
the
tender
years
of
their
Infancy
,
are
subdued
by
their
Pollitick
Inducements
,
to
their
Ruinous
Embraces
,
which
are
frequently
succeeded
by
irrecoverable
Injuries
,
either
to
Estate
or
Person
,
if
not
Both
,
except
withdrawn
Timely
,
(
by
Prudence
)
from
this
Epidemical
Folly.
I
have
therefore
thought
it
necessary
,
to
present
the
Age
(
in
this
following
Treatise
)
with
a
fair
Prospect
of
the
Dangers
that
wait
on
the
Conversation
of
Intreiguing
Women
:
With
a
Scheme
of
their
Allurements
,
Subtile
Stratagems
and
Devices
,
by
which
they
oft
Trepan
Unwary
Youth
,
into
a
State
of
Misery
.
I
have
not
only
(
in
brief
Sentences
)
laid
open
the
studied
Policies
,
and
cunning
Delusions
of
the
Female
Sex
,
but
have
given
such
Maxims
of
Prudence
,
that
shall
Arm
you
against
their
Subtilties
,
and
teach
you
to
act
Counter
to
all
their
Designs
,
though
laid
and
carried
on
with
the
greatest
Cunning
and
Industry
.
As
Vertue
is
better
understood
by
Expeperience
than
Precept
,
so
the
knowledge
of
Vice
is
better
gain'd
by
Precept
than
Experience
;
and
as
all
things
are
distinguished
by
their
Contraries
,
so
it
is
necessary
to
be
acquainted
with
the
latter
,
to
compare
it
as
a
Foyl
,
to
set
off
the
true
Lustre
and
Beauty
of
the
former
.
In
the
Performance
of
my
Task
,
I
have
been
as
Compendious
as
possible
;
so
that
I
hope
I
shall
neither
offend
the
Judgment
,
or
Trespass
much
upon
the
Patience
of
the
Reader
,
but
rather
furnish
him
with
such
Rules
and
Maxims
,
(
against
Designing
Women
)
that
shall
be
delightful
to
Read
,
easie
to
Remember
,
and
very
proper
to
Practice
.
There
are
few
Persons
,
who
have
been
reduced
from
a
Plentiful
Fortune
,
into
a
State
of
Necessity
,
but
the
World
may
observe
,
Women
have
always
had
the
greatest
share
in
their
Ruin
;
Therefore
,
to
be
fortified
against
Female
Policy
,
is
a
matter
of
no
small
Moment
;
and
he
that
is
without
these
Prudentials
,
is
not
a
day
secure
of
either
his
Estate
or
Person
,
from
the
Gripes
of
a
Female
Vulture
,
but
is
lyable
to
be
Trick'd
into
such
Labyrinths
of
Misfortune
,
where
you
will
find
no
Clue
to
return
by
to
his
former
Liberty
.
All
that
I
entreat
of
the
Youthful
Reader
,
is
,
to
peruse
it
without
Prejudice
,
and
make
it
useful
to
himself
,
and
I
will
engage
,
he
may
at
Eighteen
or
Twenty
Years
of
Age
,
evade
the
Designs
,
resist
the
Temptations
,
and
withstand
the
Sorcery
of
those
Crafty
Witches
,
better
than
most
Men
(
without
it
)
shall
be
able
to
do
at
Forty
.
I
do
not
intend
any
affront
to
the
Chast
or
Vertuous
,
nor
would
I
have
them
offended
at
my
Vndertaking
,
for
may
Design
is
rather
to
raise
them
to
such
an
Esteem
,
that
n●ne
should
have
Title
to
Love
or
Admiration
,
but
such
Women
,
whose
affection
to
Vertue
,
and
resolutions
against
Vice
,
shall
oblige
them
to
be
Faithful
.
And
if
the
Reader
will
observe
the
Rules
I
have
laid
down
,
he
shall
know
how
to
Judge
,
and
how
to
Choose
;
To
Instruct
him
in
which
,
is
the
end
of
the
following
Treatise
.
FEMALE
POLICY
Detected
&c.
CHAP.
I.
Of
the
Allurements
of
Women
.
OF
all
Vices
,
an
unlawful
Fredom
with
the
Female
Sex
is
the
most
predominant
,
and
,
of
all
Sins
,
hath
the
most
powerful
Temptations
and
Allurements
to
betray
and
draw
Men
into
this
Folly.
The
Inducements
of
the
Fair
Sex
are
so
prevailing
,
a
Propensity
in
Nature
so
forcible
,
it
is
hard
to
stand
unmov'd
,
when
tempted
forward
by
the
Charms
of
a
subtle
Woman
,
and
drove
by
the
frail
Desires
of
an
unbounded
Lust.
But
as
there
is
not
Passion
too
strong
to
be
conquer'd
,
or
Temptation
too
great
to
be
resisted
;
so
if
you
will
observe
the
Maxims
I
shall
give
you
in
this
little
Treatise
,
you
will
be
arm'd
against
Beauty
;
make
Love
your
Subject
,
and
all
the
Subtilties
of
the
Fair
Sex
shall
truckle
,
and
become
Instruments
of
your
Direction
,
instead
of
your
Ruin.
Be
careful
how
you
conceive
too
good
an
Opinion
of
a
Woman
at
first
Sight
,
for
you
see
not
the
Woman
truly
,
but
her
Ornaments
.
Paint
,
Patches
,
and
fine
Dresses
,
are
to
hide
Defects
;
for
Beauty
,
like
Truth
,
is
always
best
when
Plainest
.
Many
in
rich
Ornaments
look
inviting
,
whose
Beauty
,
when
they
undress
,
flies
away
with
their
Apparel
,
and
leaves
you
(
as
Iuno
did
Ixion
)
nothing
but
a
cloudy
Mistress
to
embrace
.
If
you
like
a
Woman
,
and
would
discover
if
she
be
in
Nature
,
what
perhaps
she
may
seem
by
Art
,
surprize
her
in
a
Morning
undrest
,
and
it
is
Ten
to
One
,
but
you
will
find
your
Goddess
hath
shifted
off
her
Divinity
,
and
the
Angel
you
so
much
admired
turn'd
into
a
Magmallion
.
Be
always
Jealous
of
a
Maid
,
who
extols
her
own
Vertue
;
a
Wife
,
who
exclaims
against
her
Husband
in
his
Absence
;
and
a
Widow
,
that
courts
your
Company
;
for
when
a
Woman
praises
her
Vertues
,
't
is
as
a
Shop-keeper
does
a
Commodity
,
with
a
desire
to
be
rid
of
it
;
and
she
that
will
lay
open
the
Failings
of
her
Husband
to
another
,
will
,
to
the
same
Man
,
lay
open
her self
whenever
he
shall
require
it
of
her
;
and
when
a
Widow
seems
fond
of
your
Conversation
,
be
sure
't
is
through
design
;
and
if
you
are
not
careful
,
she
will
bury
you
alive
.
Be
not
tempted
to
pick
up
any
Woman
in
the
Street
;
but
if
you
should
,
be
sure
you
have
one
Eye
before
you
,
and
another
behind
you
;
for
wheresoever
Lust
leads
,
Danger
follows
.
Covet
not
the
Presents
of
a
fond
Woman
,
for
they
are
Baits
left
to
insnare
you
,
and
while
you
think
you
are
a
gainer
by
her
Gifts
,
you
are
loosing
your Self
.
Whoever
is
trepann'd
by
a
Woman's
Smiles
,
is
as
a
Fly
hampered
in
a
Cobweb
,
who
waits
the
Leasure
of
the
Spider
when
he
shall
be
devoured
.
He
that
serves
the
Lust
of
a
Woman
,
makes
himself
her
Monkey
;
for
she
admires
him
no
longer
than
while
he
is
playing
with
his
Tail.
Be
careful
how
you
live
upon
a
Whore
,
as
how
you
keep
one
;
for
by
the
former
you
will
get
nothing
,
and
by
the
latter
loose
every
thing
you
have
got
.
Mistrust
a
Woman
that
seems
Rich
by
her
own
Discourse
;
for
she
that
talks
much
of
her
Fortune
,
hath
generally
but
little
.
Think
not
every
Woman
Rich
that
wears
gay
Apparel
;
for
many
forfeit
their
Vertue
,
to
maintain
their
Pride
.
Build
not
too
great
a
Faith
upon
the
sight
of
a
few
Guineas
,
or
a
Gold
Watch
,
these
may
be
but
shooing
Horns
,
to
draw
you
on
to
your
Ruin.
Believe
no
Man's
Affirmation
of
a
Woman's
Fortune
,
unless
you
know
him
;
for
Designs
are
never
carry'd
on
without
Abettors
.
Be
sure
of
her
Portion
,
though
you
take
her
Vertue
upon
Credit
;
but
he
that
takes
both
upon
Trust
,
may
find
,
when
too
late
,
he
hath
neither
to
trust
to
.
Endeavour
not
to
continue
a
Woman's
Love
by
Gifts
,
for
every
Present
you
make
her
may
be
the
Purchase
of
a
Rival
:
besides
,
they
love
Gifts
,
and
if
you
use
them
to
it
,
they
will
Love
you
no
longer
than
you
are
giving
.
Believe
not
hte
trivial
Favours
of
a
Woman
a
demonstration
of
her
Love
;
for
they
pride
to
be
Belov'd
,
though
it
be
by
those
they
Scorn
.
Raise
not
an
Opinion
of
your self
upon
the
Flatteries
of
a
Woman
,
nor
think
her
Praises
any
sign
of
Love
,
but
of
her
Cunning
;
for
Designing
Women
,
like
great
Polititians
,
flatter
them
most
they
design
to
Ruin.
〈◊〉
no
Woman
charm
you
with
the
Musick
of
a
smo●●h
Tongue
;
for
many
can
talk
well
,
that
act
ill
.
Believe
no
Woman
the
more
Virtuous
for
resisting
the
first
Attempt
;
for
,
like
besieged
Towns
,
they
will
withstand
several
Efforts
,
and
,
at
last
,
Surrender
upon
Capitulartion
.
Some
Women
(
like
strong
Holds
)
are
to
be
taken
but
one
way
,
which
if
you
cannot
readily
discover
,
be
content
,
she
her self
will
find
ways
to
direct
you
,
if
she
likes
you
.
When
a
lewd
Woman
serves
your
Necessity
,
't
is
with
a
certain
expectancy
you
should
serve
her
Lust
:
her
Kindnesses
are
measured
by
your
Capacity
,
and
a
continuance
of
her
Favours
dwell
upon
the
Repetition
of
your
Performances
;
she
will
stretch
her
Purse-strings
to
support
you
in
Extravagancy
,
if
you
strain
as
hard
to
supply
her
unbounded
Leachery
;
but
be
sure
she
will
be
your
Servant
no
longer
than
you
will
remain
her
Drudge
.
Who
is
Stallion
to
a
Whore
,
is
a
Slave
to
Iniquity
,
and
a
Champion
to
anothers
Vices
,
a
Coward
in
a
Good
Cause
,
and
a
Curse
to
himself
.
Let
no
Woman
tempt
you
by
her
Wit
to
Love
her
;
for
she
who
hath
Wit
enough
to
tempt
you
,
hath
enough
to
deceive
you
.
Suffer
not
your self
to
be
Ensnared
by
a
Woman
over
free
in
her
Gestures
,
or
Conversation
;
for
whosoever
is
much
active
in
Behaviour
,
behaves
her self
like
a
Lover
of
much
action
;
and
whoever
is
free
in
much
Company
,
will
be
much
freer
when
but
Two
together
.
Think
not
the
Amorous
Glances
of
a
Woman
towards
you
,
gives
you
Title
to
her
Affection
;
for
they
can
look
one
way
,
when
their
Hearts
are
another
.
Expect
no
good
Quality
in
a
Woman
more
than
what
she
shows
;
for
it
is
a
Maxim
in
their
Politicks
,
to
put
the
best
side
outward
.
If
you
Love
a
Woman
,
be
careful
how
you
show
it
;
for
your
Nibbling
at
the
Bait
,
may
too
early
discover
a
willingness
to
be
Caught
.
Wast
not
your
Strength
in
the
Enjoyments
of
Beauty
,
neither
your
Time
or
Money
in
Corrupting
Vertue
;
but
Marry
a
Chast
Wife
,
of
a
Good
Family
,
with
a
Moderate
Fortune
,
and
you
need
not
question
being
Happy
.
CHAP.
II.
Of
the
Inconstancy
of
Women
.
WHosoever
resigns
her
Vertue
,
to
gratify
anothers
Lust
,
will
not
scruple
the
same
freedom
with
another
,
to
Pleasure
her
own
;
for
few
Women
Love
so
well
,
as
to
Love
a
Gallant
better
than
themselves
.
She
who
will
lose
her
Reputation
to
Oblige
you
,
will
Hazard
your
Love
to
Gratify
her self
;
and
she
that
will
do
both
,
can
never
be
Constant.
Put
no
Confidence
in
a
Woman
that
hath
lost
her
Honour
;
for
she
who
is
without
Reputation
,
hath
nothing
to
engage
her
to
be
Faithful
.
Constancy
is
maintain'd
by
Vertue
,
and
she
who
hath
lost
her
Vertue
,
hath
nothing
left
to
oblige
her
to
be
Constant
.
She
that
preferrs
Pleasure
before
Vertue
,
will
be
Constant
to
her
Lust
,
but
not
to
you
.
Nothing
engages
a
Mans
Affection
so
much
to
a
Woman
,
as
a
belief
of
her
Constancy
;
but
't
is
better
to
believe
her
otherways
,
for
then
she
can
never
Deceive
you
.
Women
are
sensible
that
Constancy
is
more
priz'd
than
Beauty
;
but
it
is
a
Maxim
among
their
Sex
,
to
Deceive
us
most
in
what
we
most
Value
.
Nothing
is
more
Ridiculous
than
to
keep
a
Miss
;
for
the
that
you
keep
,
will
keep
another
if
she
can
;
there
being
the
same
Ambition
in
her
to
be
Mistriss
of
another
,
as
there
is
in
you
to
be
Master
of
her
:
and
he
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
,
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
Gestures
,
and
uncouth
Behaviours
,
such
peremptory
Sentences
,
and
impertinent
Loquacities
,
that
offends
both
the
Eyes
and
Ears
of
all
that
have
either
Modesty
or
Prudence
.
Nothing
shows
the
want
of
Judgment
more
than
Female
Pride
,
which
is
(
doubtless
)
nourish'd
by
the
vain
Conceits
of
their
own
Perfections
,
and
begets
such
a
Self-Love
,
grounded
upon
Self-Opinion
,
that
they
look
upon
their
whole
Sex
beside
with
Envy
and
Contempt
,
and
like
Narcissas
,
daily
dote
on
the
Reflection
of
their
own
imaginary
Excellencies
.
Cast
not
your
Eyes
too
often
upon
such
Women
,
for
they
are
chargable
Mistresses
,
implacable
Wives
,
and
ill
Mothers
to
your
Children
.
A
Proud
Woman
,
like
an
imprudent
Prince
,
always
Love
him
best
by
whom
she
is
most
slatter'd
.
If
you
Aim
at
the
Favours
of
a
Lofty
Dame
,
you
must
highly
extol
her
Person
and
her
Parts
,
and
conceed
with
her
Opinion
in
all
things
,
though
ne'er
so
opposite
to
Reason
;
for
Flattery
and
Humility
must
be
the
Supporters
of
your
Interest
.
Let
Pride
in
a
fine
Woman
anticipate
your
Admiration
;
for
never
admire
her
who
admires
her self
too
much
;
conceive
her
as
a
large
Looking-Glass
crack'd
,
by
which
single
defect
is
rendred
of
small
Value
,
by
reason
it
can
ne'er
be
mended
.
Pride
in
a
Witty
Woman
,
is
like
a
Whet-stone
to
a
Scyth
,
it
only
serves
to
sharpen
her
Reflections
,
and
makes
her
a
more
dangerous
Weapon
for
a
Man
to
meddle
with
.
A
Proud
Woman
,
like
a
stately
Horse
,
must
be
rid
with
a
Curb
,
and
manag'd
with
a
streight
Rein
,
or
she
will
soon
be
the
Bane
of
her
Rider
.
If
you
Marry
a
Haughty
Woman
,
you
ought
to
have
a
good
Estate
;
for
you
will
find
,
a
Proud
Wife
,
in
a
low
Station
,
will
be
an
uncomfortable
Companion
,
and
the
first
in
Adversity
that
shall
lend
a
h●lping
Hand
to
your
Ruin.
Pride
in
a
Friend
is
dangerous
,
in
a
Mistress
chargable
,
but
in
a
Wife
an
implacable
Torment
.
Many
Women
have
forfeited
their
Vertue
,
to
gratifie
their
Lust
,
but
more
to
maintain
their
Pride
;
and
Lust
,
though
it
will
make
a
Woman
a
Whore
,
yet
't
is
Pride
that
makes
her
Mercenary
.
Many
Women
have
Vertue
enough
to
resist
the
bare
Attempts
of
Familiarity
;
but
few
that
can
stand
against
the
powerful
Charms
of
Gold
,
fine
Dresses
,
Coach
and
Horses
,
and
Attendance
.
It
is
Grandeur
influences
Pride
,
and
leads
Ambition
by
the
Nose
through
the
worst
of
Vices
;
for
there
are
many
who
are
honestly
Poor
by
constraint
,
who
would
willingly
commit
any
Evil
to
be
Rich.
That
Vertue
is
never
Safe
which
is
under
the
Guardian-ship
of
Pride
;
the
latter
will
be
maintain'd
,
though
the
former
is
sacrifie'd
to
support
it
.
He
that
hath
a
Proud
Woman
to
his
Wife
is
like
an
Oak
begirt
with
Ivy
,
he
Suffers
himself
to
be
Embraced
by
that
which
will
bring
him
to
his
Ruin.
When
Ambition
leads
the
Van
,
the
whole
Body
of
Vice
follows
;
and
where-ever
you
see
Pride
in
the
Front
,
be
sure
Lust
Marches
in
the
Rear
.
Pride
in
a
Beautiful
Woman
is
like
a
Flaw
in
a
Diamond
,
it
lessens
the
Value
,
Spoils
the
Lustre
,
and
Remains
Incurable
.
He
that
Marries
a
Proud
Wife
is
as
unhappy
as
a
Prince
who
hath
a
Rebellious
Nation
to
Govern
,
as
the
latter
must
grant
every
Petition
of
the
People
to
secure
Peace
in
his
Kingdom
,
so
must
the
former
every
request
of
his
Wife
to
preserve
the
same
in
his
Family
.
Of
all
Imperfections
in
a
Woman
,
Pride
is
the
most
Intollerable
,
for
that
is
hardest
to
be
excused
,
which
is
never
to
be
mended
.
Pride
in
a
Wife
,
makes
a
Husband
appear
little
;
it
oft-times
compels
him
to
Submit
,
where
he
hath
right
to
Govern
.
He
that
hath
a
Prudent
Wife
,
hath
a
Guardian
Angel
by
his
Side
,
but
he
that
hath
a
Proud
Wife
,
hath
the
Devil
at
his
Elbow
.
A
Proud
Woman
is
an
Imperious
Wife
,
an
Undutiful
Daughter
,
an
Implacable
Mistriss
,
a
Harsh
Mother
,
and
a
Sawcy
Servant
.
Pride
is
the
Parent
of
Iniquity
,
the
Innovator
of
Vice
,
the
Seed
of
Rebellion
,
and
the
Rise
of
Faction
.
Pride
lost
Mankind
their
Paradice
,
the
World
its
Peace
,
and
made
a
Devil
of
an
Angel.
CHAP.
VI.
Of
the
Ingratitude
of
Women
.
LET
no
Man
deceive
himself
with
the
Expectancy
of
Gratitude
in
a
Mercenary
Woman
;
for
she
,
who
for
Suks
and
Satins
,
or
a
splendid
Maintenance
,
will
submit
to
your
Pleasure
,
and
swear
Constancy
to
her
Keeper
,
shall
be
first
that
forsakes
you
in
a
declining
Condition
;
and
though
she
hath
built
a
Provision
for
her self
out
of
the
Ruins
of
your
Fortune
,
yet
she
shall
be
the
last
Person
that
shall
lend
you
the
least
Assistance
when
your
Occasions
shall
most
require
it
;
Therefore
,
look
upon
whatsoever
you
give
such
a
Woman
to
he
buried
,
as
in
a
deep
Sea
,
from
whence
no
Returns
can
be
expected
.
If
you
love
a
Woman
,
be
not
deluded
by
her
trifling
Presents
to
make
chargable
Returns
,
for
that
's
the
Aim
of
her
Policy
.
Let
not
a
Point
Cravat
,
because
't
is
her
own
Working
,
give
her
Title
to
a
Settlement
out
of
your
Estate
,
lest
while
your
Mistriss
extols
your
Gratitude
,
the
World
laughs
at
your
Folly.
Giving
Presents
to
a
Woman
to
secure
her
Love
,
is
as
Vain
as
the
Endeavouring
to
fill
a
Ceive
with
Water
;
for
you
may
continue
Giving
the
one
,
and
Pouring
into
the
other
,
till
the
last
Trump
sounds
,
e're
you
find
the
one
the
Faster
,
or
the
other
the
Fuller
.
The
Gratitude
of
a
Mercinary
Woman
lies
only
in
her
Tayl
,
with
it
she
dissolves
all
Obligations
,
and
will
still
be
a
Gainer
even
when
the
Debt's
Paid
.
Whoever
blames
a
Woman
for
her
Ingratitude
,
is
equally
culpable
for
Trusting
her
with
the
Power
to
prove
so
;
for
Love
with
Moderation
,
keeps
a
close
Heart
and
a
wary
Hand
,
and
her
Ingratitude
can
never
hurt
you
.
Debauch
no
Virgin
to
maintain
her
after
,
lest
you
are
serv'd
as
a
Gentleman
,
who
having
wasted
his
Fortune
in
the
extravagant
Support
of
a
Young
Gentlewoman
whom
he
had
first
desil'd
,
sent
his
Man
to
her
upon
a
particular
Exigence
,
to
desire
her
to
lend
him
Ten
Guinea's
;
to
which
she
answer'd
,
Pray
present
my
Service
to
your
Master
,
and
tell
him
when
he
hath
made
me
amends
for
the
Vertue
he
hath
forc'd
from
me
,
I
shall
be
glad
to
Oblige
him
;
but
I
wonder
he
should
think
I
would
lend
Money
to
him
who
hath
rob'd
me
already
of
that
which
admits
of
no
Restitution
,
but
for
ever
continues
him
my
Debtor
.
Therefore
,
corrupt
no
Virgin
,
or
the
Surrender
of
her
Vertue
to
your
●mbraces
,
will
remain
upon
you
as
a
perpertual
Obligation
,
and
serve
her
at
all
times
to
excuse
the
highest
Ingratitude
,
or
the
greatest
Injury
she
shall
act
against
you
:
besides
,
the
World
shall
condemn
you
under
all
the
Mischiefs
you
shall
suffer
by
her
means
,
crying
,
you
were
first
her
Ruin
,
and
all
the
Evils
she
can
do
you
is
no
more
than
you
deserve
.
Love
is
the
Legature
that
binds
a
Woman
to
Gratitude
;
she
that
Loves
you
,
will
gratefully
accept
,
and
generously
return
the
lest
Favour
that
shall
signalize
the
Affection
of
the
Giver
;
but
a
Designing
Woman
esteems
the
Donor
by
his
Presents
,
and
not
the
Presents
by
the
Donor
.
She
that
hath
a
Design
upon
you
,
will
first
oblige
you
with
some
engaging
Courtesie
to
become
her
Debter
;
but
be
careful
of
those
Women
who
are
generous
in
the
Beginning
,
lest
you
pay
,
with
your
Ruin
,
for
their
Kindness
in
the
End.
Ingratitude
is
said
to
be
worse
than
the
Sin
of
Witchcraft
,
and
he
that
trusteth
a
Woman
he
hath
once
found
Ingrateful
,
is
worse
than
bewitch'd
.
Court
not
a
Reconciliation
with
a
Woman
who
hath
once
deciv'd
you
,
lest
she
triumphs
over
your
Submission
,
and
makes
von
become
an
Ass
to
bear
the
Luggage
of
her
Infirmities
.
To
a
Woman
you
Love
,
behave
your self
boldly
,
and
with
freedom
,
tho'
justly
and
respectful
,
for
a
Manly
Carriage
will
awe
her
to
be
grateful
,
when
a
cringing
fondness
may
occasion
her
to
presume
on
your
good
nature
.
In
Commendation
of
Vertue
.
VErtue
,
thou
Ornament
of
Humane
Life
,
That
Crowns
the
Virgin
,
and
Adorns
the
Wife
,
From
thy
Blest
Treasure
of
Contentments
flow
All
the
true
Blessings
we
enjoy
below
.
Those
Sweet
Delights
,
which
in
thy
Bosom
dwell
,
Rise
up
in
Springs
,
and
into
Rivers
swell
,
Which
know
no
Ebb
,
or
Storm
,
but
free
from
Noise
,
Flow
Calmly
in
a
constant
Tide
of
Joys
:
Thou
bring'st
Contentment
to
the
Meanest
Birth
,
And
gives
us
Taste
of
Heaven
here
on
Earth
:
From
whence
,
thro'
Christal
Innocence
,
we
see
A
pleasing
Prospect
of
Eternity
;
Where
Angels
,
to
receive
the
Vertuous
,
wait
,
And
bid
them
Welcome
to
a
Happier
State.
When
Vice
hath
drest
her
Wanton
Daughters
Head
,
With
Tresses
loose
,
in
Airy
Modes
Displaid
.
Complection
heighten'd
,
and
improv'd
by
Paint
,
And
all
the
Arts
that
Pride
could
e're
invent
:
Yet
Vertue
in
plain
Coif
,
adorn'd
no
way
By
Nature
,
looks
so
Innocently
Gay
:
She
in
her
Home
spun
Garbshines
brighter
far
than
they
.
As
Precious
Gems
,
of
which
the
India's
boast
,
The
plainer
set
,
the
greater
Lustre
cast
.
Vertue
,
like
Beauty
,
wants
no
Study'd
Smile
,
But
of
it self
shines
bright
without
a
Foil
.
Could
the
Corrupted
World
but
truly
tast
The
Sweet
Delights
which
Vicious
Actions
Blast
,
Their
Lewd
Excesses
they
'd
repeat
no
more
,
Their
Counterfeit
Enjoyments
soon
give
o'er
To
Gaze
at
Vertues
Beams
,
and
the
Chast
Dame
Adore
.
'T
is
she
emboldens
us
to
fear
no
Fate
,
And
gives
Contentment
to
the
meanest
State.
Closely
Embrac'd
,
she
Blesses
each
Degree
With
a
Calm
Mind
,
from
Perturbations
free
,
And
,
by
Content
,
Improves
Felicity
.
Would
all
Mankind
her
pleasing
foot-steps
tread
,
Which
do
to
Truth
,
and
all
Perfections
lead
,
Sexes
would
join
,
as
Angels
do
above
,
Not
to
Fulfil
their
Lust
,
but
Seal
their
Love.
In
Dispraise
of
Vice.
WIth
what
reproachful
Blushes
do
the
Wise
,
Those
Follies
,
which
the
Age
embrace
,
despise
,
With
Wonder
and
Contempt
they
Gaze
to
see
Vertue
thus
Sacrific'd
to
Leachery
,
By
the
Sly
Snares
of
Female
Policy
.
What
strange
Temptations
draw
the
World
aside
,
To
Embrace
Vice
,
and
Vertues
Charms
deride
:
As
Thieves
and
Ruffians
,
who
abhor
the
Light
,
Shun
the
Bright
Day
,
and
seek
the
Gloomy
Night
,
Tell
me
,
mistaken
Souls
,
what
Baits
allure
From
Vertues
Paths
,
so
pleasing
and
so
sure
,
Where
no
deep
Sloughs
,
or
dangerous
Bogs
are
found
,
But
sundry
Prospects
of
Delight
all
round
;
who
'd
quit
so
happy
,
so
secure
a
Road
,
To
Wade
along
in
Filthiness
and
Mud.
Where
Paths
so
rugged
are
,
Friend
Jossels
Friend
,
Each
for
Precedency
in
Vice
contend
,
But
Sorrow
is
(
alas
)
their
Journeys
end
.
So
is
the
unweary
Traveller
betray'd
,
When
by
an
Ignis
Fatnus
misled
'Mong
Brakes
and
Pools
,
from
whence
the
treach'rous
Guide
Flies
undiscern'd
,
and
doth
his
Tapor
hide
,
Leaving
the
Wand'ring
Wretch
quite
void
of
Light
,
Expos'd
to
all
the
Accidents
of
Night
.
Thus
fare
the
Unhappy
Mortals
,
who
receed
From
Vertues
Paths
,
the
tracts
of
Vice
to
tread
,
Where
Fears
and
Cares
each
Wanton
step
succeed
.
Look
at
the
Monster
Vice
with
Steddy
Eye
,
Who
thus
devours
the
Worlds
Tranquility
,
You
may
discern
the
Beast
in
ev'ry
part
,
By
Nature
Black
,
tho'
Whiten'd
o're
by
Art
;
As
Strumpets
,
when
Distemper'd
and
Unclean
,
Paint
Fair
their
outsides
when
most
Foul
within
,
Vice
,
thou
Black
Parent
of
Revenge
and
Strife
,
Thou
Shame
of
Humane
Race
,
and
Sting
of
Life
,
By
thy
Rank
Bowels
every
ill
is
fed
,
From
thee
all
Rapes
and
Villanies
proceed
;
Ambition
,
Envy
,
Lust
Adultery
,
Murder
,
Rebellion
,
every
Infamy
,
Have
all
their
Birth
and
Nourishment
from
thee
.
Shun
the
Dark
Fiend
,
and
its
alluring
Toys
,
Reject
its
Trifles
and
Embrace
true
Joys
;
Which
if
you
'll
find
,
choose
Vertue
for
your
Guide
,
Woo
the
kind
Dame
,
and
keep
her
by
your
side
,
Kiss
her
Soft
Lips
,
and
Wed
her
for
your
Bride
.
FINIS
.