favour A Lady gave me once her cheek to kiss Being no less than I my self did wish For this I 'll say and bind it with an oath Her cheek tastes sweeter far than do's her mouth But there is nothing so much discovereth the vain Pride of these Beauties as a coyness to their Servants in their Wooing and Winning If they affect you that affection must be so shrowded and shaddowed as Lynceus's eyes could not disclose it Walk from them their eyes are on you walk to them their eyes are from you There is no argument be it never so well-relishing nor sorting with their liking that they will give ear to No posture be it never so graceful they will afford an eye to Opposition suiteth best with their condition To a stranger they will shew themselves familiar to you whose intimacy hath got a room in their hearts they will seem a stranger If you appear merry it must be expounded trifting childishness if grave stoick fullenness It were a gift above apprehension in every particular to fit their humour And yet they must be humour'd or they are lost for ever Beauty is coveted by all and where Nature has not cast the Face and Body in one of her finest Moulds what Arts what Costs are used to repair her work and varnish over her defect that they may not be obvious Beauty was so greatly Admired by the Ancients that whereas Gorgon by some called Medusa had such a loveliness imprinted on her Face that she fixed the Admiring Spectators for a time Immovable rendring them as Men Amaz'd and Astonished They hereupon feigned that she converted Men into Stones with the dazling brightness of her Eyes The Barbarous Nations had also such veneration for it that they thought none capable of any extraordinary Action unless nature had Impressed an Excellent shape and Loveliness upon their Persons to dignifie and distinguish them from others Holding that the accidental meeting of a Beautiful Person was an Augury or presage of good fortune whereas the contrary was looked upon as an unlucky Omen And indeed Beauty has found its favourers amongst all sorts of Persons pleading more powerfully than the most refined Oratory No Armour is proof against it's pointed rays the Sword and the Gown bend to it and pay it homage as the Soveraign Commandress of Affection And lays a Thousand snares for even the most stubborn and stoical of Mankind which they cannot at all times escape Beauty so Captivated the heart of that Renowned Warriour Edward the Fourth King of England that after in a Bloody War with the House of Lancaster having obtained the Crown the Lady Elizabeth Gray Widow to Sir John Gray slain in the Quarrel of Henry the Sixth coming to petition him for her Husbands Estate that had been declared Forfeited and Seized to the Kings use He at the first sight of her was so passionately in Love that though the Great Earl of Warwick who had by his Valour been mainly Instrumental in making him King was at that time as his Proxy Wooing for him the Infanta of Savoy he finding she would not yield to be his Mistress made her his Queen though to the hazard of his Kingdom Being driven out by the Inraged Earl who for this Affront took part with Henry the Sixth and remained as an Exile for a considerable time till Fortune favouring him he again by force of Arms assumed the Royal Dignity Beauty in Aspasia the daughter of Hermotimus the Phocian surpassed all the Virgins of her Age in the Elegance of her form being a perfect Pattern of an Excellent Beauty Attracting the Affections of all that gazed upon her so that he who came a Spectator departed a Lover and is by Aelian described in this manner Her Hair Yellow and naturally Curling her Eyes bright Sparkling and full her Ears small and her Nose a Gentle rising in the Midest her Skin smooth and her Countenance of a Rosie Colour For which cause the Phocians whilst she was a Girl gave her the Name of Milto her Lips Were red and her Teeth white as Alablaster her Feet small and her Voice had something in it so smooth and sweet that whilst the spoke it was like the Musick of Syrens she used no Feminine Arts to render her Beauties more Advantageous as being born and brought up by poor Parents she was as Chaste as Lovely so that allured by both Cyrus the Younger King of Persia made her his Wife And after his Decease she was Married to King Artaxerxes the force of Beauty and Chastity having so Transcendant a power as to make her twice a Queen and have the Ascendant over the most Celebrated Monarchs of Asia Beautiful Phryne being accused of Lewdness and having Learned to plead for herself at Athens baring her Breasts and disclosing but part of her Beauty so charmed her Judges that notwithstanding the proof against her they declared her innocent At that time notwithstanding they ordained for the prevention of the like Rapture or Surprize that no woman should ever after Plead her Cause And so admirable was her Beauty Naturally without the Assistance of Art that she took all in her snares that had the least Glimmering of a Conversation with her Beauty was so Dazling Triumphant in Lais that she inflamed all Greece many at the report of her Excellent Features falling in love with her when being pestered with Troops of Adorers whom she refused she at last fell in Love with Hypolochus and went to him at Meglopolis but there her Beauty proved her destruction for the Women envying her rare Perfections in Nature wherein themselves were so much out-done surprized the charming Lady and carryed her to the Temple of Venus where in a fit of jealous rage they Stoned her to death which so grieved the Men that they Branded the place from that time with the Temple of Venus the Murtheress Beautiful Polyxena Daughter of Pryamus King of Troy is Discribed by Dares to be in this manner of stature She was Tall Beautiful in her Features her Neck long and white as Down of Swans her Eyes sparkling her Hair of a Golden Colour and Long her Body exactly Shaped throughout her Fingers small and long her Legs Streight with a declining Calf her Feet neatly compacted And in the whole frame of Nature such a one as for Beauty excelled all the Women of her time besides which in Modesty she was Plain Hearted Bountiful and Affable to all Persons Beautiful Helena of Greece whose story is not unknown to the World since in her Cause so many Thousand Lives were spent and the famous City of Troy after a hard Ten Years Siege reduced to Ashes Is thus Discribed by the aforementioned Dares a Phrygian who was present in the War She saith he was of a Golden Hair full and Sparkling Eyes exceeding Fair of Face her Body well Shaped her Mouth Small and Curiously made her Legs Exactly Framed and a Mold between her Eye-brows her Disposition was Open and
Throne of a Potent Kingdom who loved her intirely was impatient of her absence but she Excused herself with all Modesty and Gravity That she had weaned herself from the World and its Vanities and entreated she might be obliged to return no more to it A Kingdom was but a small Bribe and seemed nothing to her in Comparison to those Joys the had in view Elphlerda Sister to Edward a Saxon King before the Conquest and Wife to Etheldredus Duke of Mercia was so renowned for her Courage and Bravery of Mind that few Nations ever affâ—rded a more Famous Virago She her Husband dying overthrew the Welch in several Battels who made Incursions into her Territories and in bloody Figâ—ts â—ut the Danes to the rout She buiâ—t divers Ruined Cities and 〈◊〉 her bleeding Country to a smiling Condition with whose Fame and Praises our Histories abound And King Henry the Fifth whilst Prince of Wales admiring her Courage and Conduct made certain Latin Verses in Commendation of her We might under this head of Examples mention many more no leâ—s Famed for Piety and Vertâ—e than Valour and Renown but seeing we are to scatter them as Diamonds and Pearls to Illustrate the whole Work these they may here 〈◊〉 to the Credit and Honour of the Fair Sex Eleanor Queen of England her Vertuous and wonderful Example of Love to her Husband Edward Son 〈◊〉 Henry the Third King of England resolving to pass into the Holy-Land with divers other Princes for the Recovery of it and the City of Jerusalem which the Infidels had taken away from the Christians and violently oppressed them Eleanor Daughter of Ferdinand the Third K. of Castile his chaâ—e and vertuous Wife would by no means be perswaded to stay behind but resolved in that long and dangerous Voyage to accompany him No entrâ—ties nor the hazards laid before her could prevail with her to be without her Husbands Company saying Shâ— knew she must die and if so dyed in the Land of Promise she was as near if not nearer in Heaven as in any other place And accordingly she accompanyed him undergoing cheerfully the hardships that attended the tedious Voyage This Prince in Palestine did wonders by his Valour and Conduct Making his very Name a terror to the Infidels so that they being every where worded the Turkish Governour of Damascus sent a Villain seemingly to treat with him but indeed to dispatch him for as he was delivering his Letters he stabb'd him three times in the Arm with a poison'd Dagger whereupon the prince fell'd him With his Fist and the Guards coming in cut him in pieces Excessive was the the pain yet he bore it with a manly fortitude and the nature of the poison such that his Chirurgeons concluded them Morral unless any one would hazard their Life by continual sucking out the poison the which when all his Favourites declined His vertuous Wife undertook cheerfully so that God blessing her willingness the Prince recovered and she remained uninjured by the poyson For which he entirely loved her all her Lifetime and when he was King Erected Monuments to her Memory in divers parts of England which remained many of them till the time the Crosses c. were demolished in the late Civil War Eulâ—lia a Noble Virgin of Portugal contemning all Earthly Glories as transitory things in which was no solid or substantial good laid aside her Treasure and Splendid Attire for the Adorning her Body and only took care to dress her Soul That it might be an acceptable Spouse fit for the embraces of the Glorious Bridegroom the made Sobriety Mâ—desty Chastity Works of 〈◊〉 and Charity her daily Familiars she took her Love off from Worldly things and placed it on those above And lived the life of a Saint a rare Example to those that are young and beautiful as she was to Patern out if necessity requires it and the Immortal Soul be at stake for the trifling vanitieâ— of this World See thus continued in Piety herself to instruct others 〈◊〉 hor Perâ—ecution arose and the 〈◊〉 viz. the 〈◊〉 mentioned in St. Johns 〈…〉 her the 〈…〉 to fly into the 〈…〉 the Flood that the Dra◠〈◊〉 out of his 〈…〉 resolved with 〈…〉 true Christian Courage 〈◊〉 those that were commanded by the Emperours Edict to Sacrifice to the Idols or the Representations of the seigned Heathen 〈◊〉 To be 〈…〉 And though her Parents who loved her 〈◊〉 laboured to avert the Danger that Threatned by perswading her to do it more privately Her Zeal drove her to do it in the Presence of the Enemies of the Christian Faith saying that those who out of Fear or Favour refused to profess the name of Christ openly were not worthy of his Love and the Glories he had prepared for those that Love and Fear him They however by Tears and Intreaties prevailed with her to remove out of the Populous City to their Country House but so great was the fervour of her Zeal that hearing many through fear daily Apostatized she Escaped the vigilence of those that were to observe her and went to their Houses to confirm and Strengthen such as were not fallen and to recover such as were Which being taken notice of by some Envious Persons she was delivered to the Praefect one superstitiously Devoted to the Heathen Idolatry and Thristing after the Blood of the Christians who Reproached her and Reviled her as a Sower of Sedition and a Stirrer up of the People to Trouble and Molest the Peace and Quiet of the Empire and as a Desptser and Conâ—aâ—ner of their Gods To all which she answered with much modesty and Mildness but when what ever she could alledge availed her nothing she told them That her Life was all they could Exact and she was willing to dye for thâ—â— Faith she Professed Then he began to perswade her to Renounce it as being Inflamed with her Beauty promising to take her in Marriage if she would comply but she with detestation refused his proser in those terms which so enraged him laying aside all bowels of Commiseration to so youthful and tender a Lady he called for the Executioners and ordered them to make ready the Rack upon which void of all shame they stretched her naked and disjointed those Limbs the sight of which would have charmed Barbarians into wonder yet she took it cheerfully and sung Praises That she was counted worthy 〈◊〉 suffer for his Name who had Redeemed her with his Precious Blood Upon which she was cast to the wild Beasts kept in those times one purpose to make the Tyrrantâ— pastime in the slaughtering and devouring Christians having before she had been taken of the Rack been tortured with another Engin of Cruelty called the Iron Grate which broke her Arms and Legs and had her Ivory Breasts 〈◊〉 with hot Irons Yet in all 〈◊〉 through his strength who supported her weakness she became more than Conqueror Crampies of Female Courage Constancy and maâ—â—â—ther singular Vertues Agnâ—s Gabril being
Love Chara I. She that is dear beloved favour'd or pretious Charity I. Charity Love Bounty Chlâ—ris forsan à 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. green Gr. Christian given from our Christian Profession from Xeâ—â— i. the Annointed i. 〈◊〉 Câ—â—rlie that hath a kind of dimness in his sight or thâ— is Gray-ey'd Clare she that is fair bright or clear Lat. Cleobulina dun for Cleoâ—lus I. famous for Counsel Cleopatria qu. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. the Glory 〈◊〉 her Father or Country Constance i. constant fine always one Lat. Calphurnia a Roman Maâ—tron who pleading her own Cause made such an unplâ—sing a Harangue that the Senate made a Decree that â— Woman should be admitted 〈◊〉 plead for the future Camillia Queen of the Volscians she aided Turnus 〈◊〉 gainst Aeneas and after many brave Atchievements was 〈◊〉 by a cowardly hand Camilla Sister to Pope Sixtus the Fifth who of â— Poor Woman was rais'd by him to the degree of a Princess and her Children provided for after an extraordinary manne tho we do not hear that her Advancement made her proud a thing very common in oâ—â— Age. Camma a Lady of Galatia marry'd to Sinatus who being kill'd by Sinorix that he might enjoy Camma she after having bewail'd her Husband's death seemingly consented sented to be his Wife but poisoned him in the Nuptial Cup and at the same time 〈◊〉 rejoicing that she had the happiness in her Fall to be revenged on her Husband's Murtherer Campaspe a very beautiful Woman whose Picture Alexander the Great caused to 〈◊〉 drawn by Apelles but the Painter whilst he was drawing 〈◊〉 fell in Love with her and â—btain'd the King's leave to marry her Candace an Ethiopian Queen of the Isle of Meroe whose Eunuch St. Philip conâ—erted to the Christian Religion and he converted the Queen with a great number of her Subjects She was a Woman of a Heroick Spirit much â—ddicted to the Wars in which â—he lost one of her Eyes Carines Women who in great Funerals were Mourners and made doleful Lamentations over the Dead Carmel our Lady of Mount-Carmel Carmenta a Grecian Lady Mother to Evander who â—ailing from Greece planted himself in Italy by the courtesie of King Faunus and assisted Aeneas in his Wars against Turnus for the gaining the Fair Livinia Carna a Goddess taking Care of the Vital parts of Men to keep them in Health and â—engthen their Days Cassandra a Lady of Venice very famous for her Learning in divers Languages and Sciences leaving many curious Pieces of her works behind her Cassandra Daughter to King Priamus ravished by Apollo who to recompence her gave her the Gift of Prophecy but she afterward not proving so agreeable as he expected he so order'd it that none should believe her Catâ—hina Daughter to Lucippius the Sicyonian King she succeeding her Father marry'd Messapais a Sea Captain who had before gotten her with Child as she was rambling on the Sea-shoar when to hide her Infamy she declar'd That Neptune came out of the Sea and ravish'd her which passed for current with the People Calliope one of the Nine Muses styl'd the Goddess of Rhetorick and Heroick Poetry She was painted Young crown'd with Flowers holding in one hand a Book and in the other a wreath of Laurel Callipatria a Woman of Elis being of great strenght she us'd to disguise herself in Man's Apparel and Wrestle at the Olimpick Games tho Women were strictly forbidden to appear there but being discover'd she was pardoned and to prevent the like for the future it was ordined that those who enter'd the Lists should be stript naked Calithoe Daughter of Sâ—amander marry'd to Troâ— third King of the 〈◊〉 afterward from him named 〈…〉 had by him three Sons 〈◊〉 â—â—nimâ—les and 〈◊〉 Grandfather father to Anchises the Father of Aeneas the Fugitive Trojan who planted himself in Italy after the Destruction of Troy Chalisto Daughter of Lycaon an Arcadian who listing herself among the Nymphs of Diana and vowing Chastity was nevertheless debauched by Jupiter and being found with Child the Goddess turn'd her into a Bear yet she brought forth a Son call'd Arcos But Jupiter taking compassion on them translated them to the Stars where they are called the great and little Bear Callithoe Daughter of Lycus a Tyrant of Lybia she advertis'd Diomedes her Husband of the Ambushes her Father had laid and by that means sav'd his Life But he afterwards ungratefully forsook her upon which she hang'd herself Callithoe Daughter of the River Achelous she was Wife to Alcemon who being Murther'd her Father obtain'd of Jupiter that her young Children should immediately grow up to Mens estate that they might revenge their Father's death which was granted and they accordingly perform'd it by slaying the Conspirators Calphurnia Wife to Julius Cesar a virtuous Lady who dreaming that the Roof of the House was fallen down her Husband stab'd in her Arms and all the Doors opened of their one accord perswaded him not to go to the Senate But 〈◊〉 regarding her he was there stab'd by the Conspiratoâ— Cassiope Wife to Cepâ— an Aethiopian King she 〈◊〉 Mother to Andromede 〈◊〉 for comparing her Beauty 〈◊〉 the Nereides had a Sea-â—â—ster sent by Neptune to â—â—vour her Daughter but she was ty'd naked to a Roâ— Perseus the Sun of Dane â—â— Jupiter came on his wiâ—â— Horse Pegassus through 〈◊〉 Air and in a dreadful Comâ— kill'd the Monster and 〈◊〉 the Lady and is fabled to â—â—tain of Jupiter that the Moâ— and Daughter when they 〈◊〉 might be made Constellatiâ—â— and fixed in the Skies 〈◊〉 the Northern Stars Catharine d'Bedicis 〈◊〉 of France Catharine d'Siena a 〈◊〉 of the third Order of St. Dâ—minick a very Pious and Dâ—vout Lady after her death 〈◊〉 was Canoniz'd by Pope 〈◊〉 Catharine of Alexanâ—â— another Saint tho some 〈◊〉 whether there ever was such Person Catharine of Araâ—â— Daughter to K. Ferdinand 〈◊〉 Fifth she was sent over 〈◊〉 England and first married â—â— Prince Arthur and after 〈◊〉 death to Prince Henry wâ—â— Succeeded Henry the Seveâ—â— She was Mother to Q. 〈◊〉 and being divorc'd the 〈◊〉 after dy'd for Grief Catharine of Austria Dâ—ches of Savoy she was Daughter to Philip the Second â—â— Spain by Elizabeth of France she was Marryed to Emmanuel the first Duke of Savoy and dyed at Turin Anno 1597. Leaving Five Sons and Four Daughters behind her Catherine of Poland she was Queen of Sweden and Daughter of Sigismund the first King of Poland she was Married to John Prince of Swedeland and Duke of Fineland Son to Gustavus the first She was a Lady of great Virtue and Patience bearing her Husbands troubles and continuing with him during his seven years Imprisonment with a wonderful Constancy Catharine of Portugal Dutches of Bragance she was Daughter of Edward the Second King of Portugal and Maryed to John the Second Duke of Bragance after the death of Sebastian she disputed her Right with Philip the Second King of Spain for the
Kingdom of Portugal but though the Spaniard had then the longest Sword it is since fallen to her Posterity The Vertuous Donna Catharina Queen Dowager of England being likewise decended from her Cave vel raba Daughter of Julian Count of Ceuta and Consuegra she was Ravished by Rhoderick King of Spain which so incensed her Father that to Revenge it he called in the Sarazens who in a Barbarous manner over-run all Spain and expulsed Rhoderick his Kingdom Centhris Wife to Cinyre King of Cyprus Mother of Myrrha whom Venus turned into a Myrrhe tree Cenee a Maid That for her Viginity prevailed with Neptune to turn her into a Man that she might never more be ravished which he did and finding her of a Martial Spirit that she might be safe in War he rendred her Invulnerable but fighting with the Centaurs they bruised her to death with the weight of mighty Clubs after which she is fabled to be turned into a Bird. Ceres the Goddess of Corn Daughter of Saturn and Ops who went about the World with blazing Pines to seek her Daughter Proserpina whom Pluto had Ravished and carryed to Hell and at last finding her agreed that the should be six months in the year with Pluto and the other six with her on Earth Cesonie Empress of Caligula and after his death was Murthered by Julius Lupus for weeping over the dead Body of her Husband baring her Neck to the Cruel Wretch and dying with great Constancy and Courage she likewise strangled her Daughter Julia Drusila a Child of Four Years old Charicke Hydaâ—pes a King of Aethiopia's Daughter being very Fair and Beautiful to the rest of the Ethiops so that the Queen feared being mistrusted of Disloyalty but when she beheld an Ebbony Spot Arrisen on the Princess Arm the true Mark of a Legitimate Child of that Family she greatly rejoiced Charlotte Daughter of Lewis the Second Duke of Montpensire she was veiled a Nun when very young and afterward became Abbess of St. Jovare but not liking that kind of Life she privately withdrew into Germany and there turned Protestant and was Marryed to William of Nasau Prince of Orange whom she Loved so intirely that hearing he was desperately wounded by one Jourigni she fell sick with Grief and dyed at Antwerpt Chahatri Colombe a Taylors Wife of Burgundy being in Labour could by no means be Delivered but her Belly continued big till she dyed which was twenty four years after when being opened to find the cause the shape of a perfect Female Infant was found in her Womb petrefied to the hardness of aâ—stone Christiana Queen of Sweden she was Daughter to Gustavus Adolphus the Warlike King of the Swedes and Mary Eleanor of Brandenburgh after she had Reigned as Queen some years she voluntarily resigned the Crown to her Cousin Charies Gustavus and went to Rome where she lived very Splendidly to her death which happened Anno 1688. Chrysame a Thessaliaâ— Priestess who inured Cattlâ— by degrees to eat poisonoâ—â— Herbs till they became their Natural Food And in the War between the Grecians and Barbarians Left them as a Prey to the hungery Enemy who feeding on their Flesh became distracted so that 〈◊〉 easie Victory was gained over them Ciree an Inchantress dwelling in the Isle of Oggia 〈◊〉 to be the Daughter of the Sâ—â— who by her Inchantmenâ— changed Mens shapes and turned them into Beasts 〈◊〉 stayed Vlysses in his return from Troy till Minerva 〈◊〉 Protectress got leave of 〈◊〉 to set him free St. Claire an Order of Religious Women taking theâ—â— Denomination from her they were confirmed by Pope Innocent the Third Claudia a Roman 〈◊〉 Virgin she fastening her 〈◊〉 to the Galley wherein the Sâ—â—tue of Cyble was on the Rivâ— Tyber drew it to Rome when it stopt and no other 〈◊〉 move it ClemenÃé a Pagan Goddess Patroness of Mildness and Mercy she was painted wiâ—â— a Branch of Laurel in one hand and a Lance in the other she had her Temple in Rome Celia a Roman Virgin she was given in Hostage to Porsena when he besieged Rome but made her Escape on Horse-back over the Tyber but being sent back again he freely released her for the Vertue he found in her whereupon the Senate Erected her a Statue on Horse-back in the Market-place Ceobulina she Renounced the Crown of Rhodes to apply herself to Philosophy and a Contemplative Life Cleopatria Second Wife to King Philip of Macedon she was Murthered by Olimpias his first Wife after his being slain by Possanias Cleopatra Daughter of Philip of Macedon she was Marryed to Alexander King of Epirus and put to death by Antigonus at Sardis Cleopatria Daughter of Ptolomy Philometus King of Egypt Admirable for her Wit and Beauty she was Marryed to Alexander Bela King of Syria and left him for Demetrius Nicanor but he being taken Prisoner by the Persians she Marryed Rodogune and soon after put him to death and her Son Selucius ascending the Throne without her leave she â—hot him dead with an Arrow and made Antiochus the Eight King who understanding she â—â—â—ended to poison him at a Banquet she had prepared made her drink the dose of which she dyed Cleopatra Daughter of Ptolomy Physoon King of the Egyptians she was Marryed to her Brother and then to Antiochus King of Syria but she was strangled by Griphine his first Wife which known so ingraged the King that he caused her to be offered as a Sacrifice to appease the Ghost of the Murthered Cleopatra Cleopatra Daughter of Ptolomy Epiphanes Cleopatra The fair Queen of Egypt Daughter to Ptolomy Auletes she was first Marryed to her Brother Ptolomy but he being drowned in the Nilus when he fled from the overthrow given him by Julius Cesar she Captivated the Conquerer with her Beauty he begot on her a Son called Cesaâ—ion slain after Cesars death by the Soldiers of Augustus afterward Mark Anthony doated on her but after the overthrow at Actium she clapped Aspicks to her Breast and dyed to prevent her being carried Captive to Rome Cleophe Queen of the Massagues a People of India â—he opposed the Progress of Alexanders Victories till she brought him to terms which were to draw off his Army and leave her in quiet Possession of her Kingdom for which sue is said to pay him only the Tribute of a Nights Lodging Cleopatra Selene Marryed to Antiochus Gâ—â—phus King of Syria and afterward to Antiochus Cizicenus and thirdly to Antiochus Eusebius but being taken in a Battle by Tyranes he put her to death Clio one of the Nine Muses said to be the Daughter of Jupiter and Memory Clotilde Queen of France Wife to Clovis the First she Converted him to the Christian Religion and perswaded him to be Baptized she had divers Sons among whom after their Fathers Death there arose Civil Dissentions in disputes for the Throne which she being by no means able to Regulate it hastened her death Clotilde Daughter of Clovis and St. Clotilde she was Marryed to
up of her Statue she 〈◊〉 procured his banishment and sided with Theophilus 〈◊〉 soon after she miscarried 〈◊〉 Eudoria Daughter of Tâ—dosius Junior Wife to 〈◊〉 the Second she 〈◊〉 Genseric into Italy to Reveâ— her Husbands death on 〈◊〉 the Usurper who 〈◊〉 Rome and carried her and 〈◊〉 Daughters away but at 〈◊〉 instance of Martin and 〈◊〉 they were sent baek Eudoria Daughter of Lâ—ontius an Athenian Philosopher who for her Wit and Beauty was married to Theodosius the younger Emperour of Rome having no other portion to 〈◊〉 her off Eve the Mother of all Lâ—ing placed in Paradise and there had continued happy had not the Subtil Angel prevailed against her Eulogia Sister to Michaeâ— Pelcologus the Greek Emperour she had a great Ascendant one her Brother who dearly loved her for the Care and Tenderness she had over him in his Infancy but when he went to join the Greek Churches with the Western and she not able to diswade him from it caused a Rebellion to be raised in the Empire Euridice She was Daughter of Amyntas the third King of the Macedonians Married to Aridaeus natural Son to King Philip contending with Olimâ— King Philips Wife she was overthrown and taken Prisoner when having sent her by the said Queen a Silken String 〈◊〉 Dâ—gger and a Dose of Poison to take her Choice of what manner of death she would dye she nothing daunted took the first and having prayed that Olympas might come to the same distress which accordingly fell out she hanged herself Euttochium Daughter of Paula a Roman Lady she was brought up under St. Jerom and lived 35 Year in a Nunnery at Bethlehem She was so well skilled in most Languages that she was stiled the wonder of her Sex Came Sa. the Mothers brother also Gossip Friend No. Can bring forth young Carn No. to run like Cheese Caves-dropper one that listens under the Windows or house-Eaves Eye how to govern it Eyes are the Casements of the Body and many times by standing too much open let in things hurtful to the Mind a wanton Eye is the truest Evidence of wandering and unsteadfast Thoughts we may see too much if we be not careful in Governing our Eyes and keeping them from going astray and returning with vain Objects to the Phancy and Imagâ—nation which making unhappy Impressions they cannot be easily Obliterated This made the Princely Prophet when his Feet was betrayed by his Eyes into the snare of Lawless Lust pray so earnestly against the danger when he said Lord turn away my Eyes from beholding vanity and hence appears our miseries that those Eyes that should be Limbecks of Contrition the Celterns of sorrow should become the Inlets of Lust and the Portals to open and betray the whole body into Sin and Folly by letting in dangerous Enemies to surpize the Soul and overcome it with Strong Temptations Eyes thâ—u fix on Ambition makes Honour and Greatness their Objects which they convey and Represent as a solid good to the mind which frames the Project to attain to the Equipage and Grandure who make a splendid show of Guilded Cloaths and Titles in the World and then a Toâ—ment and 〈◊〉 ensues if the party â—e fruiâ—rated in aspiring to the height she Aims at Richeâ— sometimes are greedily 〈◊〉 in at the Eyes and then Covetousness winds it self into the Soul and brings along with it a thousand Inconveniences as Care Grief Fear Distrust Pining Discontent and an Unsatisfied Mind even with largest Fortune The Loose and Lacivious Eye makes Beauty its Object and whilst it sends abroad its Amourous Glances to take others it Captivates the Mind of its owner and binds it in the Chains of Slavery Many who have tampered in Jest have been taken in Earnest so have we seen a Cautious Fish nibbling at the Bate in hopes to get it off without hazarding the danger of the Hook till engaging too far he instead of feeding himself has been made the Anglers food Therefore Ladies to prevent the Malady which like a spreading Contagion disperses it self into most Societies you must keep your Eyes within Compass from wandring as much as possible and resolve with your self not to set any value or esteem upon earthly things more than may be taken off if reason requires it when the comeliness of any creature takes up your thoughts too largely then to remove that Object Place the Eyes of your Mind upon the Glorious and Transcendent Beauties and Loveliness of your Creator remember that God alone is the only worthy Object to fix our Minds on that we may have no desire to take it off when earthly things though valuable are of 〈◊〉 duration and lost almost 〈◊〉 soon as possessed and 〈◊〉 times create troubles and misfortunes carrying in themselves no solid or substantial Conteâ—ment Remember what a misery Dinah by giving her Eye to wandring brought upon herself and others Then 〈◊〉 preserve a purity of Heart 〈◊〉 Intention too strong to be invaded or at least overcome you must keep a watchful Guard over every Sense for if the Eye that is the light of the Body be evilly disposed the rest of the Senses 〈◊〉 needs be dim'd and darkened Consult Chastity and Modesty and as far as their Rules allow you may proceed with 〈◊〉 but all beyond is danger which is to be shun'd and avoided though the Eyes of other Creatures have no Objects but the visible Creation and naturally look down on the Earth 〈◊〉 which their irrecoverable 〈◊〉 must return Yet we have that more Glorious to Contemplate which only can make us truly happy for Heaven we ought to prepare for our sight naturally tends thither and the Eye of Faith Penetrates and gives the Upright sense a conversation there before it 〈◊〉 off it's incumbrance of Clay Give no occasion then Ladies for any to tax your Eyes with any thing that is not modest comely and allowable consider in company at home if of the different Sex nor in your walkings abroad to give them their wanderings but let your mind be upon them to keep them in their due bounds â—east becoming a Prey to others you are Enslaved or if you make a Prey of others your Conquest may however prove very troublesome and uneasie to you The Eyes are not the only dangerous things about you The Tongue many times for want of good Government betrays you into divers Misfortunes and Inconveniencies of which we shall briefly Treat Elizabath Queen of England her sufferings Elizabeth Queen of England â—tands to this day the wonder of her Sex as well relating to God's Providence in her many Deliverances in the Reign of Q. Mary her Sister as when â—he came to enjoy the Crown herself for all the open Force â—nd private Plots and Conâ—piracies against her were frustrated whilst she was in the Tower Bishop Gardiner â—ent a Counterfeit Warrant for â—er Execution but upon the Leiutenants going to know the truth at White-Hall it was â—et aside And such power â—ad
Margaret d' Valois Sister to his Predecessor Mary d' Guise Daughter to Claude the first Duke of Lorrain she was Married to Lewis Duke of Longueville and afterward to James the first King of Scotland Mary Queen of England Daughter to Henry the Eighth Marred to Philip of Spain she was a great Persecutor of the Protestants and caused many of them to perish in the Flames by Tortures Imprisonment c. She died Childless of a burning Fever or as it was then called the Sweating Sickness November 17th 1558. and was succeeded by Elizabeth Second Daughter to Henry the 8th who abolished Popery and restored Protestantism Mary Queen of Scots Daughter to James the fifth promised in Marriage to Edward the Sixth of England but the Scotch Nobility after the Death of Henry the Eighth breaking their word and sending her privately to France she was Married to the Dauphin who soon after dying and she returning to Scotland she Married Henry Stuart Lord Darnley and Duke of Rothsay by whom she had King James the Sixth but he being murthered viz. blown up by a Train of Powder laid under his House great troubles arose which forced her to fly for England where she was unhappily put to Death being beheaded at Fotheringay Castle upon suggested Fears and Jealousies Mathide Daughter to Bonijacius Marquess of Tuscany she succeeding her Father incited thereto by the Pope warred upon Henry the Fourth Emperor and so devoted she was to the Roman See that she bestowed all her Hereditary Lands upon it she was a Woman of great Courage and died at the Age of 76. Anno. 1115. Maud she was Daughter to Henry the First of England who Married her to Henry the Fourth Emperor of Germany but he dying and leaving no Issue by her she returned again to England and afterward Married Geoffery Plantagenet Earl of Anjou by whom she had a Son who after long Wars and contending for the Crown of England succeeded King Stephen by the Stile of Henry the Second Mavia Queen of the Saracens she Conquered or spoiled Palestius and Arabia in the time of the Emperor Valens but being converted to the Christian Religion she made a Peace with him and Assisted him with a powerful Army against the Goths that had broken into Italy and other parts of the Empire Maximilia she was Disciple to Montanus the Herenick and kept him Company in an obscene manner she at lenght joyn'd to her Priâ—cilla who made it their business to seduce and draw others into the Error using their Beauties as a Snare for the men and by their Riches and soft deluding Tongues they inticed the weaker Sex but at last she and Montanus falling out killed each other Meditriva a Pagan Goddess whom the Ancients concluded to take care of Physick and it's Operation in the Bodies of Men and Women and at her Festivals they mixed Old and new Wine which they drank moderately by way of Cordial or Physick Medusa one of the Gorgons with whom Neptune fell in Love till Minerva turned her hair into Snakes and her Head being cut off by Perseus Minerva placed it in her shield and whatever living Creature looked on it was turned into a Stone Magera one of the Furies Daughter of the Night and Acheron she instilled Madness into the minds of People Melania Wife to Pinienus Son to Severus a noble Man of Rome the Destruction of that City being revealed to her two years before Alaric laid it waste she remov'd with her Family to Carthage and was there Instructed by St. Augustin then lived a Monastick Life after she had perswaded many to turn Christians Melenia a Roman Lady Daughter to Mercelinus she burying her Husband when she was very young in sorrow forsook all worldly Pleasures and went a Pilgrimage to Jerusalem carrying one of her Children with her she confronted the Arrians and undeceived many of their Errors when building a Monastery at Jerusalem she dwelt Twenty five years in it and died in that City Melissa she was Daughter to Melissus King of Creet said to Nurse Jupiter and bring him up with Goats Milk Melpomene one of the Nine Muses Mellona a Goddess who had the care over Bees that they should not fly away in their swarming time Merrades Bacchinalians or Women that attended on Baschuses's Drunken-Feasts or Revels who did much mischief in their Wine Mene a Goddess worshipped by the Roman Women for the better ordering their Bodies in their monthly Purgations Meplictis the Goddess of Pools and muddy Lakes Merope one of the Seven Pleiades Daughter to Atlas and Pleione said to be married to Sysiphus Messalina Wife to the Emperor Claudius who not content to keep Gallants in the Court to satisfie her Lust if such a thing could be done but in her Husbands Absence she publickly married C. Silius a handsome Roman Knight for which the Emperor caused her to be beheaded Metra she was Daughter to Ercysichthon a Lord of Thessaly who to save her Fathers Life who was ready to Famish prostituted her self for Food to sustain his Life Minerva styled the Goddess of Arts and Wisdom said to be conceived of the Brain of Jove delivered thence by Vulcan who cleaving his Skull this Goddess sprung out in bright Armour she is often taken for Pallas who in some Cases is styled Minerva Miroselde a poor Weavers Daughter of whom King Charibert was so Enamoured that upon her refusing to comply to be his Concubine he married her and after her Death he married her Sister for which he was Excommunicated by St. Germain Mirrah Daughter to Cyniâ—as King of the Cipriots she fell so desperately in Love with her Father that making him drink Wine she lay with him but the matter being discovered by her being with Child she fled into Arabia and brought forth Adodonis but she dying of that Travel Venus turned her into a Mirrh-Tree and put Adonis to Nurse ro Nimph Herclea when being grown up and proving very Comely Venus fell in Love with him and often enjoyed him in the Idalian Groves but at last contrary to her perswasions undertaking to hunt a wild Boar he was slain by the furious Beast and greatly lamented of the Goddess who turned him into an Enemy Molza Tarquinia a Lady of Modena very Learned and Skilful in the Languages she much haunted the tops of Parnassus and bathed often in the River Helicon to them the invention of Songs and Sciences are attributed they are called viz. Clio Vrania Calliope Vterpt Erato Thalia Melpomene Terphiscare and Polylymnia they are held by some to be the Daughters of Coelum and the Earth Mirriam or Mary Sister to Moses she was smitten with Leprosie because she and Aaron murmured against him and shut him out of the Camp but being a Prophetess all the People stayed till her days of cleansing were fulfilled and she again received into the Congregation Aarons Punishment was remitted upon Moses praying for him Malhatun the fair Wife of Othoman the first Founder of the Turkish