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323_o the_o love_n of_o sister_n towards_o their_o brother_n 324_o of_o matrimony_n and_o conjugal_a love_n 327_o time_n forbid_v in_o marriage_n 328_o ceremony_n before_o marriage_n 329_o of_o contract_n 330_o of_o nuptial_a dower_n ibid._n of_o nuptial_a gift_n or_o present_v ibid._n of_o nuptial_a ornament_n pomp_n feast_n and_o epithalamium_n etc._n etc._n 332_o a_o description_n of_o the_o bride_n come_v from_o her_o chamber_n 333_o the_o bridegroom_n first_o appear_v 334_o the_o nuptial_a offer_n ibid._n the_o nuptial_a song_n 335_o the_o entrance_n into_o their_o bedchamber_n ibid._n sacred_a augury_n and_o nuptial_a expiation_n 337_o the_o conjugal_a love_n of_o woman_n to_o their_o husband_n 339_o of_o bawd_n 343_o of_o age._n 345_o of_o woman_n addict_v to_o gluttony_n or_o drunkenness_n 346_o of_o woman_n belove_v of_o diverse_a creature_n 349_o of_o woman_n excellent_a in_o paint_v weave_v etc._n etc._n 350_o of_o woman_n contentious_a and_o bloody_a 353_o of_o woman_n strange_o preserve_v from_o death_n and_o such_o as_o have_v unwilling_o be_v the_o death_n of_o their_o parent_n 358_o of_o clamorous_a woman_n common_o call_v scold_n 360_o of_o tullia_n and_o her_o sister_n 362_o example_n of_o patience_n in_o woman_n 363_o variety_n of_o discourse_n concern_v woman_n 364_o the_o daughter_n of_o apollo_n ibid._n the_o siren_n ibid._n woman_n that_o have_v dissemble_v their_o shape_n to_o good_a purpose_n or_o to_o bad_a 365_o woman_n that_o have_v change_v their_o sex_n 366_o the_o content_n of_o the_o eight_o book_n inscribe_v urania_n entreat_v of_o woman_n every_o way_n learned_a of_o poetress_n and_o witch_n a_o discourse_n of_o astrology_n 369_o of_o famous_a astrologian_n 370_o of_o woman_n orator_n that_o have_v plead_v their_o own_o cause_n or_o other_o 373_o of_o woman_n studious_a in_o divinity_n 375_o of_o woman_n excellent_a in_o philosophy_n and_o other_o learning_n 377_o a_o discourse_n of_o poetry_n 383_o of_o woman_n excellent_a in_o 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