and Adventures of Shepherds so that its Character must be simple its Wit easy the manners innocent the language pure the Expressions plain and the Discourse natural The Models to be proposed to write well in this sort of Poesy are Theocritus and Virgil. Secondly Satyr If says Dryden we take Satyr in the General signification of the word as it is used in all modern Languages for Invective 't is certain that 't is almost as old as Verse and through Hymns which are the Praises of God may be allow'd to have been before it yet the Defamation of others was not long after it The principal end of Satyr is to instruct the people by discrediting Vice It may therefore be of great Advantage in a state when taught to keep within bounds and is not as it often happens like a Sword â—n the hands of a Madman that runs a Tilt at all manner of Persons without any sort of distinction or reason It is more difficult to praise then to find fault yet the same delicacy of wit that is necessary to to keep the one from being fulsome is necessary to keep the other from being bitter Of all the ways that wisest men could find To mend the Age and mortify mankind Satyr well writ hath mâ—â—â— successful prov'd And cures because the remedy is Lov'd Thirdly There is a sort of Satyr among us which we call Lampoons which are dangerous sort of Weapon and for the most part unjust because we have no moral right on the Reputation of other men In these no Venome is wanting or decâ—oy consiâ—â—r'd The weaker Sex is their most ordinary Theme and the best and â—â—irest are sure to â—e most â—â—â—â—â—ely handled Among men â—â—â—se who are Prosperoâ—â—ly Uâ—â—â—â—â— are entituled to a Panegâ—â—ickâ— but afflicted Vertue is insolently stab'd with all manner of Reproaches We should have insisted longer here on the several sorts of Poetry but for want of Room we shall finish what is wanting on this subject in the secoâ—d part of this Dictionary T. TAbitha Acts 91.36 in the Syriac tabitha 1 a â—â— Buck. Tace 1. Hold peace hush be silent from tacâ—o to be siâ—ent and indeed it is a fit Nâ—me to admonish the fair Sex of silence Tamar 2 Sex 13.1.1 â— Palm Tree Thamasin or Thomasiâ— 1. â— Twin from Thomas in Mens Names Tempâ—rance â—1 Moderation â—â—berness or refraining from â—â—â—â—â—â—lity Tâ—â—odâ—cia 1. given of God Thâ—opâ—tia 1. a Friend of â—od Tadica a very Rich Araâ—â—â— Woman with whom â—â—â—â—omet the Impostor lived â—â— a Slave or Menial Servant â—â—en Sirgeus a Monk perswaâ—â— her in hopes of great â—â—ward to Marry Mahomes 〈◊〉 then being 50 years of â—ge when by the countenance â—â— her Wealth he spread aâ—â—oâ—d his pernicious Doâ—â—â—iâ—e Thamer Daughter in Law â—â— Judah the Patriarch who â—â—â—â—ingly deceived him by 〈◊〉 way side as he went to 〈◊〉 sheep-shearing by persoâ—â—â—ng a Harlot or Commonâ—oman because he had â—â—â—held from her his Son â—â—own up to years who â—â—ght to have been given to 〈◊〉 for a Husband Thamer the Daughter of Dâ—vid the King whose Chastity waâ— violaâ—ed by Aâ—non one of the Kings Sons he forcibly gaining his will of her by 〈◊〉 himself sick and procuring her to attend him in his Chamber which afterwards cost him his Life at the command of Absalonâ— at a Sheep-shearing Feast to which â—e had invited him and his â—â—ethren Tanaquiâ— otherwise called cicily who was sometimes Wife to the Elder Tarqâ—in she was a very prudent Woman and an Excellent Inventress of curious work especially in Embroideries of Purple and Gold and in memory of her Art a Royal Cloak of her working was hung up in the Tâ—â—ple of Fortune she also 〈◊〉 Coats and Vests entire and distributed theiâ— among young Soldiers and young Married Men as their Deserts appeared Tabitha otherwise called Dorcas whom our blessed Saviour raised from the Dead was no doubt a Woman of singular dexterity in curious Woâ—â—s with the Needle for there we find those who lament her death seem as much to grieve for the loss of her Art which must probably have dyed with her As for the Artist as appears by shewing 〈◊〉 curious Worâ—s and no douâ—â— commending them very highly as things rare and not to be parallel'd by any of her Sex of that Country or in those times Tarbâ—la the Bishop of Selâ—cia's Sister being much envyed by the Jews for her Zeal and Piety in promoteing the Christian Religion was by them accused for intending to poyson the Queen of Persia in revenge of her Brothers Death and being condemnèd the Magi one of them taken with her excellent Beauty promised to secure her Life if she would yield to his Lust but to preserve her Chastity she chose rather to dye and accordingly suffer'd with great courage and constancy Taygete Daughter of Atlas and Pleion one of the Pleiades on whom Jupiter begat Lacedemon Founder of Lacedemonia once a famous City in Greece Telesilla A famous Argine Lady by whose Counsel and Courage the Argiers beat the Lacedonians and freed their Country She was likewise excellent in Poetry so that she for these and other virtues had a Statue of her proportion set up in the City of Argos Tellus the Earth was by the Antients worshipped as a Goddess and Homer calls her the Mother of the Gods for the advantages she gives and affords to Mankind wherefore they Painted her with great Swelling Breasts and Naked Terphitchorie Accounted one of the Nine Muses to whom they attribute the keeping true tâ—ne and measure in dancing as also the Invention of Set Dances and was by the Ancients painted holding a Harp in her hand and other Musical Instruments lying at her Feet also a Garland or Caplet of flowers on her Head Tethys the Daughter of Caelum Sister to Vecta and Sâ—turn said to be married to Neptune Thetis another Fabled Goddess of the Sea who bore Achilles the famous Greek who did such wonders at the Siege of Troy Teudeguilde Daughter to a Sheperd but of such Excellent shape and beauty that Chariber for her sake refused all the great Ladies of the Court and Married her Theano Wife to Pythagoras a Woman of great Ingenuity and Learning but above all exceeding Chasâ—â—â— and Virtuous teaching Phylosophy after the death 〈◊〉 her Husband Thermis by Eusebius called Carmeâ—ta held to be the Daughter of Heaven and Earth aâ— the first that gave Oracles to the pagans and taught the Image Worship She is otherwise stiled the Goddess of Justice and is fabled thâ—t upon refusing to Marry â—upiter he forced her to 〈◊〉 Will and begot on her Justice Peace and Law Themistoclea a Famous Learned Virgin was Daughter to Mensarchus a Gold-smith of Samos Theodelinda a Queen of the Lumbards about 593. And after the Death of Authaeris heâ— Husband she kept the Crown and transferred it upon a second Husband viz. Agulphis she reduced the Lumbards into good order and made them renounce Aranisme yet sell her self afterward into Error
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
another and on the other hand the like has befallen Women Grant we must then in some measure what the same Physian gives as his Opinion That such a Correspondence ought to be between the Marryed Couple and his Reasons are That the hot answer not the cold the moist the dry in measure and quality And then the Cultivature is in vain and there may be Pleasure but no Generation for so marvellous Work as the formation of a man continues he could not be performed without a proportionable Comixture of Seed and to Exemplifie this Assertion on of his other Physicians proceed to tell us that a Woman very Ill-conditioned shrill-voiced Twarthy Complexion and enclining to Leanness suits best for the Work of Generation Gentleman generosus nobilis seems to be a compound of two words the one French gentile i.e. honostus vel honesto loco natus the other Saxon mon as if you would say a man well born The Italian follows the very word calling those Gentil-homini whom we call Gentlemen Galanthis Alemena's Maid turned into a Weesel Galathea a Sea Nymph beloved of Polypheme who killed Acis whom she preferred before him Gallus a Young Man punisht for suffering Sol to discover the Adultery of Mars and Venus Gillet Aegidio the Womans Nature Gilt Jilt a cheat a fly defeating ones intent Glycerium a Courtesan of Thespia Godina Wife to Leosvic Lord of Coventry who to gain them a release from his Impositions rode naked through the City Geloum a Lake is Sicily at two Fountains whereof one makes Women fruitful the other barren Grishild gr Gray Lady Guastaliens a Religious Order of Men and Women began 1537. by a Mantuan Lady Counsels of Guastala Gule Goule or Yule of August St. Peter ad Vincula Lammas-day when they say Quirinus's Daughter by kissing St. Peters Chain was cured of a Disease in her Gummilda she kill'd her self because her Husband Asmond King of Denmark was slain in Battel Gunora a Norman Lady who held the Hamblet of Lanton by the service of a barbed Arrow to the King when he hunted in Cornedon Chase. Graeae three Sisters of the Gorgons they had all but one Eye and one Tooth which they used by turns Gallant Fr. goodly noble vertuous But it is now substantively appli'd to that persoâ— who si Servant or Platoâ—â—â— to a Lady Galatia a Sea Nymph for whose love Polyphemus flew himself Ganymede Ganymedes the Name of a Trojan Boy whom Jupiter so loved say the Poets as he took him up to Heaven and made him his Cupbearer Hence any Boy loved for carnal abuse or hired to be used contrary to Nature to commit the detestable Sin of Sodomy is called a Ganymede or Ingle Gertrude or Gerritude a Womans Name compounded of the old Saxon Gar i.e. All and trude i.e. Truth or Troâ—h Gorgon Gr. a terrible fighting Woman Poets feign there were three such Daughters to King Phorcbus their Names were Medusa 〈◊〉 and Euryale Gossip from the Saxon Gorsib our Christian Ancestors understanding a spiritual affinity to grow between the Parents and such undertook for the Child at Baptism called each other by the Name of Godsib which is as much as to lay as they were Siâ— together that is of Kin thro' God or a Couzin before God And the Child in like manner called such his God-Fathers or God-Mothers c. Verst Graces Charites three Sisters Poetically supposed the Daughters of Jupiter and Venus They were callled Aglsis Thalia and Euphrosyne The Moral was to express the mutual love and chearful Conversation which ought to be among Friends for they were painted naked to signifie friendship ought to be plain without dissimulation smilling and merry to shew Men should do good willingly young and Maiden-like to teach Friendship should consist in honest things and holding hands together in a round ring to shew a Benefit bestowed returns again to the giver Gyazcia in general are the Accidents incident to Women Guabr-merched Br. a fine to the Lords of some Mannors upon the Marriage of their Tenants Daughters also as Lairâ—â—â— Gy o. a guide Gybr o. any writing or pass Gyges a Lydian Shepherd who kill'd the King Canâ—aules his Master and enjoyed his Crown and Wife whom he had shewn him naked by the help of Gyge's Ring taken from a dead Giants finger found in the belly of a brazen Horie in the Earth whose coâ—ler turn'd inward made him invisible H. Hagar 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the Arabick signifies to flee perhaps a Name given her from the face of her Mistris Sara 〈◊〉 16.6 or as others â— a Stanger Hinnah 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Channah i. 〈◊〉 or merciful Haiâ—is see Avice Helena à 〈…〉 dict So called from her beauty Hephzi-bah 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2. King 21.10.1 â—â— delight or properly will â—â— in her Esther see Esther Huplice was Daughter to 〈◊〉 King of Thracia and gave her Mind to Warlike Exploits to which the was inciâ—ed by often hunting wild Beasts and when the Guests made an inroad into her Fathers Dominions overthrew his Power and took him Prisoner she with certain Troops purified the Enemy roated them and â—ave him a famous 〈◊〉 Harpics Monsters fabled to have the Bodies of Birds and Faces of beautiful Women and are said to be the Daughters of Neptune and the Earth they greatly disturbed Aeneas at his Banquet and presaged the hardship he should meet withal in his Voyage from Troy to Italy Hebe styled among the Ancients the Goddess of Youth and is said to be the Daughter †Juno She was made Cupâ—earer to Jupiter but slipping â—â— a Fâ—ast her Coats flew over 〈◊〉 ears and discovered her Nakedness in an unseamly part which caused the Thunderer to appoint Ganimedes to officiate her place but afterward she was Marry'd to Hercules when he took his place in the Skies Hecata called the Goddess of the Night 〈◊〉 in Poysons and Inchantments she was painted with three heads one of a Dog one of a Horse and one of a wild 〈◊〉 Some call her Proserpina or the Queen of Hell she is said to Poyson her Father and flying to her Unkle for Refuge he Marry'd her and on her begat Circes and Medeâ— both Inchantresses Helen the Daughter of Jupiter by Ledea Marry'd to Menelaus Brother to King Agamemnon her Rape by Paris Son to King Priamus of Troy occasioned the destruction of that famous City by the Greeks after a ten years Siege and great Effusion of Blood she was accounted one of the most beautiful Women in the World Helen Daughter to Constantine the Great a Virtuous and Heroick Lady Marry'd to Julian the Apostate Helen Queen of Adiabene who first embraced the Jewish then the Christian Religion Helen Daughter of King Coilus a British Prince marryed to the Roman Emperour Constantinus Chlorus and Mother to Constantine the Great she was a great Encourager of the Christian Religion found out the Cross where the Jews had hid it and caused many places of Religious Worship to be
the Belly of a little Shell fish Margery from the Herb called Marjoram Mary in the Hebrew 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Miriam Exod. 15.33 Mat. 1.18 some make it the Sea of bitterness of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mar bitterness and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Jam the Sea Maud i. Noble or Honourable Lady of the Maids Maudlin see Magdalin Medea i. Counsel Mehetabel 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gen. 36. ver 39. as if it were 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mehtcb-el i. how good is God Melicent i. sweet Honey Fr. Meraud perhaps by Contraction from the precious E meraud stone Milchah 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gen. 11.29 as it were 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Malchah i. a Queen Modesta i. Modest or Temperate Mickerel a Pandor or Procurer Mabel Mabilia q. amabilis l. lovely or Mabelie f. My fair one a Womans name Macarons Fr. little Frirer-like Buns or thick Lozenges compounded of Sugar Almonds Rose-water and Musk pounded togâ—her and baked wich a gentle fire Also the Italian Macaroni lumps or gobbers of boiled paste served up in butter and strewed over with Spice and grated cheese a common dish in Italy Maturnia a Roman Goddess who over-awed young Brides and kept them from gadding abroad or giving their Bridegrooms the slip on the Wedding-night Marcella an illustrious Lady Daughter of Albion she was brought up under St. Jerome and faithfully instructed by him in the Fundamentals of the Christian Religion and being a Wife only of seven Months she afterward led a Contemplative Life in Widdowhood and never would be perswaded to Marry Marcelina a beautiful but lewd Lady she in the time of Pope Avecetus embraced the Doctrine of the Gnostick Heresie and drew many of the Orthodox to follow it that they might keep in favour with her Marcelin Sister to St. Ambrose she took the Veil of Virginity from Pope Liberius and lived a vertuous Life in a Monastery Margaret Valois Dutchess of Alanson c. She was first Married to the Duke of Alancon and afterward to Albert K. of Navarry and of her descended Henry the IVth of France Margaret Countess of Holland this Lady upbraiding a poor Woman that came to ask an Alms because she had two Twins in her Arms saying such a thing could not be unless she had lain with two several Men the Woman upon this prayed the Counsels might have as many Children as there were days in the Year at one Birth to convince her of her Error which accordingly sell out in 1276. there remaining to this day an Epitaph in the Abby of the Bernardines half a League from the Hague where she and her Children lye buried that expressly mentions it Margaret Dutchess of Parma Florence and Plaisance Governess of the Low-Countries she was a Lady of admirable Wit and Beauty she was Married first to Octavius Farnese Pope Paul the Thirds Nephew and afterward to Alexander Fernose Duke of Florence she had a Masculine Courage and delighted more in manly Actions than in those more proper to her Sex and managed the Government in her Charge with great Prudence Macareus the Son of Aeâ—clus who got his Sister Conace with Child whereupon her Father feâ—t her a Sword with which she killed her self Marcaria Daughter to Hercules who for the Safety of her Countrey devoted her self to Death by being Sacrificed to appease the anger of the Gods for the Preservation of whose Memory the Athenians in generous Gratitude because she had freely offered her Life to prevent their falling into the hands of their Enemies built her a stately Monument which they adorned with Garlands of Flowers to shew she died a Virgin Ma one that was intrusted by Jupiter with the Education of Bacchus Rea the Goddess was likewise called Ma and went under that Name among the Lydians who usually sacrificed to her a Bull at the Altar erected to the Honour of her Magdalen Sister to Lazâ—â—us and Martha to her to whom our Blessed Saviour shewed himself after his Resurrection before he appeared to the Disciples Magdalen Daughter to Francis the first of France and Married to James the fifth of Scotland she was a Lady of admirable Virtue and Beauty but she enjoyed not long her Marriage dying seven Months after she Landed in Scotland Mahaud Countess of Damartin and Balonia she was Married to Philip of France Son to Philip the August and in his Life-time to Alphonsus King of Portugal the Third of that name Mamea Julia Mother to Alexander Severus the Emperor she governed the Empire whilst her Son was Emperor having an entire Ascendant over him she held a Conference with Origen and did divers good Offices to the Christians but her Cruelty and Covetousness at last caused the Death of her self and her Son by an Insurrection of the Souldiery Mandane Daughter to Astiages she dreamed her own water overflowed the Face of the Earth and out of her Bosom came a Vine that overspread it after that she was Married to Cambyses the Persian King and brought forth the great Cyrus who won the Babyloian Kingdom and many other Countries Mariamne the Virtuous and beautiful Queen of Herod the great King of Juda she was of the Royal Blood of the Asmonaean Family and though in her Right he gained the Crown yet at the Instigation of his Sister and other Conspirators against her Life he caused her to be publickly beheaded after which he never enjoyed himself Morosia a beautiful Lady of Phoenitia Martia Wife to Cato Vticensis he after she had born him Children gave her to Hortensius that he might have an Heir to his Family by her but he dying she returned again to Cato and was a second time married to him about the time the Civil War broke out between Pompey and Caesar. Morosia a Roman Lady very beautiful which gained her such an Ascendant over the chief of the Roman Clergy that she made and unmade Popes at her Pleasure Martha Sister to Lazarus and Mary Magdalen said among other Christians to be put into a Boat and turned out to Sea but by Providence the Boat arrived at Marseilles in France where she lived and died a Saint Martina Wife to Heraclius the emperor she poisoned her Husbands Sons by a former Wife to make way for Heracleo who was her Son by Heraclius to the Throne but er'e two years were expired the Senate adjudged her to have her Tongue cut out and her Sons Nose to be cut off least the one by Eloquence and the other by Beauty should move the People to compassionate them and afterwards being banished to Cappadocia they died in Exile Mary the Blessed Virgin Mother of our Saviour according to the flesh Mary of Aragon Wife of Otho the third Emperor being a Woman of insatiable Lust and causing many Mischiefs in the Empire she at last was Sentenced and burnt alive Mary Q. of France Daughter to Francis d' Medicis great Duke of Tuscany Married to Henry the Fourth of France after the Divorce between him and
by those who have branded that Sex with too much Loquacity for there their Discourse is so much and loud that a few Women would suffice to make the Noise of a Mill. And it could be wished their Discourse were not Lascivious as well as Loud for too often we find them Allurers of Men and Corrupters of their own Modestly by their wanton and unbridled Discourse For the Tongue being the Orator of the Heart declares the intent of the mind with what care therefore ought Women to speak and with what Modesty to govern the Organ of their Thoughts since few will be perswaded to believe that any thing but what is Pure and irreproveable will proceed from a Heart that is without Stain and blemish There is a Phrenzy in the Pride of many Gentlewomen He who would 〈◊〉 the Sun is taken up at the 〈◊〉 to death a little Body of meirs whereof the Worms will quickly make a Dunghil would think they had undertaken to cover some Creature of a most prodigious Bulk Should we reckon up all the Furniture of many Gentlewomen as we ice them lying on the Table having never beheld 〈◊〉 Vanity before we should think it Mercery enough to furnish a 〈◊〉 City rather than the body of a true Lady They are like those Birds who have almost no â—word but all Brothers 〈◊〉 business it is to adorn one of them man some do take who have a Common wealth to managed what shall we say when they begin the 〈◊〉 of their bodies with the 〈◊〉 of their 〈◊〉 which insensibly is 〈…〉 with Painting and 〈◊〉 as if they would 〈◊〉 their Beauty from 〈◊〉 〈…〉 to Soft naked Bodies than 〈◊〉 cover them 〈…〉 saith one may be reserved for the eyes of 〈◊〉 Headband when almost through all Markets where 〈◊〉 the secret parts of his 〈◊〉 Lady are exposed as if they were ready to be delivered to the best bidders Pride is an Enemy even to Beauty as well as Vertue and a graceful compliance of the mind it seâ—s marks of deformity upon the Fairest Faces and utterly obscures its Internal Loveliness it is opposite to Humility one of the most Sparkling Jewels wherewith a Lady can adorn her self It is the greatest Ornament of the Christian Religion the foundation on which all other Graces build and raâ—â—â— their Pyramids of Glory to that Throne from whence they proceed yet against to Divine a Virtue Pride proclaims an Irreconcilable War but it's Forces tho very rash and headstrong are notwithstanding their dwelling and blustering unable to prevail for Humility is stronger fortified with its Valives then Pride on all its cloudy aspiring Mountains But to wave this let us seriously charge it on our Minds and consider what any mortal Creature possesses than can reasonably give it occasion of being proud and boasting of 〈◊〉 truly we can see nothing that is worth a sweling thought or a pust up imagination as for Mankind the masterpiece of the Visible Creation if the Body considered it is weak and impure our strength is inferiour to that of many beasts and our Infirmities so many that many times we are at a loss to number them Pride in beauty is ridiculous because the Colours in the most beautiful Face are inferiour to the snowy Whiteness or Carnation Tinsture of many Flowers that enamel the fields and are regardlessly 〈◊〉 under foot by unthinking Asses and all 〈◊〉 Creatures in their proper proporrion have as fair a â—ittle to be prov'd as the most gaudy Rationals If gay Apparel which is the foolishest of all can puff up any one let the party consider that she wears but the spoils of Weeds Beasts Birds and Insects and if every one of these should call back what is long the greatest Court Lady would be left naked and unâ—â—rrav'd like the Queen of the Earth in her 〈…〉 and Innocence before guilt made her fly to the Creatures aid for Coverture We are apt to laugh at the Peacocks or Turkey cocks Pride when we see them spread and flourish their trains and walk with stately steps to shew how nature has adorned them tho their gandy Feathers spring from the humours and moist air of their bodies which give them their various dyes when as we have shewed it is contrary to mankind Those if any that are so Vain to be Proud of Beauty ought to consider how fadeing it is how subject to change and misfortunes and tho it holds up for a time yet every moment gives it a step towards Age Wrinkles and Deformity Some we have known proud of their Learning and Parts but then it shewed they had but little of either for Learning is that which shews us the way to Humility and to be Proud of that denotes the greatest ignorance in the World and indeed Learning is so long a getting and so very Imperfect that the greatest Clerk knows not the thousand part of what he is Ignorant and knows so uncertainly what he seems to know that it is little more then what is told him or what he guesses at except those things that concern and which God hath revealed to him which also every Woman knows so far as is necessary The most Learned Man hath nothing to be proud of unless this be a sufficient argument to exale him that he uncertainly guesses at some more unnecesary things than others who yet know all that concerns them and mind other things more necesary for the aged of Life and Common 〈…〉 Those that are proud of Riches are forbid even the Miser that in a manner starves himself when his Coffers are cram'd with Gold takes a secret pride that he has his God in his Chest and feeds upon the airy thoughts of what he will not part with for the supply of the craving necessities of Nature let those then consider that will exalt themselves above their Neighbours and expect homage and almost adoration from those that are inferiour to them in Riches how much they are inferiour to a Gold or Silver Miâ—e to the rough and craggy Rocks wherein the Rubies and Diamonds Grow or to the Oysters that breed the Oriental Pearl Such as are proud by reason of any excellency of the mind may be pleas'd to remember that all Souls are equal and their differing operations are because their Instruments are the better in tune their bodies more Healthful or better tempered which is no more praise to them than that they were born in a distant Country such as are proud of Birch are proud of the 〈◊〉 of others not of themselves for if their Perones were more Eminent in any circumstance than their Neighbours they are to thank God and to rejoyce in them but sill such Parents may be Idicos or unfortunate or deform'd when those that are so proud of them were born and at the time of birth it was indifferent to them whether that Fathers were Princes or Peasants for they knew nor any thing nor chose any thing and most commonly it is
a Ladies Carriage and Behaviour but lâ—t not those that are not very skilful in it put themselves too forward at Bills c. least in hopes of gaining Credit they will only have the advantage to be deâ—ided a Lady had better acknowledg her Ignorance in it and excuse her self from undertaking to Dance before competent judges if she understands not exactly the measures and the way of her Dancing at the place where she is for all Maâ—teâ—â—â—â—ach not so exactly but there may be some variation either in the Motions or Musick If she has never so much skill she must not be over conceited of it lest it lead her into the error of ingaging in some Dance she do's not understand or but iâ—perâ—ecâ—â— and small blunders in such cases put all out of Order and cause more ignorance to be imputed to her than really she is guilty of apollogies may be made against the Intreaties and perswations of those tha come to take a Lady our but she must not be too obstinate because it may be interpreted various ways as to ignorance moroseness or Pride and therefore if she be understanding in it she had better run the hazzard of a little disorder if it should chance to fall out than undergo the Censures before mentioned Recreation is found very pleasing on Instruments of Musick well Tuned and Plaid on by a skilful Hand but it must not be used upon every slight occasion to gratify as many as desire it and so not only be made vulgar as if a Lady made it her Profession or too much affected applause in unseasonably Exposing her Dextâ—rity if to the Lute she adds her Melodious Voice the sound will be more Ravishing but his she must avoid as much as may be in chearing of any that pretend Courtship to her left they imprudently lay hold of it as a design to draw them on by a kind of an Air of Courtship to be the greater admirers of her person for the accomplishments it is endowed withal but among Relations or indifferent Friends if the modeâ—ly press it it will be some what under the Character of good breeding not to deny them that satisfaction they sue for but it must not be tedious lest they seem tired with what they so earnestly desire the Harmony once Commenced it will not at all be commendable to stop in the middle to crave attention though some seem not to listen as good manners requires when they have engaged a Lady to pleasure them in this mâ—ter The Songs must be chosen Witty Modest and Ingenious loose lines avoided Reading is a Contemplative Recreation if applyed to the right use and end it carries us in Phancy and Imagination into the remorest parts of the World and gives us a prospect of the rarities and Varieties of distant Nations or more it carries us among the Stars those glorious Luminaries that Spangle the Firmament with Seeds of Light it opens the Arcan of Arts and Siences and by Contemplation leads us up into Heaven and dazles our Souls with the unapproachable brightness of the Divine Majesty it likewise recreates dejected Spirits with harmless merriment and is if not abused the Vnum Necessarium of the the mind we need not tell Virtuous Ladies that they ought to shun wanton Books that treat of Laciviousness and corrupt matters or such as are oppugnant to Faith and Good manners Virtue is an Enemy to such and consequently Virtuous Ladies will nor Injure their fair Eyes and fairer Reputation to look upon or have any concernment with them Stage Plays or the Recreation of the Theaters have been by some condemned as nor fitting for the Entertainment of modest Ladies but to such most certain it is they may prove of great advantage if they wisely use and rightly apply many things they hear and see contained in Ingenious Plays and Precepts for Instruction and sundry great Examples for Caution and such notable passages which being well applyed will confer no small addition to the understanding of the Auditors Edward the Sixth that English Plâ—anix in Piety and Virtue tho the weighty affairs of a Kingdom here upon his Youthful Shoulders yet he borrowed leisure from his Devotions and State Affairs to see Plays and Interludes to refresh his tired spirits with such harmless Recreations and for the better ordering them that nothing might appear indecent he appointed an Officer to Supervise and Dispose to the best advantage what should be Acted and Represented before him which place is now supplyed by the Master of the Ravâ—ls Queen Elizabeth the mirror and wonder of Virgin Majesty gave her Opinion Tâ—a Plays were harmless Spenders of Time but then a Lady must not make it as it were her business to hurry and rattle in her Coach to every Play she hears praised for by that she becomes noted and lays her self open to censure which takes all advantages to think and speak the worst Recreations there are of many other kinds which may be suited as the place and humour of company will admit and aâ—e so various that we pretend not to prescribe all that may offer Gaming among others is allowable if not carried too high nor too much frequented whereby a Lady gets her the name â— Gamester which is but one degree from that of a Raâ—ter for in Gaming above measure some thing or other will happen that will cease the passions of the mind to break out into extravagance unseemlyl if not unpardonable To conclude let all be done with Diâ—cretion and moderation and nothing will be done amiss Religion A Ladies chief Ornanent Religion is the Crown of all other Excellencies nothing is so proper and necessary to be considered and duly observed seeing all our welfare and happiness depends upon our Piety and sincere Devotion Religion requires us not but altogether forbids us at any rimâ— to put on an Angry Zeal against those that may be of a different perswasion though partiality to our selves makes us too frequently mistake it for a duty and we are sometimes so fond of our opinions to think in so doing we are a Fighting the Lords Eaâ—le and a contending for the vindication of his Honour when in reality of the matter we are only setting out our selve our Devotion too often breaketh out into that shape which best agreeth with our peculiar tempers Those that are Cholericâ— grow into a hardened severity against such a Dissent from them and lay hold of all the Texts that suit with their Complexions The Sullen and Melancholy are too apt to place a great part of their Religion in dejected and ilâ—umâ—ured â—spects putting on sower and un â—omble faces and declaiming against the Innocent Entertainments of Life with as much tartness as ought to be bestowed on the greatest Crimes tho indeed it is generally but a Vizard there being nothing very often real in such a kind of severity Religion that is true is so Kind Inviting and Obliging thâ—â— instead of imposing unâ—â— and unnecessary
was his mistress and that he had bestowed that Ring on her at such time as he departed from her it is not to be conceived what continued sorrow he expressed for her A story of no less constant nor passionate affection may be here related of that deeply inamoured Girl who though she preferred her Honour before the Embraces of any Lover and made but small semblance of any fondness or too suspicious kindness to him who had the sole interest in her love Yea so far was her affection distanced from the least suspicion as her very nearest Friends could scarcely discover any such mâ—â—â—er betwixâ— themâ— yeâ—â—t such time as her unfortunaâ—â— Lover being found a notorious Dâ—lâ—nquent in a Civil State was to suffâ—r when all the private means by way of Friends that she could makeâ— prevailed nâ—thing for his delivery and she now made a sad â—â—ectator of his Trageâ—y After such time as the Headsman had done his office she leapt up upon the Scoffold and in a distracted manner called all such people as were there present to witness That he who had suffer'd could no way possiâ—ly be a Deâ—inquent and she innocent For this heart of mine said she was his how could he then do any thing whereof I was not guilty Nor could this poor distempered Maid by all the advice counsel or perswasion that could be used to her be drawn from the Scaffold ever and anon beckoning to the Eâ—ecutioner to perform his office for otherwise he was an Enemy â—o the State and the Emperours profest â—oe Nor could shâ— be without much force haled from the Scaffold till his corps was removed But as Vertue receives her proper station in the Meane so all Extreams decline from that Mark. Those only deserve approvement who can so season their Affections with discretion as neither too much coyness taxe them of coldness nor too much easiness brand them of forwardness in the ordering of their Affection This closeth fitly with those Posies of two cursory wits writ in a window by way of answer one to another She she for me and none bâ— she That 's neither forâ— aâ—d nor tâ—â— free Which was answered in this manner in a paralel way to the former That wench I vow shall be my joy That 's neither forward nor too coy But thus much may suffice for instances of this kind Seminaries The first English one beyond the Seaâ— was erected at Doway in Flanders aâ—no 1 6 by Dr. Allen afterwards Cardinal Allen and R. Briâ—â—â—â— Anotâ—er was sâ—t up at Rhemes in Fraâ—â—â— 1577. and another at Roâ—â— 1573. Sybils Sybils were Twelve Prophetesses The first was call'd sambreta or Persâ—â—â— from the Name of Persia where she was born She prophesi'd Christ coming and being boâ—â— of a Virgin pronounc'd him the Saviour of the Gentiles Sybil the second was of Lâ—â—â—â—â— and thence called Libica â—â—â— amongst other Prophecies â—â—liver'd this viz. That the â—â—â— should come wherein men sâ—â—â—â—â— see the King of all living thiâ—â—â— upon the Earth and Virgin Lady of the World should hold him in her Lap. Sybil the third of these was of Themis surnamed Delphica from Delphos the place of her birth where she prophecy'd That a Prophet should be born of a Virgin Sybil the fourth was Cumean born at Cimeria a City of Campania in Italy amongst other things she prophecy'd That God should be born of a Virgin and have Residence and Conversation among sinners Sybil the fifth was called Erythrea being born at Babylon she prophecy'd much of the coming of Christ and the Glory of the Christian Religion insomuch that divers of the ancient Fathers of the Church have taken great notice of her predictions as St. Eusebius St. Austin and others and that the first Letters of certain Prophetick Verses of hers foretelling many strange Events as the world 's being at last consumed with fire the Resurrection of the Just c. make these words viz. Jesus Christ Son of God Saviâ—â—r And indeed though she was long before the birth of Christ yet foretold a great deal of the Substance of the Christian Religion and what wonders would be wrought Sybil the sixth was born in the Isle of Samos and from thence called Samia she prophecying of our Saviour says he being Rich shall be born of a poor Virgin the Creatures of the Earth shall adore him and praise him for ever Sybil the seventh was called Cumana because she lived and prophecied in a Cave which Cave is now to be seen near where ancient Câ—mâ—â— stood once a Famous Town in Campania in Italy and in it to this day are strange Noises heard like the hissing of Serpents and Toads c. She prophecv'd many things of the Roman Government which flourish'd in her Time which Exactly came to pass in their Civil and Foreign Wars as also of Christ saying he should come from heaven and remain here inpoverty That he should rule in silence and be born of a Virgin She is hel to write Nine books of Prophecies which were brought to Tarquinius Superbus but he refusing to give her her unreasonable demands for them she burnt six before his Face and yet obliged him to give as much for the Three as she asked for all and then vanish'd Which books were afterwards held in wonderful Esteem and highly credited by the people Amongst other things they contained a Prophecy of the coming of Christ Kingdom his Name Birth and Death but these three books were afterwards maliciously burnt by the Traitor Stilico and most of the Phophecies by that means lost Those remaining being taken out of others works who had carefully quoted and inserted them before the books were so unhappily destroy'd Sybil the Eight called Hellesponâ—ica born at Maâ—misâ—a in the Troâ—an Territories she Prophecy'd that the Saviour of the World should be of the Tribe of Judah born of one Mary a Jew and that she being a pute Virgin should bring forth the Son of God and his Name should be called Iâ—sus and so be both God and â—n fâ—lfilling the Laws of the Jews and should and his Law thereinto and his Kingdom should remain for ever Sybil the Ninth prophecy'd at the Town of Ancire in Phrygia and was named Phrygia from the Country she foretold That the highest should come from heaven and should confirm the Council in heaven and a Virgin should be shâ—â—ed in the Valley of the Dâ—sâ—rts Sybil the Tenth was called Albenea and surnamed Tybertina from her being born on the banks of the River Tyber about 19 miles from Rome she prophecy'd That the Word Invisible should be born of a Virgin to have Conversation among sinners and to be dâ—â—â—â—ed of them and as St. Austin gives an accounts she foretold all the manner of his Passion and Sufferings and his rising again from the Grave at the End of three days Giving a tolerable Relation likewise of his Miracles and many other things that come Exactly to pass Sybil the Eleventh was called Epiroâ—ica Many have
it is reckoned among those Works of the Flesh whereof we are assured in Gal. 5.20 21. They which do such Things shall not inherit the Kingdom If they that have been thus Vnclean do come to Marry it is well if the Vnclean Spirit still haunt them not There are Inexpressible Uncleannesses in the Married State which the word of God has Branded in Col. 3.5 Under the Title of In ordinate Affection for which Thing sake the wrath of God comes upon the Children of Disobedience And sometimes the Vncleanness grows into Adultery Yea perhaps a doubled Adultery wherein the Marriage-Covenant is fearfully broken by Sinful Creatures that Shake off the Yoke of God imposed from the Beginning The Iniquity so often Damned in the Word of God but especially in Prov. 6.29 32. Whosoever touches his Neighbours wife shall not be Innocent whose Committeth Adultery with a Woman wanteth understanding be that doeth it destroyeth his own Soul Sometimes also There is an Incest perpetrated in that Vncleanness whereto the Hellish Fires in the Hearts of Men do carry them They will needs Invade that comfortable and Profitable Order which God has Established in Humane Society as now increased for the Propagation of mankind It was the Edict of Heaven in Lev. 18.6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him And to show that such and such Degrees were not forbidden unto Israel alone the Lord adds For in all these the Nations are Defiled which I cast out before you Yea which is horrible to be Spoken such a Vile Vncleanness do some among the debased children of Men sink down into that Sodomy and Buggery it self has been among their Crimes The great God has had Occasion to issue out such precepts as those in Lev. 18.22 23 against such unutterable Abominations and Confusions Alas There is in Europe a Land Professing the Christian Religion where such Devillish practices are they say very frequent but flaming Fire from Heaven will shortly destroy that Accursed Land Nay And in this Land of Vbrightness too there have been some that have thus Dealt wickedly And I have one very wonderful Example to tell you of it In the Southern Parts of New England about the Year 1641. A Beast brought forth a Creature that had something of an Humane Shape This Monster had a Blemish in one Eye just like what a loose Lew'd Fellow in the Town was known to have This greater Monster being upon this Account Suspected was Examined upon that suspicion and his Examination Confessed his Guilt of most infamous â—â—stialities for which he underwent a deserved Execution You hear what the Acts of Vncleanness are but I am to tell you That there are Vnclean Thoughts which are Prohibited by the Lord our God even as in Mat. 5.28 A Looking upon a Woman and to Lust after her And there are Vnclean Words which are also Prohibited Even as â—in Eph. 5.4 Fiâ—â—â—iness and foolish Talking In all of these things here is Vncleanness But what shall be said of this Vncleanness In one Word It is a Wickedness T is Rebuked every where the whole Biâ—le over But indeed I need not Appeal unto the Bible to prove the Wickedness of Vncleanness The Natural Reason and Conscience in a Man will 〈◊〉 unto it Even an Aâ—â—â—elâ—k a â—hilistine will pronounce it A Great Sin Until the Souls of Men come to be debauched into the Vilest of Degeneracies They cannot but see a World of Wickedness in this Vncleanness Why the plain 〈◊〉 which all the Unclean do both to themselves and others are enough to make every sensible Person say 〈…〉 I should ever 〈…〉 However Honourable a 〈◊〉 may be otherwise Vncleaness will soon lay his Honour in the Dust there is a Blot in the Sâ—utâ—â—â—on when Uncleanness has deâ—â—â—ed it Paul said of it It is a Vile Affection Again The Unclean most Probably leave the World with the Humiliation or seeing None or however but a Poor Posterity rising after them 'T is a frequent Thing for that Great Blessing of Children to â—e Denyed where the Guilt of much Uncleanness is Lying on the Soul It was Threatned in Hos. 4.10 They shall commit â—â—â—â—edom and shall not increase There was no Conception in the House of Abimâ—â—â—k while Uncleanness was designed therâ— We read of one Committing Adultery and presently said our Lord Jesus upon it I will kill her Children with Death 'T is no Uncommon Chaâ—â—â—â—ement for Uncleanness Write this Person 〈…〉 the Lord. Or if Children are not always Denyed yet there are oâ—â—â—â— Câ—rs'd where much Uncleaness is cleaving to the Family It was Tâ—â—â—â—â—ned in Hos. 2.4 I will not have mercy upon her Children for they are the Children of 〈◊〉 This 〈◊〉 Exhâ—â—sts 〈◊〉 Poisons the Spirits in 〈◊〉 bodies until an Incâ—rable Consumption at Last shall 〈◊〉 us down One of 〈◊〉 Iâ— procure many Grievous Diseases 〈…〉 Cramps 〈◊〉 and â—â—â—rbuâ—ck Taints upon the whole Mass within us Yea there is a Grievous Disease that sometimes Invades Horses and because that Men do now so much Play the â—râ—it that very Grievous Diseases is in a disguise come upon Man also to Chastise their Bruitishnâ—â—â— The Seventh Commandment well follows the Sixth Uncleanness has a Self Murder in it But that which further hastens this misery of Uncleanness is the Just Revenge of Almighty God upon it It was the Adomonation in Ecclâ— 7.17 But not over much Wicked Why shouldest thou Dye before thy Time Well might the Lord then say concerning this very Sin Shall not my Soul Visit for such an Evil as this Why 'T is an High Treason against the Majesty of Heaven it is a Clipping of the Coin that has the Image of the Great God upon it and it is treated as a Capital Offence accordingly What is Man himself but the Picture of God The Roman Emperous made it a Criminal Thing for any Man to Carry his Picture into any Sordid places But how then shall the Glorious God bear it for a Man to Smutty His Picture with all the Superfluities of Naughtiness But suppose a Disposition to Uncleanness may be such a Grain in a Mans Temper that it may be called His own Iniquity what shall we then Why then there is a famous Prescription Ores casta Legas Jejuâ—nes otia vites Si Servare Voles Cor ora CastaDio First Pray much and pray with him Lord Create in me a Clean Heart Then Fast as well as Pray if you Fast the Unclean Kind may go out Nextly Read much the Sanctifying Truths of God It is by Taking heed thereto that The Young Man may cleanse his Way But shun all obscene Books as you woâ—ld the Rags that had the Plague about them Once more Be not Idle be not Sloathful have something at your Calling still to do So you may come to say as one usually too hard for the Devil did The Devil never finds me at leisure for him You know when and how David fell But permit me to
fading Bethiah 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 may be rendred the Daughter of the Lord as it were 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or the House of the Lord as it were 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Chron 4.18 of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 bath a Daughter see 22. and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 beth a House from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 banah he builded and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 jah a name of God from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 hajah he was Blanch or Blanchia i. white or fair from blanc Fr. Bona i. She that is good favourable or affable Lat. Bridget from Bride Irish. Batilda Queen of France she is Renowned for her Piety and Learning Descended from an English Saxon Prince In her Youth as she walked by the Sea-shoar she was surpized by Pirates who carryed her to France and sold her to the Mayor the Kings Palace where the King no sooner saw her viz. Clovis the Second but he fell in Love with her Marryed her and had by her Three Sons and Governed the Kingdom very prudently till Clotaire her third Son came of Age She was for her holy manner of Living and the Charitable Deeds she had done Sainted or Cannonized by Pope Nicholas the First Baudise or Boadicia a Queen of the Antient Britains who for the Rape of her Daughters by the Roman Lieutenant fell upon their Army with a great power at unawares and cut of seventy Thousand of them but not being afterward assisted by the rest of the British Princes she was Vanquished by Suctonius and treacherously poisoned by those to whom she fled for Refuge Beatrix Queen of Naples and Sicily Daughter of Raymond Berrenger the fifth Earl of Provence she was a Woman of a Masculine Spirit and stired up great Wars in those Kingdoms which occasioned much Blood-shed Beatrix Daughter to Renaud Earl of Burgundy she was Marryed to Frederick the first Emperour of the Romans she going out of Curiosity to see the City of Milan the People by some Incendiaries were possessed that she had contributed to the Abridgment of their Liberties whereupon they took her from her stately Chariot and set her upon a scurbbed Ass her face to the Tail which they compelled her to hold in her hand instead of a Bridle and so led her through the Principal parts of the City Which Afront the Emperour Resented so highly that he razed the City except the Churches to the Ground sowed it with Salt and put all those who had a hand in this business to death unless such as could with their Teeth take a Figg out of the Fundament of the Ass on which they had set the Empress which many detested and chose rather to suffer death than attempt it Batsheba Wife to Uriah the Hittite her naked beauties so Inchanted King David who espyed her from a Turras as she was washing in a Fountain that he procured her Husband to be slain and took her to Wife of whom he begat Solomon the wife King of Israel Bacchanetes a sort of War-like Woman who attended Bacchus in his War and Conquest of the Indians and afterwards the Priestess of Bacchus were so called who Celebrated his Feasts and Drunken Revels and were clad in Leopards and Panthars skins The Men were attired like Satyrs and Crowned with Ivy or Vines and these Feasts were Celebrated with all manner of Discordant Musick as Horns and Cymbals c. And with very great disorder to shew the folly of Drunkenness Barchia Daughter of Bacchus at the Celebration of whose Feast the Bacchinalians tore Acteon the Son of Melissus in pieces because he refused to join with them in those disorders for which they were banished the City of Corinth Bagoe held to be the Nymph that taught the Tuscan Sages the Art of Divination by the flight of Ligthning and is held by some to be one of the Sibyls others say she was the first Woman that Interpreted the Oracles and flourished in the time of Alexander the Great Barrbancon Marie de Daughter of Michael Lord of Cany in her Castle of Benegon in the Province of Berry by the Lord Lietenant of Burgundy she with her Sword in her hand marched at the head of the Breach that was made and beat the Enemy out again but famine growing so fast upon her she was compelled to surrender yet in consideration of her great Courage and Conduct had her Castle restored to her again Barro a Woman very Learned in Philosophy Bassine Artebabaze a Persion Captains Daughter she was taken in Damascus and presented to Alexander the Great who for her Beauty Marryed her Beaufort Margaret Grand Child to Edward the Third she was Mother to Henry the Seventh she founded many Religious Houses and gave liberaly to Charitable uses among which Christs and St. Johns Colledges in Cambridge are not the least Memorable she was so zealous for the promotion of the Christian Religion on in the Eastern Countrys where it was so much decayed that she would often say if it pleased God to stir up the Christian Princes to War for the Recovery of the Holy Land she would attend upon them as their Laundress Bertos Claudia first a Nun then an Abbess She was a Virgin of Singular Learning and Piety Beledes they were so called as being the fifty Daughters of Danaus who being Marryed to Egyptus fifty Sons all of them at their Fathers command except Hypemnestray killed their Husbands on the Wedding Night and she for her refusal and contributing to his Escape was a long while imprisoned by her Father till her Husband came with an Armed power and Rescued her Bellides or Danaides the same with the former Bellona stiled the Goddess of War Companion and Sister to Mars she had Temples Dedicated to her and Priests who were called Belonary they used to offer part of their blood to her and then give it to those that participaed with them in the Mistery Some will have her to be the same with Pallas the Cappadocians held her in such Esteem that her Priests took place next the Kings she is variously painted in Warlike dresses Biblia or Billa Wife to Duellus a Roman being reproved by him for not telling him of the strong smell of his breath that had been objected to him in a Brawl she innocently told him that never having kissed any Man but himself she concluded all Mens breath had the same favour Biblis Daughter of the Nymph Cyana she fell passionately in Love with her Brother Caunus who refusing to comply with her desires in a Lustful way she attempted to hang herself but being prevented in that by her Nurse she mourned and wept so long till she dyed and is fabled to be turned into a Fountain Billichilde first Marryed to Theodebertus Second King of Austrasia who of a Slave for her beauty advanced her to the dignity of a Queen and by her he had two Sons and and a Daughter but within a while after growing jealous of her he caused her to be put to
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
Amaury King of the Vice-Goths in Spain but he abusing her because she would not change her Religion Childeber her brother made War upon him and rescued her out of his hands but in her way to France she dyed Clotho one of the Fatal Sisters that spun the thread of Mens Lives which when cut by Atropos another of them the Party whose Thread was so cut dyed Clusia the Chast Daughter of King Thuscus who being denyed in Marriage to Valerius Torquâ—tus he Besieged her Father in his Chief City When to prevent the Misery of which she was innocently the Cause the threw herself from the Battlements but her Coats 〈◊〉 the got no harm Constance or Constantia Daughter of the Emperour Constantine Clorus by his Wife theodora she was Married to Licinus who raising Rebellions in the Empire was slain Constance Daughter of Roger King of Sicily Constance Marryed to Robert King of France she was Daughter of William the First Earl of Provence Constance Queen of Aragon Wife to Peter the Third King of Aragon and Daughter of Manfroy Frederick Core Daughter of Cereâ— the word from the Greek signifying Nourishment Corrina a Grecian Lady famous for Poetry and muâ—â— Celebrated by the Poets of heâ— Nation and others as a very Learned Ingenious and Beautiful Woman Cornelia Daughter of Scipio first Married to Marcus Crassus but he being 〈◊〉 in the Parthian Wars 〈◊〉 Marryed Pompey the Great and Accompanyed him in his flight after the Battle of Pharsalia Cornelia a Roman Lady Married to Cornelius Grâ—chus Cornelia Daughter to Ciâ—na and Wife to Julius Cesar she had by him Julia marryed to Pompey before Cornelia Cratefipolis Wife to Alexander King of Siconie The Siconeans after the death of her Husband Rebelled against her and fought to Dethrone her but at the head of a far less Army she Routed them Executing the Chiefs which quieted the rest Cretheis Marryed to Ascestus King of Thessaly a Woman of infatiable Lust. Creusa Daughter of Creon King of Corinth she was Married to Jason upon which Medeâ— his former Wife destroyed â—er and most of her Fathers Family by Inchantments Cumegonde Marryed to the Second yet living with him as a Virgin upon his suspecting her not to have brought her Virginity to his Bed After his death she went into a Convent of Nuns and spent the remainder of her days Cunina a Goddess held by â—he Ancients to have the care of young Children in their tender Age. Cyana a Nymph attending in Proserpina endeavouring â—o rescue her from Pluto was â—â—med into a Fountain that â—ears her Name Cyble stiled the Mother and Grandmother of the Gods and Goddesses she is represented Crowned with Castles and 〈◊〉 Key in her hand Cyna Daughter of Philip King of Macedon Marryed to â—myntas Son to Perdicas the Third and then to Lageus King of the Argives a Lady of a Courageous and Magnanimous â—pirit for under the Command of the Argives won many Victories She killed the Queen of the Illyrians fighting hand to hand and after the death of Alexander the Great her Brother she opposed the aspiring of Perdicas who in vain contrived her death Canidia a Thessalian Woman that dealt in Charms so powerful that it held She could easily destroy People at a great distance stopt the Course of Rivers and make Birds fall in their Flight raise Storms of Rain Hail and Thunder stop a Ship in her Course and many such like Matters by the Power of her Hellish Art Cumea or the Cumean Sibyl a Prophetess that foretold the Roman affairs and many of other things Of which see more at large Converted Whore An honest Gentleman in the heat of Summer having been walking in the Fields comtemplating with himself and returning back not the same way he went out but through another part of the Suburbs to which he was a meer stranger and finding himself athirst he stepped into the first House and called for a Cup of Beer seating himself in the first Room next the Street He had not well wip'd the Sweat from his Face with his Hankerchief but two or three young Wenches came skittishly in and out of the Room who seeing him to be a Man of Fashion they thought to make of him some booty being it seems set on by the Grandam of the House for as 〈◊〉 proved it was a common Brothel house The handsomâ—â— amongst them was put upon him who entreated him not to be seen below where every Porter Carman and common Fellow Came to drink but to take a more convenient and retir'd Room The Gentleman being willing to see some fashions took her gentle prosfer and went with her up Stairs where they two being alone Beer being brought up she began to offer him more than common courtesie which he apprehending ask'd her in plain terms If these were not meer Provocations to incite him to Lust which she as plainly confess'd To whom he reply'd That since it was so he was most willing to accept of her kind proffer only for modesty sake he desired her to shew him into a Darker Room to which she assented and leads him from one place to another but he still told her that none of all these was dark enough insomuch that she began at length somewhat to diâ—taâ—le him because in all that time he had not made unto her any friendly proffer At length she brought him into a close narrow Room with nothing but a Loop-hole for light and told him Sir unless you propose to go into the Cole home this is the darkeâ— place in the House How doth this please you To whom he answer'd Unless thou strumpet thou canst bring me to â— place so palpably tenebrioâ—â— into which the Eyes of Heaven cannot pierce and see me thoâ—â— canst not perswade me to 〈◊〉 Act so detestable before Goâ— and good Men For cannot 〈◊〉 that sees into the Hearts and Reins of all behold us here 〈◊〉 our Wickedness To conclude he read unto her so strict and austere a Lecture concerning her base and debauch'd Life that from an impudent Strumpet he wrought her to be â— repentant Convert Whâ—â— further asking her of her Birtâ— and Country the freely coâ—fess'd unto him That she 〈◊〉 sold such small things as 〈◊〉 had to come up to 〈◊〉 with the Carriers where iâ— was no sooner alighted at 〈◊〉 Inn but she was hired by 〈◊〉 Bawd altogether unacquaintâ—â— with her base course of Life 〈◊〉 by degrees trained her to 〈◊〉 base Prostitution Her appâ—rent Tears and seeming Pâ—â—tence much prevailing 〈◊〉 the Gentleman he protested If it lay in him he would otherwise dispose of her according to her wishes and with 〈◊〉 charging her That if he 〈◊〉 unto her within two or three days with Mony to acquit heâ— of the House that she 〈◊〉 attire herself as modesty as 〈◊〉 could possibly not bringing with her any one rag that belonged to that Abominablâ— House or any borrow'd Gâ—ment in which she had offended but instantly to repair unto him at his
the Ancients address'd themselves to when they desired not to be deceived themselves but to deceive others she was figur'd in an unseemly shape her Face being that of a Woman handsom and comely but her Body that of a party coloâ—r'd Serpent with a Scorpions Tail her smooth Face denoting specious Pretences and Flattery to deceive her speckled Body the different Stratagems to bring Frands about and the Tail signified the Sting or bad Consequence that attend such Actions Ferdegunda Queen to Chilperick the first King of France she was at first a Servant to And 〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉 Queen whom he banished to make room for her though she had borne five Children'â—â— She created great mischiefs in France causing all those the opposed her to be made away either publickly or privately and at last her Husband followed those she had sent before him She warred upon her own Son and overthrew him in Battel killing 30000 of his Men won Paris and dying Anno 596 she left Clotair her Son in quiet Possession of the Throne Fritigilde Queen of the Merconians she was converted by one of St. Ambross's Sermons to the Christian Religion and perswaded her Husband to do the like making a League with the Romans that she might come freely to Millain where he was Bishop to see him but when she came to her great Grief she found the City in Mourning for his death Fausta Daughter to Sylla she was contrary to the Cruel Temper of her Father a virtuous mild and compassionate Lady endeavouring to save those Romans of Marins's Faction whom he doom'd to dye and did all the good Offices she could to prevent the Misery Rome was at that time fal'n under Friendship between two Persons or a different Sex cannot be 〈◊〉 Ansia We look upon the groundless suspitions so common in relation to matters of this nature as base as they are wicked and chiefly owing to the Vice and Lewdness of the Age which makes some Persons believe all the World as wicked as themselves The Gentleman who proposes this question seems of a far different Character and one who deserves that Happiness which he mentions for whose satisfaction or theirs who desire it we affirm That such a Friendship is not only innocent be commendable and as advantagious as delightful A 〈◊〉 Union of Souls as has been formerly asserted is the Essence of Friendship Souls have no Sexes nor while those only are concern'd can any thing that 's criminal intrude To a Conversation truly Angelica and has so many charms in 't that the Friendships between man and man deserve not to be compar'd with it The very Souls of the Fair-Sex as well as their Bodies seem to have a softer turn than those of Men while we reckon our selves Possessors of a more solid Judgment and stronger Reason or rather may with more Justice pretend to greater Experience and more advantages to improve our Minds nor can anything on Earth give a greatest or purer Pleasure than communicating such knowledge in a capable Person who if 〈◊〉 another Sex by the Charms of her Conversation inexpressibly sweetens the pleasant Labours and by the advantage of a 〈◊〉 Mind and good Genius 〈◊〉 starts such Notions as the Instructor himself would otherwise never have thought of All the fear is least the Friendship should in time degenerate and the Body come in for a share with the Soul as it did among Boccalins Poetesses and Virtuoso's which if it once does Farewel Friendship and most of the Happiness arising from it Athens Fornication Uncleanness and impudent and shameless Uncleanness in general being one of the Reigning Sins of the Age and for the sake alone of which in a manner a whole Army of other subservient Sins and some of them still more abominable than it self are entertain'd as Oaths Execrations Blasphemies Drunkennesses Envyings Murders and 〈◊〉 of Cruelties and an â—nfinite Rabble of others mitating under this one Head and Generalissimo and for the â—etter securing the Throne of his Imperial Vice Atheism it self is called or a more nonsencal and impious Deism pressed 〈◊〉 the Service and the Being of God himself as much 〈◊〉 A lies in the Power of sensual â—ools destroy'd or he turn'd 〈◊〉 of this lower World and 〈◊〉 to the furthermost 〈◊〉 â—eavens to lead a lazy Life ease and pleasure like those 〈◊〉 Miscreants and all forâ—â—â— because daring Sinners â—ight the more securely commit chiefly this one sin I say â—ot only Uncleanness in general being so very prevalent in this Age and Nation and the chief Motive whatever other Pretences are made of Mens setting up for Atheists and Deists in our Times But Fornication in particular being either slightly thought of or openly defended or excused not only by those that deâ—ie Religion but even by a great many Zealous Pretenders to Christianity decluded by the Subtilty of Satan who in favour of their Lusts instructs them to be Ingenious to their own Destruction by wresting and misapplying several Expressions and matters of Fact in Scripture to induce them to believe simple Fornication either no sin at all or a very small one The Apostles words are Flee Fornication which are directed chiefly against simple Fornication or Fornication in a strict sense because almost all the Gentiles a great many Jews and not a few Carnal Christians deluded by them thought it to be no sin or at worst a very little one Against whose pestiferous Errors the Apostle chiefly opposes this Precept Flee Fornication As being absolutely perswaded that if he once convinc'd Men that the lowest degree of actual Lust viz. Simple Fornication was so far from being no sin that 't was a very great and capital Crime disturbing Human Society and inverting its Orders and Constitutions and moreover cutting Men off from the Body of Christ and excluding them Heaven There would be little need of Preaching against the gross and more hainous degrees of the same unruly Passion as Adultery Incest Sodomy and other nameless Lusts already condemn'd by the very Heathens and almost all the World As to the manner how we are to flee it it must be avoided 1. In Action 2. In Affection 1. In Action we must not only avoid the gross Act it self but all subservient Acts leading to it though from never so far off All Acts of all and every of our Senses and of all Members instrumental to their Operations that may in the least tend to the inciting or pampering this Lust or to the promotion of the Execution of its inordinate Suggestions so that we must keep our Eyes our Ears and our Hands Chaste too as well as those Members that are the immediate instruments of Carnal Commerce Motives against it are there 1. It s great hainousness and criminal Nature proved first by its positive-and peremptory Condemnation in Scripture as in Heb. 13.4 Ephes. 5.5.6 and Rev. 21.8 1 Cor. 5.9 10. and that grounded upon these Reasons And 2dly By all these Reasons viz. Because it is a
Sin against the Dictates of right Reason and tending to the Confounding of all Human Societies the destruction of the increase and prevention of the Multiplication of Mankind against Human Charity and Christian Purity 3dly Because it is against a Man's own Body and anothers too 4thly Because against all the Sacred Persons of the Trinity dishonouring God the Father by abusing his Creature God the Son by dismembering him and rending his Members from his Body to give them to a Harlot against the Holy Ghost by defiling our Bodies and the Bodies of others which are his Temples with the â—â—â—thiest of Pollutions and against the whole Trinity by being a kind of Idolatry too that tempts Men to Idolize the fading Glories of Flesh and Blood before the heavenly God and pay greater Worship to a 〈◊〉 White and Red in a 〈◊〉 Cheeks than to the Original Fountain of all Beauty and Perfection the Infinitely Glorious and Beautiful Creator of all Other Motives of a 〈◊〉 Classis are 1. It s shamefulness dictated by Nature 〈◊〉 sense of which the most impudent have much ado 〈◊〉 to smother 2dly The 〈◊〉 and uneasiness of it 〈◊〉 yet its vanity and 〈◊〉 shortness together with its unsatisfying Nature 3dly 〈◊〉 Expensiveness of it every 〈◊〉 And 4thly The Mischievoâ—â—ness of it in all the following Respects in Spiritual Mischief viz. 1. To the 〈◊〉 himself by cutting him off from the Body of Christ and Favour of God and rendring him uncapable unless Satisfaction first be publickly given to Communicate any more with the Faithful either in Civil or Religious Conversation by depriving him of the Spirit of God and of the Protection of Angels wounding his Conscience distracting him in Religious Duties bereaving him of his Judgment Reason and Freedom even to mind but his worldly Affairs depriving him of his Peace and a Quiet and lastly to apply deceitful Plaister to which by disposing him to a feared Conscience and to Atheism it self and the infallibly damning Sir of final Impenitence and so totally turning him out both of the Church Militant and Triumphant and Damning him infallibly to Hell Torments And again In Temporal Mischiefs viz. by ruining Body Reputation Estates Friends and Relations 2. It s Mischievousness to the Woman whom this ugly Sin involves in all the abovesaid Mischiefs and Punishments and in some respects to more 3. To the Child or Children so wickedly Begotten which are often Murdred or 〈◊〉 to Pine or bred up to but very ill and uneasie Conditions 〈…〉 and are always 〈◊〉 disgraced c. 〈◊〉 4thly and lastly To Human Society and Christian Religion in general and this Nation and Protestant Religion in particular by the abominable Murthers Quarrelings Envies Law-Suits Destructions of Families Cursing Swearing Blaspheming and a whole Inundation of numberless other Vices and Debaucheries and Scandals and Ruins and Devastations of Families Cities and Countries with which it is attended To avoid this Sin I advise you 1. To Marry prudently so as this Vice may be best restrain'd 2dly Carefully to resist and suppress the first Motions of Lust. 3dly To avoid Temptation and tempting Places Objects Employments c. 4thly And all other occasions to this Sin as high-feeding c. 5thly And all other Vices that lead to it as Pride Vanity Luxury Debauchery Drunkenness Covetousness c. 6thly To Mortify it by frequent Fastings and a continual Sobriety and Temperance in Meat Drink Clothes Words c. 7thly By Meditating upon the Falls of others their Punishments and deplorable Ends And again upon the Constancy and Happiness of others both single Persons Cities Armies Nations becoming Prosperous Victorious and Happy by the strict observation of Temperance Sobriety and Chastity 8thly By considering the Vanity Frailty and manifold defects of the Object loved and the foolish and transitory Joy this Sin affords and how after all the worst of Men and even Atheists themselves plead for it it is condemn'd by them in their own Children or near Relations 9thly By seriously pondering how the Eye of God and presence of Angels both good and bad see a Man in the Commission of this Sin and how one's own Conscience will condemn one And lastly I recommend to you the Meditation of the four last things viz Death Judgment Heaven and Hell as also a serious Contemplation on the Purity Passion and Love of Christ together with the unweary'd Use of Constant Prayer as the victorious Remedy that must clinch confirm and crown all your other Endeavours Friendship contracted by single Persons may it continue with the same Zeal and Innocence if either Marry Answ. That excellent Person the Reverend Bishop Sanderson has a Case very near â—kin to this if not Nicer which the Persons concern'd will find extreamly well worth their Reading and Consideratiâ—â— In the mean time we Answer It may tho Ten to One if it does since in those Circumstances there will be a great hazard that either the 〈◊〉 will spoil the Zeal or the Zeal the Innocence Not but that there 's a great deal depends on the Characters of the Persons concern'd a Friendship may perhaps be Innocenâ— where 't is not safe but hardly either long in this Case unless between those of great Prâ—dence and Virtue since 't is oftentimes only a Pretence and as such one of the most dangerous things in the World In the mean time as Generosity may be Criminal so Suspition is base and one infallibly ruins Friendship as the other may Virtue and Honour though a prudent Caution may perhaps be a Medium between both The worst on 't seems to be here That seeing Friendship can be only in the heighâ—â— as we have formerly describ'd it between two how shall it remain with equal Zeal and Innocence at least Justice when one is Marry'd Foreither there must be more or less tenderness for the Friend than for the Wife or Husband If more 't is Injustice for People ought not to Marry any but such as are fit to make Friends if less the former Friendship must be diminish'd as if the Marriage be happy it generally perhaps always is If I amn't mistaken the pinch is here and the 〈◊〉 accordingly That if the Friendship between the Persons Marry'd have but the ascendant and if that be continued with the highest degree of Zeal any lower measure of that and Friendship may innocently remain where it was before planted Athens Fair-Face its great Advantages The Sovereignty of Beauty is a Prerogative born with the Sex and the only thing whereof we have at no time been able to divert them The Moroseness of the Philosopher the Speculation of the Recluse the business of the Statesman nor the Fatigues of the Warriour have rendred them insensible of its Charms I dare appeal to any Man that has Eyes and a Heart If Mankind were consulted we should scarce find one Individual of so cold and saturnine a Temper who has not seen some Face that charm'd him It is reported of a
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
Nun building the Abbey of Holy Câ—oss and divers other places which she dedicated to pious uses and dyed anno 587. Ramsey Mary second Wife of Sir Thomas Ramsey Alderman and Sheriff of London anno 1567. and Lord Mayor in 1577. She was Daughter of Sir William Dale Merchant of Bristol She liv'd a very Piousand Vertuous life â—nd dying Nâ—â—emâ—â—r 1595. without 〈◊〉 leâ—t the â—râ—aâ—est 〈…〉 Uâ—es 〈◊〉 fâ—â— ever that have been left 〈…〉 private person before or 〈◊〉 Reginatrudâ— Dutchess of Bavaria She was Daughter of Chidelbert King of France and marry'd to Theâ—dâ—n the Third Duke of Bavaria whom she converted to the Christian Religion and afterwards by the assistance of Rupert Bishop of Worms she prevail'd with the greater part of his Subjects to follow his Example Renea of France She was Dutches of Ferrara Daughter to Lewis the 12th of France and Ann of Britany She was marry'd to Hercules D' Este Duke of Ferrara by the contrivance of Francis the First who succeeded Lewis though she might have had far greater Matches in England and Germany She was a Lady of great Courage Wit and Learning Renown otherways called Fame a Goddess of Poetical Invention held to be the Messenger of Jupiter She was painted in the shape of a Woman with Wings spread abroad and spangled with Eyes her Garments light and succiâ—â—â— with a Trumpet in her mouth as â—â—unâ—ing Râ—â—â—e for refusing to forsake her Religion and marry Gaulâ—â— a Roman Praeâ—â—ct 〈…〉 him tortured and 〈…〉 put to death but was 〈…〉 after her Death 〈…〉 as a Saint â—oches Catherine 〈…〉 of pâ—ictiers so well 〈…〉 in Poetry that she was 〈…〉 The Muse of France She 〈…〉 books in Prose and 〈◊〉 and Educaâ—ed her 〈…〉 to an Extraordinary 〈…〉 Learning and Virtue 〈…〉 the most accompliâ—â—â—◠〈◊〉 in the Country 〈…〉 great Matches were 〈◊〉 red them they could not 〈◊〉 inâ—uced to marry but 〈◊〉 them'elves with 〈◊〉 and contemplative 〈◊〉 â—â—â—ogunda Daughâ—â—◠〈◊〉 â—â—ng Pharaates of Parâ—â—â—â—â— Sâ—â— was Wife to Deineâ—â—â—â—◠〈…〉 of Syria She was 〈…〉 of great Courage 〈…〉 and Virâ—ue â—â—samunon Queen 〈…〉 She was Daughâ—â—◠〈◊〉 and Wife 〈…〉 who was called into 〈…〉 the Imperial 〈◊〉 revenge the astronts 〈◊〉 Emperess Sophiâ—â— had put 〈…〉 but Alâ—ion having 〈…〉 Father to death and 〈…〉 Cup of his Skull which 〈…〉 have forced her to 〈…〉 out of she 〈…〉 his Life and caused 〈…〉 â—â—â—â—hered by 〈…〉 the General of his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Daughter 〈…〉 a Prince of Persia 〈…〉 to Alexander the Great in his â—xpeâ—tiâ—n against Darius She was held to be one of the most beautiful Ladies of Asia â—oâ—â—llan Su'taness and Wife to Solyman the Magnificent Emperour of the 〈◊〉 A Woman of great Beauty but of greater Spirits and Ambition Ruth Daughter in Law to Naâ—mi married to Bâ—aâ— Rumia or Rumilla a Goddess to whom the Romans recommended the care of their Infan-Children Rosamond the Fair Concubine of K. Henry the Sâ—â—â—nâ— of England poyâ—â—râ—â— by Q. Elenor in Woodstock â—oâ—er near Oxford Back the Duke of Exeter's Daughter an Engine to extort Confessions brought into the Tower by him being Câ—nâ—iâ—â—le 16 H. 6. intending to bring in the whole Civil Law Recreations sutable for Ladies and what is to be observed therein Recreations when Innocent and Moderaâ—â—â—â— may be called the Spring of 〈◊〉 that makes it move smooth and regular it is an Antidote against the too rust impressions of business and over sâ—â—â—ious Thoughts upon the Spirits and by Wise and Prudent management may be turned to great advantages in rendering our conditions easy and pleasant but when immoderately used and carried to excess and extravagancy it is worse than Labour or Toil. All Pleasures that but border on Scandal must be shunn'd and avoided and even those that are the most Innocent must not exceed the Rules of Moderation Which consists first in not giving offence scandal damage or prejudice to your Associates or others Secondly It must besuch as is not injurious or prejadicial to your Health Reputation or Business you must by no means make your Pleasure your Bussiness but by the enjoyment thereof be more than chearful in your return to it as more enabled by your Diversions to perform it The most innocent Recreations by excess are many times abused and the Body and Mind rather enfeebled and disordered than strengthened and composed by them their Vigour is weak and sostened the Compexson is besot ed and the principal Virtues sometimes banish'd Recreation must be taken as it was first provided and then it will be taken without a Sâ—ng The Heathen Sages prohibited either Sex to â—â—acken the Reins too much to it least it should insensibly carry them away in a career they would not be able to stop till they bulg'd upon the ruggedRock of Misfortune Wâ— that are Christians have more reason therefore to be cautious least too great a swing of Worldy Pleasure and Delights throws us into Irre 〈◊〉 and incumbers us 〈…〉 we never intended to be concern'd withal those Recreations above all others 〈◊〉 most commendable that refresh the Mind and never leave any private 〈…〉 behind them on the Câ—â—â—â—ence to upbraid â—he Sens◠〈◊〉 the immoderate or unlawful using them she that plaâ—â—â—â—â— into a puddle do's but enâ—'â—â— her self to the trouble of â—â— aâ—terwashing few people are so indiseret and regardless of their Health as for the lusciousness of the Tast to â—â—â—d on those things that will â—â—pair it and render them 〈◊〉 stempered God would never have allowed such Recreations nor furnished us either with the desire of them or the faculties to enjoy them with any design we should abuse them or that they should prove hurtful to us yet there are so many incoveniences adhearing to the use of â—â—â—sure by exceeding the measure mistaking the m 〈◊〉 misplacing the time thâ—â—â—al though Recreations be laâ—â—â—ul in themselves yet if they be circumstanced amiss they are not expidient Recreations and Pleasures are undon â—idly lawful if we abuse 〈◊〉 not by irregularity all the s'veral 〈…〉 in Food 〈◊〉 other varieties of the 〈◊〉 nature were intended please the 〈…〉 to satisfy the Appeaâ—â—â— of the beautiful and pleasant Fruits the Garden of God contained there was but one only among so vast a number excepted from which it may reasonably be concluded we may enjoy those delights we have a well grounded inclination to and that are no ways prohibited if so we do it as not to do it amiss Recreations most proper and suitable to Ladies may be râ—â—â—'d under four principal he â— as Limning Dancing Musick Reading these Imploy both the Mind and Activity of the Body Lim â—ing is a very curious Art wherein a Lady especially in small Figures either in Oyl or Water-Painting may improve her Fancy to Admiration and leave rare monuments of her Ingenuity to Posterity Dancing Recreates the Body and moderately used much câ—ntribuâ—â—â— to Health by tâ—â—rring and dispersing the gathering and afflicting Humours besides it gives a decent comliness to