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 Had not so soon preferr'd Thy Paranymph, worthless to thee compar'd, Successour in thy bed, Nor both so loosly disally'd Thir nuptials, nor this last so treacherously Had shorn the fatal harvest of thy head. Is it for that such outward ornament Was lavish't on thir Sex, that inward gifts Were left for haste unfinish't, judgment scant, Capacity not rais'd to apprehend Or value what is best In choice, but oftest to affect the wrong? Or was too much of self-love mixt, Of constancy no root infixt, That either they love nothing, or not long?
 * What e're it be, to wisest men and best

Seeming at first all heavenly under virgin veil, Soft, modest, meek, demure, Once join'd, the contrary she proves, a thorn Rh