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 more is the Cradle of eaſe in a Womans Lap. If thou wert a Seruant, or in Bondage before, yet when thou doeſt marry, thy toyle is neuer the neerer ended; for euen then, and not before, thou doeſt change thy golden time for a drop of Honey, which preſently afterwards turneth to be as bitter as Wormewood.

Yet there are many young men which cudgell their wits, and beat their braines, and ſpend all their time in the loue of Women, and if they get a ſmile, or but a fauour at their Loues hand, they ſtraightway are ſo rauiſhed with ioy, yea ſo much, that they thinke they haue gotten God by the hand, but within a while after they will finde that they haue but the Deuill by the foot. A man may generally ſpeake of Women, that for the moſt part thou ſhalt finde them diſſembling in their deedes, and in all their actions ſubtill and dangerous for men to deale withall; for their faces are lures, their beauties are baites, their lookes are nets, and their words charmes, and all to bring men to ruine.

There is an old ſaying goeth thus, That hee which hath a faire Wife, and a white Horſe, ſhall neuer be without troubles; for a Woman that hath a faire face, it is euer matched with a cruell heart, and the heauenly lookes with helliſh thoughts, their modeſt countenance with mercileſſe mindes, for Women can both ſmooth and ſooth: they are ſo cunning in the art of flatterie, as if they had beene bound Prentice to the Trade: they haue Sirens Songs to allure thee, and Xerxes cunning to enchant thee: they beare two tongues in one mouth like Iudas, and two hearts in one breſt like Magus, the one full of ſmiles, and the other full of frownes, and all to deceiue the ſimple and plaine-meaning Man: they