Page:The Arraignment of Lewd, Idle, Froward, and Unconstant Women (1622).djvu/33

 But alas, fond foole, wilt thou more regard their babble then thine owne bliſſe? or eſteeme more their frumpes, then thine owne welfare? Doeſt thou not know, that Women alwayes ſtriue againſt wiſedome, although many times it be to their vtter ouerthrow? Like the Bee, which is often hurt with her owne Honey; euen ſo women are often plagued with their owne conceit, weighing downe loue with diſcourteſie, giuing him a weed, which preſents them with flowers; as their catching in ieaſt, and their keeping in earneſt: and yet ſhe thinkes that ſhe keepes her ſelfe blameleſſe, and in at ill vices ſhee would goe nameleſſe: but if ſhee carry it neuer ſo cleane, yet in the end ſhee will be accounted but for a cunny- catching queane: and yet ſhe will ſweare that the will thriue, as long as ſhe can finde one man aliue; for ſhe thinkes to doe all her knauery inuiſible: ſhe will haue a figge-leafe to couer her ſhame; but when the figge-leafe is dry and withered, it doth ſhew their nakedneſſe to the world. For take away their painted cloathes, and then they looke like ragged walls; take away their ruffes, and they looke ruggedly; their coyfes and ſtomachers, and they are ſimple to behold; their hayre vntruſt, and they looke wildely; and yet there are many, which lay their nets to catch a pretty woman: but hee which getteth ſuch a prize, gaynes nothing by his aduenture, but ſhame to the Body, and danger to the Soule; for the heate of the young bloud of theſe wantons, leades many vnto deſtruction for this worlds pleaſure: It inchants your Mindes, and enfeebleth your Bodies with diſeaſes; it alſo ſcandalizeth your good names: but moft of all, it endangereth your Soules. How can it otherwiſe chooſe, when luſt and vncleaneneſſe continually keepe