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 theſe tame Serpents, thou ſhalt haue more ſtrings to thy bow then one: it is ſafe riding at two ankers, alwaies looke before thou leape, leaſt thy ſhins thou chance to breake. Now the fire is kindled, let vs burne the other faggot, and ſo to our matter againe.

If a woman be neuer ſo comely, thinke her a counterfait: if neuer ſo ſtraight, thinke her crooked; if ſhe bee well ſet, call her a boſſe; if ſlender, a hazell twigge; if browne, thinke her as blacke a asas a [sic] Crow; if well-coloured, a painted wall; if ſad, or ſhame-fac’d, then thinke her a clowne; if merry and pleaſant, then ſhe is the liker to be a wanton. But if thou bee ſuch a foole, that thou wilt ſpend thy time and treaſure, the one in the loue of women, and the other to delight them; in my minde thou reſembleſt the ſimple Indians, who apparel themſelues moſt richly when they goe to be burned.

But what ſhould I ſay? ſome would not giue their bable for the Tower of London. He that hath ſailed at Sea, hath ſeene the dangers, and he that is married, can tell of his owne woe, but he chat was neuer burnt, will neuer dread the fire. Some will goe to Dice, although they ſee others looſe their money at Play, and ſome will marry though they beg together. Is it not ſtrange that men ſhould be ſo fooliſh to dote on women, who differ ſo farre in nature from men? for a man delights in armes, and in hearing the ratling drums, but a woman loues to heare ſweet Muſicke on the Lute, Cittern, or Bandora: a man reioyceth to march among the murthered carkaſſes, but a woman to dance on a ſilken carpet; a man loues to heare the threatnings of his Princes enemies, but a woman weepes when ſhe heares of warres: a man loues to lye on the cold graſſe, but