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Such as know Italy will not think it strange if�察�for this subject�察�I seek
not elsewhere for examples�察�for that nation may be called the regent of
the world in this。 They have more generally handsome and fewer ugly
women than we�察�but for rare and excellent beauties we have as many as
they。 I think the same of their intellects�此�of those of the common sort��
they have evidently far more brutishness is immeasurably rarer there��
but in individual characters of the highest form�察�we are nothing indebted
to them。 If I should carry on the comparison�察�I might say�察�as touching
valour�察�that�察�on the contrary�察�it is�察�to what it is with them�察�common and
natural with us�察�but sometimes we see them possessed of it to such a
degree as surpasses the greatest examples we can produce�此�The marriages
of that country are defective in this�察�their custom commonly imposes so
rude and so slavish a law upon the women�察�that the most distant
acquaintance with a stranger is as capital an offence as the most
intimate�察�so that all approaches being rendered necessarily substantial��
and seeing that all comes to one account�察�they have no hard choice to
make�察�and when they have broken down the fence�察�we may safely presume
they get on fire��
;Luxuria ipsis vinculis�察�sicut fera bestia��
irritata�察�deinde emissa。;
�А�Lust�察�like a wild beast�察�being more excited by being bound��
breaks from his chains with greater wildness。;Livy�察�xxxiv。 4。��
They must give them a little more rein��
;Vidi ego nuper equum�察�contra sua frena tenacem��
Ore reluctanti fulminis ire modo;��
�А�I saw�察�the other day�察�a horse struggling against his bit��
rush like a thunderbolt。;Ovid�察�Amor。�察�iii。 4�察�13。��
the desire of company is allayed by giving it a little liberty。 We are
pretty much in the same case they are extreme in constraint�察�we in
licence。 'Tis a good custom we have in France that our sons are received
into the best families�察�there to be entertained and bred up pages�察�as in
a school of nobility�察�and 'tis looked upon as a discourtesy and an
affront to refuse this to a gentleman。 I have taken notice ��for�察�so many
families�察�so many differing forms�� that the ladies who have been
strictest with their maids have had no better luck than those who allowed
them a greater liberty。 There should be moderation in these things�察�one
must leave a great deal of their conduct to their own discretion�察�for��
when all comes to all�察�no discipline can curb them throughout。 But it is
true withal that she who comes off with flying colours from a school of
liberty�察�brings with her whereon to repose more confidence than she who
comes away sound from a severe and strict school。
Our fathers dressed up their daughters' looks in bashfulness and fear
��their courage and desires being the same���察�we ours in confidence and
assurance�察�we understand nothing of the matter�察�we must leave it to the
Sarmatian women�察�who may not lie with a man till with their own hands
they have first killed another in battle。 For me�察�who have no other
title left me to these things but by the ears�察�'tis sufficient if��
according to the privilege of my age�察�they retain me for one of their
counsel。 I advise them then�察�and us men too�察�to abstinence�察�but if the
age we live in will not endure it�察�at least modesty and discretion。 For��
as in the story of Aristippus�察�who�察�speaking to some young men who
blushed to see him go into a scandalous house�察�said ;the vice is in not
coming out�察�not in going in�察─�let her who has no care of her conscience
have yet some regard to her reputation�察�and though she be rotten within��
let her carry a fair outside at least。
I commend a gradation and delay in bestowing their favours�此�Plato
'declares that�察�in all sorts of love�察�facility and promptness are
forbidden to the defendant。 'Tis a sign of eagerness which they ought to
disguise with all the art they have�察�so rashly�察�wholly�察�and hand´over´
hand to surrender themselves。 In carrying themselves orderly and
measuredly in the granting their last favours�察�they much more allure our
desires and hide their own。 Let them still fly before us�察�even those who
have most mind to be overtaken�此�they better conquer us by flying�察�as the
Scythians did。 To say the truth�察�according to the law that nature has
imposed upon them�察�it is not properly for them either to will or desire��
their part is to suffer�察�obey�察�and consent and for this it is that nature
has given them a perpetual capacity�察�which in us is but at times and
uncertain�察�they are always fit for the encounter�察�that they may be always
ready when we are so ;Pati natee。;´�А�Born to suffer。;´Seneca�察�Ep。�察�95。��
And whereas she has ordered that our appetites shall be manifest by a
prominent demonstration�察�she would have theirs to be hidden and concealed
within�察�and has furnished them with parts improper for ostentation�察�and
simply defensive。 Such proceedings as this that follows must be left to
the Amazonian licence�此�Alexander marching his army through Hyrcania��
Thalestris�察�Queen of the Amazons�察�came with three hundred light horse of
her own´sex�察�well mounted�察�and armed�察�having left the remainder of a very
great�察�army that followed her behind the neighbouring mountains to give
him a visit�察�where she publicly and in plain terms told him that the fame
of his valour and victories had brought her thither to see him�察�and to
make him an offer of her forces to assist him in the pursuit of his
enterprises�察�and that�察�finding him so handsome�察�young�察�and vigorous�察�she��
who was also perfect in all those qualities�察�advised that they might lie
together�察�to the end that from the most valiant woman of the world and
the bravest man then living�察�there might spring some great and wonderful
issue for the time to come。 Alexander returned her thanks for all the
rest�察�but�察�to give leisure for the accomplishment of her last demand��
he detained her thirteen days in that place�察�which were spent in royal
feasting and jollity�察�for the welcome of so courageous a princess。
We are�察�almost throughout�察�unjust judges of their actions�察�as they are of
ours。 I confess the truth when it makes against me�察�as well as when 'tis
on my side。 'Tis an abominable intemperance that pushes them on so often
to change�察�and that will not let them limit their affection to any one
person whatever�察�as is evident in that goddess to whom are attributed so
many changes and so many lovers。 But 'tis true withal that 'tis contrary
to the nature of love if it be�察�not violent�察�and contrary to the nature
of violence if it be constant。 And they who wonder�察�exclaim�察�and keep
such a clutter to find out the causes of this frailty of theirs�察�as
unnatural and not to be believed�察�how comes it to pass they do not
discern how often they are themselves guilty of the same�察�without any
astonishment or miracle at all�拭 �It would�察�peradventure�察�be more strange
to see the passion fixed�察�'tis not a simply corporeal passion。 If there
be no end to avarice and ambition�察�there is doubtless no more in desire��
it still lives after satiety�察�and 'tis impossible to prescribe either
constant satisfaction or end�察�it ever goes beyond its possession。 And by
that means inconstancy�察�peradventure�察�is in some sort more pardonable in
them than in us�此�they may plead�察�as well as we�察�the inclination to
variety and novelty common to us both�察�and secondly�察�without us�察�that
they buy a cat in a sack�此�Joanna�察�queen of Naples�察�caused her first
husband�察�Andrews�察�to be hanged at the bars of her window in a halter of
gold and silk woven with her own hand�察�because in matrimonial
performances she neither found his parts nor abilities answer the
expectation she had conceived from his stature�察�beauty�察�youth�察�and
activity�察�by which she had been caught and deceived。 They may say there
is more pains required in doing than in suffering�察�and so they are on
their part always at least provided for necessity�察�whereas on our part it
may fall out otherwise。 For this reason it was�察�that Plato wisely made a
law that before marriage�察�to determine of the fitness of persons�察�the
judges should see the young men who pretended to it stripped stark naked��
and the women but to the girdle only。 When they come to try us they do
not�察�perhaps�察�find us worthy of their choice��
;Experta latus�察�madidoque simillima loro
Inguina�察�nec lassa stare coacta manu��
Deserit imbelles thalamos。;
�А�After using every endeavour to arouse him to action��
she quits the barren couch。;Martial�察�vii。 58。��
'Tis not enough that a man's will be good�察�weakness and insufficiency
lawfully break a marriage��
;Et quaerendum aliunde foret nervosius illud��
Quod posset zonam solvere virgineam�此�
�А�And seeks a more vigorous lover to undo her virgin zone。;
Catullus�察�lxvii。 27。��
why not�拭 �and according to her own standard�察�an amorous intelligence��
more licentious and active��
;Si blando nequeat superesse labori。;
�А�If his strength be unequal to the pleasant task。;
Virgil�察�Georg。�察�iii。 127。��
But is it not great impudence to offer our imperfections and
imbecilities�察�where we desire to please and leave a good opinion and
esteem of ourselves�拭 �For the little that I am able to do now��
;Ad unum
Mollis opus。;
�А�Fit but for once。;Horace�察�Epod。�察�xii。 15。��
I would not trouble a woman�察�that I am to reverence and fear��
;Fuge suspicari��
Cujus undenum trepidavit aetas
Claudere lustrum。;
�А�Fear not him whose eleventh lustrum is closed。;
Horace�察�Od。�察�ii。 4�察�12�察�limits it to the eighth。��
Nature should satisfy herself in having rendered this age miserable��
without rendering it ridiculous too。 I hate to see it�察�for one poor inch
of pitiful vigour which comes upon it but thrice a week�察�to strut and set
itself out with as much eagerness as if it could do mighty feats�察�a true
flame of flax�察�and laugh to see it so boil and bubble and then in a
moment so congealed and extinguished。 This appetite ought to appertain
only to the flower of beautiful youth�此�trust not to its seconding that
indefatigable�察�full�察�constant�察�magnanimous ardour you think in you�察�for
it will certainly leave you in a pretty corner�察�but rather transfer it to
some tender�察�bashful�察�and ignorant boy�察�who yet trembles at the rod�察�and
blushes��
;Indum sanguineo veluti violaverit ostro
Si quis ebur�察�vel mista rubent ubi lilia multa
Alba rosa。;
�А�As Indian ivory streaked with crimson�察�or white lilies mixed
with the damask rose。;AEneid�察�xii。 67。��
Who can stay till the morning without dying for shame to behold the
disdain of the fair eyes of her who knows so well his fumbling
impertinence��
;Et taciti fecere tamen convicia vultus�察�
�А�Though she nothing say�察�her looks betray her anger。;
Ovid�察�Amor。�察�i。 7�察�21。��
has never had the satisfaction and the glory of having cudgelled them
till they were weary�察�with the vigorou