The Theater of Fine Devices containing an hundred morall Emblemes. First penned in french by Guillaume de la Perriere, and translated into English by Thomas Combe |
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EMBLEME XCVI.
A wanton woman and a light,
Will not be tam'd by art nor might.
With greater ease the Dolphin is restrained,
Will not be tam'd by art nor might.
Then wanton women bridled of their will,
Who from their purpose cannot be constrained.
They are so full of craft and subtill skill:
Wel may they boast what guerdō they haue gained,
That can subiect their wiues vnto their will;
For oft the ayer of a womans smocke,
Withstands alone the bonds of chast wedlock.
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