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Women are not mens shadowes.
E Contra.
1
The sunne absented, shadowes thenCease to put on the formes of men.
But wives, their husbands absent, may
Beare best their formes (they being away)
Say, are not women falsly then
Stil'd but the shadowes of us men.
2
Shadowes at Morne and Even are strong,At noone they are, or weake, or none:
Women at Noone are ever long,
At night so weake they fall along.
Say, are not women falsly then
Stil'd but the shadowes of us men?
3
As bodies are contracted, shadowes soContract themselves to formes as bodies doe:
Let men be bounded neere so close: I wist,
Women will rove and ramble where they list.
Say, are not women falsly then
Stil'd but the shadowes of us men?
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