. Parc. 3.sea.:. Ca1ifl1·1[Live-mel411&ho!y. Mcmb. J .Subr.4~ --~----~~~~~~~----~----~--~ Jy noblemens favours, riming Coribanti4fmi, Thrafonean Rhad1mantts 481 or BlmhlmAChides, that have nothing in them but a few plaiers endsandcomplements, vaine braggadocians, impudent intruders, that can dif. . courfeat table of Knights and Lords combats, like t Lu&ian_s f:eontifcus, t I'om-4;a;,~ ofother metls travels, braue adventures,& fuch common trlVIall newes, mrrir, ride, dance, ling old ballet tunes and wear their cloathes in fal11ion, with agood grace; a fine fweet gentleman, a proper man,who could not love him! Shee will have. him though all her hiends fay no, though lhe beg with ~im. Some againe are incen!ed by reading amorous toies, Amadu de Gatd, Palmarin de O{iva, the Knight oftheflmne,&&. or hearing fuch tales ofu Jovm, defcript~o.nsoftheirperfons, lafcivious difcourfes,~uch ;.;;.~·~:;;~ as Ajlyanalfo, H elenanvamng woman, by the report ofsurda~, wm of"''"' vehe~ old, de variiuonmbittiSmDdis, and after her Philmu ahd Elephantine-or mentiHupiditho(e light tratfs oft Ariflides Mileftus (mentioned by Plutar&h) lod '~" ;,.;,.,;, found by thePer(zans,in Craflus army among!hhe fpoiles,Arttinrs Dia. i.;, T'"'"' logues, with dittks, Love fongs,&c. muft needs fet them on fire, )Vith tZle tu:m.ri• fuch like pii!tures,as thofe of Aretille, or wanton objells in what kinde ~mf;J:t" foever;no ftronger engtntthento heareor rtAdDflove tms ,fobltsand difcourfls (xone laith) andmany by thismwm are quite mad. At Abdera in x <Yf:nw Thrace ( .d11dromeda one of Euripedes Tragedies being plaied) thefpeCla- fY 1•'"';,Nul· tors were fo much moved with the objeCl, and thofe patheticalllove :.t'(J~~,"';uii fpeeches of Per:flus amongft the reR,o Cupido Prin&e DfCSedandmen,&c. ~mo .ta(Civ~ that every man aimoft a good while~ftn fpake pure Iambicks,and ra!Vcd !1/.~'/,.{.j_'· fhll on Perfim fpeech, 0 CupzdD Prmce of God and mm, As Car-m~n, modifabulu Boyes and Prentif~s, when anew fong is pu?lifi1ed with us, goe finging ~;;;;;,;;;~,. that new tune fttlltn the.fl:reets, they contmually aCled that Tragicall part of rerfem, and in every mans mouth was o ,cupido, in every ftreer, . 0 Cupido,inevery houfe almoft, 0 Cupido Prince of Godand men; pro. nouncing fiilllikc ftagc players, 0 Cupid~,they were fo polfeffed all with that rapture ,and thoughrofthat patheticall love fpeech, the~could not • l>fartialli!J a longtimeaftcrforget, or drive it out of their mirrdes, but o (upido •· . · · Prince ofGodandmen, wasever ia their mouthes. This belike made A-t L~h# ·';{ riflotle Polit.lib.7.&ap.18. forbid young men to fee Comcedi.es, orro L.~i~u:': heare amorous talcs. parant ani- .. H .tc igitur luvenei nequamja&ilefik putfl~ ~:,;m~~7 fnfficia'nt -- let not young folkes Horafi••:, meddle at all withfuch matters. ~nd this made the Romawes as t ri<:;,:;:::.":J. truvllu relates, put r tl1114 temple m the Suburbes, tJ;fY4111UYfllll, ~~~ado. or traditur. leflentts veneriu in[t.efCant, to avoid all occafions and objells. For what ••m eubieul• wi!l not!uc_h an objei!t dae?I[n:e11im as he walke~ i~ s Df!hent~ garden, {!~t~,a·h:: bemgnowmlove, whenhefawfo many y lali:IVIouspti!tures , T.hetis huiffedifjofi•. marriage, and I ~n?w OGt ~hat, wa~almdft befi~e himfelfe. And to fay ~~:·!;:;;~~ tr_urh, wtth alafctv10us object whots not moved, to fee others da~ly, iffi~im4f.l· ktlfe, dance~ And m~h more when he fuallcometo bean Ai!!Gr him- nem eoit"' re-. felfe. , fment. _s.,. Tokiffeand to bekiffed,whichainongft other lafcivious provocati- :: "'' •"·" ons,isasaburdenin afGng,andamofl:· forcible baitery, asinfei!tious, l~f£:1"!""' ·t xmphm thinkes; as the poifon of afpider;a great allurement, a fire it t.~.;;~'""' • >. • felfe
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