Ofthe vanitie andvnlauvftelnes ofpainting. 237 But heere Tome will fay, that for themfelues they takeno4,Stlí.. great delight in thefe praélifcs, but that they vfe them to TheirobicEÏien pleafe their husbands, that bygiuing them contentment, anfweredrohó they may retaine their loue and affeRion; and appropria_tartbeyvle ring it wholly to themfelues, may preferue them from the ylecetheir Fix/: loue of Orange women. For ánfwering whereof, let fuch bands. know,thatthey ought not topleafe men by difpleafingGod; and therefore though it could be imagined that any man is fo fillieand deflitute ofvnderflanding, that he would haue his wife, whom hedefires tokeepe honefl, to vfe the quali- ties and conditionsoían harlot,yet the fhould notglue him contentment,by burthening her foule with aknowne finne. Neither can it be imagined that hereby theycan windthem- felues into their husbands loue,or preferue him fromvnlaw- fulllufis; forifneither the feare ofGod, nor the terrour of his iudgcments, death, hell, and condemnation,noryet the punifhment inflióled by humane lawes,and the danger of falling hereby into innumerableeuils, will deliuer him from following thefe courfes; nor finally the loue ofGod and his fweetepromifes will allure them to the performanceof his dude; then how can it be imagined,that hee fhould be inti- cedwith a painted vizard toembrace thisconiugalfloue,or be preferued from firange lulls with a falfe and counterfeit bcautie? Yca contrariwife,let them refi aflhured that they make themfelues hereby loathfome totheir husbands,when as thefeartificialhfupplies putthem in minde of their natu- rall defcéis, and this3cotnterfcit-beautie, ofthatrealldcfor= mitie whichit hideth ;li`k'ea rotten pofi which is painted, and gilded over to makea fhcw.And therefore(as one faith) they take a foolifh courfe in feeking to approue themfelues Ambrof.dc. to theirhusbands iudgement,by difapprouing them intheir Virginlibe owne; and to thinke topleafe others, when asbeing helped with felfcloue they cannot pleafe themfelues; for if they thought nothing wanting, they would not feekeby fuch meanestomake afupplie; ifthey did not thinkethemfelues deformed, they would neuer feeke grace from a falfe beau= tie. Ifthen thou wouldcfl bane thyhusband cfleeme thce, obferuerather.a sober grauity,then affcé't a counterfeit beau- tie;
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