Thepttnifbmentsof whoredomin thisIT,. 165 Syrens longs rauifhhimwithbewitching delight;her threts like dreadfull thunderclaps,or piercing darts which wound euen to the very heart. Her command is his chiefe law, her difpleafurehis moil intollerable punifhment. Iffile calleth he muf+ come ; if file fendeth, her very command addeth wings tohis haft ; if file biddeth depart, he dare not abide in hercorrpany,though a fhort abfcnce feemeth untohim a tedious banifhment; iffhe biddeth flay,he remaineth vnder her arref+,&hath no liberty to depart. Iffhewant,his purfe muf+be at her commandement; if filenialigne, his perfon muf+ be expofed to all dangers in reuenge ofher quarrell. That I may fay nothingofhis continuall hopes, feares, de fpaire, griefe, ieloufes, quarrels, truces, wherewithhe is no otherwife tormented,then ifhewere dailyvpona torturing. racke, fauing that himfelfe chufeth his tormenter, &volun- tarily indureth this hellifhpunifhment.Inwhich refpe& this finne of vncleanneffe is byone compared to in rnfernallfire, Hieyom,D"ig- nrs infernal:a whofe matteror naurifhment is glssttonie &drunk,çnnefe, the luxuria !um flame burning lufix,the l arkZles corrupt leeches &filthy corn- materia gala, mssnication, thefmoke infamyanddifgrace, theafhes vncleane eft. falthineffe,andthe endhell torments. Neither are bate and effeminate menonlyfub:ie& to this s.se.El,6. tyrannicall flauery, but euen the molt f+rong& valiant, the That the molt wifefi & beft qualified are in nobetter cafe, when theyhaue wife andva. giuen themfelues ouer to be ruled with their filthyaffe&i- liantbeceme ons: for to faynothing of the thrice valiant Hercules, who flaues to cbeir hauing vanquifhed many monflers , was afterwards made fr/i conquered through the violenceof his lulls a bafeflaueto Omphale,& widbtheirowne changed his club and lions skinne intoafpindle & diflaffe, !bits, . receiuing his workby taske among her maides ; nor ofSar- danapalua the great King of Affyria, whowas fo bafely en- thralled withhis luf+s,that hevied to wcare womens appar- rell and to fpnneamong{+ his harlots; theScriptures them- felues do oiler unto vs two notable examples,the oneofthe f+ronÿef+, the other of the wifcf+ among!} meere men, who beeing full made flaues tp theirowne leaf+s,were afterwards fubie led in the bafefl thraldornevnto their concubines & harlots. The fliongSanspfon who with the iawbone of an Y, 3 afk..
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