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WE haue spoken alreadye of Plea∣sure,* 1.1 & her companions, now wyl we lykewise declare what Lust is, and who are in subiectiō vnder her. It is de∣fined to be eyther a desire raised against reason: or a wilde and vnbridled appe∣tite, which, in whomsoeuer it raignes
so kylleth all good motions, that vertue can haue no place in the minde of him. It is a wylde and vnruly colt, & néedeth a skilfull ryder: else wyl it breake other mennes hedges, and spoile good & vertu∣ous plants: it wyll make a man to haue neither care of his owne good name, nor consideration of the shame whiche his posterity shal haue by his wicked liuing. Diogenes sayde, that this Lust was the towre of mischiefe.* 1.2 And very well may it so be called, for it hath in it many shamelesse defendours, as Néedinesse, Anger, Wrath, Palenes, Hatred, Dis∣cord, Loue, & Longing, all iolly felowes, and of great experience, whose skylful∣nes and power shalbe declared in order.
Lust vvhat.
The towre of mischefe▪