With sober lookes their wanton lust to hide.
With these the Satyrist giueth vp his verdict, & finding chastity for the rarenes of it in those ruder times, as prodigious as either a milke-white Rauen, or a cole∣blacke swanne, examineth such as goe a∣bout to wiue, what hellish furies they be which driue them to it; and wondereth that any, considering the world affor∣deth such infinite store of neck-ties, so many loftie turrets, and deeper wels, should endure to yoke themselues to the vicious imperfections of a creature so las∣ciuious and imperious.
—Tarpeium limen adora
Pronus, & auratam Iunoni caede iu vencam,
Si tibi contigerit capitis matrona pudici:
Paucae adeo vittas Cereris contingere dignae.
But out of doubt, these are not the le∣gitimate children of a staied conceit. Ie∣lousie that adulterate & spurious brat of loue and feare, was their onely sire: and indeede this is a monster, which neuer looketh vpon virtue, but with a froward and suspicious eye. It resembleth in effect the Iuie, which doth alwaies hurt that most, which it most embraceth. Such as haue it in their braine, wil not be perswa∣ded, but that which affordeth pleasure to themselues, doth giue the like content∣ment to others. Bassa Ionuses, who with hissword, as with a pen of steele drew the conueighances, which did enstate his Soueraigne Selymus the first in the terri∣tories and dominions of the Mamalukes, became so desperately enamoured of the beauteous Lady Manto, by birth a Graeci∣an, but by the chance of warre his priso∣ner, that he did not onely admit hir to his board, but of his captiue made hir in a