Academical discourses upon several choice and pleasant subjects / written by the learned and famous Loredano ; Englished by J.B.

A TABLE OF THE Several Discourses.

• I. VVHat Colour is most convenient in a Lovers Face? 1
• II. That silence is the true Father of Love. 7
• III. What thing does most prejudice the beauty of the Face. 16
• IV. What is the greatest favour a Lover can receive from his chast Mistris. 23
• V. Whether the Rose does presage Felicity or Infelicity to a Lover. 28
• VI. Wherefore in C••prus they protray'd Venus with a Beard. 35
• VII. What the manner of the Florentine Kiss is, and whence its Original. 36
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• VIII. Wherefore Physitians affect to Wear great Beards. 42
• IX. That Woman is more faithful to Man, than he to Woman. 47
• X. Whether blushing be a sign of Vertue. 54
• XI. Whether one can Kiss their beloved with∣out Lasciviousness or Sensuality. 58
• XII. Wherefore it is said, That Achiless's Lance did both wound and heal. 64
• XIII. Wherefore Old people Sleep ordinarily less then young ones. 71
• XIV. Whether Gifts or Stealth's do most Fe∣licitate Lovers. 76
• XV. Wherefore Pythagoras Prohibited the use of Beans. 80
• XVI. In dispraise of Women. 85
• XVII. What Natural defect is the most Ex∣cuseable. 91
• XVIII. Wherefore great Men do not ordinari∣ly favour Vertuous persons reduced to ne∣cessity. 96
• XIX. Whether is most potent to beget Affecti∣on Weeping, or Singing. 99