CXXX.

HEre is the Lady V. R. in this City, who is so Strict to Chast Wedlock, and so Fear∣ful of Dishonour or Scandal, as she will have no Usual Conversation with any Man, but those she is nearly Allyed to, or hath an Obligation to of Duty or Gratitude; Nay, she is not only Chast, but her Life and all her Actions are Devoted to Chast Wedlocks, the truth is, She lives as if she were an Incloister'd Nun, although a Wife, and her Husband is her only Confessor and In∣structor, or rather her Saint, whom she Adores, and Worships, and Prayes to, to Pardon her Sins of Omission, (for of Sins of Commission she is not Guilty, unless to Omit be to Commit;) and the greatest Sin of Omission is the Neglect of her Health, which he accounts as a Deadly Sin, and will hardly Pardon unless she Reform; but although she promises Amendment, as all Penitents do, yet as soon as she hath Promised, Page  266 she Commits the same Sin again, so as the best part of her Life is, as it were, Spent in Promises, but not in Performance: And when she is Sick, she doth like the man that was in a Storm, who in the time of Danger promised the Blessed Vir∣gin Mary, to Offer to her Altar Candle as Big and as Long as the Mast of the Ship, if ever he came on the Shore; so the Lady V. R. when she is Sick, promises, if ever she Recover, she will Take the Air, and Use Exercises, but be∣ing Restored to Health, she Forgets her Pro∣mise, or only Looks out of a Window for Once or Twice, and Walks Two or Three turns in a day in her Chamber, which is as little Exer∣cise as she can do, the truth is, she Errs as much in living too much a Retired Life, as other La∣dies in too Much and Often Gadding Abroad, wherein she loses as much Health, as they Time, if not Reputation; But leaving her to her Reti∣red Life and Promising Words, I rest,