CCXI sociable letters written by the thrice noble, illustrious, and excellent princess, the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle.

LVI.

MADAM,

IN your last Letter you writ how much the Lord N. O. doth Admire Mrs. B. U. and what Addresses he makes to her, for he being in Years hath seen much of the World, and many and Different Beauties, and hath Convers'd with many and Different Wits, and hath found and observed many and Diffe∣rent Humours, and hath made many and Dif∣ferent Courtships to many and Different Wo∣men: yet I have observ'd that men in Years would seem Lovers and Admirers, but are not; and Young men are Lovers and Admirers, and would not seem so; Men in Years Praise all the Young Women they meet withall, but think not of them when they are out of their Companies, but Young men Praise some Par∣ticulars, and when Absent, are more Fond and Deeper in Love than when they are personally Present; and it is to be observed, that the chiefest Imployment of the most part of Men is to make Love, not that they are Really in Love, but Feign∣edly make themselves so, and Amorous Court∣ships are the most general Actions in the World, and the most general Imployments of the Thoughts in mens Minds; and the same is also a∣mongst Women; so that most of mankind are

Amorous Lovers, for Love is the Subject of their Thoughts, & Courtly Addresses the Acti∣on of their Time, & the Chief Business of their Lives; but if it were a Noble Love, it were Commendable, for then their Time, Industry, and Actions of their Lives would be Imployed in Acts of Charity, Friendship, Humanity, Magnificence, Generosity, and the like, but be∣ing Amorous Lovers, their Time is Idly Wasted in Adorning, Fashioning, Flattering, Protesting and Forswearing; besides, Amorous Lovers are Inconstant, Prodigal, Fantastical, and the like. But leaving them to their Complemental Ad∣dresses, I rest,

Madam,

Your faithful Friend and Servant.