Of Penelope, Ulysses Wife.
PEnelope, Ulysses Wife, was Famous, for that she never mar∣ried whilst her Husband was in the Wars. It is true, she was Chast, but she gave her self leave to be Courted, which is a degree to Unchastity, and a means whereby her Husbands Estate was wasted; for if she had check'd, and not permitted them at the first, they would never have grown unto that Impudence: But it seemed she loved to have her Ears filled with her own Praises; for they that love their own Praises, most commonly are catched in the Snare of Flattery; for there are seldome Praises without much Flattery. It is true, she might be a Chast Woman, but she shewed her self but an Indifferent Wife, and not worthy of so much praise: for it is not Honesty that makes a perfect good Wife, although it be the chief Ingredient, but she must be Thristy, and Cleanly, Modest, reserved in her Be∣haviour, and secret to her Husbands Counsels; for often times a Woman dishonours her Husband by her Indiscretion, as much as by the act of Adultery; for there is nothing dearer to a Man than his Fame, so a Wife should have a care to keep it.