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New PROVERBS on the PRIDE of WOMEN
PART. 1.
A Woman who has haughty looks, is under the infection of a plague, even pride. She is ignorant of herſelf, and thinks as much as ſhe is her own maker always deſpiſing her fellow creatures, as if ſhe ⟨was⟩ not of the ſeed of Adam.
2. Her eyes being always bent upwards, ⟨towards⟩the ſkies, in my opinion, ſuch women come from ⟨the⟩ world of the moon, and look backwards toward their native country.
3. She who is patron full of pride, is empty ⟨of⟩virtue. O how wiſe in her own eyes is ſhe! ⟨eloquent⟩ in ſpeech, expert in law without experience.
4 He that joins with ſuch a woman, binds ⟨himſelf⟩to be a galley ſlave all the days of his life; he ⟨muft⟩ fight againſt wind and waves, and tow her to ⟨her⟩ grave's mouth, if ſhe ſink not; for ſhe cannot be ſo(illegible text)
5. Woe's me! for many women are weighed ⟨down⟩ with folly lifted up with vanity, and deeply ⟨wounded⟩ being ſo in love with themſelves, that their ⟨heads⟩ pine away with hatred and ſorrow, becauſe ⟨their⟩ neighbours are exalted above them.
6. This is a ſore evil which cleaveth to the daughtters of Eve, handed down from mother to daughter from one generation to another.
7. No ſooner have they got judgment to ⟨diſcern⟩ between the right hand and the left, but they ⟨are⟩ carried away to be taught by Madam Vanity, daughter of Lucifer, who brings them into the (illegible text)lege of Contradiction, which stands in the town ⟨of⟩Contention:
8. Here they are catechifed in all the parts of beings, ſuch as painting of the face, and plaiting ⟨of⟩ hair, and fixing theſe high crowned caps (illegible text) head-dreſſes, piled on their heads like (illegible text)
