NEW PROVERBS
ON THE
PRIDE OF WOMEN, &c.
CHAP. I.
A Woman who has haughty looks, is under infection of the 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 bent always upwards, towards the skies, and in my opinion, such women come from the world of the moon, became they look backwards towards their native country.
3. And she who is patron full of pride, is empty of virtue; but 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 must fight against wind and waves, tow her to the grave’s mouth if she sinks not; for she cannot be sold.
