ius, cap. 6. lib. 1. Si morosa, si non in omnibus obsequaris,
omnia impacata in aedibus, omnia sursum misceri videas, multae
tempestates, &c. Lib. 2. numer. 101. sil. nup.
5792. Juvenal. "I would rather have a Venusinian wench than thee, Cornelia,
mother of the Gracchi," &c.
5793. Tom. 4. Amores, omnem mariti opulentiam profundet, totam Arabiam
capillis redolens.
5794. Idem, et quis sanae mentis sustinere queat, &c.
5795. Subegit ancillas quod uxor ejus deformior esset.
5796. "Perhaps she will not suit you."
5797. Sil. nup. l. 2. num. 25. Dives inducit tempestatem, pauper curam;
ducens viduam se inducit in laqueum.
5798. Sic quisque dicit, alteram ducit tamen "Who can endure a virago for a
wife?"
5799. Si dotata erit, imperiosa, continuoque viro inequitare conabitur.
Petrarch.
5800. If a woman nourish her husband, she is angry and impudent, and full
of reproach. Eccles. xxv. 22. Scilicet uxori nubere nolo meae.
5801. Plautus Mil. Glor. act. 3. sc. 1. "To be a father is very pleasant,
but to be a freeman still more so."
5802. Stobaeus, fer. 66. Alex. ab Alexand. lib. 4. cap. 8.
5803. They shall attend the lamb in heaven, because they were not defiled
with women, Apoc 14.
5804. Nuptiae repleat terram, virginitas Paradisum. Hier.
5805. Daphne in laurum semper virentem, immortalem docet gloriam paratam
virginibus pudicitiam servantibus.
5806. Catul. car. nuptiali. "As the flower that grows in the secret
inclosure of the garden, unknown to the flocks, impressed by the
ploughshare, which also the breezes refresh, the heat strengthens,
the rain makes grow: so is a virgin whilst untouched, whilst dear to
her relatives, but when once she forfeits her chastity," &c.
5807. Diet. salut. c. 22. pulcherrimum sertum infiniti precii, gemma, et
pictura speciosa.
5808. Mart.
5809. Lib. 24. qua obsequiorum diversitate colantur homines sine liberis.
5810. Hunc alii ad coenam invitant, princeps huic famulatur, oratores
gratis patrocinantur. Lib. de amore Prolis.
5811. Annal. 11. "If you wish to be master of your house, let no little
ones play in your halls, nor any little daughter yet more dear, a
barren wife makes a pleasant and affectionate companion."
5812. 60 de benefic. 38.
5813. E Graeco.
5814. Ter. Adelph. "I have married a wife; what misery it has entailed upon
me
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