Excerpt from Certain Tragical Discourses of Bandello YF the wisemen of olde time founde cause of cohibicion in their unruly children and ympes of wanton youthe, I thinke we have double reason, in this age, to use a steddie eye, bothe upon our daughters and such as are geven us in socyetie of wedlock. Not for that, I wishe the one to be kepte under as servants or servile slaves; nor to take awaye from the other, the whole sk00pe of libertie appointed by the preferment of mariage; but, exposinge an indifferent and honeste ...
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Excerpt from Certain Tragical Discourses of Bandello YF the wisemen of olde time founde cause of cohibicion in their unruly children and ympes of wanton youthe, I thinke we have double reason, in this age, to use a steddie eye, bothe upon our daughters and such as are geven us in socyetie of wedlock. Not for that, I wishe the one to be kepte under as servants or servile slaves; nor to take awaye from the other, the whole sk00pe of libertie appointed by the preferment of mariage; but, exposinge an indifferent and honeste meane, I wishe to eschewe the murmore of the world, by cuttinge of suche infynit occasions of infections as seame to offer them selves to corrupte and seduce the fragilitie of our youth; chieflye seinge a dayly experience of so many assaltes and alarams of fylthye love, offered to our daughters and litle girles, beinge yet in the firste flame of the fyre whiche nature kindleth in the hartes of suche as accompte them selves most confirmed in the yere of maturitie or discrecion. Neyther wolde I that either the maide or the maried woman shold refuse to have a bride] put to her libertie, considering it is such a garde of her quiet and honest name, wyth chiefe defence against the malice of the reprochefull worlde, that it were better to be chayned in the bottom of a darke pryson, then to enjoye the benefit of the open ayer, being noted of such Spottes of infamy as commonly attendes upon an inordynat libertie and licencions life. Wherein, if the desolacion of so many parentes, wepinge in the villanie of their wives and daughters, utter mine and subvercion of so many houses, presented in stage playes to feede the vaine eyes of the reprochefull multitude, argued not the nomber of incon venience happening by a dissolute and libertines lif, and that in the persones of diverse our great men's daughters now a daies, we nede not seame so curious in keping this continual. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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