
Experience aulcunesfoys dangereuse.
J’ay esté trop sotte & hardie
Vouloir Cupido desbender,
Car quand il a peu regarder
J’ay esté perdue & perie.

FEmmes d’honneur, bourgeoises, damoyselles
Veufves sans pair, mariées, pucelles
Ne vous trompez, & ne vous decepvez.
Chasteté soit vostre maistresse & guide,
Et ne laschez à voz desirs la bride,
Mais restraignez, comme faire debvez.
★ Ne temptez poinct vostre sexe bening,
N’essayez poinct si le cueur foeminin
Resistera aux amoureuses flammes.
Ne vous donnez aulcune occasion
De suyvre amour en sa confusion,
Lequel destruict & les corps & les ames.
★ Gardez vous bien de desbender les yeulx
De Cupido cest amour furieux,
N’essayez poinct vostre force & prouesse,
Car bien souvent tel vit en liberté
Qui se soubzmect dessoubz la cruaulté
D’ung incongneu, dont il a grand destresse
★ Fuyez amour, fuyez tous ses caquetz,
Fuyez plaisirs, fuyez festes, banquetz,
Quand vous pensez qu’amour y mect ses laqs,
Sages soyez & vous donnez de garde
Que fol amour ne vous voye & regarde,
Car je crains bien que n’en criez helas.
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- archer's weapons (with NAME) [45C15(BOW)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- attacking somebody [31B6(+9223)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(BLINDFOLD)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(BOW)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- barefoot [41D2339] Search | Browse Iconclass
- blindfold [31A3191] Search | Browse Iconclass
- boulder, stone [25H1124] Search | Browse Iconclass
- boy (child between toddler and youth) [31D11221] Search | Browse Iconclass
- dress, gown [41D211] Search | Browse Iconclass
- farm or solitary house in landscape [25I3] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- holding something [31B6(+933)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- celebration meal, feast, banquet [41C5] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- Cruelty, Ferocity; 'Crudeltà', 'Ferocità' (Ripa) [57AA91] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- Experience, Mastery; 'Esperienza' (Ripa) [54A31] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- Folly, Foolishness; 'Pazzia', 'Sciocchezza', 'Stoltitia' (Ripa) [52AA51] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Licentiousness, Lasciviousness; 'Lascivia', 'Licenza' (Ripa) [57AA51] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- net [43C1(+415)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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