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MISCELLANY.
WOMEN AND MATRIMoNy

An old writer upon lore and mar
rage has some very quaint stories and
remarks. Abiding TO Jobs being de-
Prived of every thing except his wife
he says
Most interpreters do hold. as Pine.
da proves out of Tertullian, Cyprian,
Austin, Chrysostome, Prosper, Gauden-
thus, SC, that the devil, when he had
taken away Jobs goods, health, chill
dren, friends,-to persecute him still
more, left him his wicked rife, to vex
and gall him worse than all the fiends
IN he'll, knowing the conditions of a
bad woman"
IL seems that different countries are
favorable to the symmetry and beauty
OF different parts Of the body.-Giving
The beau 'deGi Of perfect woman, he
says
Let her head be from Prague. her
bust from Austria, her abdomen from
France, her hands out of England, her
feet from Rhine, sc. Let her have the
spanish gait the Veni,ian tyre. Italian
complement and endowments." sc.
The danger of ladys being too
NICE and difficult IN her notions about
husband, Is thus forcibly illustrated:
Many gentIewomen are 50 nice.
they scorn all Suitors. and think nobo.
dy good enough for them AS dainty
TO please as Daphne herself One.
while they will not marry at all (as
they say at least. when they intend no.
thing less;)-another while not vet.
when lis their only desire they rave
upon 1t. Then, she will marry at last
but not him. lie is a proper man in.
deed, and well qualified; but he wants
means. Another Of her suiiors hath
good means, but he wants Wit. One is
too old, another too young, too deform-
ed, she likes not his carriage. A third
IS too loosely given; he is rich. but
base born. She will be lady. as her
sister U.s. as her mother is. She is all
out as fair, as we'll brought up. hath as
GOOD portion and she looks for as
good match as Matilda or Darinda:
IT not, she Is resolved vet TO tarry. So
apt arc young maids TO bogglc at every
object so soon won or lost with every
toy so quickly diverted so hard 10 be-
pleased. Thus many do hold out so
long dotIng on themselves standing in
Their own light, till IN the end they
come to be scorned and rejected and
Hhaily they take up with poor curatc
OF an old serving man. that might have
mad their choice Of right good matches
IN their youth"
The pfeoarousncss and brief continu.
ance OF beauty J., thus ludicrously re-
presented with studied ALTERATION
BE she fair indeed have She a
pure sanguine complexion little mouth
coral lips, white teeth plump meek 49,
body hands, feet, all lair and lovely a.
behold, composed Of all graoes. cleg1n-
oics, an absolute piece be- she az this
and more vet a little sickness. a fever.
The small pox. loss Of an eve or limb.
A di,iempcr Of heat OF cold mar, all ~
an instant Or old age that iyrant
Time will turn Venus 10 Erynns AZ
ter she hath been married aw bile. and
the black OK hath trodden on her toe
.he will be 50 much altered that thou
wilt not know her Modest Matilda,
pretty pleasing Peg, sweet singing SUI
IAN mIncing merry Mol neat Nancy,
Jolly Jane, nimble Nell. kissing Kate.
bouncing Be's with black eyes. far
Phillis, with fine white hands tall lib.
slender Sib. SC, will quickly lose their
grace. Those fair sparkling eyes will
look dull, her soft coral lips will be pale.
her soft and tender skin will be rough
and harsh, sc. sc.
lie warns al lovers against the dan
ger Of women's tears. which. he says,
they always have at command.
They weep with one eye. and
laugh with the other; or like children
they can weep and laugh both toge-
her. As much pity, and no more.