Margaret: In your house, Your own house, sir! For Heaven’s sake, what are you then? Or what shall I be, sir? Overreach: Stand not on form; Words are no substances. Margaret: Though you could dispense With your own honor, cast aside religion, The hopes of Heaven, or fear of hell, excuse me, In worldly policy this is not the way To make me his wife; his whore, I grant it may do. My maiden honor so soon yielded up, Nay, prostituted, cannot but assure him I, that am light to him, will not hold weight Whene’er tempted by others; so, in judgment, When to his lust I have given up my honor, He must and will forsake me. Overreach: How! I forsake thee! Do I wear a sword for fashion? or is this arm Shrunk up or wither’d? Does there live a man Of that large list I have encounter’d with Can truly say I e’er gave inch of ground Not purchas’d with his blood that did oppose me? Forsake thee when the thing is done! He dares not. Give me but proof he has enjoy’d thy person, Though all his captains, echoes to his will, Stood arm’d by his side to justify the wrong, And he himself in the head of his bold troop, Spite of his lordship, and his colonelship, Or the judge’s favor, I will make him render A bloody and a strict account, and force him, By marrying thee, to cure thy wounded honor! I have said it. * * * * * As late as the eighteenth century, in Italy, phallic amulets, in the form of the fascinum itself and the obscene digital gesture called in French _la figue_, were in common use. They were worn by children as protective periapts. Chapels too were decorated with wax images of phalli, dedicated by devout women worshippers. * * * * * An esoteric club existed in England in the eighteenth century that was associated with the British Navy. It was called _The Very Ancient and Very Powerful Order of Beggars Benison and Merryland_. On the seal of this Society, among other and naval designs, was a phallic symbol. The intent of the Society is still obscure, especially the relation between naval matters and the phallus. * * * * * Amulets in the form of the male mandrake came into vogue in the Middle Ages, especially in Central Europe, for apotropaic and amatory purposes. These charms were associated with incantations and magic formulas and recitatives. The phallus or fascinum, too, especially in France, was used, as a meaningful protective agent, on buildings and even on churches. Phallic and other genital forms were also used for cakes and breads: and are still so used, especially in Germany and France. * * * * *