I meane not of falſe _Alchimy Beauty_, for then the _queſtion_ ſhould be inverted, _Why are the Falſeſt, Faireſt_? It is not onely becauſe they are _much ſolicited_ and _ſought_ for, ſo is _gold_, yet it is not ſo _common_; and this _ſuite_ to them, ſhould teach them their _value_, and make them more _reſerved_. Nor is it becauſe the _delicateſt blood_ hath the _beſt ſpirits_, for what is that to the fleſh? perchance ſuch _conſtitutions_ have the _beſt wits_, and there is no _proportionable ſubject_, for _Womens wit_, but deceipt? doth the _minde_ ſo follow the _temperature_ of the _body_, that becauſe thoſe _complexions_ are apteſt to change, the _mind_ is therefore ſo? Or as _Bells_ of the _pureſt metall_ retaine their _tinkling_ and _ſound_ largeſt; ſo the _memory_ of the laſt _pleaſure_ laſts longer in theſe, and diſpoſeth them to the next. But ſure it is not in the _complexion_, for thoſe that doe but thinke themſelves _faire_, are preſently inclined to this _multiplicity_ of _loves_, which being but _faire in conceipt_ are _falſe in deed_: and ſo perchance when they are _borne_ to this _beauty_, or have _made_ it, or have dream’d it, they eaſily believe all _addreſſes_ and _applications_ of every _man_, out of a _ſenſe_ of their own _worthineſſ_ to be directed to them, which others _leſſ worthy_ in their own thoughts apprehend not, or diſcredit. But I think the _true reaſon_ is, that being like _gold_ in many properties (as that _all ſnatch_ at them, but the _worſt poſſeſſ_ them, that they care not how deep we dig for them, and that by the Law of nature, _Occupandi conceditur_) they would be like alſo in this, that as Gold to make it ſelf of uſe admits allay, ſo they, that they may be tractable, mutable, and currant, have to allay _Falſhood_. [Decoration] 8. _Why Venus-ſtar only doth caſt a ſhadow?_