_Enter_ Swetnam _muzzled, hal’d in by Women_. Swet. _Why doe you hale me thus? Is’t not enough, I haue withstood a tryall? beene arraign’d? Indured the torture of sharp-pointed Needles? The Whip? and old Wiues Nayles? but I must stand, To haue another Iurie passe on me?_ Loret. _It was a generall wrong; therefore must haue A generall tryall, and a Iudgement too._ Leon. _The greatest wrong was mine; he sought my life: Which fact I freely pardon, to approoue Women are neither tyrannous, nor cruell, Though you report vs so._ Swet. _I now repent, And thus to you (kind Iudges) I appeale. Me thinkes, I see no anger in your eyes: Mercie and Beautie best doe sympathize: And here for-euer I put off this shape, And with it all my spleene and malice too, And vow to let no time or act escape, In which my seruice may be shewne to you. And this my hand, which did my shame commence, Shall with my Sword be vs’d in your defence._ FINIS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES 1. Did not change “VV” to “W”. 2. Changed “We all deserue as much” to “We all deserue as much.” 3. Changed “For I should neuer liue till your returne,” to “For I should neuer liue till your returne.” 4. Changed “For when the the Nauies ioyn’d, the Cannons plaid” to “For when the Nauies ioyn’d, the Cannons plaid”. 5. Changed “By this hand, I shall thinke my money vell bestowed” to “By this hand, I shall thinke my money well bestowed”. 6. Changed “_Enter_ Nicanor.” to “_Enter Nicanor_.” 7. Changed “_Scan._ Goe then, Ile follow,” to “_Scan._ Goe then, Ile follow.” 8. Changed the second “SCEN. II.” to “SCEN. III.” in Act IIII. 9. Changed “_Attic._ But not the the freedome of _Leonida_” to “_Attic._ But not the freedome of _Leonida_”. 10. Changed “I neuer heard him speake so carefully” to “_Iag._ I neuer heard him speake so carefully”. [The catchword on the previous page was “Iag.”] 11. Changed “_Scold,_ He lookes as if he did” to “_Scold._ He lookes as if he did”. 12. Changed “_King_ No, thy loue” to “_King._ No, thy loue”. 13. Changed “Thus I throw downe before your Highnesse feet,” to “Thus I throw downe before your Highnesse feet.” 14. Retained all spellings and punctuations as printed except as noted above. 15. Except for apostrophes, silently corrected spaces around punctuation, for example changed “ ,” to “,” and “,a” to “, a”. 16. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Swetnam, the Woman-hater, arraigned by women, by Anonymous