The Fifteen Comforts of Matrimony: Responses From Women

Name: The Fifteen Comforts of Matrimony: Responses From Women
Author: Various

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English literature -- 18th century; Erotic literature, English

And may the silly Maid that is so blind,          }
         To trust Man's Oaths that are as false as Wind,     }
         And only to her Ruin are design'd,                  }
         That thinks her Vertue is a Plague of Life,
         And will to cure it, yield as Whore or Wife.
         Find all the Ills that have before been said,
         And lose for endless Plauges her Maiden-head,
         Who will not bear what they infer a Pain,
         And laugh at all the base Delights of Men.


                               _FINIS._


                   *       *       *       *       *

                                  THE

                           Fifteen PLEASURES

                                 OF A

                                VIRGIN.

                                WRITTEN

                       By the suppos'd AUTHOR of

                                  THE

                            Fifteen Plagues

                                 OF A

                              Maidenhead.


           _Virtus, repulsæ nescia fortidæ,
           Intimitatis fulget honoribus._ Hor. L. 3. Od. 1.


                  LONDON: Printed in the Year, 1709.




                                  AN

                                APOLOGY

                                  FOR

                 The Fifteen Plagues of a Maidenhead,
                    by the Imputed Author thereof.


            Suppose 'twas I, you thought, had drew my Pen
          On Virtue, see I fight for her agen;
          Wherefore, I hope my Foes will all excuse
          Th' Extravagance of a Repenting Muse;
          Pardon whate'er she has too boldly said,
          She only acted then in Masquerade;
          But now the Vizard's off, She's chang'd her Scene,
          And turns a Modest, Civil Girl agen;
          Let some admire the Fops whose Talent lie
          Inventing dull, insipid Blasphemy;
          I swear I cannot with those Terms dispence,
          Nor won't be Damn'd for the Repute of Sense;
          I cou'd be Bawdy much, and nick the Times,
          In what they dearly Love; damn'd Placket Rhimes;
          But that such Naus'ous Lines can reach no higher
          Than what the Cod-Piece or Buffoons inspire.

            To noble Satyr, I'll direct my Aim,
          And bite Mankind, and Poetry Reclaim;
          I'll ever use my Wit another Way,
          And next the Ugliness of Vice display.

                                                _Yours, &c._




                                  THE

                            FIFTEEN P----s

                                 OF A

                                VIRGIN.


                          _The first P----._

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The Fifteen Comforts of Matrimony: Responses From Women

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