The character of a bad woman This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B08684 of text R224612 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C1961A). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B08684 Wing C1961A ESTC R224612 64551056 ocm 64551056 184438 2240862837

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B08684) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 184438) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2863:45) The character of a bad woman 2 p. Printed for R. Baldwin, [London : 1697] Caption title. In verse Publication data suggested by Wing (2nd ed.). Reproduction of original in: Harvard University. Library. eng Women -- Conduct of life -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. eebo The character of a bad woman. [no entry] 1697 2 768 3 0 0 0 0 0 39.06 D The rate of 39.06 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2012-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2012-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2012-10 Sampled and proofread 2012-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2013-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE CHARACTER OF A Bad Woman . A Bad Woman ! Heav'n bless us , Sirs ! Who dare Approach so near , to write her Character ? Plagues owe their Birth to her envenom'd Breath ; To see her's dangerous ; 〈◊〉 touch her , Death . All Torments and all Ills at first did grow From Her , and thence ( as from a Spring ) still flow . He favour'd her too much , that call'd her Worse Than all th' Ingredients cramm'd into a Curse . The Bane of Mankind , Foe to Innocence , First-born of Hell , and Poysons Quintessence : Creation's Blot , and Nature's great'st Disgrace , The Seven Deadly Sins drawn in One Face . A Sex for Servitude by Heav'n design'd , Yet the most proud and cruel of Humane Kind : Bold , flattering , fond , disdainful , idle , vain , A double Tongue , false Heart , and giddy Brain ; Inconstant , gadding , tattling , simple , light , Compos'd of Rashness , Self-love , Fraud , and Spite ; Revengeful , sullen , covetous , ambitious , Always complaining , envious , superstitious ; Faithless , ungrateful , subtle , troublesom , Contentious with her Neighbours , more at Home : Who always lives in the Intemperate Zone ; For Means and Measure she 'll be rul'd by none ; But chilling Frost , or scorching Dog-days proves , Mortally hates , or else too fondly loves . The Studies of her Youth are wanton Dances , Lascivious Songs , Plays , Masquerades , Romances : These antedate her guilty , and begin To debauch her long before she 's ripe for Sin . She ne'er regards the Laws of Right and Just , But tramples all things to promote her Lust . The Wickedness her Strength to act denies , She by Deceit and Subtlety supplies . With seeming Modesty she baits her Hooks , Consults her Glass to frame enticing Looks , Lisps , minces , simpers , and instructs her Eyes What Glances are most charming , to surprise : Her Face ( as Tavern-bush ) bedeck'd with Toyes , Our easie Youth into her Toil decoys : Her Curls , like Streamers waving , seem to court Each spritely Combatant to storm the Fort ; Whilst naked panting Breasts too plainly show Th' insatiate Thirst that she endures below . And tho' in Single Life she oft be naught , Yet when at length some doating Fop sh' hath caught , And into wretched Noose of Wedlock brought , By Midwife-Rules she boldly goes to Bed , And on the Novice pawns a Maidenhead : Who starts next Mor● to see her in his Arms ; She 's perfect Hag , when stripp'd of Arts gay Charms ; The painted Roses of her Cheeks are dropt , Hunch-back's discover'd , with Pads underpropt ; He 's forc'd with strong Perfumes to guard his Nose From poys'nous Whiffs of Breath , Arm-pits , and Toes● Ah cursed LOVE ! well art thou feigned Blind . His Mistake's no less fatal in her Mind . Handsom , she proves a Wench ; Deform'd , a Witch ; If Poor , she makes him Beggar ; Slave , if Rich: Or if sh' affects the Name of Virtuous Woman , ( That 's one who sins but seldom , is not Common ) She then takes privilege , and thinks she may Justly rant , domineer , and disobey . Her Husband soon into Consumption cast ; ( For Back and Purse do both together waste . ) Whiles to allay , not quench her wanton Fires , Sometimes she Dildoe , sometimes Stalion hires . Fine Clothes , new Fashions , Gossipping , rich Fare , And sturdy Gallants , take up all her Care . Honour she counts an empty Term , no Tie ; Her Zeal's Pretence ; her Study , Vanity ; Her Beauty , Paint ; her Wit , Bawdry refin'd ; Her Kisses , Baits ; her Love , a Snare design'd ; Her Soul ( if she have one ) so foul and base , Hell's half asham'd it self t' afford it place . But hold ; enough . Let none be angry here , And think our Pen too sharp a Nib doth bear : All this of a Bad Woman's understood ; But prithee ( Reader ) shew me One that 's Good . FINIS .