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1^8 k^s rchtologh ttiu. Lih. 4. Cap 14,
CAP. XI V.
De Vxorttm & Filiarttm Oecnrittt
NOW the Wives besides their yureuwmt,- (theirBed»
chamber (hall I call it, or their Attiring roome, or their
Diniog-roome, justasthemen had their had their
b i.Po/U.i.c.8b b^wv isac roo,to worke in, as the Virgins had their m?5t-
vurus to play in,for I feare tne,vuides chambres sont dames sillet
and Agamemnon is of my mind.
c Euripjpbig. That Maids at home ssuid not be left alone.
is Aul. v. 737. Tis true they were kept from gadding abroad. Insomdch that a
man would think they had Sentinels see at their Chamber-
doorss, by the words immediatly following the former,
And if their Daughters not yet [hut fast in Wedlock, were
kept so in safe custody, and as it were, in Prison (for which
their c/K?e;-, things which their Parents gave them to keep
them quiet, was a small amends) what strong guards think
you would they put upon their Wives- when they tfdthem
tips as good as ever any King in Epirut had to keep his daugh-
r.er,if we may believe the complaint of one of their Women,in
one of theira Poets:
Infant »s««i*5 ot5?w (mKotJih^
—besides the seales
Upon the Womens C lumbers, barres they lay
Tomakeussurej nay more, their Mastive cars
They keep to fright adulterers away.
No wonder then if the House-keepers os Athens, wereo«^/
House-dogs (as we call them) or Keep*kottfes, when it was
so
CAP. XI V.
De Vxorttm & Filiarttm Oecnrittt
NOW the Wives besides their yureuwmt,- (theirBed»
chamber (hall I call it, or their Attiring roome, or their
Diniog-roome, justasthemen had their had their
b i.Po/U.i.c.8b b^wv isac roo,to worke in, as the Virgins had their m?5t-
vurus to play in,for I feare tne,vuides chambres sont dames sillet
and Agamemnon is of my mind.
c Euripjpbig. That Maids at home ssuid not be left alone.
is Aul. v. 737. Tis true they were kept from gadding abroad. Insomdch that a
man would think they had Sentinels see at their Chamber-
doorss, by the words immediatly following the former,
And if their Daughters not yet [hut fast in Wedlock, were
kept so in safe custody, and as it were, in Prison (for which
their c/K?e;-, things which their Parents gave them to keep
them quiet, was a small amends) what strong guards think
you would they put upon their Wives- when they tfdthem
tips as good as ever any King in Epirut had to keep his daugh-
r.er,if we may believe the complaint of one of their Women,in
one of theira Poets:
Infant »s««i*5 ot5?w (mKotJih^
—besides the seales
Upon the Womens C lumbers, barres they lay
Tomakeussurej nay more, their Mastive cars
They keep to fright adulterers away.
No wonder then if the House-keepers os Athens, wereo«^/
House-dogs (as we call them) or Keep*kottfes, when it was
so