Part 2 / Act 5 — AARON HILL
Reading edition
1685-1750.
Epilogue to Zara.
First, then, a woman will, or won't—depend on 't; If she will do 't, she will; and there's an end on 't. But, if she won't, since safe and sound your trust is, Fear is affront: and jealousy injustice.[17]
Verses Written on a Window in Scotland.
Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains.
'Tis the same with common natures: Use 'em kindly, they rebel; But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And the rogues obey you well.