Part 2 — VALERIUS ON WOMEN
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She that denies me I would have; Who craves me I despise: Venus hath power to rule mine heart, But not to please mine eyes.
Temptations offered I still scorn; Denied, I cling them still; I'll neither glut mine appetite, Nor seek to starve my will.
Diana, double-clothed, offends; So Venus, naked quite: The last begets a surfeit, and The other no delight.
That crafty girl shall please me best, That no, for yea, can say; And every wanton willing kiss Can season with a nay.
Thomas Heywood [?-1650?]