dedicate them to Venus and our sensual appetites; for we are most certainly informed by the Text, That the end thereof is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword.


F I N I S.


N o t e s.

[1] Mulier formosa supernè definit in piscem. Hor. de arte Poët.

[2] 2 Sam. 13. 18.

[3] Terent. in Glycerio.

[4] ἑρκος ο δοντων. Homer.

[5] Nunquam minus solus quam cum solus. Tull. de Offic.