Xa. I hear a Fable.
Eu. It is true: But hear the Moral of it.
Xa. Tell it me.
Eu. That teaches that a Wife ought to use all the Care imaginable to be so engaging to her Husband in conjugal Embraces, that matrimonial Affection may be retain'd and renew'd, and if there has been any Distaste or Aversion, it may be expell'd the Mind.
Xa. But where can a Body get this Girdle?
Eu. There is no Need of Witchcrafts and Spells to procure one. There is no Enchantment so effectual as Virtue, join'd with a Sweetness of Disposition.
Xa. I can't be able to bring myself to humour such a Husband as I have got.
Eu. But this is for your Interest, that he would leave off to be such a bad Husband. If you could by Circe's Art transform your Husband into a Swine or a Bear, would you do it?
Xa. I can't tell, whether I should or no.
Eu. Which had you rather have, a Swine to your Husband, or a Man?