Of all these evils woman was the cause,
The leader she. She with her wicked arts
Besets the minds of men; and all for her560
And her vile, lustful ways, unnumbered towns
Lie low in smoking heaps; whole nations rush
To arms; and kingdoms, utterly o'erthrown,
Drag down their ruined peoples in their fall.
Though I should name no other, Aegeus' wife
Would prove all womankind a curséd race.
Nurse: Why blame all women for the crimes of few?565