CATHERINE DE’ MEDICI.
A.D. 1519-1589.

“What mighty ills have not been done by woman?

Who was’t betrayed the Capitol? A woman!

Who lost Mark Antony the world? A woman!

Who was the cause of a long ten years’ war,

And laid at last old Troy in ashes? Woman!

Destructive,—deceitful woman!”—Otway.

“Woman may err, woman may give her mind

To evil thoughts, and lose her pure estate;