Series 5 > Religious Controversy in Scotland 1625-1639

WOMAN’S UNIVERSE
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Gramarian
In gramer she is so perfyt,
to try hir is hot folly.
For sche hath takin such delyt
in omni viro soli1
that never man hath substantive
yet framed in such perfection
hot she overthrows it with an adjective
by way of interjection.
Divyn
Ask at the divyn quhat ane ape
she provis in reules of piety.
She tels you that she may be pape
for similar sobrietie.
Hir looks ar puritans, her lyf
provis hir to be catholick.
And reason? For she is Peter’s wyf,
and he was apostolik.
Conclusion
God help me! quhat a wreach is this
quhen neather art nor natur
in color or of pain or bliss
can portrey with trew featur.
Then quhy strive I thus for to wed
Eurydicee2 to fashion?
Though Orpheus got hir maidenhead
yet Pluto3 keip hir passion.
Printed at the sing [sic] of Bessebelle4 in Paul’s Churchyard.
1 ‘every single man’.
2 wife ofOrpheus, a mythical player of the lyre,
king of the underworld.
4 Bessie Bell?