[6282]  ------“mulier ne qua in publicum
Spectandam se sine arbitro praebeat viro:” 

which made Phidias belike at Elis paint Venus treading on a tortoise, a symbol of women’s silence and housekeeping.  For a woman abroad and alone, is like a deer broke out of a park, quam mille venatores insequuntur, whom every hunter follows; and besides in such places she cannot so well vindicate herself, but as that virgin Dinah (Gen. xxxiv., 2,) “going for to see the daughters of the land,” lost her virginity, she may be defiled and overtaken of a sudden:  Imbelles damae quid nisi praeda sumus? [6283]

And therefore I know not what philosopher he was, that would have women come but thrice abroad all their time, [6284]"to be baptised, married, and buried;” but he was too strait-laced.  Let them have their liberty in good sort, and go in good sort, modo non annos viginti aetatis suae domi relinquant, as a good fellow said, so that they look not twenty years younger abroad than they do at home, they be not spruce, neat, angels abroad, beasts, dowdies, sluts at home; but seek by all means to please and give content to their husbands:  to be quiet above all things, obedient, silent and patient; if they be incensed, angry, chid a little, their wives must not [6285]cample again, but take it in good part.  An honest woman, I cannot now tell where she dwelt, but by report an honest woman she was, hearing one of her gossips by chance complain of her husband’s impatience, told her an excellent remedy for it, and gave her withal a glass of water, which when he brawled she should hold still in her mouth, and that toties quoties, as often as he chid; she did so two or three times with good success, and at length seeing her neighbour, gave her great thanks for it, and would needs know the ingredients, [6286]she told her in brief what it was, “fair water,” and no more:  for it was not the water, but her silence which performed the cure.  Let every froward woman imitate this example, and be quiet within doors, and (as [6287]M.  Aurelius prescribes) a necessary caution it is to be observed of all good matrons that love their credits, to come little abroad, but follow their work at home, look to their household affairs and private business, oeconomiae incumbentes, be sober, thrifty, wary, circumspect, modest, and compose themselves to live to their husbands’ means, as a good housewife should do,

[6288] “Quae studiis gavisa coli, partita labores
        Fallet opus cantu, formae assimulata coronae
        Cura puellaris, circum fusosque rotasque
        Cum volvet,” &c.

Howsoever ’tis good to keep them private, not in prison;

[6289] “Quisquis custodit uxorem vectibus et seris,
        Etsi sibi sapiens, stultus est, et nihil sapit.”

Read more of this subject, Horol. princ. lib. 2. per totum. Arnisaeus, polit. Cyprian, Tertullian, Bossus de mulier. apparat. Godefridus de Amor. lib. 2. cap. 4. Levinus Lemnius cap. 54. de institut. Christ.  Barbaras de re uxor. lib. 2. cap. 2. Franciscus Patritius de institut.  Reipub. lib. 4.  Tit. 4. et 6. de officio mariti et uxoris, Christ.  Fonseca Amphitheat.  Amor. cap. 45. Sam.  Neander, &c.